Legislative Branch Appropriation Act
PL 95-94 (H.R.7932), enacted 08/05/1977

PUBLIC LAW 95-94—AUG. 5, 1977 
91 STAT. 653 
Public Law 95-94 
95th Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for tlie Legislative Branch for tiie fiscal year ending 
Aug. 5, 1977 
September 30, 1978, and for other purposes. 
[H.R. 7932] 
Be it eimcted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the followina: Legislative 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- Branch 
wise appropriated, for the legislative Branch for the fiscal year end- ^P^'^^Eyo*'"" 
ing September 30,1978, and for other purposes, namely: 
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T I T L E I—CONGRESSIONAL O P E R A T I O N S 
Congressional 
Operations 
S E N A T E 
Appropriation 
Act, 1978. 
COMPENSATION AND MILEAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS 
AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE LEADERS, 
AND W H I P S OF THE SENATE 
COMPENSATION AND MILEAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS 
2 USC 60A NOTE. 
For compensation and mileage of the Vice President and Senators 
of the United States, $6,474,300. 
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For an additional amount for "Compensation and Mileage of the 
Vice President and Senators" fiscal year 1977, $828,400, to be derived 
by transfer from unobligated balances of any appropriation under the 
heading "Senate" for fiscal year 1977. 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT, MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
LEADERS AND MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
WHIPS 
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000; Majority 
Leader of the Senate, $5,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $5,000; 
Majority Whip of the Senate, $2,500; and Minority Whip of the Sen-
ate, $2,500; in all, $25,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers, employees, clerks to Senators, and 
others as authorized by law, including agency contributions and lon-
gevity compensation as authorized, which shall be paid from this 
appropriation without regard to the below limitations, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For clerical assistance to the Vice President, $687,500. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 
For Office of the President Pro Tempore, $111,100. 
OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 
For Office of the Deputy President Pro Tempore, $111,100. 
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OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $383,400. 
FLOOR ASSISTANTS TO THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For Floor Assistants to the Majority and Minority Leaders, 
^102,900. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
WHIPS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $222,200. 
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, $127,300. 
OFFICE OF THE 
CHAPLAIN 
For Office of the Chaplain, $36,800. 
OFFICE o r 
THE 
SECRETARY 
For Office of the Secretary, $3,205,200, including $168,183 required 
for the purpose specified and authorized by section T4(b) of title 2, 
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United States Code: Provided, That, effective October 1, 1977, the 
Secretary may appoint and fix the compensation of a Third Assistant 
Parliamentarian at not to exceed $28,056 per annum in lieu of not to 
exceed $25,718 per annum; a Kegistrar at not to exceed $19,873 per 
annum in lieu of not to exceed $17,034 per annum; an Assistant Super-
intendent, Document Boom, at not to exceed $26,553 per annum in lieu 
of not to exceed $23,380 per annum; a First Assistant, Document 
Room, at not to exceed $19,873 per annum in lieu of not to exceed 
$17,034 per annum; a Second Assistant, Document Eoom, at not to 
exceed $19,205 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $16,366 per annum; 
a Chief Indexer at not to exceed $22,044 per annum in lieu of not to 
exceed $20,040 per annum; a Secretary in the Library at not to exceed 
$15,698 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $13,694 per annum; an His-
torian at not to exceed $33,734 per annum in lieu of not to exceed 
$31,730 per annum; an Associate Historian at not to exceed $22,044 
per annum in lieu of not to exceed $19,038 per annum; a Research 
Assistant to Historian at not to exceed $13,694 per annum in lieu of 
not to exceed $10,855 per annum; a Secretary to Historian at not to 
exceed $13,026 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $11,690 per annum; 
a Chief Documents Specialist at not to exceed $27,555 per annum in 
lieu of a Special Assistant at not to exceed $24,382 per annum; an 
Assistant, Digest, at not to exceed $20,040 per annum in lieu of a Clerk 
at not to exceed $17,368 per annum; an Assistant Bookkeeper, Sta-
tionery Room, at not to exceed $14,696 per annum, and four Clerks at 
not to exceed $13,694 per annum each, in lieu of five Clerks at not to 
exceed $13,694 per annum each; an Assistant at not to exceed $12,358 
per annum in lieu of a Chief Messenger in Document Room at not to 
exceed $12,358 per annum; an Assistant at not to exceed $11,690 per 
annum in lieu of a Custodial Assistant at not to exceed $11,690 per 
annum; a Documents Specialist at not to exceed $16,032 per annum, 
and five Assistants in Document Room at not to exceed $13,694 per 
annum each, in lieu o,f six Assistants in Document Room at not to 
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91 STAT. 655 
exceed $13,694 per annum each; a Custodian at not to exceed $13,694 
per annum, a Messenger at not to exceed $13,026 per annum, two 
Assistants at not to exceed $11,356 per annum each, and five Mes-
sengers at not to exceed $11,356 per annum each, in lieu of nine 
Messengers at not to exceed $11,356 per annum each; two Messengers 
at not to exceed $11,022 per annum each in lieu of two Assistant Mes-
sengers at not to exceed $11,022 per annum each; a Lobby Registrar, 
Public Records Office, at not to exceed $17,034 per annum in lieu of 
a Secretary, Public Records Office, at not to exceed $17,034 per annum; 
a Chief Technical Assistant, Public Records Office, at not to exceed 
$13,694 per annum and four Technical Assistants, Public Records 
Office, at not to exceed $13,694 per annum each, in lieu of five Technical 
Assistants, Public Records Office, at not to exceed $13,694 per annum 
each; seven Reference Assistants at not to exceed $13,694 per annum 
each in lieu of five Reference Assistants at not to exceed $13,694 per 
annum each; an Administrative Director at not to exceed $35,738 per 
annum; a Secretary at not to exceed $20,040 per annum; a Special 
Deputy to Federal Election Commission at not to exceed $49,933 per 
annum; and the positions of a Chief Auditor, Public Records Office, 
at not to exceed $17,034 per annum, an Auditor, Public Records Office, 
at not to exceed $17,034 per annum, and a Secretary, Public Records 
Office, at not to exceed $14,028 per annum, are hereby abolished. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For professional and clerical assistance to standing committees and 
the Select Committee on Small Business, $9,284,700. 
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES 
For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Majority and the 
Conference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to he fixed by the 
Chairman of each such committee, $317,850 for each such committee; 
in all, $635,700. 
ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL ASSISTANTS TO SENATORS 
For administrative and clerical assistance to Senators, $48,200,900. 
LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANCE TO SENATORS 
For legislative assistance to Senators, $8,000,000. 
For an additional amount for "Legislative assistance to Senators", 
fiscal year 1977, $1,100,000. 
OFFICE OF SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $16,681,000: 
Provided, That, effective October 1, 1977, the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper may appoint and fix the compensation of an Assistant 
Chief Clerk at not to exceed $18,036 per annum in lieu of a Clerk 
at not to exceed $18,036 per annum; a Clerk at not to exceed $17,034 
per annum in lieu of a Chief Clerk, Deputy Sergeant at Arms, at 
not to exceed $17,034 per annum; four Clerks at not to exceed $12,024 
per annum each, in lieu of three Clerks at not to exceed $12,024 per 
annum each and an Assistant Chief Clerk, Deputy Sergeant at Arms, 
at not to exceed $12,024 per annum; five Clerks at not to exceed 
$11,022 per annum each and eighteen Telephone Operators at not 
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to exceed $11,022 per annum eacli, in lieu of four Clei'ks at not to 
exceed $11,022 per annum each and nineteen Telephone Operators 
at not to exceed $11,022 per annum each; a Clerk at not to exceed 
$10,688 per annum in lieu of a File Clerk at not to exceed $10,688 
pel- annum; six INIessengers at not to exceed $11,022 per annum each, 
in lieu of four Messengers at not to exceed $11,022 per annum each 
and two Messengers for Service to Press Correspondents at not to 
exceed $10,020 per annum each; two Parking Attendant Supervisors 
at not to exceed $10,020 per annum each; fourteen Parking Attend-
ants at not to exceed $4,175 per annum each; a Superintendent of 
Press Gallery at not to exceed $34,903 per annum in lieu of not to 
exceed $31,730 per annum; a First Assistant Superintendent of Press 
Gallery at not to exceed $31,229 per annum in lieu of not to exceed 
$28,390 i)er annum; a Second Assistant Superintendent of Press 
Gallery at not to exceed $24,215 per annum in lieu of not to exceed 
$22,044 per annum; a Third Assistant Superintendent of Press Gal-
lery at not to exceed $21,376 per annum in lieu of not to exceed 
$19,372 per annum; a Fourth Assistant Superintendent of Press 
Gallery at not to exceed $16,867 per annum in lieu of not to exceed 
$15,364 per annum; a Secretary, Press Gallery, at not to exceed 
$15,364 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $14,028 per annum; a 
Superintendent of Kadio Press Gallery at not to exceed $34,903 
per annum in lieu of not to exceed $31,730 per annum; a First Assist-
ant Superintendent in Radio Press Gallery at not to exceed $31,229 
per annum in lieu of not to exceed $28,390 per annum; a Second 
Assistant Superintendent in Radio Press Gallery at not to exceed 
$24,215 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $22,044 per annum; a 
Third Assistant Superintendent in Radio Press Gallery at not to 
exceed $21,376 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $19,372 per annum; 
a Superintendent, Periodical Press Gallery, at not to exceed $31,229 
pel' annum in lieu of not to exceed $28,390 per annum; an Assistant 
Superintendent, Periodical Press Gallery, at not to exceed $21,376 
per annum in lieu of not to exceed $19,372 per annum; a Superin-
tendent, Press Photographers' Gallery, at not to exceed $31,229 per 
annum in lieu of not to exceed $28,390' per annum; an Assistant 
Superintendent, Press Photographers' Gallery, at not to exceed 
$21,376 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $19,372 per annum; a 
Chief Audio Engineer at not to exceed $26,720 per annum in lieu 
of not to exceed $24,716 per annum; a Video Technician at not to 
exceed $20,875 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $19,038 per annum; 
an Appointment Secretary at not to exceed $15,030 per annum in lieu 
of not to exceed $13,694 per annum; a Secretary at not to exceed 
$13,026 per annum and a Secretary at not to exceed $12,024 per annum 
in lieu of two Secretaries at not to exceed $12,024 per annum each; 
a Chief Cabinetmaker at not to exceed $25,718 per annum in lieu 
of not to exceed $24,215 per annum; an Assistant Chief Cabinet-
maker at not to exceed $22,211 per annum in lieu of not to exceed 
$20,708 per annum; two Cabinetmakers at not to exceed $17,201 per 
annum each in lieu of not to exceed $15,698 per annum each; a Cabi-
netmaker at not to exceed $15,865 per annum in lieu of not to exceed 
$14,362 per annum; a Finisher at not to exceed $17,201 per annum 
in lieu of not to exceed $15,698 per annum; an Upholsterer at not 
to exceed $17,201 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $15,698 per 
annum; a Telecommunications Director at not to exceed $31,730 per 
annum in lieu of a Telecommunications Advisor at not to exceed 
$31,730 per annum; an Assistant Telecommunications Director at 
not to exceed $23,380 per annum; a Chief Housekeeper at not to 
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exceed $12,692 per annum; an Assistant Chief Janitor at not to 
exceed $14,696 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $13,360 per annum; 
a Clerk at not to exceed $9,686 per annum, ten Laborers at not to 
exceed $10,688 per annum each, and thirty-seven Laborers at not 
to exceed $9,686 per annum each, in lieu of forty-eight Laborers 
at not to exceed $9,686 per annum each; a Supervisor, Typewriter 
Repair Section, at not to exceed $19,873 per annum in lieu of an 
Automatic Typing Technician at not to exceed $18,370 per annum; 
an Assistant Supervisor, Typewriter Repair Section, at not to exceed 
$18,203 per annum in lieu of a Repairman at not to exceed $16,700 
per annum; a Purchasing Clerk at not to exceed $13,026 per annum 
and an Assistant Supervisor, Cheshire Section, at not to exceed $16,032 
per annum in lieu of two Senior Addressograph Operators at not 
to exceed $13,026 per annum each; an Assistant Night Supervisor, 
Cheshire Section, at not to exceed $13,694 per annum in lieu of a 
Senior Addressograph Operator at not to exceed $12,859 per annum; 
two Receiving Clerks at not to exceed $10,688 per annum each and 
eighteen Laborers, Service Department, at not to exceed $9,686 per 
annum each in lieu of twenty Laborers, Service Department, at not 
to exceed $9,686 per annum each; a Time and Attendance Clerk at 
not to exceed $12,024 per annum and ten Inserting Machine Opera-
tors at not to exceed $11,022 per annum each in lieu of eleven 
Inserting Machine Operators at not to exceed $11,022 per annum 
each; a Night Supervisor, Duplicating Section, at not to exceed 
$17,368 per annum in lieu of a Night Foreman, Duplicating Depart-
ment, at not to exceed $16,366 per annum; an Assistant Night Super-
visor, Duplicating Section, at not to exceed $16,199 per annum and 
three Printing Press Operators at not to exceed $15,364 per annum 
each in lieu of four Printing Press Operators at not to exceed 
$15,364 per annum each; a Photostat Operator at not to exceed 
$11,189 per annum in lieu of a Photostat Helper at not to exceed 
$10,688 per annum; a Senior Pressman/Repairman at not to exceed 
$16,199 per annum in lieu of a Senior Pressman at not to exceed 
$15,364 per annum; an Assistant Supervisor, Warehouse, at not to 
exceed $12,358 per annum in lieu of a File Clerk at not to exceed 
$11,356 per annum; a Supervisor, Warehouse, at not to exceed $18,036 
per annum in lieu of a Foreman of Warehouse, Service Department, 
at not to exceed $15,364 per annum; an Assistant Supervisor, Dupli-
cating Section, at not to exceed $17,368 per annum in lieu of an 
Assistant Foreman, Duplicating Department, at not to exceed $16,366 
per annum; a Night Supervisor, Cheshire Section, at not to exceed 
$14,696 per annum in lieu of a Night Foreman at not to exceed $12,358 
per annum; an Assistant Supervisor, Folding Section, at not to 
exceed $16,032 per annum in lieu of an Assistant Chief Machine 
Operator at not to exceed $14,696 per annum; a Night Supervisor, 
Folding Section, at not to exceed $14,696 per annum in lieu of an 
Assistant Night Supervisor at not to exceed $13,360 per annum; an 
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Assistant Night Supervisor, Folding Section, at not to exceed $13,861 
per annum in lieu of an Assistant Night Foreman, Duplicating 
Department, at not to exceed $12,024 per annum; a Night Superin-
tendent, Service Department, at not to exceed $22,211 per annum 
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in lieu of a Night Supervisor, Service Department, at not to exceed 
$20,875 per annum; a Mailing Equipment Repairman at not to 
exceed $15,364 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $14,028 per annum; 
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a Secretary to Superintendent, Service Department, at not to exceed 
$15,364 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $14,696 per annum; a 
Truck Driver at not to exceed $15,030 per annum in lieu of not to 
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exceed $14,0'28 per annum; an x\ssistant Truck Driver at not to 
exceed $12,692 per annum in lieu of not to exceed $11,690 per annum; 
four Warehousemen at not to exceed $10,688 per annum each in lieu 
of not to exceed $10,020 per annum each; an Inventory Clerk at 
not to exceed $13,861 per annum; an Assistant Inventory Clerk at 
not to exceed $11,022 per annum; an Assistant Night Superintendent 
at not to exceed $21,710 per annum; two Photostat Operators at not 
to exceed $11,189 per annum each; a Cameraman, Duplicating Sec-
tion, at not to exceed $15,364 per annum, in lieu of a Cameraman, 
Duplicating Department, at not to exceed $15,364 per annum; four 
Mail Specialists at not to exceed $13,861 per annum each in lieu of 
not to exceed $12,692 per annum each; seventy Mail Carriers at 
not to exceed $8,517 per annum each in lieu of sixty-seven Mail 
Carriers at not to exceed $8,517 per annum each; seven Operations 
Clerks at not to exceed $12,358 per annum each in lieu of five Opera-
tions Clerks at not to exceed $12,358 per annum each; twelve Lead 
Operators at not to exceed $15,364 per annum each in lieu of eight 
Lead Operators at not to exceed $15,364 per annum each; a Chief 
Messenger at not to exceed $10,688 per annum and fifteen Messengers 
at not to exceed $9,686 per annum each in lieu of fourteen Messengers 
at not to exceed $9,686 per annum each; four Network Technicians 
at not to exceed $21,710 per annum each in lieu of three Network 
Technicians at not to exceed $21,710 per annum each; four Training 
Specialists at not to exceed $21,376 per annum each in lieu of a 
Training Specialist at not to exceed $21,376 per annum; nineteen 
Office Systems Specialists at not to exceed $16,366 per annum each 
in lieu of ten Office Systems Specialists at not to exceed $16,366 
per annum each; two Assistant Tape Librarians at not to exceed 
$12,358 per annum each; four Computer Terminal Installers at not 
to exceed $9,686 per annum each; a Computer Performance Analyst 
at not to exceed $20,541 per annum in lieu of a Hardware Services 
Supervisor at not to exceed $18,704 per annum; an Office Supervisor 
at not to exceed $18,036 per annum; an Assistant Director, Computer 
Center, at not to exceed $33,734 per annum in lieu of a Computer 
Center Manager at not to exceed $33,734 per annum; a Programmer 
Analyst at not to exceed $24,382 per annum in lieu of a Senior 
Programmer at not to exceed $24,382 per annum; a Standards Spe-
cialist at not to exceed $26,887 per annum in lieu of a Programmer 
at not to exceed $26,887 per annum; eight Folding Machine Oper-
ators at not to exceed $12,525 per annum each in lieu of not to 
exceed $11,690 per annum each; and the position of a Machine Oper-
ator at not to exceed $10,354 per annum, is hereby abolished. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
For offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
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the Minority, $390,300: Provided, That, effective October 1, 1977, the 
Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for the Minority are each 
authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such employees as 
they deem appropriate in lieu of the following positions and such 
2 use 61h. 
positions are thereby abolished effective October 1, 1977: Assistant 
Secretary for the Majority at not to exceed $48,931 per annum; Assist-
ant Secretary for the Minority at not to exceed $48,931 per annum; 
2 use 61h-3. 
Clerk to the" Secretary for the Majority at not to exceed $18,370 per 
annum; Clerk to the Secretary for the Minority at not to exceed $18,370 
per annum; Chief Telephone Page for the Majority at not to exceed 
$20,040 per annum; Chief Telephone Page for the Minority at not to 
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exceed $20,040 per annum; Telephone Page for the Majority at not to 
exceed $15,364 per annum; Telephone Page for the Minority at not to 
exceed $15,364 per annum; Telephone Page for the Majority at not to 
exceed $13,694 per annum; Telephone Page for the Minority at not to 
exceed $13,694 per annum; and an Assistant for each Secretary, during 2 USC 61g-3. 
emergencies at rates of compensation not exceeding, in the aggregate 
at any time, $22,712 per annum each, for not more than six months in 
each fiscal year: Provided 
further^ That the gross compensation paid 
to such employees shall not exceed $143,200 each fiscal year for each 
Secretary. 
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND LONGEVITY COMPENSATION 
For agency contributions for employee benefits and longevity 
compensation, as authorized by law, $6,500,000. 
OFFICE or 
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, $759,700. 
For an additional amount for "Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate", fiscal year 1977, $37,200. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
Minority Policy Committee, $589,250 for each such committee; in all 
$1,178,500. 
For an additional amount for "Senate Policy Committees", fiscal 
year 1977, $96,700. 
AUTOMOBILES AND MAINTENANCE 
For purchase, lease, exchange, maintenance, and operation of 
vehicles, one for the Vice President, one for the President pro tempore, 
one for the Deputy President pro tempore, one for the Majority 
Leader, one for the Minority Leader, one for the Majority Whip, one 
for the Minority Whip, for carrying the mails, and for official use of 
the offices of the Secretary and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 
$50,000. 
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, including $691,213 for the Committee on 2 USC 190b. 
Appropriations, to be available also for the purposes mentioned in 
Senate Resolution Numbered 193, agreed to October 14,1943, and Sen-
ate Resolution Numbered 140, agreed to May 14, 1975, $28,441,200. 
For an additional amount for "Inquiries and Investigations", fiscal 
year 1977, $2,500,000. 
FOLDING DOCUMENTS 
For the employment of personnel for folding speeches and pamphlets 
at a gross rate of not exceeding $4.27 per hour per person, $95,400. 
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Effective date. 
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Conference on 
Senate History. 
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For miscellaneous items, $21,476,500: Provided, 
That no part of this 
appropriation shall be used to furnish shaving mugs, hairbrushes and 
combs, or shipping trunks to a Senator unless such Senator requests 
such item and pays or agrees to reimburse the cost thereof, as deter-
mined by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, and 
moneys received in payment or reimbursement for any of such items 
shall be deposited in the Treasury and shall be credited to this 
appropriation. 
For an additional amount for "Miscellaneous Items", fiscal year 1977, 
$4,587,400. 
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POSTAGE STAMPS 
For postage stamps for the offices of the Secretaries for the Majority 
and Minority, $420; Chaplain, $200; and for air mail and special 
delivery postage for the office of the Secretary, $3,125; office of the 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, including an additional $20,000 
for the maintenance of a supply of postage stamps in the Senate Post 
Office, $20,240; and the President of the Senate, as authorized by law, 
$1,215; in all, $25,200. 
STATIONERY (REVOLVING 
F U N D ) 
For stationery for the President of the Senate, $4,500, and for com-
mittees and officers of the Senate, $32,800; in all, $37,300. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
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SEC. 101. The unexpended balance of any of the appropriations 
granted under the heading "Salaries, Officers and Employees" for fiscal 
year 1977 shall be available to the Secretary of the Senate to pay the 
increases in the compensation of officers and employees notwithstand-
ing the limitations contained therein. 
SEC. 102. Amounts required to be deposited in the Treasury of the 
United States to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Dis-
ability Fund under section 8344 of title 5, United States Code, with 
respect to any officer or employee of the Senate, including an employee 
in the office of a Senator, shall be paid from the contingent fund of the 
Senate during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978. 
SEC. 103. Effective October 1, 1977, the Sergeant at Arms and Door-
keeper of the Senate is authorized to dispose of used or surplus furni-
ture and equipment by trade-in or by sale through the General Services 
Administration. Receipts from the sale of such furniture and equip-
ment that has been or will be replaced in kind shall be deposited in the 
United States Treasury for credit to the appropriation for "Miscel-
laneous Items" under the heading "Contingent Expenses of the Sen-
ate". All other receipts from the sale of such furniture and equipment 
shall be deposited in the United States Treasury as miscellaneous 
receipts. 
SEC. 104. The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to convene a 
Conference on Senate History, to be held in Washington, D.C. during 
the month of September 1978, and to expend from the contingent fund 
of the Senate not to exceed $5,000 for such conference. Such expendi-
tures are authorized for, but not limited to, honorariums (not to 
exceed $100 for each speaker), transportation and per diem in lieu of 
subsistence expenses for guest speakers (other than Members of 
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Congress and officers and employees of the United States), stationery 
and printinp: for programs, registration forms and proceedings, 
luncheon meetings, reception, and refreshments. The Secretary of tlie 
Senate is authorized to establish a reasonable registration fee for 
participants at the conference and all receipts therefrom shall be 
deposited in the United States Treasury for credit to the appropriation 
for fiscal year 1978 for "Miscellaneous Items" under the heading 
"Contingent Expenses of the Senate" to offset the costs of the luncheon 
meetings, reception, and refreshments. 
SKC. 105. Effective October 1, 1976, the Secretary of the Senate and 
the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate are authorized to 
expend from the contingent fund of the Senate such sums as may be 
necessary, not to exceed $1,000 during any fiscal year, to conduct 
orientation seminars for new Senators and members of their staffs 
and similar meetings. Such expenses shall be paid from the contingent 
fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the Secretary of the 
Senate or Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate. 
SEC. 106. Effective October 1. 1977, the first sentence of section 101 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1976 (2 U.S.C. 61a-9a), 
is amended bv striking out "$5,000" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$5,500". 
SEC. 107. (a) Effective October 1, 1977, any of the following items 
shall be furnished to a Senator only if such Senator requests such item 
and pays or agrees to reimburse the cost thereof, as determined by the 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate: 
(1) Shaving mugs. 
(2) Hairbrushes and combs. 
(3) Shipping trunks. 
This subsection shall not apply to any item furnished before the effec-
tive date and shall not affect the practices existing before such date 
Avith respect to any item so furnished. 
(b) Moneys received in payment or reimbursement for items enu-
merated in subsection (a) shall be deposited in the Treasury and shall 
be credited to the appropriation for "Miscellaneous Items" under 
"Continq-ent Expenses of the Senate". 
SEC. 108. (a) Section 202(i) of the Federal Legislative Salary Act 
of 1964 is amended by striking out the last sentence. 
(b) In computing the length of continuous service for purposes of 
determining the eligibility of an individual under section 106 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963, by reason of the amend-
ment made by subsection (a), service performed prior to the date of 
the enactment of this Act may be credited, except that no increase in 
compensation by reason of such amendment shall take effect for any 
pay period beginning before October 1, 1977, and no monetary benefit 
by reason of such amendment shall accrue for any period before such 
date. 
SEC. 109. Effective January 3, 1977, the amounts paid to the Vice 
President, the Majority or Minority Leader of the Senate, or the 
Majority or Minority Whip of the Senate as reimbursement of actual 
expenses incurred upon certification and documentation pursuant to 
the third proviso in the paragraph under the heading "EXPENSE ALLOW-
ANCES or THE VICE PRESIDENT, MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS AND 
MAJORITY AND MINORITY wiiips" in the appropriation for the Senate 
in the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977. shall not be reported 
as income, and the expenses so reimbursed shall not be allowed as a 
deduction, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. 
Orientation 
seminars. 
Effective date. 
2 u s e 69a. 
Effective date. 
Effective date. 
2 u s e 61a-2. 
2 u s e 61a-2 
not«. 
2 u s e 60j and 
note. 
Effective date. 
2 u s e 31a-l. 
Ante, p. 61. 
26 u s e 1 et seq. 
91 STAT. 662 
PUBLIC LAW 95-94—AUG. 5, 1977 
Ante, p. 82. 
2 use 61h-6. 
Effective date. 
2 use 61h-6 
note. 
2 use 61-1 note. 
2 use 72a-le. 
SEC. 110. (a) Section 101 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1977, is amended— 
(1) by striking out "Majority Leader of the Senate and the 
Minority Leader of the Senate" in the first sentence and inserting 
in lieu thereof "Majority Leader, Minority Leader, and Secretary 
of the Senate"; and 
(2) by striking out "Majority Leader and the Minority Leader" 
in the last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "Majority Leader, 
Minority Leader, and Secretary of the Senate". 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on 
August 1,1977. 
SEC. 111. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the aggregate 
of the gross compensation which may be paid to employees in the 
office of a Senator during each fiscal year under section 105(d) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968, as amended and modified 
(2 U.S.C. 61-1 ( d ) ) , IS increased by an amount equal to three times 
the amount referred to in section 105(e) (1) of such Act, as amended 
and modified. 
(b)(1) In the case of a Senator who is the chairman or ranking 
minority member of any committee, or of any subcommittee that 
receives funding to employ staff assistance separately from the fund-
ing authority for staff of the full committee, the amount referred to in 
subsection (a) shall be reduced by the amount referred to in section 
105(e)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968, as 
amended and modified, for each such committee or subcommittee. 
(2) Li the case of a Senator who is authorized by a committee, a 
subcommittee thereof, or the chairman of a committee or subcom-
mittee, as appropriate, to recommend or approve the appointment to 
the staff of such committee or subcommittee of one or more individuals 
for the purpose of assisting such Senator solely and directly in his 
duties as a member of such committee or subcommittee, the amount 
referred to in subsection (a) shall be reduced, for each such committee 
or subcommittee, by an amount equal to (A) the aggregate annual 
gross rates of compensation of all staff employees of that committee or 
subcommittee (i) whose appointment is made, approved, or recom-
n)ended and (ii) whose continued employment is not disapproved by 
such Senator, if such employees are employed for the purpose of 
assisting such Senator solely and directly in his duties as a member of 
such committee or subcommittee thereof as the case may be, or (B) the 
amount referred to in section 105(e)(1) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriation Act, 1968, as amended and modified, whichever is less. 
(3) In the case of a Senator who is serving on more than three com-
mittees, one of the committees on which he is serving, as selected by 
him, shall not be taken into account for purposes of paragraphs (1) 
and (2). Any such Senator shall notify the Secretary of the Senate 
of the committee selected by him under this paragraph. 
(c)(1) A Senator may designate employees in his office to assist 
him in connection with his membership on committees of the Senate. 
An employee may be designated with respect to only one committee. 
(2) An employee designated by a Senator under this subsection 
shall be certified by him to the chairman and ranking minority mem-
ber of the committee with respect to which such designation is made. 
Such employee shall be accorded all privileges of a professional staff 
member (whether permanent or investigatory) of such committee 
including access to all committee sessions and files, except that any 
such committee may restrict access to its sessions to one staff member 
per Senator at a time and require, if classified material is being 
PUBLIC LAW 95-94—AUG. 5, 1977 
91 STAT. 663 
handled or discussed, that any staff member possess the appropriate 
security clearance before being allowed access to such material or to 
discussion of it. Nothing contained in this paragraph shall be con-
strued to prohibit a committee from adopting policies and practices 
with respect to the application of this subsection which are similar 
to the policies and practices adopted with respect to the application 
of section 705(c) (1) of Senate Resolution 4, 95th Congress, and sec-
tion 106(c)(1) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977. 
(3) A Senator shall notify the chairman and ranking minority 
meml)er of a committee whenever a designation of an employee under 
this subsection with respect to such committee is terminated. 
(d) The second sentence of section 105(d)(2) of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriation Act, 1968, as amended and modified, is 
amended— 
(1) 
by inserting after "(i)" the following: "the salaries of 
three employees may be fixed at rates of not more than the rate 
referred to in subsection (e) (1), (ii)"; and 
(2) by striking out "(ii)" and inserting in lieu thereof "(iii)". 
The amendments made by this subsection shall have no effect on sec-
tion 6(c) of the Order of the President pro tempore issued on Octo-
ber 8, 1976, under section 4 of the Federal Pay Comparability Act 
of 1970. 
(e) (1) Section 106 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 
(other than subsection (f) thereof) is repealed. 
(2) As an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate, section 
705 of Senate Resolution 4, 95th Congress (other than subsection (h) 
thereof) is repealed. 
(f) This section, and the amendments made by subsection (d) and 
the repeals made by subsection (e), shall take effect on October 1,1977. 
SEC. 112. (a) Section 506(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58 (a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking out paragraph (1) and inserting in lieu there-
of the following: 
"(1) official telegrams and long-distance telephone calls and 
related services;" 
(2) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (7) and by 
striking out paragraph (8) and inserting in lieu thereof the 
following: 
" (8) subject to the provisions of subsection (e), reimbursement 
of travel expenses incurred by the Senator and employees in his 
office; and 
"(9) reimbursement to each Senator for such other official 
expenses as the Senator determines are necessary (not including 
official office expenses incurred in his State, but including actual 
transportation expenses incurred by the Senator and employees in 
his office in the performance of official business in the metropolitan 
area of Washington, District of Columbia, or, in the case of 
employees assigned to an office of the Senator in his home State, 
incurred by such employees in the performance of official busi-
ness in the general vicinity of the office to which assigned), but 
only to the extent such expenses do not exceed for any calendar 
year ten percent of the total amount of expenses authorized to be 
paid to or on behalf of such Senator under this section for such 
calendar year."; and 
(3) by striking out the last sentence thereof and inserting in 
lieu thereof the following: "Reimbursement to a Senator and his 
employees under this section shall be made only upon presentation 
Infra. 
2 u s e 61-1. 
2 u s e 61-1 note. 
2 u s e 60a-1. 
Repeal. 
2 u s e 72a-lcl 
and notes. 
Effective date. 
2 u s e 72a-le 
note. 
91 STAT. 664 
PUBLIC LAW 95-94—AUG. 5, 1977 
of itemized vouchers for expenses incurred and, in the case of 
expenses reimbursed under paragrapli (9), only upon presenta-
tion of detailed itemized vouchers for such expenses. The reports 
of the Secretary of the Senate under section 105 of the Legis-
lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965 (2 U.S.C. 104a) shall 
contain a separate section setting forth, in detail, all expenses 
reimbursed under paragraph (9) to each Senator. No reimourse-
ment shall be made under paragraph (5) or (9) for any expense 
incurred for entertainment or meals.". 
Limitation. 
(b) Section 506(b) (1) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
2 use 58. 
"(1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this subsec-
tion, the total amount of expenses authorized to be paid to or on behalf 
of a Senator under this section shall not exceed for calendar year 1977 
or any calendar year thereafter an amount equal to one-half of the sum 
of the amounts authorized to be paid under this section on the day 
before the date of the enactment of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tion Act, 1978, to or on behalf of both of the Senators from the State 
Avhich he represents, increased by an amount equal to ten percent 
thereof and rounded to the next higher multiple of $1,000.". 
(c) Section 506(e) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"(e) A Senator and the employees in his office shall be reimbursed 
under this section only for actual transportation expenses and per 
diem expenses (but not exceeding actual travel expenses) incurred by 
the Senator or employee while traveling on official business within the 
United States. In the case of an employee, reimbursement shall be 
made only for trips which begin and end in Washington, District of 
Columbia, or, in the case of an employee assigned to an office of a 
Senator in the Senator's home State, on trips which begin and end at 
• 
the place where such office is located. However, a Senator or an 
employee in the office of a Senator shall not be reimbursed for any per 
diem expenses or actual travel expenses (other than actual transporta-
tion expenses) for any travel occurring during the sixty days immedi-
ately before the date of any primary or general election (whether 
regular, special, or runoff) in which the Senator is a candidate for 
public office (within the meaning of section 301(b) of the Federal 
2 use 431. 
Election Campaign Act of 1971), unless his candidacy in such election 
is uncontested. Reimbursement of per diem expenses under this subsec-
tion shall be at the rates in effect under section 5702 of title 5, United 
States Code, for employees of agencies. For purposes of this subsection 
and subsection (a)(8), an employee in the Office of the Majority 
Leader, Minority Leader, Majority Whip, or Minority Whip shall be 
considered to be an employee in the office of the Senator holding such 
Office.". 
(d) Section 3(c) (2) under the heading "Administrative Provisions" 
in the appropriation for the Senate in the Legislative Branch Appro-
priation Act, 1975 (2 U.S.C. 59(c)(2)) is amended by striking out 
"$20,500" and inserting in lieu thereof "$22,550", and by striking out 
"$500" and inserting in lieu thereof "$550". 
(e) The seventh paragraph under the heading "Administrative Pro-
visions" in the appropriation for the Senate in the Legislative Branch 
Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 68b) is amended by adding at the 
end thereof the following: "This paragraph shall not apply with 
respect to per diem or actual travel expenses incurred by Senators and 
employees in the office of a Senator which are reimbursed under section 
506 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58).". 
PUBLIC LAW 95-94—AUG. 5, 1977 
91 STAT. 665 
(f) The anieiidments made by subsections (a), (c), (d),and (e) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. The amendment 
made by subsection (b) shall take effect as of January 1, 1977. 
iff) Effective as of January 1,1977, the Sergeant at Arms and Door-
keeper of the Senate shall, at the request of a Senator, furnish not 
more than two Wide Area Telephone Service (WATS) lines to that 
Senator, the cost of which shall be paid out of the contingent fund 
of the Senate. 
SEC. 113. (a) The Sergeant at Arms of the Senate shall provide for 
a one-year trial installation of a telecommunication device for use by 
Senators and members of their staffs to receive communications from 
deaf persons and persons with speech impairments through the use of 
a device Avith keyboard sending capacity. 
(b) The printed copy produced by any communication from a deaf 
person or a person with a speech impairment which is received by the 
device installed under this section shall be transmitted to the Senator 
designated in such communication. 
(c) The device installed under this section shall have keyboard 
sending capacity to permit the Senator who receives a commimication 
under subsection (b) to reply to the person sending such communica-
tion through the use of such device. 
(d) The Sergeant at Arms of the Senate shall establish such proce-
dures as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. 
(e) Expenses incurred in carrying out this section shall be paid out 
of the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers apj)roved by the 
Sergeant at Arms of the Senate. 
SEC. 114. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, appropriated 
funds are available for payment to an individual of pay from more 
than one position, each of which is in the office of a Senator and the 
pay for which is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, if the aggre-
gate gross pay from those positions does not exceed the amount specified 
in section 105(d) (2) (ii) of the Legislative Appropriations Act of 
1968, as amended and modified. 
Effective date. 
2 use 58 note. 
2 use 58a. 
2 use 61-la. 
2 use 61-1. 
H O U S E O F 
R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S 
COMI'EXSA'I'IOX ANO MlLEAGE FOR THE MEMBERS 
COMl'E>rSATI()X OF MEMBERS 
For compensation of Members, as authorized by law (where\er used 
"Member." 
herein the term "Member" shall include Members of the House of 
Representatives, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, the 
Delegate from the District of Columbia, the Delegate from Guam, and 
the Delegate from the Virgin Islands), $27,760,400. 
For an additional amount for "Compensation of Members", fiscal 
year 1977, $3,600,000. 
MILEAGE OF MEMBERS 
For mileage of INIembers, as authorized by law, $210,000. 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP 
OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $2,056,600, includ- 
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ing: Office of the Speaker, $520,400, including $10,000 for official 
expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $369,100, 
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Minority 
91 STAT. 666 
PUBLIC LAW 95-94—AUG. 5, 1977 
Floor Leader, $464,100, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
Minority Leader; Majority Whip, $399,000, including not to exceed 
$49,655 for the Chief Deputy Majority W h i p ; Minority Whip, 
$304,000, including not to exceed $49,655 for the Chief 
Deputy 
Minority Whip. 
For an additional amount for "House leadership offices", fiscal year 
1977, $258,200 including: Office of the Speaker, $16,000; Office of the 
Majority Floor Leader, $45,300; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, 
$100,700; Office of the Majority Whip, $75,800; and Office of the 
Minority Whip, $20,400. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as au-
thorized by law, $22,904,250, including: Office of the Clerk, $5,819,000; 
Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $9,352,700; Office of the Doorkeeper, 
$3,700,600; Office of the Postmaster, $1,116,600; including $19,562 for 
employment of substitute messengers and extra services of regular 
employees when required at the salary rate of not to exceed $10,524 
per annum each; Office of the Chaplain, $22,100; Office of the Parlia-
mentarian, including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing 
the Digest of the Rules, $197,600; for compiling the precedents of the 
House of Representatives, $288,600; Official Reporters of Debates, 
$536,300; Official Reporters to Committees, $619,600; two printing 
clerks, one for the majority appointed by the Majority Leader and 
one for the minority appointed by the Minority Leader, $31,300 to be 
equally divided; a technical assistant in the Office of the Attending 
Physician, to be appointed by the Attending Physician subject to the 
approval of the Speaker, $28,700; the House Democratic Steering 
Committee, $382,000; the House Democratic Caucus, $73,300; the 
House Republican Conference, $455,300; and six minority employees, 
$280,550. 
For an additional amount for "Salaries, officers and employees", 
fiscal year 1977, $751,100, including: Office of the Clerk, $166,200; 
Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $570,000; and six minority employees, 
$14,900. 
Funds, transfer. 
Such amounts as are deemed necessary for the payment of salaries 
of officers and employees under this head may be transferred between 
the various offices and activities within this appropriation, "Salaries, 
officers and employees", upon the approval of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For professional and clerical employees of standing committees, 
including the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
the Budget, $24,705,000. 
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 with 
2 use 72a. 
section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 1946, and to be 
available for reimbursement to agencies for services 
performed, 
$2,768,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 95-94—AUG. 5, 1977 
91 STAT. 667 
For an additional amount for "Committee on Appropriations 
(Studies and Investigations)", fiscal year 1977, $135,000. 
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 the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974, and to be available for reimbursement 88 Stat. 300. 
to agencies for services performed, $261,000. 
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OFFICE OF THE LAW REVISION COUNSEL 
***' 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel 
of the House, $394,350. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of 
the House, $1,682,000. 
MEMBERS' CLERK HIRE 
For staff employed by each Member in the discharge of his official 
and representative duties, $107,192,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or 
law, $57,185,000, including: Computer and related services for Mem-
bers, $3,500,000; constituent communication expenses, $2,738,400: 
equipment (purchase, lease, and maintenance), $6,418,000; official 
expenses, $3,073,000; postage stamps for the second session of the 
Ninety-fifth Congress to be procured and furnished by the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives (1) to each Representative, the Resident 
Commissioner of Puerto Rico, and the Delegates from the District of 
Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, $211; (2) to each standing 
committee of the House of Representatives upon request of the chair-
man thereof, $131; (3) to the Speaker, the Majority and Minority 
Leaders, and the Majority and Minority Whips of the House of Repre-
sentatives, $191; and (4) to each of the following officers of the House 
of Representatives: $341 for the Clerk of the House, $251 for the 
Sergeant at Arms, $211 for the Doorkeeper, $171 for the Postmaster, 
and $200 for the Chaplain, in all, $97,700; rental of district office space, 
\ 
$6,739,280; transportation for Members and staff, $3,494,000; tele-
graph and telephone, $10,812,500; supplies and materials, $1,712,000; 
furniture and furnishings, $2,020,000; reporting hearings for steno-
graphic reports of hearings of committees, including special and select 
committees, $1,598,000; salaries authorized by House resolutions, 
$2,340,000; Government contributions to employees' life insurance 
fund, retirement fund, and health benefits fund, $12,343,000; and 
miscellaneous items including, but not limited to, purchase, exchange, 
hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of House motor 
vehicles, and not to exceed $15,000 for the purposes authorized by 
section 1 of House Resolution 348, approved June 29,1961, as amended 
by House Resolution 434, Ninety-fourth Congress, $299,120. 
91 STAT. 668 
PUBLIC LAW 95-94—AUG. 5, 1977 
For an additional amount for "Allowances and expenses, supplies 
and materials", fiscal year 1977, $50,000. 
Funds, transfer. 
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 
expenses", upon the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives. 
STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND) 
For a stationery allowance for each Member for the second session 
of the Ninety-fifth Congress, as authorized by law, $2,853,500. 
SPECIAL AND SELECT COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of special and select committees authorized 
by the House, $32,700,000. 
For an additional amount for "Special and select committees", fiscal 
year 1977, $5,700,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 115. The provisions of House Resolution 1495, Ninety-fourth 
Congress, relating to the salaries of Official Reporters of Debates and 
Official Reporters to Committees; House Resolution 1576, Ninety-
fourth Congress, providing for an additional employee for former 
Speakers of the House of Representatives; paragraph 29 of House 
Resolution 5, Ninety-fifth Congress, amending Rule XI 6(c) of the 
House relating to the pay of committee staffs; House Resolution 8, 
Ninety-fifth Congress, increasing the basic levels of pay for selected 
positions in the House of Representatives; House Resolution 119, 
Ninety-fifth Congress, increasing the basic levels of pay for six minor-
ity positions; section 302 of House Resolution 287, Ninety-fifth 
Congress, relating to official expense allowances of Members; House 
Repolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, relating to additional employees 
in the Office of the Minority Leader and the Offices of the Majority 
Whip and the Chief Majority Whip, and additional allowances for 
the Majority Leader, the Minority Leader, the Majority Whip, and 
the Minority Whip; House Resolution 434, Ninety-fifth Congress, 
relating to expenses of interparliamentary meetings and the reception 
of heads of states and other foreign dignitaries; and House Resolution 
502, Ninety-fifth Congress, relating to the establishment and admin-
istration of the Office of the Parliamentarian, shall be the permanent 
law with respect thereto. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For joint committees, as follows: 
2 u s e 84a-l. 
2 u s e 31b-5 and 
note. 
2 u s e 75-1, 
76-1, 77a, 282b. 
2 u s e 41 note, 
56 note, 122a 
note. 
2 u s e 74a-3, 
74a-4. 
2 u s e 130 and 
note. 
2 use 
287-287d. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
J O I N T ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$1,697,100. 
For an additional amount for "Joint Economic Committee", fiscal 
year 1977, $53,300. 
PUBLIC LAW 95-94—AUG. 5, 1977 
91 STAT. 669 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
$1,081,000, including $500,000 for a comprehensive management review 
and analysis of the Government Printing Office's organization, poli-
cies, systems and processes: Provided^ That effective October 1, 1977, 
the Joint Committee is authorized (1) to procure the temporary or 
intermittent services of individual consultants, or organizations 
thereof, in the same manner and under the same conditions as a stand-
ing committee of the Senate may procure such services under subsec-
tion (i) of section 202 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, 
as amended, and (2) with the prior consent of the agency concerned, 
to use on a reimbursable basis the services of personnel, information, 
and facilities of any such agency: Provided further^ That prior to 
the employment of any consultants or the procurement of services 
by contract relative to any review and analysis of the operation 
of the Government Printing Office, the Joint Committee shall consult 
with the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittees of the 
House and Senate; and that periodic reports on the progress of 
any such review and analysis be submitted to the Joint Committee 
on Printing and the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommit-
tees of the House and Senate: Provided further^ That no part of this 
appropriation shall be used to prepare a Congressional Directory for 
the second regular session of the 95th Congress other than a pamphlet 
supplement to the Congressional Directory for the first session of such 
Congress. 
For an additional amount for "Joint Committee on Printing", fiscal 
year 1977, $40,400. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
JOINT 
C O M M I T T E E ON TAXATION 
Effective date. 
44 u s e 103 note. 
2 u s e 72a. 
Reports to 
congressional 
committees. 
Limitation. 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$1,948,100. 
For an additional amount for "Joint Committee on Taxation", fiscal 
year 1977, $172,000. 
For other joint items, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the 
emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his assistants, 
including (1) an allowance of $1,000 per month to the Attending Phy-
sician ; (2) an allowance of $200 per month each to two medical officers 
while on duty in the Attending Physician's office; (3) an allowance of 
$200 per month each to not to exceed eight assistants on the basis here-
tofore provided for such assistance; and (4) $217,353 for reimburse-
ment to the Department of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff 
and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physician, such 
amount shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropriation 
or appropriations from which such salaries, allowances, and other 
expenses are payable and shall be available for all the purposes thereof, 
$344,200. 
91 STAT. 670 
PUBLIC LAW 95-94—AUG. 5, 1977 
CAPITOL POLICE 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For purchasing and supplying uniforms; the purchase, maintenance, 
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 reloca-
tion of instructor personnel to and from the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center as approved by the Chairman of the Capitol 
Police Board, and including $40 per month for extra services per-
formed 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, $724,800. 
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD 
To enable the Capitol Police Board to provide additional protec-
tion for the Capitol Buildings and Grounds, including the Senate and 
Detailed 
House Office Buildings and the Capitol Power Plant, $1,572,000. Such 
personnel. 
gum shall be expended only for payment of salaries and other expenses 
of personnel detailed from the Metropolitan Police of the District of 
D.C. Code 
Columbia, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia is authorized 
9-126a. 
and directed to make such details upon the request of the Board. Per-
sonnel 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 Govern-
ment 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-
55 Stat. 456. 
lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1942, and the Second Deficiency 
54 Stat. 629. 
Appropriation Act, 1940, from the Metropolitan Police of the District 
of Columbia shall be deemed a member of such Metropolitan Police 
during the period or periods of any such detail for all purposes of 
rank, pay, allowances, privileges, and 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, allow-
ances, privileges, and benefits which is not less than the status of such 
person in such police at the end of such detail: Provided further^ That 
the Mayor of the District of Columbia is directed (1) to pay the assist-
ant chief detailed under the authority of this paragraph and serving 
as Chief of the Capitol Police, the salary of assistant chief plus $2,000 
and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently pro-
vided by law so long as this position is held by the present incumbent, 
(2) to pay the inspector detailed under the authority of this para-
graph the salary of inspector and such increases in basic compensa-
tion as may be subsequently provided by law so long as this position 
is held by the present incumbent, (3) to pay the two lieutenants 
detailed under the authority of this paragraph the salary of lieutenant 
and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently pro-
vided by law so long as these positions are held by the present incum-
bents, (4) to pay the three detective sergeants detailed under the 
authority of this paragraph the salary of detective sergeant and such 
increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by 
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91 STAT. 671 
law so long as these positions are held by the present incumbents, and 
(5) to pay the three sergeants of the uniform force detailed under the 
authority of this paragraph the salary of sergeant and such increases 
in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long 
as these positions are held by the present incumbents. 
Xo part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be paid 
Limitation. 
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 
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Board: Provided, 
That the Capitol Police Board is hereby author-
ized 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. 
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note, 40 
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2 use 88a. 
D.C. eode 
31-121. 
EDUCATION OF PAGES 
For education of congressional pages and pages of the Supreme 
Court, pursuant to part 9 of title IV of the Legislative Eeorganiza-
tion Act, 1970, and section 243 of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 
1946, $193,700, wdiich amount shall be advanced and credited to the 
applicable appropriation of the District of Columbia, and the Board 
of Education of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to 
employ such personnel for the education of pages as may be required 
and to pay compensation for such services in accordance with such 
rates of compensation as the Board of Education may prescribe. 
OrriGix\L MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary for official mail costs pursuant to title 39, 
U.S.C, section 3216, $48,926,000, to be available immediately on 
enactment of this Act. 
The foregoing amounts under "other joint items" shall be disbursed 
by the Clerk of the House. 
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE 
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service, $403,700, 
to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That, effec-
tive October 1,1977, section 441(c) (2) of the Legislative Reorganiza-
tion Act of 1970 (40 U.S.C. 851(c) (2)) is amendedby striking out 
"a Chief Guide and an Assistant Chief Guide" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "a Chief Guide, a Deputy Chief Guide, and an Assistant 
Chief Guide": Provided 
further, 
That none of these funds shall be 
Limitation. 
used to employ more than twenty-eight individuals: Provided 
further, 
That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, during emergencies, to 
employ not more than two additional individuals for not more than 
one hundred twenty days each for the Capitol Guide Service. 
STATEMENTS or 
APPROPRIATIONS 
For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on 
eontracts. 
Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, of the 
statements for the first session of the Ninety-fifth Congress, showing 
appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts author-
ized, together with a chronological history of the regular appropria-
tion bills as required by law, $13,000, to be paid to the persons 
designated by the chairman of such committees to supervise the work. 
91 STAT. 672 
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OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT 
SALARIES AXD EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
2 use 471 note, the Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (Public Law 92^84), includ-
ing rental of space in the District of Columbia, $7,400,000: Provided, 
That the appropriation under this head for the fiscal year 1977 (Public 
90 Stat. 1452. 
Law 94-440) is hereby amended by adding after the amount 
"$6,624,000" a comma and the words "of which $900,000 shall remain 
Limitation. 
available until expended": Provided further^ 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 130 staff employees, 
except that any reduction in total employment necessary to meet this 
limitation on employment is to be accomplished by attrition: ATid 
provided further^ That this limitation shall not prevent staff appoint-
ments necessary to maintain an operating balance between professional 
staff skills and support staff or prevent the position of Director or 
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Deputy Director from being filled should it become vacant. 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
31 use 1301 
note. 
Limitation. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), 
$10,400,000: 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 208 staff employees. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
Limitation. 
40 u s e 166a. 
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, $2,002,800. 
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. 
For an additional amount for "Office of the Architect of the Capitol, 
salaries", fiscal year 1977, $27,400. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES 
Studies. 
To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make surv^eys and studies, 
to incur expenses authorized by the Act of December 13,1973 (87 Stat. 
40 use 166d. 
704), and to meet unforeseen expenses in connection with activities 
under his care, $120,000. 
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91 STAT. 673 
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CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
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CAPITOL BUILDINGS 
For necessary expenditures for the Capitol Building and electrical 
substations of the Senate and House Office Buildings, under the juris-
diction of the Architect of the Capitol, including improvements, 
maintenance, repair, equipment, supplies, material, fuel, oil, waste, 
and appurtenances; security installations authorized by House Con-
current Eesolution 550, Ninety-second Congress, agreed to September 
19, 1972, the cost limitation of which is hereby further increased by 
$24,000; furnishings and office equipment; special and protecrive cloth-
ing for workmen; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by 
law (5 U.S.C. 5901-5902); personal and other services; cleaning and 
repairing works of art and prevention and eradication of insect and 
other pests without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended; preservation of historic drawings through use of document 41 USC 5. 
conservation laboratory facilities of the Library of Congress on a 
reimbursable basis; purchase or exchange, maintenance and operation 
of a passenger motor vehicle; purchase of necessary reference boolvS 
and ]:)eriodicals; for expenses of attendance, when specifically auth-
orized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions in 
connection with subjects related to work under the Architect of the 
Capitol, $5,516,000, of which $57,500 shall remain available until 
expended: Provided^ That the appropriation under this head for the 
fiscal year 1977 (Public Law 94-440) is hereby amended by adding 90 Stat. 1453. 
at the end of the first paragraph a comma and the words "of which 
$500,000 shall remain available until expended". 
CAPITOL GROUNDS 
For care and improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the 
Senate and House Office Buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant; 
personal and other services; care of trees; planting; fertilizer; repairs 
to pavements, walks, and roadways; waterproof wearing apparel; 
maintenance of signal lights; and for snow removal by hire of men 
and equipment or under contract without regard to section 3709 of 
the Revised Statutes, as amended, $1,919,500.' 
41 USC 5. 
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For maintenance, miscellaneous items and supplies, including furni- 
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ture, furnishings, and equipment, and for labor and material incident 
thereto, and repairs thereof; for purchase of waterproof wearing 
a pparel, and for personal and other services; for the care and opera-
tion of the Senate Office Buildings; including the subway and subway 
transportation systems connecting the Senate Office Buildings with 
the Capitol; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 
U.S.C. 5901-5902), prevention and eradication of insect and other 
pests without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes as 
amended; to be expended under the control and supervision of the 
Architect of the Capitol in all $9,102,000, of which $200,000 shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That the appropriation 
under this head for the fiscal year 1977 (Public Law 94-440) is 90 Stat. 1453. 
hereby amended by striking out the amount "$980,000" in the first 
paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the amount "$1,208,000"-
Provided further, That effective as of the beginning of the first 
91 STAT. 674 
PUBLIC LAW 95-94—AUG. 5, 1977 
applicable pay period which begins on or after the date of enactment 
hereof and thereafter, so long as the position is held by the present 
incumbent, the per annum gross rate of compensation of the position 
of Assistant Superintendent, Senate Office Buildings, under the 
Architect of the Capitol, shall be fixed by the Architect, without 
regard to Chapter 51 and Subchapters III and IV of Chapter 53 of 
Title 5, United States Code, at an annual rate of $42,000, and shall 
thereafter be adjusted in accordance wdth the provisions of section 
5307 of Title 5, United States Code. 
For an additional amount for "Senate Office Buildings", fiscal year 
1977, $380,000, for preliminary planning for modifications and altera-
tions to the Russell and Dirksen Buildings, to remain available until 
September 30,1979. 
SENATE GARAGE 
For maintenance, repairs, alterations, personal and other services, 
and all other necessary expenses, $153,500. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For 
maintenance, including equipment; waterproof 
wearing 
apparel; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 
U.S.C. 5901-5902); prevention and eradication of insect and other 
pests without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended; miscellaneous items; and for all necessary services, includ-
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jj^^ ^]^Q position of Superintendent of Garages as authorized by law, 
$18,176,900, of which $4,875,000 shall remain available until expended. 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For lighting, heating, and power (including the purchase of elec-
trical energy) for the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings, 
Supreme Court Building, 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, Washington 
City Post Office, and Folger Shakespeare Library, reimbursement for 
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which shall be made and covered into the Treasury; personal and 
other services, fuel, oil, materials, waterproof wearing apparel, and all 
other necessary expenses in connection with the maintenance and 
operation of the plant, $12,317,000: Provided, That the appropriation 
90 Stat. 1454. 
under this head for the fiscal year 1977 (Public Law 94-440) is hereby 
amended by adding after the amount "$11,172,000" a comma and the 
words "of which $24,000 shall remain available until expended". 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 of 
the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended by section 321 
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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, $21,795,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation 
may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection with any pub-
lication, or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of 
PUBLIC LAW 95-94—AUG. 5, 1977 
91 STAT. 675 
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 Eules and 
Administration. 
For an additional amount for "Congressional Research Service, 
salaries and expenses", fiscal year 1977, $259,000, of which $127,000 
shall be derived by transfer from the appropriation "Copyright Office, 
salaries and expenses". 
GOVERNMENT P R I N T I N G 
O F F I C E 
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 Congres-
sional Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 902) ; and printing 
and binding of Government publications authorized by law to be 
distributed to Members of Congress, $71,674,000: 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) : Prodded 
further^ That this appropriation 
shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under the 
appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Pro-
vided furtlier^ That no part of this appropriation shall be used to 
print a Congressional Directory for the second regular session of the 
95th Congress other than a pamphlet supplement to the Congressional 
Directory for the first session of such Congress. 
This title may be cited as the "Congressional Operations Appro- 
Citation of title, 
priation Act, 1978". 
'JTTLE I I — R E L A T E D AGENC^IES 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses incident to maintaining, operating, 
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repairing, and improving the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 
buildings, grounds, collections, and equipment pertaining thereto, 
including personal services; waterproof wearing apparel; emergency 
medical supplies; traveling expenses, including bus fares, not to 
exceed $275; the prevention and eradication of insect and other pests 
and plant diseases by purchase of materials and procurement of per-
sonal services by contract without regard to the provisions of any 
other Act; purchase and exchange of motor trucks; purchase and 
exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor 
vehicle; purchase of botanical books, periodicals, and books of ref-
erence ; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, 
$1,283,000. 
L I B R A R Y O F 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; pres-
91 STAT. 676 
PUBLIC LAW 95-94—AUG. 5, 1977 
ervation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; for the 
National Program for Acquisition and Cataloging of Library mate-
rial; operation and maintenance of the American Folklife Center 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, $81,295,000, of which $4,026,000 is to remain 
available until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, and 
newspapers, and all other material including subscriptions for bib-
liographic services for the Library and the law library, including 
$40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically 
approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials for addi-
tions to the collections: Provided, 
That not to exceed $6,500,000 of 
the funds credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1978 under 
the Act of June 28, 1902 (2 U.S.C. 150) shall be available for obliga-
tion during such fiscal year. 
COPYRIGHT 
OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including publica-
tion of the decisions of the United States courts involving copyrights, 
$7,945,500: Provided, 
That not to exceed $3,000,000 of the funds 
credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1978 under section 
203 of Title 17, United States Code (as in effect prior to January 1, 
1978), and under section 708(c) of such title (as in effect on and after 
January 1, 1978) shall be available for obligation during such fiscal 
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year. 
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON N E W TECHNOLOGICAL USES OF COPYRIGHTED 
WORKS 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the National Commission on New Tech-
nological Uses of Copyrighted Works, $520,500: Provided, 
That 
$272,000 of this appropriation shall be available only upon enactment 
Post, p. 1226. 
into law of H.R. 4836 or equivalent legislation. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY 
HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act 
approved March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a), as amended, $28,720,700. 
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, $3,441,200, of which $3,184,600 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. 
PUBLIC LAW 95-94—AUG. 5, 1977 
91 STAT. 677 
Aliens, 
employment. 
2 use 169. 
FURNITURE AXD FURNISHINGS 
For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair of furniture, 
furnishings, office and library equipment, and purchase of a medium 
sedan for replacement, $7,030,700, of which $6,214,000 shall be avail-
able until expended only for the purchase and supply of furniture, 
book stacks, shelving, furnishings, and related costs necessary for the 
initial outfitting of the James Madison Memorial Library Building. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Approj^riations in this Act available to the Library of Library of 
Congress for salaries shall be available for expenses of personnel Congress, 
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. 
SEC. 202. Not to exceed fifteen 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 per-
son 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 
Congress. 
SEC. 203. Funds available to the Library of Congress may be 2 USC 143a. 
expended to reimburse the Department of State for medical services 
rendered to employees of the Library of Congress stationed abroad 
and for contracting on behalf of and hiring alien employees for the 
Library of Congress under compensation plans comparable to those 
authorized by section 444 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, 
as amended (22 U.S.C. 889(a)); for purchase or hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles; for payment of travel, storage and transporta-
tion of household goods, and transportation and per diem expenses 
for families enroute (not to exceed twenty-four) ; for benefits com-
parable to those payable under sections 911(9), 9il(ll), and 941 of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1136(9), 
1136(11), and 1156, respectively) ; 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 Assistance Act of 1961 
(Public Law 87-195, 22 U.S.C. 2396(b)); subject to such rules and 
regulations as may be issued by the Librarian of Congress. 
SEC. 204. Payments in advance for subscriptions or other charges Advance 
for bibliographical data, publications, materials in any other form, payment, 
and services may be made by the Librarian of Congress whenever he 
determines it to be more prompt, efficient, or economical to do so in 
the interest of carrying out required Library programs. 
SEC. 205. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of 
Congress shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $99,600, when 
specifically authorized by the Librarian, for expenses of attendance 
at meetings concerned with the function or activity for which the 
appropriation is made. 
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SEC. 206. Funds available to the Library of Congress may be 
expended to provide additional parking facilities for Library of Con-
gress employees in an area or areas in the District of Columbia out-
91 STAT. 678 
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2 u s e 142e. 
Certificate. 
17 u s e app. 805 
note. 
side the limits of the Library of Congress grounds, and to provide for 
transportation of such employees to and from such area or areas and 
the Library of Congress grounds without regard to the limitations 
imposed by 31 U.S.C. 638a (c) (2). 
SEC. 207. The Disbursing Officer of the Library of Congress is 
authorized to disburse funds appropriated for the Congressional 
Budget Office, and the Library of Congress shall provide financial 
management support to the Congressional Budget Office as may be 
required and mutually agreed to by the Librarian of Congress and 
the Director of the Congressional Budget Office. From and after Jan-
uary 1, 1976, the Library of Congress is authorized to compute and 
disburse the basic pay of all personnel of the Congressional Budget 
Office pursuant to the provisions of section 5504 of Title 5 of the 
United States Code, except the Director, who as head of an agency, 
shall have pay computed and disbursed pursuant to the provisions 
of section 5505 of Title 5 of the United States Code. 
All vouchers certified for payment by duly authorized certifying 
officers of the Library of Congress shall be supported with a certifi-
cation by an officer or employee of the Congressional Budget Office 
duly authorized in writing by the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office to certify payments from appropriations of the Con-
gressional Budget Office. The Congressional Budget Office certifying 
officers shall (1) be held responsible for the existence and correctness 
of the facts recited in the certificate or otherwise stated on the 
voucher or its supporting paper and the legality of the proposed 
payment under the appropriation or fund involved, (2) be held respon-
sible and accountable for the correctness of the computations of certifi-
cations made, and (3) be held accountable for and required to make 
good to the United States the amount of any illegal, improper, or incor-
rect payment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or misleading cer-
tificate made by him, as well as for any payment prohibited hj law 
which did not represent a legal obligation under the appropriation or 
fund involved: Provided, That the Comptroller General of the United 
States may, at his discretion, relieve such certifying officer or employee 
of liability for anv payment otherwise proper whenever he finds (1) 
that the certification was based on official records and that such cer-
tifying officer or employee did not know, and by reasonable diligence 
and inquiry could not have ascertained the actual facts, or (2) that 
the obligation was incurred in good faith, that the payment was not 
contrary to any statutory provision specifically prohibiting payments 
of the character involved, and the United States has received value 
for such payment: Provided further, That the Comptroller General 
shall relieve such certifying officer or employee of liability for an 
overpayment for transportation services made to any common carrier 
covered by section 66 of Title 49 of the United States Code, whenever 
he finds that the overpayment occurred solely because the administra-
tive examination made prior to payment of the transportation bill 
did not include a verification of transportation rates, freight classi-
fications, or land grant deduction. 
The Disbursing Officer of the Library of Congress shall not be held 
accountable or responsible for any illegal, improper, or incorrect pay-
ment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or misleading certificate, 
the responsibility for which is imposed upon a certifying officer or 
employee of the Congressional Budget Office. 
SEC. 208. The Library of Congress is authorized to compute and 
disburse basic pay of all personnel of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal 
pursuant to the provisions of section 5504 of title 5 of the United 
States Code. 
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91 STAT. 679 
A R C H I T E C T O F T H E 
C A P I T O L 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE 
For necessary expenditures for mechanical and structural mainte-
nance, including improvements, equipment, supplies, 
waterproof 
wearing apparel, and personal and other services, $2,169,100, of which 
$100,000 shall remain available until expended. 
C O P Y R I G H T R O Y A L T Y 
T R I B U N A L 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal, $726,000. 
G O V E R N M E N T P R I N T I N G O F F I C E 
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PRINTING AND BINDING 
For authorized printing, binding, and distribution of the Federal 
Register (including the Code of Federal Regulations) as authorized 
by law (44 U.S.C. 1509, 1510); and printing and binding of Govern-
ment publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge 
to the recipient, $12,952,500: 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 Agricul-
ture) : Promded further^ That this appropriation shall be available for 
the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations for 
similar purposes for preceding jfiscal years: Provided 
further^ That 
Limitation. 
this appropriation shall not be available to provide more than 34 
copies of the daily edition of the Congressional Record to any Repre-
sentative (including Delegates to Congress and the Resident Commis-
sioner from Puerto Rico) for distribution to designees of their choice: 
Provided 
further^ 
That no part of this appropriation shall be used 
to furnish more than fifty transferable copies of the daily edition of 
the Congressional Record to each Senator under section 906 of title 
44, United States Code, nor to furnish any such copy to a Senator for 
transfer other than to a public agency or institution. On or before 
September 1, 1977, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the Public 
Printer shall notify each Member of the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the names and addresses of all those receiving the Con-
gressional Record that are charged to such Member of the Senate and 
House of Representatives. 
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) : Provided^ 
That expenditures in connection with travel 
expenses of the Depository Library Council to the Public Printer shall 
be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of chapter 19 of title 
44, United States Code; price lists and bibliographies; repairs to 
buildings, elevators, and machinery; and supplying books to deposi-
91 STAT. 680 
PUBLIC LAW 95-94—AUG. 5, 1977 
tory libraries; $21,751,000: Provided 
further, 
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. 665), 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. 
For an additional amount for "Salaries and Expenses, Superin-
tendent of Documents", fiscal year 1977, $900,000. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING F U N D 
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 
31 use 849. 
Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carry-
ing 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 governmental printing, binding, and distribution 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. 
G E N E R A L ACCOUNTING O F F I C E 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including 
not to exceed $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the Comp-
troller General of the United States in connection with special studies 
of governmental financial practices and procedures; services as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per 
5 use 5332 note, diem rate equivalent to the rate for grade GS-18; hire of one passenger 
motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries notwithstanding 
section 3648, Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 529) ; benefits 
comparable to those payable under sections 911(9), 911(11) and 942 
(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1136 
(9), 1136(11), and 1157(a), 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 Assistance Act of 1961 
(Public Law 87-195,22 U.S.C. 2396 (b)), $167,000,000: Provided, 
That 
this appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of 
any other department or agency which is a member of the Joint Finan-
cial Management Improvement Program ( J F M I P ) shall be available 
to finance an appropriate share of J F M I P costs as determined by the 
J F M I P , including but not limited to the salary of the Executive Secre-
tary and secretarial support: Provided 
further, 
That this appropria-
tion and appropriations for administrative expenses of any other 
PUBLIC LAW 95-94—AUG. 5, 1977 
91 STAT. 681 
department or agency which is a member of the National Intergovern-
mental 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 
J F M I P may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation from 
which costs involved are initially financed. 
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COST-ACCOT'XTIXG STANDARDS ]K)ARD 
SALARIES AXD EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Cost-Accounting Standards Board necessary 
to carry out the provisions of section 719 of the Defense Production 
Act of 1950, as amended (Public Law 91-379, approved August 15, 
1970), $1,837,000. 
50 USC app. 
2168. 
T I T L E I I I — C A P I T A L I M P R O V E M E N T S 
A R C H I T E C T O F T H E C A P I T O L 
W E S T CENTRAL FRONT OF THE CAPITOL 
The Architect of the Capitol is authorized and directed (1) to con-
duct a study of the utilization of space in the L^nited States Capitol 
for the purpose of recommending and reporting to the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives and the President of the Senate and to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses, and the Senate Com-
mittee on Rules and Administration, those offices which, by virtue of 
tlie functions performed therein, should be located in the Capitol and 
those offices which could be relocated to the House and Senate Office 
Buildings and Annexes; (2) to prepare drawings and specifications 
for restoration of the West Central Front of the United States Capitol 
in accordance with each of the various plans and alternatives proposed 
to the Committees on Appropriations during hearings on Legislative 
Branch Appropriatons for 1978; and (3) to prepare drawings and 
specifications for extension of the West Central Front of the United 
States Capitol in accordance with the modified plan for extension of 
the West Central Front approved by the Commission for Extension of 
the United States Capitol on April 7,1977; the drawings and specifica-
tions to be prepared in such detail as will enable the cost of such 
restoration proposals and extension proposal to be ascertained. The 
unexpended balance of appropriations heretofore appropriated under 
the heading, "EXTENSION OF THE CAPITOL" shall be transferred imme-
diately upon approval of this Act to a Commission on the West Cen-
tral Front of the United States Capitol which shall be composed of the 
following: The Vice President of the United States, who shall be the 
Chairman, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Majority 
and Minority Leaders of the House of Representatives, and the 
Majority and Minority leaders of the Senate. Such unexpended bal-
ances shall be available for (1) the conduct of such study and (2) the 
preparation of such drawings and specifications under the direction of 
the Commission on the West Central Front of the United States 
Capitol. The drawings and specifications shall be completed by March 
1, 1978, and submitted for the approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and House of Representatives and the Corn-
Study. 
Report to 
Speaker of the 
House, President 
of the Senate, and 
congressional 
committees. 
40 USC 166 note. 
Hearings. 
Funds, transfer. 
91 STAT. 682 
PUBLIC LAW 95-94—AUG. 5, 1977 
Limitation. 
Regulations. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
Effective date. 
2 u s e 150 note. 
Effective date. 
Effective date. 
mission on the West Central Front of the United States Capitol prior 
to the issuance of invitations to bid on the restoration or extension of 
the West Central Front of the United States Capitol. 
T I T L E I V — G E N E R A L P R O V I S I O N S 
SEC. 401. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for emer-
gency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations 
relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives issued 
by the Committee on House Administration. 
SEC. 402. 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. 403. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the 
funds in this Act shall be used to pay pages of the House of Repre-
sentatives at a gross annual maximum rate of compensation in excess 
of that in effect on June 30,1975. 
SEC. 404. Section 721 of title 44, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
"§ 721. Congressional Directory 
"(a) There shall be prepared under the direction of the Joint Com-
mittee on Printing (1) a Congressional Directory, which shall be 
printed and distributed as early as practicable during the first session 
of each Congress and (2) a supplement to each Congressional Direc-
tory, which shall be printed and distributed as early as practicable 
during the second regular session of each Congress. The Joint Com-
mittee shall control the number and distribution of the Congressional 
Directory and each supplement. 
"(b) One copy of the Congressional Directory delivered to Mem-
bers of the Senate and the House of Representatives (including Dele-
gates and the Resident Commissioner) shall be bound in cloth and 
imprinted on the cover with the name of the Member. Copies of the 
Congressional Directory delivered to depository libraries may be 
bound in cloth. All other copies of the Congressional Directory shall 
be bound in paper and names shall not be imprinted thereon, except 
that copies printed for sale under section 722 may be bound in cloth.". 
SEC. 405. (a) The paragraph beginning "The Librarian of Con-
gress" under heading " P U B L I C P R I N T I N G AND B I N D I N G " in 
the Act of June 28, 1902 (32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150), is amended by 
inserting before the period at the end thereof "and shall be credited 
to the approi^riation for necessary expenses for the preparation and 
distribution of catalog cards and other publications of the Library". 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on 
October 1,1977. 
SEC. 406. (a) Effective October 1,1977, section 203 of title 17, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: 
"All moneys deposited with the Secretary of the Treasury under this 
section shall be credited to the appropriation for necessary expenses 
of the Copyright Office.". 
(b) Effective January 1, 1978, the first sentence of section 708(c) 
of title 17, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "All 
fees received under this section shall be deposited by the Register of 
Copyrights in the Treasury of the United States and shall be credited 
to the appropriation for necessary expenses of the Copyright Office.". 
PUBLIC LAW 95-94—AUG. 5, 1977 
91 STAT. 683 
SEC. 407. (a) The first paragraph of section 906 of title U, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking out 
"to the Vice President and each Senator, one hundred 
copies;" 
and inserting in lieu thereof 
"to the Vice President, one hundred copies; 
"to each Senator, fifty copies (which may be transferred 
only to public agencies and institutions) ;" 
(2) by striking out 
"to each Representative, and Resident Commissioner in 
Congress, sixty-eight copies;" 
and inserting in lieu thereof 
"to each Member of the House of Representatives, the Resi-
dent Commissioner from Puerto Rico, the Delegate from the 
District of Columbia, the Delegate from Guam, and the Dele-
gate from the Virgin Islands, thirty-four copies (which may 
be transferred only to public agencies and institutions);". 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on 
October 1, 1977. 
SEC. 408. (a)(1) Section 1509 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
"§ 1509. Costs of publication, etc. 
"(a) The cost of printing, reprinting, wrapping, binding, and 
distributing the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regula-
tions, and, except as provided in subsection (b), other expenses 
incurred by the Government Printing Office in carrying out the duties 
])laced upon it by this chapter shall be charged to the revolving fund 
provided in section 309. Reimbursements for such costs and expenses 
shall be made by the Federal agencies and credited, together with all 
receipts, as provided in section 309(b). 
"(b) The cost of printing, reprinting, wrap])ing, binding, and dis-
tributing all other publications of the Federal Register program, and 
other expenses incurred by the Government Printing Office in con-
nection with such publications, shall be borne by the appropriations to 
the Go\ernment Printing Office and the a]:)propriations are made 
available, and are authorized to be increased by additional sums neces-
sary for the purposes, the increases to be based upon estimates sub-
mitted bv the Public Printer.". 
(2) The table of sections of chapter 15 of title 44, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out the item relating to section 1509 and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"1509. Costs of publication, etc.". 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on 
October 1, 1977. 
SEC. 409. (a) The last sentence of the first paragraph of section 1708 
of title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking out "Surplus 
receipts from sales" and inserting in lieu thereof "Receipts from gen-
eral sales of publications in excess of the total costs and expenses 
incurred in connection with the publication and sale thereof, as deter-
mined by the Public Printer,". 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on 
October 1,1977. 
Effective date. 
44 u s e 906 note. 
Federal Register 
and Code of 
Federal 
Regulations. 
Effective date. 
44 u s e 1509 
note. 
Effective date. 
44 u s e 1708 
note. 
91 STAT. 684 
PUBLIC LAW 95-94—AUG. 5, 1977 
D.C. Code 
SEO. 410. Each Senator, Member of the House of Representatives, 
40-603c. 
and other individual who is authorized by law to be issued a con-
gressional tag for his automobile shall, upon application therefor, be 
entitled to be issued a duplicate tag bearing the same number. 
Short title. 
This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1978". 
V 
Approved August 5, 1977. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 95-450 (Comm. on Appropriations) and 95-506 (Comm. of 
Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 95-338 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 123 (1977): 
June 29, considered and passed House. 
July 15, 18, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
July 26, House agreed to conference report; receded and concurred in certain 
Senate amendments, in others with amendment, and disagreed to Senate 
amendment No. 61. Senate agreed to conference report; resolved amendments 
in disagreement.