Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996
PL 104-53 (H.R.2492), enacted 11/19/1995

109 STAT. 514 
PUBLIC LAW 104-53—NOV. 19, 1995 
Public Law 104-53 
104th Congress 
An Act 
Nov. 19, 1995 
[H.R. 2492] 
Legislative 
Branch 
Appropriations 
Act, 1996. 
Congressional 
Operations 
Appropriations 
Act, 1996. 
2 u s e 60a note. 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1996, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS 
SENATE 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES 
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000; the 
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Leader 
of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; 
Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, 
$5,000; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference 
Committees, $3,000 for each Chairman; in all, $56,000. 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
LEADERS 
For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority 
Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all, $30,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers, employees, and others as author-
ized by law, including agency contributions, $69,727,000, which 
shall be paid from this appropriation without regard to the below 
limitations, as follows: 
OFFICE OF T H E VICE PRESIDENT 
For the Office of the Vice President, $1,513,000. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $325,000. 
OFFICES 
OF 
THE 
MAJORITY 
AND 
MINORITY 
LEADERS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $2,195,000. 
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109 STAT. 515 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $656,000. 
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES 
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the 
Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairman 
of each such committee, $996,000 for each such committee; in 
all, $1,992,000. 
OFFICES 
OF 
THE 
SECRETARIES 
OF 
THE 
CONFERENCE 
OF 
THE 
MAJORITY 
AND 
THE 
CONFERENCE 
OF 
THE 
MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority 
and the Conference of the Minority, $360,000. 
POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority 
Policy Committee, $965,000 for each such committee, in all, 
$1,930,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For Office of the Chaplain, $ 192,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For Office of the Secretary, $12,128,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For 
Office 
of the 
Sergeant 
at 
Arms 
and 
Doorkeeper, 
$31,889,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary 
for the Minority, $1,047,000. 
AGENCY 
CONTRIBUTIONS 
AND 
RELATED 
EXPENSES 
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized 
by law, and related expenses, $15,500,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Coun-
sel of the Senate, $3,381,000. 
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 
$936,000. 
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EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE, 
SER-
GEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
OF THE SENATE, AND SEC-
RETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE 
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $3,000; 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary 
for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for the Minority 
of the Senate, $3,000; in all, $12,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the 
Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 
601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, section 112 of Public 
Law 96-304 and Senate Resolution 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, 
$66,395,000. 
EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL 
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on Inter-
national Narcotics Control, $305,000. 
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$1,266,000. 
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Door-
keeper of the Senate, $61,347,000. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $6,644,000. 
SENATORS' OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT 
For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, 
$204,029,000. 
OFFICE OF SENATE FAIR EMPLOYMENT 
PRACTICES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Fair Employ-
ment Practices, $778,000. 
SETTLEMENTS AND AWARDS RESERVE 
For expenses for settlements and awards, $1,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND) 
For stationery for the President of the Senate, $4,500, for 
officers of the Senate and the Conference of the Majority and 
Conference of the Minority of the Senate, $8,500; in all, $13,000. 
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109 STAT. 517 
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate, 
$11,000,000. 
RESCISSION 
Of the funds previously appropriated under the heading "SEN-
ATE", $63,544,724.12 are rescinded. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SECTION 1. (a) On and after October 1, 1995, no Senator shall 
receive mileage under section 17 of the Act of July 28, 1866 (2 
U.S.C. 43). 
(b) On and after October 1, 1995, the President of the Senate 
shall not receive mileage under the first section of the Act of 
July 8, 1935 (2 U.S.C. 43a). 
SEC. 2. (a) There is established in the Treasury of the United 
States within the contingent fund of the Senate a revolving fund, 
to be known as the "Office of the Chaplain Expense Revolving 
Fund" (hereafter referred to as the "fund"). The fund shall consist 
of all moneys collected or received with respect to the Office of 
the Chaplain of the Senate. 
(b) The fund shall be available without fiscal year limitation 
for disbursement by the Secretary of the Senate, not to exceed 
$10,000 in any fiscal year, for the payment of official expenses 
incurred by the Chaplain of the Senate. In addition, moneys in 
the fund may be used to purchase food or food related items. 
The fund shall not be available for the payment of salaries. 
(c) All moneys (including donated moneys) received or collected 
with respect to the Office of the Chaplain of the Senate shall 
be deposited in the fund and shall be available for purposes of 
this section. 
(d) Disbursements from the fund shall be made on vouchers 
approved by the Chaplain of the Senate. 
SEC. 3. Funds appropriated under the heading, "Settlements 
and Awards Reserve" in Public Law 103-283 shall remain available 
until expended. 
SEC. 4. Section 902 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1983 (2 U.S.C. 88b-6) is amended by striking the second sentence 
and inserting the following: "The amounts so withheld shall be 
deposited in the revolving fund, within the contingent fund of 
the Senate, for the Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence, as 
established by section 4 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1995 (2 U.S.C. 88b-7).". 
SEC. 5. (a) Any payment for local and long distance tele-
communications service provided to any user by the Sergeant at 
Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall cover the total invoiced 
amount, including any amount relating to separately identified 
toll calls, and shall be charged to the appropriation for the fiscal 
year in which the underlying base service period covered by the 
invoice ends. 
(b) As used in subsection (a), the term "user" means any Sen-
ator, Officer of the Senate, Committee, office, or entity provided 
telephone equipment and services by the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate. 
Effective dates. 
2 u s e 43 note. 
2 u s e 43a note. 
Nomenclature. 
2 u s e 61d-3. 
2 u s e 58a note. 
109 STAT. 518 
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2 use 88b-7. 
Notification. 
Effective date. 
2 use 61g-6a 
note. 
SEe. 6. Section 4(b) of Public Law 103-283 is amended by 
inserting before "collected" the following: "(including donated mon-
eys)". 
SEC. 7. Section 1 of Public Law 101-520 (2 U.S.C. 61g-6a) 
is amended to read as follows: 
"SECTION 1. (a)(1) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority 
Policy Committee of the Senate may, during any fiscal year, at 
his or her election transfer funds from the appropriation account 
for salaries for the Majority and Minority Policy Committees of 
the Senate, to the account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, 
from which expenses are payable for such committees. 
"(2) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Policy Committee 
of the Senate may, during any fiscal year, at his or her election 
transfer funds from the appropriation account for expenses, within 
the contingent fund of the Senate, for the Majority and Minority 
Policy Committees of the Senate, to the account from which salaries 
are payable for such committees. 
"(b)(1) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Conference 
Committee of the Senate may, during any fiscal year, at his or 
her election transfer funds from the appropriation account for sala-
ries for the Majority and Minority Conference Committees of the 
Senate, to the account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, 
from which expenses are payable for such committees. 
"(2) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Conference 
Committee of the Senate may, during any fiscal year, at his or 
her election transfer funds from the appropriation account for 
expenses, within the contingent fund of the Senate, for the Majority 
and Minority Conference Committees of the Senate, to the account 
from which salaries are payable for such committees. 
"(c) Any funds transferred under this section shall be— 
"(1) available for expenditure by such committee in like 
manner and for the same purposes as are other moneys which 
are available for expenditure by such committee from the 
account to which the funds were transferred; and 
"(2) made at such time or times as the Chairman shall 
specify in writing to the Senate Disbursing Office. 
"(d) The Chairman of a committee transferring funds under 
this section shall notify the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate of the transfer.". 
(b) The amendment made by this section shall take effect 
on October 1, 1995, and shall be effective with respect to fiscal 
years beginning on or after that date. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
$671,561,000, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $11,271,000, 
including: Office of the Speaker, $1,478,000, including $25,000 for 
of^cial expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$1,470,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,480,000, including 
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
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109 STAT. 519 
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 
$928,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy 
Minority Whip, $918,000, including $5,000 for official expenses 
of the Minority Whip; Speaker's Office for Legislative Floor Activi-
ties, $376,000; Republican Steering Committee, $664,000; Repub-
lican Conference, $1,083,000; Democratic Steering and Policy 
Committee, $1,181,000; Democratic Caucus, $566,000; and nine 
minority employees, $1,127,000. 
MEMBERS' REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES 
INCLUDING MEMBERS' CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES OF 
MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL 
For Members' representational allowances, including Members' 
clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, $360,503,000: Pro-
vided, That no such funds shall be used for the purposes of sending 
unsolicited mass mailings within 90 days before an election in 
which the Member is a candidate. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 
select, authorized by House resolutions, $78,629,000. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$16,945,000, including studies and examinations of executive agen-
cies and temporary personal services for such committee, to be 
expended in accordance with section 202(b) of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available for reimbursement 
to agencies for services performed. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $83,733,000, including: for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Clerk, including not to exceed $1,000 for official 
representation and reception expenses, $13,807,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Otiice of the Sergeant at Arms, including 
the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including not to 
exceed $750 for official representation and reception expenses, 
$3,410,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, $53,556,000, including salaries, expenses 
and temporary personal services of House Information Resources, 
$27,500,000, of which $16,000,000 is provided herein: Provided, 
That House Information 
Resources is authorized to receive 
reimbursement from Members of the House of Representatives and 
other governmental entities for services provided and 
such 
reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to 
this account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General, $3,954,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
CompHance, $858,000; Office of the Chaplain, $126,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the 
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Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, 
$1,180,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law 
Revision Counsel of the House, $1,700,000; for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $4,524,000; 
and other authorized employees, $618,000. 
Effective date. 
Mail. 
2 u s e 117j. 
Effective date. 
2 u s e 117k. 
2 u s e 74a-3, 
74a-3 note, 74a-
7,74c note. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution 
or law, $120,480,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative 
costs and Federal tort claims, $1,213,000; official mail for commit-
tees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, 
$1,000,000; 
reemployed 
annuitants 
reimbursements, 
$68,000; 
Grovernment contributions to employees' life insurance fund, retire-
ment fiinds. Social Security fund. Medicare fund, health benefits 
fund, and worker's and unemplojmtient compensation, $117,541,000; 
and miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, mainte-
nance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, interpar-
liamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees 
of the House, $658,000. 
CHILD CARE CENTER 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives 
Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the account 
established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g(d)(l)), subject to the level specified 
in the budget of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. Effective with respect to fiscal years beginning with 
fiscal year 1995, in the case of mail from outside sources presented 
to the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives 
(other than mail through the Postal Service and mail with postage 
otherwise paid) for internal delivery in the House of Representa-
tives, the Chief Administrative Officer is authorized to collect fees 
equal to the applicable postage. Amounts received by the Chief 
Administrative Officer as fees under the preceding sentence shall 
be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
SEC. 102. Effective with respect to fiscal years beginning with 
fiscal year 1995, amounts received by the Chief Administrative 
Officer of the House of Representatives from the Administrator 
of General Services for rebates under the Grovernment Travel 
Charge Card Program shall be deposited in the Treasury as mis-
cellaneous receipts. 
SEC. 103. The provisions of section 223(b) of House Resolution 
6, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to January 5 (legislative 
day, January 4), 1995, establishing the Speaker's Office for Legisla-
tive Floor Activities; House Resolution 7, One Hundred Fourth 
Congress, agreed to January 5 (legislative day, January 4), 1995, 
providing for the designation of certain minority employees; House 
Resolution 9, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to January 
5 (legislative day, January 4), 1995, providing amounts for the 
Republican Steering Committee and the Democratic Policy Commit-
tee; House Resolution 10, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed 
to January 5 (legislative day, January 4), 1995, providing for the 
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109 STAT. 521 
transfer of two employee positions; and House Resolution 113, One 
Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to March 10, 1995, providing 
for the transfer of certain employee positions shall each be the 
permanent law with respect thereto. 
SEC. 104. (a) The five statutory positions specified in subsection 
(b), subsection (c), and subsection (d) are transferred from the 
House Republican Conference to the Republican Steering Commit-
tee. 
(b) The first two of the five positions referred to in subsection 
(a) are— 
(1) the position established for the chief deputy majority 
whip by subsection (a) of the first section of House Resolution 
393, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to March 31, 1977, as 
enacted into permanent law by section 115 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 74a-3); and 
(2) the position established for the chief deputy majority 
whip by section 102(a)(4) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1990; 
both of which positions were transferred to the majority leader 
by House Resolution 10, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed 
to January 5 (legislative day, January 4), 1995, as enacted into 
permanent law by section 103 of this Act, and both of which posi-
tions were further transferred to the House Republican Conference 
by House Resolution 113, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed 
to March 10, 1995, as enacted into permanent law by section 
103 of this Act. 
(c) The second two of the five positions referred to in subsection 
(a) are the two positions established by section 103(a)(2) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1986. 
(d) The fifth of the five positions referred to in subsection 
(a) is the position for the House Republican Conference established 
by House Resolution 625, Eighty-ninth Congress, agreed to October 
22, 1965, as enacted into permanent law by section 103 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1967. 
(e) The transfers under this section shall take effect on the Effective date 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 105. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or 
any rule, regulation, or other authority, travel for studies and 
examinations under section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization 
Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(b)) shall be governed by applicable laws 
or regulations of the House of Representatives or as promulgated 
from time to time by the Chairman of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act and shall apply to travel performed on or after that 
date. 
SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding the paragraph under the heading 
"GENERAL PROVISION" in chapter XI of the Third Supplemental 
Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 tJ.S.C. 102a) or any other provision 
of law, effective on the date of the enactment of this section, 
unexpended balances in accounts described in subsection (b) are 
withdrawn, with unpaid obligations to be liquidated in the manner 
provided in the second sentence of that paragraph. 
(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are the House 
of Representatives 
legislative 
service 
organization 
revolving 
accounts under section 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C. 96a). 
2 u s e 72a note. 
Effective date. 
Effective date. 
2 u s e 96a note. 
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2 use 123b note. 
Effective date. 
2 use 292. 
2 use 293. 
2 use 294. 
eompensation. 
2 use 60o. 
SEC. 107. (a) Each fund and account specified in subsection 
(b) shall be available only to the extent provided in appropriations 
Acts. 
(b) The funds and accounts referred to in subsection (a) are— 
(1) the revolving fund for the House Barber Shops, estab-
lished by the paragraph under the heading "HOUSE BARBER 
SHOPS REVOLVING FUND" in the matter relating to the House 
of Representatives in chapter HI of title I of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1975 (Public Law 93-554; 88 Stat. 1776); 
(2) the revolving fund for the House Beauty Shop, estab-
lished by the matter under the heading "HOUSE BEAUTY SHOP" 
in the matter relating to administrative provisions for the 
House of Representatives in the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tion Act, 1970 (Pubhc Law 91-145; 83 Stat. 347); 
(3) the special deposit account established for the House 
of Representatives Restaurant by section 208 of the First 
Supplemental Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1941 (40 
U.S.C. 174k note); and 
(4) the revolving fund established for the House Recording 
Studio by section 105(g) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 123b(g)). 
(c) This section shall take effect on October 1, 1995, and shall 
apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after that date. 
SEC. 107A. For fiscal year 1996, subject to the direction of 
the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, 
of the total amount deposited in the account referred to in section 
107(b)(3) of this Act from vending operations of the House of Rep-
resentatives Restaurant System, the cost of goods sold shall be 
available to pay the cost of inventory for such operations. 
SEC. 108. The House Employees Position Classification Act 
(2 U.S.C. 291, et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 3(1), by striking out "Doorkeeper, and the 
Postmaster," and inserting in lieu thereof "Chief Administrative 
Officer, and the Inspector General"; 
(2) in the first sentence of section 4(b), by striking out 
"Doorkeeper, and the Postmaster," and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Chief Administrative Officer, and the Inspector General"; 
(3) in section 5(b)(1), by striking out "Doorkeeper, and 
the Postmaster" and inserting in lieu thereof "Chief Administra-
tive Officer, and the Inspector General"; and 
(4) in the first sentence of section 5(c), by striking out 
"Doorkeeper, and the Postmaster," and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Chief Administrative Officer, and the Inspector General". 
SEC. 109. (a) Upon the approval of the appropriate employing 
authority, an employee of the House of Representatives who is 
separated from employment, may be paid a lump sum for the 
accrued annual leave of the employee. The lump sum— 
(1) shall be paid in an amount not more than the lesser 
of— 
(A) the amount of the monthly pay of the employee, 
as determined by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House of Representatives; or 
(B) the amount equal to the monthly pay of the 
employee, as determined by the Chief Administrative Offi-
cer of the House of Representatives, divided by 30, and 
multiplied by the number of days of the accrued annual 
leave of the employee; 
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109 STAT. 523 
(2) shall be paid— 
(A) for clerk hire employees, from the clerk hire allow-
ance of the Member; 
(B) for committee employees, from amounts appro-
priated for committees; and 
(C) for other employees, from amounts appropriated 
to the emplo3dng authority; and 
(3) shall be based on the rate of pay in effect with respect 
to the employee on the last day of employment of the employee. 
(b) The Committee on House Oversight shall have authority 
to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 
(c) As used in this section, the term "employee of the House 
of Representatives" means an employee whose pay is disbursed 
by the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Chief Adminis-
trative Officer of the House of Representatives, as applicable, except 
that such term does not include a uniformed or civilian support 
employee under the Capitol Police Board. 
(d) Payments under this section may be made with respect EfFective date, 
to separations from employment taking place after June 30, 1995. 
SEC. 110. (a)(1) Effective on the date of the enactment of Effective date, 
this Act, the allowances for office personnel and equipment for 
certain Members of the House of Representatives, as adjusted 
through the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, 
are further adjusted as specified in paragraph (2). 
(2) The further adjustments referred to in paragraph (1) are 
as follows: 
(A) The allowance for the majority leader is increased by 
$167,532. 
(B) The allowance for the majority whip is decreased by 
$167,532. 
(b)(1) Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Effective date. 
House of Representatives allowances referred to in paragraph (2), 
as adjusted through the day before the date of the enactment 
of this Act, are further adjusted, or are established, as the case 
may be, as specified in paragraph (2). 
(2) The further adjustments and the establishment referred 
to in paragraph (1) are as follows: 
(A) The allowance for the Republican Conference is 
increased by $134,491. 
(B) The allowance for the Republican Steering Committee 
is estabUshed at $66,995. 
(C) The allowance for the Democratic Steering and Policy 
Committee is increased by $201,430. 
(D) The allowance for the Democratic Caucus is increased 
by $56. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$3,000,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
$750,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate. 
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JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$5,116,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House. 
For other joint items, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of 
the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his 
assistants, including (1) an allowance of $1,500 per month to the 
Attending Physician; (2) an allowance of $500 per month each 
to two medical officers while on duty in the Attending Physician's 
office; (3) an allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and 
$400 per month each to not to exceed nine assistants on the basis 
heretofore provided for such assistance; and (4) $852,000 for 
reimbursement to the Department of the Navy for expenses incurred 
for staff and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending 
Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to the applicable 
appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries, allow-
ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be available for 
all the purposes thereof, $1,260,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk 
of the House. 
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD 
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For the Capitol Police Board for salaries, including overtime, 
hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allowance of not more 
than $600 each for members required to wear civilian attire, and 
Government contributions to employees' benefits funds, as author-
ized by law, of officers, members, and employees of the Capitol 
Police, $70,132,000, of which $34,213,000 is provided to the Ser-
geant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed 
by the Clerk of the House, and $35,919,000 is provided to the 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be disbursed 
by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That, of the amounts 
appropriated under this heading, such amounts as may be necessary 
may be transferred between the Sergeant at Arms of the House 
of Representatives and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of 
the Senate, upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate. 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses of the 
Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, communications and other 
equipment, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training, medi-
cal services, forensic services, stenographic services, the employee 
assistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards program, 
postage, telephone service, travel advances, relocation of instructor 
and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center, and $85 per month for extra services performed for the 
Capitol Police Board by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms 
of the Senate or the House of Representatives designated by the 
Chairman of the Board, $2,560,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk 
>tgf.i»^-
PUBLIC LAW 104-53—NOV. 19, 1995 
109 STAT. 525 
of the House of Representatives: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol 
Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fiscal 
year 1996 shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from 
funds available to the Department of the Treasury. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 111. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1996 for the 
Capitol Police Board under the heading "CAPITOL POLICE" may 
be transferred between the headings "SALARIES" and "GENERAL 
EXPENSES", upon approval of the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives. 
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE 
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and 
Special Services Office, $1,991,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 
of the Senate: Provided, That none of these funds shall be used 
to employ more than forty 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, and not more than ten additional 
individuals for not more than six months each, for the Capitol 
Guide Service. 
STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 
of the statements for the first session of the One Hundred Fourth 
Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, 
and contracts authorized, together with a chronological history of 
the regular appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to 
be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of such commit-
tees to supervise the work. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 112. Section 310 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 130e), is amended— 
(1) by striking out "Clerk" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Sergeant at Arms"; and 
(2) by striking out "Librarian of Congress" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "Architect of the Capitol". 
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as 
authorized by section 305 of Public Law 104r-l, the Congressional 
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,500,000, of which 
$500,000 shall be transfeiTed from the amount provided for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of Compliance under the headings 
"HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES", "Salaries and Expenses", and 
"Salaries, Officers and Employees". 
109 STAT. 526 
PUBLIC LAW 104-53—NOV. 19, 1995 
OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the orderly 
closure of the Office of Technology Assessment, $3,615,000, of which 
$150,000 shall remain available until September 30, 1997. Upon 
enactment of this Act, $2,500,000 of the funds appropriated under 
this heading in Public Law 103-283 shall remain available until 
September 30, 1996: Provided, That none of the funds made avail-
able in this Act shall be available for salaries or expenses of any 
employee of the Office of Technology Assessment in excess of 17 
employees except for severance pay purposes. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Severance pay. 
SEC. 113. Upon enactment of this Act all employees of the 
2 use 471 note. 
Office of Technology Assessment for 183 days preceding termination 
of emplojmient who are terminated as a result of the elimination 
of the Office and who are not otherwise gainfully employed may 
continue to be paid by the Office of Technology Assessment at 
their respective salaries for a period not to exceed 60 calendar 
days following the employee's date of termination or until the 
employee becomes otherwise gainfully employed whichever is ear-
lier. Any day for which a former employee receives a payment 
under this section shall be counted as Federal service for purposes 
of determining entitlement to benefits, including retirement, annual 
and sick leave earnings, and health and life insurance. A statement 
in writing to the Director of the Office of Technology Assessment 
or his designee by any such employee that he was not gainfully 
employed during such period or the portion thereof for which pay-
ment is claimed shall be accepted as prima facie evidence that 
he was not so employed. 
2 use 471 note. 
SEC. 114. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal Prop-
erty and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, or any 
other provision of law, upon the abolition of the Office of Technology 
Assessment, all records and property of the Office (including the 
Unix system, all computer hardware and software, all library collec-
tions and research materials, and all photocopying equipment), 
shall be under the administrative control of the Architect of the 
Capitol. Not later than December 31, 1995, the Architect shall 
submit a proposal to transfer such records and property to appro-
priate support agencies of the Legislative Branch which request 
such transfer, and shall carry out such transfer subject to the 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate. 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), 
including not to exceed $2,500 to be expended on the certification 
of the Director of the Congressional Budget Office in connection 
with official representation and reception expenses, $24,288,000: 
Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for the pur-
chase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle: Provided further. That 
PUBLIC LAW 104-53—NOV. 19, 1995 
109 STAT. 527 
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 232 full-time equivalent positions: Provided further, That 
any sale or lease of property, supplies, or services to the Congres- 2 USC 605. 
sional Budget Office shall be deemed to be a sale or lease of 
such property, supplies, or services to the Congress subject to sec-
tion 903 of Public Law 98-63: Provided further. That the Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office shall have the authority, within 2 USC 606. 
the limits of available appropriations, to dispose of surplus or 
obsolete personal property by inter-agency transfer, donation, or 
discarding. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 115. Section 8402(c) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following: 
"(7) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office may 
exclude from the operation of this chapter an employee under 
the Congressional Budget Office whose employment is temporary 
or intermittent.". 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
SALARIES 
For the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Architect of 
the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of pay provided 
by law, $8,569,000. 
TRAVEL 
Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol 40 USC 166a. 
shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not 
to exceed in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $20,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES 
To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make surveys and 
studies, and to meet unforeseen expenses in connection with activi-
ties under his care, $100,000. 
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
CAPITOL BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the Capitol and electrical substations of the Senate and 
House office buildings, under the jurisdiction of the Architect of 
the Capitol, including furnishings and office equipment; including 
not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses, to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may 
approve; purchase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a 
passenger motor vehicle; and attendance, when specifically author-
ized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions 
in connection with subjects related to work under the Architect 
of the Capitol, $22,882,000, of which $2,950,000 shall remain avail-
109 STAT. 528 
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Fl^s. 
able until expended: Provided, That hereafter expenses, based on 
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full cost recovery, for flying American flags and providing certifi-
cation services therefor shall be advanced or reimbursed upon 
request of the Architect of the Capitol, and amounts so received 
shall be deposited into the Treasury. 
CAPITOL GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds 
surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, 
and the Capitol Power Plant, $5,143,000, of which $25,000 shall 
remain available until expended. 
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and operation 
of Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and furnishings to be 
expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of 
the Capitol, $41,757,000, of which $4,850,000 shall remain available 
until expended. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the House office buildings, $33,001,000, of which $5,261,000 
shall remain available until expended. 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power (including 
the purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer services 
for the Capitol, Senate and House office buildings. Library of Con-
gress buildings, and the grounds about the same. Botanic Garden, 
Senate garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 
plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing 
Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled 
water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, Union 
Station complex, Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 
and the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 
advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol 
and amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury to 
the credit of this appropriation, $31,518,000: Provided, That not 
to exceed $4,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed 
to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for obliga-
tion during fiscal year 1996. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) 
and to revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United 
States of America, $60,084,000: Provided, That no part of this 
appropriation may be used to pay any salary or expense in connec-
tion with any publication, or preparation of material therefor (except 
PUBLIC lAW 104-53—NOV. 19, 1995 
109 STAT. 529 
the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library 
of Congress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 
of either the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration of 
the Senate: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi- 2 USC166 note, 
sion of law, the compensation of the Director of the Congressional 
Research Service, Library of Congress, shall be at an annual rate 
which is equal to the annual rate of basic pay for positions at 
level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 
5, United States Code. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING 
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and the 
distribution of Congressional information in any format; printing 
and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary 
for preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congres-
sional Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and 
binding of Government publications authorized by law to be distrib-
uted to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and distribu-
tion of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed 
without charge to the recipient, $83,770,000: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall not be available for paper copies of the perma-
nent edition of the Congjressional Record for individual Representa-
tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44 
U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be avail-
able for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropria-
tions for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years. 
This title may be cited as the "Congressional Operations Appro-
priations Act, 1996". 
TITLE 
II—OTHER 
AGENCIES 
BOTANIC 
GARDEN 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, 
and collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, 
and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction 
of the Joint Committee on the Library, $3,053,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. (a) Section 201 of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 216c note) is amended by striMng out 
"$6,000,000" each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$10,000,000". 
(b) Section 307E(a)(l) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c(a)(l)) is amended by striking out "plans" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "plants". 
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PUBLIC LAW 104-53—NOV. 19, 1995 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress, not other-
wise provided for, including development and maintenance of the 
Union Catalogs; custody and custodial care of the Library buildings; 
special clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uniforms; 
preservation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; 
preparation and distribution of catalog cards and other publications 
of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; 
and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not 
properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the 
Board, $211,664,000, of which not more than $7,869,000 shall be 
derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal 
year 1996 under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 
480; 2 U.S.C. 150): Provided, That the total amount available for 
obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collections 
are less than the $7,869,000: Provided further. That of the total 
amount appropriated, $8,458,000 is to remain available until 
expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, and newspapers, 
and all other materials including subscriptions for bibliographic 
services for the Library, including $40,000 to be available solely 
for the purchase, when specifically approved by the Librarian, of 
special and unique materials for additions to the collections. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including 
publication of the decisions of the United States courts involving 
copyrights, $30,818,000, of which not more than $16,840,000 shall 
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during 
fiscal year 1996 under 17 U.S.C. 708(c), and not more than 
$2,990,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1996 
under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005: Provided, 
That the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced 
by the amount by which collections are less than $19,830,000: 
Provided further, That up to $100,000 of the amount appropriated 
is available for the maintenance of an "International Copyright 
Institute" in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for 
the purpose of training nationals of developing countries in intellec-
tual property laws and policies: Provided further. That not to exceed 
$2,250 may be expended on the certification of the Librarian of 
Congress or his designee, in connection with official representation 
and reception expenses for activities of the International Copyright 
Institute. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Act of March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 
$44,951,000, of which $11,694,000 shall remain available until 
expended. 
PUBLIC LAW 104-53—NOV. 19, 1995 
109 STAT. 531 
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS 
For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair of furniture, 
furnishings, office and library equipment, $4,882,000, of which 
$943,000 shall be available until expended only for the purchase 
and supply of furniture, shelving, furnishings, and related costs 
necessary for the renovation and restoration of the Thomas Jeffer-
son and John Adams Library buildings. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 202. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library 
of Congress shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $194,290, 
of which $58,100 is for the Congressional Research Service, when 
specifically authorized by the Librarian, for attendance at meetings 
concerned with the function or activity for which the appropriation 
is made. 
SEC. 203. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be used by the Library of Congress to administer any flexible 
or compressed work schedule which— 
(1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a position 
the grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-
15; and 
(2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to not 
be at work for all or a portion of a workday because of time 
worked by the manager or supervisor on another workday. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term "manager or super-
visor" means any management official or supervisor, as such terms 
are defined in section 7103(a) (10) and (11) of title 5, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 204. Appropriated funds received by the Library of Con-
gress from other Federal agencies to cover general and administra-
tive overhead costs generated by performing reimbursable work 
for other agencies under the authority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 
shall not be used to employ more than 65 employees and may 
be expended or obligated— 
(1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such extent 
or in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts; 
or 
(2) in the case of an advance payment, only— 
(A) to pay for such general or administrative over-
head costs as are attributable to the work performed for 
such agency; or 
(B) to such extent or in such amounts as are provided 
in appropriations Acts, with respect to any purpose not 
allowable under subparagraph (A). 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed $5,000 of any funds appropriated to 
the Library of Congress may be expended, on the certification 
of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representa-
tion and reception expenses for the Library of Congress incentive 
awards program. 
SEC. 206. Not to exceed $12,000 of funds appropriated to the 
Library of Congress may be expended, on the certification of the 
Librarian of Congress or his designee, in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field 
Offices. 
SEC. 207. Under the heading "Library of Congress" obligational 
authority shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $99,412,000 
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Electronic 
information. 
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Reports. 
Public 
information. 
for reimbursable and revolving fund activities, and $6,812,000 for 
non-expenditure transfer activities in support of parliamentary 
development during the current fiscal year. 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding this or any other Act, obligational 
authority under the heading "Library of Congress" for activities 
in support of parliamentary development is prohibited, except for 
Russia, Ukraine, Albania, Slovakia, and Romania, for other than 
incidental purposes. 
SEC. 209. (a) The purpose of this section is to reduce the 
cost of information support for the Congress by eliminating duplica-
tion among systems which provide electronic access by Congress 
to legislative information. 
(b) As used in this section, the term "legislative information" 
means information, prepared within the legislative branch, consist-
ing of the text of publicly available bills, amendments, committee 
hearings, and committee reports, the text of the Congressional 
Record, data relating to bill status, data relating to legislative 
activity, and other similar public information that is directly related 
to the legislative process. 
(c) Pursuant to the plan approved under subsection (d) and 
consistent with the provisions of any other law, the Library of 
Congress or the entity designated by that plan shall develop and 
maintain, in coordination with other appropriate entities of the 
legislative branch, a single legislative information retrieval system 
to serve the entire Congress. 
(d) The Library shall develop a plan for creation of this system, 
taking into consideration the findings and recommendations of the 
study directed by House Report No. 103-517 to identify and elimi-
nate redundancies in congressional information systems. This plan 
must be approved by the Committee on Rules and Administration 
of the Senate, the Committee on House Oversight of the House 
of Representatives, and the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives. The Library shall provide 
these committees with regular status reports on the development 
of the plan. 
(e) In formulating its plan, the Library shall examine issues 
regarding efficient ways to make this information available to the 
public. This analysis shall be submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
as well as the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
Senate, and the Committee on House Oversight of the House of 
Representatives for their consideration and possible action. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural 
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and 
grounds, $12,428,000, of which $3,710,000 shall remain available 
until expended. 
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109 STAT. 533 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents 
necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 
pubUcations and their distribution to the pubUc, Members of Con-
gress, other Government agencies, and designated depository and 
international exchange libraries as authorized by law, $30,307,000: 
Provided, That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the 
Depository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed 
$130,000: Provided further, That funds, not to exceed $2,000,000, 
from current year appropriations are authorized for producing and 
disseminating Congressional Serial Sets and other related Congres-
sional/non-Congressional publications for 1994 and 1995 to deposi-
tory and other designated libraries. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 210. The fiscal year 1997 budget submission of the Public Electronic 
Printer to the Congress for the Government Printing Office shall 
information. 
include appropriations requests and recommendations to the Con-
gress that— 
(1) are consistent with the strategic plan included in the 
technological study performed by the Public Printer pursuant 
to Senate Report 104-114; 
(2) assure substantial progress toward maximum use of 
electronic information dissemination technologies by all depart-
ments, agencies, and other entities of the Government with 
respect to the Depository Library Program and information 
dissemination generally; and 
(3) are formulated so as to require that any department, 
agency, or other entity of the Government that does not make 
such progress shall bear from its own resources the cost of 
its information dissemination by other than electronic means. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND 
The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make 
such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in 
accord with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments 
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 
104 of the Government Corporation Control Act as may be necessary 
in carrying out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget 
for the current fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolv-
ing fund: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 may be expended 
on the certification of the Public Printer in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses: Provided further, That the 
revolving fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of pas-
senger motor vehicles, not to exceed a fleet of twelve: Provided 
further. That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of 
the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed nec-
essary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United States Code: 
Provided further. That the revolving fund shall be available for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for level 
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PUBLIC LAW 104-53—NOV. 19, 1995 
V of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5316): Provided 
further, 
That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the headings 
"OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS" and 
"SALARIES AND 
EXPENSES" together may not be available for the full-time equivalent 
employment of more than 3,800 workyears by the end of fiscal 
year 1996: Provided further. That activities financed through the 
revolving fund may provide information in any format: Provided 
further. That the revolving fund shall not be used to administer 
any flexible or compressed work schedule which applies to any 
manager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which 
is equal to or Mgher than GS-15: Provided further. That expenses 
for attendance at meetings shall not exceed $75,000. 
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, 
including not to exceed $7,000 to be expended on the certification 
of the Comptroller General of the United States in connection 
with official representation and reception expenses; services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to 
exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for level IV of 
the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5315); hire of one passenger 
motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance 
with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits comparable to those payable under 
sections 901(5), 901(6) and 901(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6) and 4081(8)); and under regula-
tions 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 AID projects, 
by the Administrator of the Agency for International Development— 
or his designee—^under the authority of section 636(b) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2396(b)); $374,406,000: Provided, 
That not more than $400,000 of reimbursements received incident 
to the operation of the General Accounting Office Building shall 
be available for use in fiscal year 1996: Provided further. That 
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notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed to 
note. 
the Comptroller General pursuant to that section shall be deposited 
to the appropriation of the General Accounting Office then available 
and remain available until expended, and not more than $8,000,000 
of such funds shall be available for use in fiscal year 1996: Provided 
further. That this appropriation and appropriations for administra-
tive expenses of any other department or agency which is a member 
of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) 
shall be available to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP costs 
as determined by the JFMIP, including the salary of the Executive 
Director and secretarial support: Provided further. That this appro-
priation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any other 
department or agency which is a member of the National Intergov-
ernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit 
Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share of Forum 
costs as determined by the Forum, including necessary travel 
expenses of non-Federal participants. Payments hereunder to either 
the Forum or the JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements to 
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109 STAT. 535 
any appropriation from which costs involved are initially financed: 
Provided further, That to the extent that funds are otherwise avail-
able for obligation, agreements or contracts for the removal of 
asbestos, and renovation of the building and building systems 
(including the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, 
electrical system and other major building systems) of the General 
Accounting Office Building may be made for periods not exceeding 
five years: Provided further, That this appropriation and appropria-
tions for administrative expenses of any other department or agency 
which is a member of the American Consortium on International 
Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an 
appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, 
including any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in 
the International Institute of Administrative Sciences. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 211. (a) Effective June 30, 1996, the functions of the 
Comptroller General identified in subsection (b) are transferred 
to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, contingent 
upon the additional transfer to the Office of Management and 
Budget of such personnel, budget authority, records, and property 
of the General Accounting Office relating to such functions as 
the Comptroller General and the Director jointly determine to be 
necessary. The Director may delegate any such function, in whole 
or in part, to any other agency or agencies if the Director determines 
that such delegation would be cost-effective or otherwise in the 
public interest, and may transfer to such agency or agencies any 
personnel, budget authority, records, and property received by the 
Director pursuant to the preceding sentence that relate to the 
delegated functions. Personnel transferred pursuant to this provi-
sion shall not be separated or reduced in classification or compensa-
tion for one year after any such transfer, except for cause. 
(b) The following provisions of the United States Code contain 
the functions to be transferred pursuant to subsection (a): sections 
5564 and 5583 of title 5; sections 2312, 2575, 2733, 2734, 2771, 
4712, and 9712 of title 10; sections 1626 and 4195 of title 22; 
section 420 of title 24; sections 2414 and 2517 of title 28; sections 
1304, 3702, 3726, and 3728 of title 31; sections 714 and 715 of 
title 32; section 554 of title 37; section 5122 of title 38; and section 
256a of title 4L 
SEC. 212. (a) Section 732 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by adding*a new subsection (h) as follows: 
"(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 
35 of title 5, United States Code, the Comptroller General shall 
prescribe regulations for the release of officers and employees of 
the Greneral Accounting Office in a reduction in force which give 
due effect to tenure of employment, military preference, perform-
ance and/or contributions to the agency's goals and objectives, and 
length of service. The regulations shall, to the extent deemed fea-
sible by the Comptroller General, be designed to minimize disrup-
tion to the Office and to assist in promoting the efficiency of the 
Office.". 
SEC. 213. Section 753 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesigiaating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as (c), 
(d), and (e), respectively; 
Effective date. 
31 u s e 501 note. 
Regulations. 
Reduction in 
force. 
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(2) by inserting after subsection (a) a new subsection (b) 
as follows: 
"(b) The Board has no authority to issue a stay of any reduction 
in force action."; and 
(3) in the second sentence of subsection (c), as redesignated, 
by striking "(c)" and inserting "(d)". 
Contracts. 
PubUc 
information. 
Notice. 
40 u s e 175 note. 
Annuities. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except 
for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under 
regulations relating to parking facilities for the House of Represent-
atives issued by the Committee on House Oversight and for the 
Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year 
unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 303. Whenever any office or position not specifically estab-
lished by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for herein 
or whenever the rate of compensation or designation of any position 
appropriated for herein is different from that specifically established 
for such position by such Act, the rate of compensation and the 
designation of the position, or either, appropriated for or provided 
herein, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, 
That the provisions herein for the various items of official expenses 
of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House 
of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 
the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with 
respect thereto. 
SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursu-
ant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where 
such expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under exist-
ing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to exist-
ing law. 
SEC. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the 
greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased 
with funds made available in this Act should be American-made. 
(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any 
contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act, 
the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, 
shall provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made 
in subsection (a) by the Congress. 
SEC. 306. (a) Upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives, and in accordance with conditions 
determined by the Committee on House Oversight, positions in 
connection with House parking activities and related funding shall 
be transferred from the appropriation "Architect of the Capitol, 
Capitol buildings and grounds. House office buildings" to the appro-
priation "House of Representatives, salaries, officers and employees, 
Office of the Sergeant at Arms": Provided, That the position of 
Superintendent of Garages shall be subject to authorization in 
annual appropriations Acts. 
(b) For purposes of section 8339(m) of title 5, United States 
Code, the days of unused sick leave to the credit of any such 
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employee as of the date such employee is transferred under sub-
section (a) shall be included in the total service of such employee 
in connection with the computation of any annuity under sub-
sections (a) through (e) and (o) of such section. 
(c) In the case of days of annual leave to the credit of any 
such employee as of the date such employee is transferred under 
subsection (a) the Architect of the Capitol is authorized to make 
a lump sum pajonent to each such employee for that annual leave. 
No such payment shall be considered a pa3mtient or compensation 
within the meaning of any law relating to dual compensation. 
SEC. 307. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used for the relocation of the office of any Member of the 
House of Representatives within the House office buildings. 
SEC. 308. (a)(1) Effective October 1, 1995, the unexpended Effective dates. 
balances of appropriations specified in paragraph (2) are transferred 
40 USC 212a-4. 
to the appropriation for general expenses of the Capitol Police, 
to be used for design and installation of security systems for the 
Capitol buildings and grounds. 
(2) The unexpended balances referred to in paragraph (1) are— 
(A) the unexpended balance of appropriations for security 
installations, as referred to in the paragraph under the heading 
"CAPITOL BUILDINGS". Under the general headings "JOINT 
ITEMS", "ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL", and "CAPITOL 
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS" in title I of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1995 (108 Stat. 1434), including any unex-
pended balance from a prior fiscal year and any unexpended 
balance under such headings in this Act; and 
(B) the unexpended balance of the appropriation for an 
improved security plan, as transferred to the Architect of the 
Capitol by section 102 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1989 (102 Stat. 2165). 
(b) Effective October 1, 1995, the responsibility for design and 
installation of security systems for the Capitol buildings and 
grounds is transferred from the Architect of the Capitol to the 
Capitol Police Board. Such design and installation shall be carried 
out under the direction of the Committee on House Oversight of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate, and without regard to section 3709 
of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5). On 
and after October 1, 1995, any alteration to a structural, mechani-
cal, or architectural feature of the Capitol buildings and grounds 
that is required for a security system under the preceding sentence 
may be carried out only with the approval of the Architect of 
the Capitol. 
(c)(1) Effective October 1, 1995, all positions specified in para-
graph (2) and each individual holding any such position (on a 
permanent basis) immediately before that date, as identified by 
the Architect of the Capitol, shall be transferred to the Capitol 
Police. 
(2) The positions referred to in paragraph (1) are those positions 
which, immediately before October 1, 1995, are— 
(A) under the Ai'chitect of the Capitol; 
(B) within the Electronics Engineering Division of the 
Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and 
(C) related to the design or installation of security systems 
for the Capitol buildings and grounds. 
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2 use 1371 note. 
40 use 188b-6. 
2 use 78 note. 
Effective date. 
2 use 57b. 
Nomenclature. 
(3) All annual leave and sick leave standing to the credit 
of an individual immediately before such individual is transferred 
under paragraph (1) shall be credited to such individual, without 
adjustment, in the new position of the individual. 
SEC. 309. (a) Section 230(a) of the Congressional Accountability 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371(a)) is amended by striking out "Adminis-
trative Conference of the United States" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"Board". 
(b) Section 230(d)(1) of the Congressional Accountability Act 
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371(d)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking out "Administrative Conference of the United 
States" and inserting in lieu thereof "Board"; and 
(2) by striking out "and shall submit the study and rec-
ommendations to the Board". 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall take effect 
only if the Administrative Conference of the United States ceases 
to exist prior to the completion and submission of the study to 
the Board as required by section 230 of the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371). 
SEC. 310. Any amount appropriated in this Act for "HOUSE 
OF REPRESENTATIVES—Salaries and Expenses—Members' Rep-
resentational Allowances" shall be available only for fiscal year 
1996. Any amount remaining after all payments are made under 
such allowances for such fiscal year shall be deposited in the Treas-
ury, to be used for deficit reduction. 
SEC. 311. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 is amended in 
the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking "1995" and inserting 
"1996". 
SEC. 312. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated 
to the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of Public 
Law 104-1 to pay awards and settlements as authorized under 
such subsection. 
SEC. 313. (a) The Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representa-
tives shall have the same law enforcement authority, including 
the authority to carry firearms, as a member of the Capitol Police. 
The law enforcement authority under the preceding sentence shall 
be subject to the requirement that the Sergeant at Arms have 
the qualifications specified in subsection (b). 
(b) The qualifications referred to in subsection (a) are the 
following: 
(1) A minimum of five years of experience as a law enforce-
ment officer before beginning service as the Sergeant at Arms. 
(2) Current certification in the use of firearms by the 
appropriate Federal law enforcement entity or an equivalent 
non-Federal entity. 
(3) Any other firearms qualification required for members 
of the Capitol Police. 
(c) The Committee on House Oversight of the House of Rep-
resentatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry 
out this section. 
SEC. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective 
September 1, 1995, the Committee on House Oversight of the House 
of Representatives shall have authority— 
(1) to combine the House of Representatives Clerk Hire 
Allowance, Official Expenses Allowance, and Official Mail 
Allowance into a single allowance, to be known as the "Mem-
bers' Representational Allowance"; and 
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(2) to prescribe regulations relating to allocations, expendi-
tures, and other matters with respect to the Members' Rep-
resentational Allowance. 
This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1996". 
Approved November 19, 1995. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2492: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 141 (1995): 
Oct. 31, considered and passed House. 
Nov. 2, considered and passed Senate. 
WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 31 (1995): 
Nov. 19, Presidential statement.