Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1990
PL 101-163 (H.R.3014), enacted 11/21/1989

PUBLIC LAW 101-163—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1041 
Public Law 101-163 
101st Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the Hscal year ending Septem-
ber 30, 1990, 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, 1990, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS 
SENATE 
MILEAGE AND EXPENSE ALLOWANCES 
MILEAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS 
For mileage of the Vice President and Senators of the United 
States, $60,000. 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES 
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000; the Presi-
dent Pro Tempore of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Leader of the 
Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Majority 
Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and 
Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Committees, 
$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 Lead-
ers 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 authorized 
by law, including agency contributions, $55,019,000 which shall be 
paid from this appropriation without regard to the below limita-
tions, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For the Office of the Vice President, $1,216,000. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $296,000. 
Nov. 21, 1989 
[H.R. 3014] 
Legislative 
Branch 
Appropriations 
Act, 1990. 
Congressional 
Operations 
Appropriations 
Act, 1990. 
2 u s e 60a note. 
103 STAT. 1042 
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OFFICES OF THE MAJORFTY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $1,474,000. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $458,000. 
CONFERENCE COMMFTTEES 
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, $661,500 for each such committee; in all, 
$1,323,000. 
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 Msg'ority 
and the Conference of the Minority, $290,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For Office of the Chaplain, $147,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For Office of the Secretary, $8,852,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $28,000,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretary for the Msgority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, $983,000. 
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS 
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by 
law, $11,980,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, $2,079,000: Provided, That $100,000 of the amount 
appropriated to the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate 
for fiscal year 1989 shall remain available until September 30,1990. 
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 
$676,000. 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE, SERGEANT 
A
T ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR 
THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE 
For expense allowances of the Secretanr of the Senate, $3,000; 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary 
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103 STAT. 1043 
for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for the Minority of 
the Senate, $3,000; in all, $12,000, which shall remain available until 
September 30, 1991: Provided, That at the end of the paragraph 
preceding the heading "Contingent Expenses of the Senate" in 
subtitle A of the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1989, 102 Stat. 2160. 
strike the period and insert the following: ", which shall remain 
available until September 30,1991.". 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and 
the Minority Policy Committee, $1,101,500 for each such committee; 
in all, $2,203,000. 
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the 
Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 601, 
Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, section 112 of Public Law 
96-304 and Senate Resolution 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, 
$69,442,000. 
EXPENSES OF UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL 
NARCOTICS CONTROL 
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International 
Narcotics Control, $325,000. 
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, $727,200. 
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Door-
keeper of the Senate, $74,389,000 of which $6,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $7,506,000: Provided, That effective in 
the case of riscal years beginning after September 30, 1989, section 
120 of Public Law 97-51 is amended by striking out "$40,000" and 
2 USC 6lg-6. 
inserting in lieu thereof "$50,000". 
SENATORS' OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT 
For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, 
$161,124,000. 
STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND) 
For stationery for the President of the Senate, $4,500, for officers 
of the Senate and the Conference of the Majority and Conference of 
the Minority of the Senate, $8,500; in all, $13,000. 
103 STAT. 1044 
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2 u s e 61g-8 
note. 
Communications 
and tele-
communications. 
2 u s e 58a-2. 
Health and 
medical care. 
Grovemment 
organization and 
employees. 
2 u s e 121c. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SECTION 1. The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Conference 
Committee of the Senate may, during the fiscal year ending Septem-
ber 30,1990, at his election, transfer not more than $50,000 from the 
appropriation account for salaries for the Conference of the Majority 
and the Conference of the Minority of the Senate, to the account, 
within the contingent fund of the Senate, from which expenses are 
payable under section 120 of Public Law 97-51 (2 U.S.C. 61g-6). Any 
transfer of funds under authority of the preceding sentence shall be 
made at such time or times as such chairman shall specify in 
writing to the Senate Disbursing Office. Any funds so transferred by 
the chairman of the Majority or Minority Conference Committee 
shall be 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, within the 
contingent fund of the Senate, from which expenses are payable 
under section 120 of Public Law 97-51 (2 U.S.C. 61g-6). 
SEC. 2. Funds appropriated to the Conference of the Majority and 
funds appropriated to the Conference of the Minority for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1990, may be utilized in such amounts as 
the Chairman of each Conference deems appropriate for the special-
ized training of professional staff, subject to such limitations, insofar 
as they are applicable, £is are imposed by the Committee on Rules 
and Administration with respect to such training when provided to 
professional staff of standing committees of the Senate. 
SEC. 3. Subsection (d) of section 2 of Public Law 100-123 (2 U.S.C. 
58a-l), is amended by inserting immediately after "by the Ser-
geant at Arms)," the following: "and all other moneys received by 
the Sergeant at Arms as charges or commissions for telephone 
services,". 
SEC. 4, (a) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is 
authorized to establish an Office of Senate Health Promotion. 
(bXD In canying out this section, the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate is authorized to establish, or provide for 
the establishment of, exercise classes and other health services and 
activities on a continuing £md regular basis. In providing for such 
classes, services, and activities, the Sergeant at Arms and Door-
keeper of the Senate is authorized to impose and collect fees, 
assessments, and other charges to defray the costs involved in 
promoting the health of Members, officers, and employees of the 
Senate. For purposes of this section, the term "employees of the 
Senate" shall have such meaning as the Sergeant at Arms, by 
regulation, may prescribe. 
(2) All fees, assessments, and charges imposed and collected by the 
Sergeant at Arms pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be deposited in 
the revolving fund established pursuant to subsection (c) and shall 
be available for purposes of this section. 
(c) There is established in the Treasury of the United States a 
revolving fund within the contingent fund of the Senate to be known 
as the Senate Health Promotion Revolving Fund Qiereinafter 
referred to in this section as the "fund"). The fund shall consist of 
all amounts collected or received by the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate as fees, assessments, and other charges for 
activities and services to carry out the provisions of this section. All 
moneys in the fund shall be available without fiscal year limitation 
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103 STAT. 1045 
for disbursement by the Secretary of the Senate for promoting the 
health of Members, officers, and employees of the Senate. 
(d) Disbursements from the revolving fund shall be made upon 
vouchers signed by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate. 
(e) The provisions of section 4 of the Act of July 31,1946 (40 U.S.C. 
193d) shall not be applicable to any class, service, or other activity 
carried out pursuant to the provisions of this section. 
(f) The provisions of this section shall be carried out in accordance 
Regulations, 
with regulations which shall be promulgated by the Sergeant at 
Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate and subject to approval at the 
beginning of each Congress by the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate. 
SEC. 5. (a) Paragraph (3) of section 506(a) of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(a)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(3)(A) postage on, and fees and charges in connection with, 
Mail, 
mail matter sent through the mail under the franking privilege 
in excess of amounts provided from the appropriation for offi-
cial mail costs, upon certification by the Senate Sergeant at 
Arms and subject to such regulations as may be promulgated by 
the Committee on Rules and Administration, (B) postage on, 
and fees and charges in connection with official mail matter 
sent through the mail other than the franking privilege upon 
certification by the Senate Sergeant at Arms and subject to 
such regulations as may be promulgated by the Committee on 
Rules and Administration, and (C) reimbursement to each Sen-
ator for costs incurred in the preparation of required official 
reports, and the acquisition of mailing lists to be used for official 
purposes, and in the mailing, delivery, or transmitting of mat-
ters relating to official business;", 
(b) Receipts paid to the Sergeant at Arms from sales of postage on, 
2 USC 58 note. 
and fees and charges in connection with mail matter sent through 
the mail by Senators, Senate committees, or other Senate offices 
(including joint committees and commissions funded from the 
contingent fund of the Senate), other than under the franking 
privilege, as cash or check pa3anents directly from such Senators, 
committees, or offices, or as reimbursement from the Financial 
Clerk of the Senate pursuant to certification by the Sergeant at 
Arms of charges to be made to such funds available to such Sen-
ators, committees, or offices for such postage, fees and charges shall 
be used by the Sergeant at Arms for payment to the United States 
Postal Service for such postage, fees, and charges. 
SEC. 6. On and after the date this Act becomes law, the Secretary 
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of the Senate, subject to the approval of the Committee on Appro- 
'^°*®-
priations of the Senate, is authorized to provide up to $1,000,000 for 
capitalization purposes to the revolving fund established by the last 
par£igraph under the heading "Contingent Expenses of the Senate" 
appearing under the heading "SENATE" in chapter XI of the Third 
Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 46a-l), by transfer-
ring to such revolving fund any funds available from any Senate 
appropriation account, with respect to which he has disbursement 
authority, for the fiscal year in which the transfer is made (or for 
any preceding fiscal year) or which have been made available until 
expended; and any moneys so transferred shall be available for use 
in like manner and to the same extent as the moneys in such 
103 STAT. 1046 
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Communications 
and tele-
communications. 
Contracts. 
31 use 1535 
note. 
Effective date. 
2 use 61h-7. 
2 use 61d-l. 
31 u s e 3701 
note. 
revolving fund which were not transferred thereto pursuant to this 
section. 
SEC. 7, The Secretary of the Senate may enter into an £^eement 
with the Secretary of Education to provide closed captioning of the 
Senate floor proceedings, subject to the approval of the Senate 
Committee on Rules and Administration. The Senate authorizes the 
Secretary of Education to have access to the audio and video broad-
cast of the Senate floor proceedings for the purpose of captioning. 
Such funds as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this 
section are authorized to be paid from the appropriation account for 
"Miscellaneous Items" within the contingent fund of the Senate. 
SEC. 8. (1) The Secretary of the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms 
and Doorkeeper of the Senate are authorized to acquire goods, 
services, or space from government agencies and units by agreement 
under the provisions of the Economy Act, 31 U.S.C. 1535, and to 
make advance pajrments in conjunction therewith, if required by the 
providing agency or establishment. 
(2) No advance payment may be made under paragraph (1) unless 
specifically provided for in the agreement. No agreement providing 
for advance payment may be entered into unless it contains a 
provision requiring the refund of any unobligated balance of the 
advance. 
(3) No agreement may be entered into under paragraph (1) with-
out the approval of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion and the Senate Committee on Appropriations. 
SEC. 9. The provisions of Senate Resolution 89, of the One Hun-
dredth Congress, agreed to Januanr 28, 1987, are hereby enacted 
into law, effective on the date such Senate Resolution 89 was agreed 
to. 
SEC. 10. The second proviso, under the headings "SENATE" and 
"OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN", of the Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1970 (Public Law 91-145) is amended by striking out "a sec-
retary" and inserting in lieu thereof "such employees as he deems 
appropriate, except that the amount which may be paid for any 
fiscal year as gross compensation for personnel in such Office for 
any fiscal year shall not exceed $147,000". 
SEC. 11. (a) For purposes of subchapters I and II of chapter 37 of 
title 31, United States Code (relating to claims of or against the 
United States Government), the United States Senate shall be 
considered to be a legislative agency (as defined in section 3701(aX4) 
of such title), and the Secretary of the Senate shall be deemed to be 
the head of such legislative agency. 
(b) Regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Senate pursuant 
to section 3716 of title 31, United States Code, shall not become 
effective until they are approved by the Senate Committee on Rules 
and Administration. 
SEC. 12. There shall be available to meet any unpaid expenses 
incurred by any duly authorized individual, prior to the first day of 
the 101st Congress, under authority of section 31a-l of title 2, 
United States Code, (1) any unexpended and unobligated funds 
appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988, which 
were available to such individual as an expense allowance under 
section 31a-l or section 31a-3 of such title, plus (2) in case such 
individual was authorized to incur expenses under authority of 
section 31a-l of such title 2 on the last day of the 100th Congress but 
was not authorized to incur expenses under such authority on the 
first day of the 101st Congress, 25 percent of the funds appropriated 
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103 STAT. 1047 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, under authority of 
section 31a-2 and section 31a-3 of such title 2. 
SEC. 13. (a) There is established in the Treasury of the United 
2 USC 68-7. 
States a revolving fund within the contingent fund of the Senate to 
be known as the "Senate Office of Public Records Revolving Fund" 
Giereafter in this section referred to as the "revolving fund"). 
(b) All moneys received on and after October 1, 1989, by the 
Senate Office of Public Records from fees and other charges for 
services shall be deposited to the credit of the revolving fund. 
Moneys in the revolving fund shall be available without fiscal year 
limitation for disbursement by the Secretary of the Senate for use in 
connection with the operation of the Senate Office of Public Records, 
including supplies, equipment, and other expenses. 
(c) Disbursements from the revolving fund shall be made upon 
vouchers approved by the Secretary of the Senate. 
(d) The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to prescribe such Regulations, 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
section. 
(e) To provide capital for the revolving fund, the Secretary of the 
Senate is authorized to transfer, from moneys appropriated for fiscal 
year 1990 to the account "Miscellaneous Items" in the contingent 
fund of the Senate, to the revolving fund such sum as he may 
determine necessary, not to exceed $30,000. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
PAYMENTS TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS 
For payment to the Estate of Claude Pepper, late a Representative 
from the State of Florida, $89,500. 
MILEAGE OF MEMBERS 
For milesige of Members, as authorized by law, $210,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
$536,907,000, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $4,409,000, 
including: Office of the Speaker, $1,019,000, including $25,000 for 
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$940,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,041,000, including 
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, $755,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
Majority Whip and not to exceed $166,560, for the Chief Deputy 
Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, $654,000, including 
$5,000 for official expenses of the Minority Whip and not to exceed 
$84,060, for the Chief Deputy Minority Whip. 
103 STAT. 1048 
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MEMBERS CLERK HIRE 
For staff employed by each Member in the discharge of his official 
and representative duties, $188,074,000. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For professional and clerical employees of standing committees, 
including the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
the Budget, $55,000,000. 
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 (Dongressional Budget Act of 1974, and to be available for 
reimbursement to agencies for services performed, $354,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 
select, authorized by the House, $57,716,000. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or 
law, $187,099,000, including: Official 
Expenses of Members, 
$76,341,000; supplies, materials, administrative costs and Federal 
tort claims, $19,577,000; net expenses of purchase, lease and mainte-
nance of of^ce equipment, $9,276,000; furniture and furnishings, 
$1,130,000; stenographic reporting of committee hearings, $800,000; 
reemployed annuitants reimbursements, $1,380,000; Government 
contributions to employees' life insurance fund, retirement funds, 
Social Security fund. Medicare fund, health benefits fund, and 
worker's and unemployment compensation, $77,973,000; and mis-
cellaneous items including, but not limited to, purchase, exchange, 
maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, 
interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased 
employees of the House, $622,000. 
Such amounts as are deemed necessary for the payment of allow-
ances and expenses under this heading may be transferred among 
the various categories of allowances and expenses under this head-
ing, upon the approved of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS) 
For salaries and expenses, studies and excuninations of executive 
agencies, by the Committee on Appropriations, and temporary per-
sonal services for such committee, to be expended in accordsmce 
with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 1946, and 
to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services per-
formed, $4,660,000. 
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103 STAT. 1049 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $39,595,000, including: Office of the Clerk, includ-
ing not to exceed $1,000 for official representation and reception 
expenses, $17,514,000; Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $1,001,000; 
Office of the Doorkeeper, including overtime, as authorized by law, 
$8,747,000; Office of the Postmaster, $3,028,000, including $112,560 
for employment of substitute messengers and extra services of 
regular employees when required at the salary rate of not to exceed 
$17,802 per annum each; Office of the Chaplain, $81,000; Office of 
the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for 
preparing the Digest of Rules, $772,000; for salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Historian, $279,000; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $1,032,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 
House, $3,400,000; six minority employees, $543,000; the House 
Democratic Steering Committee and Caucus, $967,000; the House 
Republican Conference, $967,000; and other authorized employees, 
$1,264,000. 
Such amounts as are deemed necessary for the pa)rment of sala-
ries of officers and employees under this heading may be transferred 
among the various offices and activities under this heading, upon 
the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. Of the amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1990 for 
salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, such 
amounts as may be necessary may be transferred among the head-
ings "HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES", "MEMBERS' CLERK HIRE", "COMMIT-
TEE EMPLOYEES", "CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE (STANDING 
COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT)", "CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE 
HOUSE (ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES) ", and 
"SALARIES, OFFICERS AND 
EMPLOYEES", upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 102. (a) One additional employee is authorized for each of the 
following: 
(1) the House Democratic Caucus; 
(2) the House Republican Conference; 
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(3) the Minority Leader; and 
(4) the Chief Deputy Majority Whip. 
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t
>
) The annual rate of pay for the positions established under 
subsection (a) shall not exceed the annual rate of pay payable from 
time to time for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 
5316 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 103. (a) Section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1987 (as incorporated by reference in section 101(j) of 
Public Law 99-500 and Public Law 99-591) (2 U.S.C. 117e) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking out "SEC. 104. (a)" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"SEC. 104. (aXD^ 
(2) by striking out the last sentence; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1), as so redesignated by 
paragraph (1) of this subsection, the following new paragraphs: 
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Regulations. 
Effective date. 
2 u s e 117e note. 
"(2) If disposal in accordance with paragraph (1) is not feasible 
because of age, location, condition, or any other relevant factor, the 
Clerk may donate the equipment to the government of a State, to a 
local government, or to an organization that is described in section 
501(cX3) of the Interned Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 
tax under section 501(a) of such Code. A donation under this 
paragraph— 
, 
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"(A) shall be at no cost to the Government; and 
"(B) may be made only if the used equipment has no recover-
able value because disposal in accordance with paragraph (1), 
under the most favorable terms available to the Government, 
would result in a loss to the Government. 
"(3) The Committee on House Administration of the House of 
Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations to 
carry out this subsection. 
"(4) As used in this section— 
"(A) the term 'State' means a State of the United States, the 
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and a 
' territory or possession of the United States; and 
"(B) the term 'used equipment' means such used or surplus 
••* equipment (including furniture and motor vehicles) as the 
Committee on House Administration of the House of Represent-
atives may prescribe by regulation.". 
(b) The first section of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the 
disposition of certain ofKce equipment and furnishings, and for 
other purposes", approved October 20, 1974 (2 U.S.C. 59a), is 
repealed. 
(c) The amendments made by subsection (a) and the repeal made 
by subsection (b) shall take effect on October 1,1989. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For joint committees, as follows: 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
JOINT ECONOMIC CX)MMNTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$3,518,000. 
JOINT COMMTTTEB ON PRINTING 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
$1,191,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$4,372,000, to be disbursed by the Qerk of the House. 
For other joint items, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the 
emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his assist* 
ants, including (1) an allowance of $1,500 per month to the Attend-
ing Physician; (2) an allowance of $1,000 per month to one Senior 
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103 STAT. 1051 
Medical Officer while on duty in the Attending Physician's office; (3) 
an allowance of $500 per month each to two medical officers while 
on duty in the Attending Physician's office; (4) an allowance of $500 
per month each to two assistants and $400 per month each to not to 
exceed nine assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such 
assistance; and (5) $921,000 for reimbursement 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 ad-
vanced and credited to the applicable appropriation or appropria-
tions from which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses are 
payable and shall be available for all the purposes thereof, 
$1,405,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House: Provided, 
That, upon enactment of this Act, the Office of the Attending 
Physician Revolving Fund established by the first undesignated 
paragraph under the center heading "OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING 
PHYSICIAN REVOLVING FUND" in title III of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriation Act, 1976 (89 Stat. 283) is abolished and all monies in 
the Fund on such date or subsequently received by the Attending 
Physician from the sale of prescription drugs or from any other 
source shall be deposited in the Tresisury as miscellaneous receipts. 
CAPITOL POUCE BOARD 
CAPITOL POUCE 
SALARIES 
For the Capitol Police Board for salaries, including overtime, and 
Government 
contributions 
to 
employees' 
benefits 
funds, 
as 
authorized by law, of officers, members, and employees of the Cap-
itol Police, $56,253,000, of which $27,548,000 is appropriated to the 
Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed 
by the Clerk of the House, $28,105,000 is appropriated to the Ser-
geant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate, and $600,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk 
of the House, shall be available for reprogramming upon the 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate. 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses of the Capitol 
Police, including purchasing and supplying uniforms; the purchase, 
maintenance, and repair of police motor vehicles, including two-way 
police radio equipment; contingent expenses, including advance pay-
ment for travel for training, protective details, and tuition and 
registration, and expenses associated with the awards program not 
to exceed $900, expenses associated with the relocation of instructor 
personnel to and from the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center as approved by the Chairman of the Capitol Police Board, 
and including $85 per month for extra services performed for the 
Capitol Police Board by such member of the staff of the Sergeant at 
Arms of the Senate or the House as may be designated by the 
Chairman of the Board, $1,884,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of 
the House: Provided, That the funds used to maintain the petty cash 
fund referred to as "Petty Cash 11" which is to provide for the 
prevention and detection of crime shall not exceed $4,000: Provided 
103 STAT. 1052 
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further. That the funds used to maintain the petty cash fund 
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referred to as "Petty Cash III" which is to provide for the advance of 
travel expenses attendant to protective assignments shall not exceed 
$4,000: Provided further. That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the cost involved in providing basic training for members of 
the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 
for fiscal year 1990 shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury 
from funds available to the Treasury Department. 
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary for officied mail costs, $100,229,000, of 
which $23,978,000 is available only for Senate official mail costs, to 
be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, $44,530,000 is available 
only for House official mail costs, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the 
House, and $31,721,000 which may only be expended in fiscal year 
1990: Provided, That, of the amounts apropriated heretofore or in 
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this Act, the following sums that would have otherwise been ex-
pended in fiscal year 1990, according to estimates made by the 
Congressional Budget Office under section 308(a)(2) of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, £is amended 
(Public Law 93-344), shall not be obligated or expended during fiscal 
year 1990: $998,000 of the amounts provided heretofore or in this 
Act to the accounts under the heading "Senate", the amount for 
each to be determined by the Secretary of the Senate, with the 
concurrence of the Senate (Dommittee on Appropriations; $580,000 of 
the amounts provided in this Act for reprogramming under the 
headings "Capitol Police Board", "Capitol Police", "Salaries"; 
$195,000 of the amounts provided in this Act under the headings 
"Office of Technology Assessment", "Salaries and Expenses'; 
$900,000 of the amounts provided heretofore or in this Act under the 
headings "Biomedical Ethics Board and Biomedical Ethics Advisory 
Committee", "Salaries and Expenses"; $184,000 of the amounte 
provided in this Act under the headings "Architect of the Capitol", 
"Capitol Buildings and Grounds", "Capitol Buildings", with the 
concurrence of the House and Senate (Committees on Appropria-
tions; $282,000 of the amounts provided heretofore or in this Act 
under the headings "Architect of the Capitol", "Capitol Buildings 
and Grounds", "Capitol Grounds", with the concurrence of the 
House and Senate Clommittees on Appropriations; $6,934,000 of the 
amounts provided heretofore or in this Act under the headings 
"Architect of the Capitol", "Capitol Buildings and Grounds', 
"Senate Office Buildings", with the concurrence of the Senate 
(Dommittee on Appropriations; $225,000 of the amounts provided in 
this Act under the headings "Library of CJongress", "Congressional 
Research Service", "Salaries and Expenses"; $2,302,000 of the 
amounts provided heretofore or in this Act under the headings 
"Government Printing Office", "(Congressional Printing and Bind-
ing", as approved by the Joint (Committee on Printing, with the 
concurrence of the House and Senate (Committees on Appropria-
tions; $111,000 of the amounts provided in this Act under the 
headings "Library of Congress", "Ssdaries and Expenses"; and 
$3,578,000 of the amounts provided heretofore or in this Act under 
the headings "Government Printing Office", "Office of the Super-
intendent of Documents", "Salaries and Expenses", the balance to 
be disbursed by the Clerk of the House, to be available immediately 
upon enactment of this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for 
PUBLIC LAW 101-163—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 GTAT. 1053 
such purpose for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989, shall 
remain available until expended. 
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE 
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service, $1,345,000, 
to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That none 
of these funds shall be used to employ more than thirty-three 
individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board is 
authorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than two addi-
tional individuals for not more than one hundred twenty days each, 
and not more than ten additional individuals for not more than six 
months each, for the Capitol Guide Service. 
SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE 
For salaries and expenses of the Special Services Office, $237,000, 
to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That none 
Reports. 
of these funds shall be obligated until the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate and the Clerk of the House jointly report 
to the Appropriations Committees of both Houses their rec-
ommendation for the establishment, funding, staffing, support, and 
administration of a Congressional Special Services Office, or Decem-
ber 1,1989, whichever first occurs. 
STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, of the 
statements for the first session of the One Hundred First Congress, 
showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and con-
tracts authorized, together with a chronological historr of the regu-
lar appropriations bills as required by law, $20,000, to be paid to the 
persons designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise 
the work. 
OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-484), includ-
ing official representation and reception expenses (not to exceed 
$2,000 from the Trust Fund) to be expended on the certification of 
the Director of the Office of Technology Assessment, expenses in-
curred in administering an employee incentive awards program (not 
to exceed $1,800), rentol of space in the District of (Columbia, and 
those necessary to carry out the duties of the Director of the 
Office of Technology Assessment under 42 U.S.C. 1395ww, 42 U.S.C. 
1395W-1, and Public Law 100-360, $18,900,000: Provided, That none 
of the funds in this Act shall be available for salaries or expenses of 
any employee of the Office of Technologjr Assessment in excess of 
143 Stan employees: Provided further, lliat no part of this appro-
priation shall be available for assessments or activities not initiated 
and approved in accordance with section 3(d) of Public Law 92-484, 
except that funds shall be available for the assessment required by 
Public Law 96-151: Provided further. That none of the funds in this 
Act shall be available for salaries or expenses of employees of the 
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Office of Technology Assessment in connection with any reimburs-
able study for which funds are provided from sources other than 
appropriations made under this Act, or be available for any other 
administrative expenses incurred by the Office of Technology 
Assessment in carrying out such a study. 
BIOMEDICAL ETHICS BOARD 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
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For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the duties of the 
Biomedical Ethics Board and the Biomedical Ethics Advisory 
Committee, as authorized by the Health Omnibus Programs Exten-
sion of 1988 (Public Law 100-607), including not to exceed $500 to be 
expended on the certification of the Chairman of the Biomedical 
Ethics Board in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses, and rental of space in the District of Columbia, 
$1,500,000: Provided, That no part of these funds may be obligated or 
expended until the Biomedical Ethics Board has selected a Chair-
man and Vice Chairman and all members of the Biomedical Ethics 
Effective date. 
Advisory Committee: Provided further, That effective October 1, 
2 use 142h. 
1988, and to continue thereafter, the Disbursing Officer of the 
Library of Congress is authorized to— 
(1) disburse funds appropriated for the Biomedical Ethics 
Board; 
(2) compute and disburse the basic pay for all personnel of the 
Biomedical Ethics Board; and 
(3) provide financial management services and support to the 
Biomedical Ethics Board, 
in the same manner as provided with respect to the Office of 
Technology Assessment under section 101(c) of Public Law 97-51 (2 
U.S.C. 1420. 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
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SALARIES AND E X P E N S E S 
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 $2,300 to be expended on the certification of the 
Director of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses, $19,580,000: Pro-
vided, That none of these funds shall be available for the purchase 
or hire of a passenger motor vehicle: Provided further. That none of 
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the funds in this Act shall be available for salaries or expenses of 
any employee of the Congressional Budget Office in excess of 226 
2 use 605. 
staff employees: Provided further. That any sale or lease of property, 
supplies, or services to the Congressional Budget Office shall be 
deemed to be a sale or lease of such property, supplies, or services to 
the Congress subject to section 903 of Public Law 98-63. 
PUBLIC LAW 101-163—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1055 
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, 
$6,860,000. 
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, which shall remain available until 
expended. 
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
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For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the Capitol Building and electrical substations of the Senate 
and House Office Buildings, under the jurisdiction of the Architect 
of the Capitol, including furnishings and office equipment; not to 
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exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to 
be expended £is the Architect of the Capitol may approve; purchase 
or exchange, maintenance and operation of a passenger motor 
vehicle; security installations, which are approved by the Capitol 
Police Board, authorized by House Concurrent Resolution 550, 
Ninety-Second Congress, sigreed to September 19, 1972, the cost 
limitation of which is hereby further increased by $192,000; for 
expenses of attendance, when specifically authorized by the 
Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connection 
with subjects related to work under the Architect of the Capitol, 
$16,122,000, of which $625,000 shall remain available 
until 
expended. 
CAPITOL GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds 
surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House Office Buildings, and 
the Capitol Power Plant, $4,331,000. 
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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, $35,320,000, of which $7,800,000 shall remain available until 
expended* Provided, That none of the funds made available herein 
for improvements to the Senate subway system shall be obligated or 
expended until a design and financing plan for such system improve-
ments have been approved by the Committee on Appropriations. 
103 STAT. 1056 
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HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the House Oftice Buildings, including the position of Super-
intendent of Garages as authorized by law, $27,875,000, of which 
$2,465,000 shall remain available until expended. 
Public buildings 
and grounds. 
40 u s e 166b-6 
note. 
Records. 
Reports. 
Gifts and 
property. 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the Capitol Power Plant; for lighting, heating, and power 
(including the purchase of electrical energy) for the Capitol, Senate 
and House Office Buildings, Library of Congress Buildings, £md the 
grounds about the same, Boteuiic Garden, Senate garage, and for air 
conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of such 
buildings; for heating the Government Printing Office and Washing-
ton City Post Office and heating and chilled water for air condi-
tioning for the Supreme Court Building, Union Station complex 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; $25,613,000: Provided, That not to 
exceed $2,300,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this 
appropriation as herein provided shall be available for obligation 
during fiscal year 1990. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 104. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the 
Architect of the Capitol is hereby authorized to (1) develop a pilot 
program to determine the economic feasibility and efficiency of 
centralizing certain maintenance functions, to assign and reassign, 
without increase or decrease in basic salary or wages, any person on 
the employment rolls of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, for 
personal services in any buildings, facilities, or grounds under his 
jurisdiction for which appropriations have been made and are avail-
able; (2) maintain appropriate cost and productivity records for the 
program; and (3) report to appropriate authorities, including the 
Committees on Appropriations, on the results of the program, to-
gether with recommendations for continuation or expansion of the 
program. 
SEC. 105. The Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the 
Joint Committee on the Library, is authorized to accept donations to 
restore and display the Statue of Freedom model. 
SEC. 106. (a) The position of Executive Assistant to the Architect of 
the Capitol is abolished. 
(b) Tiie provisions— 
(1) under the center subheadings "OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT 
O
F THE CAPITOL" and "SALARIES", and 
(2) of section 303, of H.R. 7593 of the second session of the 
Ninety-Sixth Congress, as enacted into permanent law W sec-
tion 101(c) of the Joint Resolution of December 16, 1980 (40 
U.S.C. 166b-l), which relate to the salary of the Executive 
Assistant to the Architect of the Capitol, are repealed. 
(c) The third paragraph under the center subheadings "OFFICE OF 
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E ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL" and "SALARIES" in the Legislative 
Branch Appropriation Act, 1960 (40 U.S.C. 166b-3) is amended— 
PUBLIC LAW 101-163—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1057 
(1) by striking out "three positions" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "four positions", and 
(2) by striking out ", Assistant Architect," and all that follows 
and inserting in lieu thereof "or Assistant Architect.". 
(d) The proviso in the first undesignated paragraph under the 
center subheadings "OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL" and 
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"SALARIES" in the first section of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tion Act, 1971 (40 U.S.C. 164a) is amended by striking out , and, in 
case of the absence or disability of the Assistant Architect, the 
Executive Assistant shall so act", 
(e) Subsection Ot)) of section 308 of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 1988 (40 U.S.C. 166b-3a(b)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
"(b) The positions referred to in subsection (a) are— 
"(1) the position of gissistant referred to in the proviso in the 
first undesignated parsigraph under the center subheadings 
'OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL' and 'SALARIES' in 
the 
first section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1971 
(40 U.S.C. 164a), and 
"(2) the eight positions provided for in the third and fourth 
undesignated paragraphs under the center subheadings 'OFFICE 
OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL' and 'SALARIES' in the first 
section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1960 (40 
U.S.C. 166b-3).". 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
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For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended by section 
321 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 166) and 
to revise and extend the Annotated (Constitution of the United 
States of America, $46,895,000: Provided, That no part of this appro-
priation may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection 
with any publication, or preparation of material therefor (except the 
Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of 
(Congress unless such publication has obtained prior approval of 
either the Committee on House Administration or the Senate 
C!ommittee on Rules and Administration: Provided further. That, 
2 USC 166 note, 
notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the compensation of 
the Director of the (Congressional Research Service, Library of (Con-
gress, shall be at an annual rate which is equal to the annual rate of 
basic pay for positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule under 
section 5315 of title 5, United States Code. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
(CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING 
For authorized printing and binding for the (Congress; for printing 
and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary for 
preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional 
Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of 
Government publications authorized by law to be distributed to 
103 STAT. 1058 
PUBLIC LAW 101-163—NOV. 21, 1989 
Members of Congress; and for printing, binding, and distribution of 
Government publications authorized by law to be distributed with-
out charge to the recipient, $77,830,000: Provided, That funds 
remaining from the unexpended balances from obligations made 
under prior year appropriations for this account shall be available 
for the purposes of the printing and binding account for the same 
fiscal year: Provided further, lliat this appropriation shall not be 
available for printing and binding part 2 of the annued report of the 
Secretary of Agriculture (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture) nor 
for copies of the permanent edition of the Congressional Record for 
individual Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates 
authorized under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided further. That, to the extent 
that funds remain from the unexpended balance of fiscal year 1984 
funds obligated for the printing and binding costs of publications 
produced for the Bicentennial of the Congress, such remaining funds 
shall be available for the current year printing and binding cost of 
publications produced for the Bicentennial: Provided further. That 
this appropriation shall be available for the pajrment of obligations 
incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for preced-
ing fiscal years. 
This title may be cited as the "Congressional Operations Appro-
priations Act, 1990". 
TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, 
and collections; purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction of the 
Joint Committee on the Library, $2,638,000. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
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SALARIES AND E^XPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress, not otherwise 
provided for, inclumng $1,033,000 for the Civic Achievement Award 
Program in Honor of the Office of Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives, subject to reauthorization, development and mainte-
nance 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; operation and maintenance of the American Folklife 
Center in the Library; preparation and distribution of catalog cards 
and other publications of the Libran^; purchase of one passenger 
me^r 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, $164,186,000, of which not more than $5,700,000 shall 
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during 
fiscal year 1990 under the Act of June 28,1902, as amended (2 U.S.C. 
150): Provided, That the total amount available for obligation shall 
be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than the 
$5,700,000: Provided further. That, of the total amount appropriated, 
PUBLIC LAW 101-163—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1059 
$6,888,000 is to remain available until expended for acquisition of 
books, periodicals, and newspapers, and all other materials includ- 
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ing subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, includ-
ing $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically 
approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials for 
additions to the collections: Provided further, That, hereafter, the 
balance remaining from the $11,500,000 appropriation in Public Law 
98-396, dated August 22, 1984, shall be used to purchase equipment, 
supplies and services as needed to deacidify books £uid other 
materials from the collections of the Library of Congress. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including publica-
tion of the decisions of the United States courts involving copy-
rights, $20,373,000, of which not more than $7,000,000 shall be 
derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal 
year 1990 under 17 U.S.C. 708(c), and not more than $1,139,000 
shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1990 under 17 
U.S.C lll(dX3), 116(cXl) and 119(bX2): Provided, That the total 
amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by 
which collections are less than the $8,139,000: Provided 
further. 
That $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the 
maintenance of an "International Copyright Institute" in the Copy-
right Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose of training 
nationals of developing countries in intellectual property laws and 
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policies. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act 
approved March 3, 1931, as amended (2 U.S.C. 135a), $37,801,000. 
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS 
For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair of furniture, 
furnishings, office and library equipment, $2,579,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of 
Congress shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $145,390, of 
which $46,200 is for the Congressional Research Service, when 
specifically authorized by the Librarian, for expenses of attendance 
at meetings concerned with the function or activity for which the 
appropriation is made. 
SEC. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
Government 
used by the Library of Congress to administer any flexible or 
orgmiization and 
compressed work schedule which— 
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(1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the 
grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-15; and 
(2) grants the manager or supervisor the right to not be at 
work for all or a portion of a workday because of time worked 
by the manager or supervisor on another workday. 
103 STAT. 1060 
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2 u s e 142j. 
Government 
organization and 
employees. 
2 use 142k. 
0?) For purposes of this section, the term "manager or supervisor" 
means any management official or supervisor, as such terms are 
defined in section 7103(a) (10) and (11) of title 5, United States (Dode. 
SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library of (Dongress 
from other Federal agencies to cover general and administrative 
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. 
SEC. 204. Not to exceed $2,500 of any funds appropriated to the 
Library of Congress may be expended, on the certification of the 
Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation and 
reception expenses for the annual Library of Congress incentive 
awards program. 
SEC. 205. From and after October 1, 1988, the Library of Congress 
is authorized to— 
(1) disburse funds appropriated for the John C. Stennis Center 
for Public Service Training and Development; 
(2) compute and disburse the basic pay for all personnel of 
the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and 
Development; 
(3) provide financial management services and support to the 
John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Develop-
ment, in the same manner as provided with respect to the Office 
of Technology Assessment under section 101(c) of Public Law 
97-51 (2 U.S.C. 142f); and 
(4) collect from the funds appropriated for the John C. Stennis 
Center for Public Service Training and Development the full 
costs of providing the services specified in (1), (2), and (3) above, 
as provided under an agreement for services ordered under 31 
U.S.C. 1535 and 1536. 
SEC. 206. From and after October 1, 1989, the Librarian of Con-
gress shall take appropriate action to assure that no legislative 
branch employee whose salary is disbursed by the Library of C!on-
gress disbursing office is adversely affected by alternative ways of 
performing the personnel/payroll processing function. 
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, $7,167,000. 
COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal, 
$674,000, of which $573,000 shall be derived by collections from the 
appropriation "Payments to Copyright Owners" for the reasonable 
costs incurred in proceedings involving distribution of royalty fees 
as provided by 17 U.S.C. 807. 
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103 STAT. 1061 
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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(REAPPROPRIATION AND TRANSFERS) 
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents nec-
essary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 
publications and their distribution to the public, Members of Con-
gress, other Government agencies, and designated depository and 
international exchange libraries as authorized by law, $24,500,000, 
of which $4,312,000 representing excess receipts from the sale of 
publications and receipts from the sale of land authorized by Public 
Law 100-458 shall be derived from the Government Printing Office 
revolving fund, and, of which $3,000,000 in unexpended funds rep-
resenting excess receipts from the sales of publications that were 
transferred from the revolving fund in fiscal year 1986, shall be 
derived from the salaries and expenses appropriation M account: 
Provided, That travel expenses shall not exceed $117,000. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND 
The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make Contracts, 
such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in accord 
with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the 
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be nec-
essary in carrying out the programs and purposes set forth in the 
budget for the current fiscal year for the "Government Printing 
Office revolving fund": Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 may be 
expended on the certification of the Public Printer in connection 
with official representation and reception expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That during the current fiscal year the revolving fund shall be 
available for the hire of twelve passenger motor vehicles: Provided 
further. That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the 
advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to 
cany out the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
further. That the revolving fund shall be available for services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed 
the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for grade GS-18: Provided 
Rfal property. 
further. That the revolving fund shall be available to acquire needed Rif'^^^u*'^ 
land, located in Northwest D.C., which is adjacent to the present 
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Government Printing Office, and is bounded by Massachusetts 
Avenue and the southern property line of the Government Printing 
Office, between North Capitol Street and First Street, The land to be 
P
urchased is identified as Parcels 45-D, 45-E, 45-F, and 47-A in 
quare 625, and includes the alleys adjacent to these parcels, £md G 
Street, N.W. from North Capitol Street to First Street: Ptvvided 
further. That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the 
paragraph entitled "Office of Superintendent of Documents, Sala-
ries and Expenses" together may not be available for the full-time 
equivalent employment of more than 5,000 workyears: Provided 
further, That the revolving fund shall be available for expenses not 
to exceed $500,000 for the development of plans and design of a 
multi-purpose facility: Provided further. That notwithstanding the 
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Government 
organization and 
employees. 
limitations of 5 U.S.C, section 5901(a), as amended, the cost of 
uniforms furnished or allowances paid for uniforms to each uni-
formed special policeman appointed under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 
317, shall not exceed $400 during the first year in which the 
employee is required to wear a prescribed uniform: 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 
higher than GS-15, nor to any employee involved in the in-house 
production of printing and binding: Provided further. That expenses 
for attendance at meetings shall not exceed $95,000. 
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 
Hazardous 
materials. 
X ' 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
A 
•: 
For necessary expenses of the Greneral Accounting Office, includ-
ing 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 grade GS-18; hire of one passenger 
motor vehicle; advance pajonents in foreign countries in accordance 
with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits comparable to those payable under 
sections 901(5), 901(6) and 901(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6) and 4081(8), respectively); and under 
regulations prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United 
States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries and travel 
benefits comparable with those which are now or hereafter may be 
granted single employees of the Agency for International Develop-
ment, including single Foreign Service personnel assigned to A.I.D. 
projects, by the Administrator of the Agency for International 
Development—or his designee—under the authority of section 636(b) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 23960))); 
$364,720,000: Provided, That an additional amount of not to exceed 
$5,564,000 is made available without fiscal year limitation from the 
fund established pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 782 (as added by Public 
Law 100-545, October 28, 1988): Provided further. That this appro-
priation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any 
other department or agency which is a member of the Joint Finan-
cial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) shsill be available 
to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP costs as determined by the 
JFMIP, including but not limited to the salary of the Executive 
Director and secretarial support: Provided further. That this appro-
priation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any 
other department or agency which is a member of the National 
Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental 
Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share of 
Forum costs as determined by the Forum, including necessary travel 
expenses of non-Federal participants. Payments hereunder to either 
the Forum or the JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements to any 
appropriation from which costs involved are initially financed: Pro-
vided further, That to the extent that funds are otherwise available 
for obligation, agreements or contracts for the removal of asbestos, 
and renovation of the building and building systems (including the 
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103 STAT. 1063 
heating, ventilation eind air conditioning system, electrical system 
and other major building systems) of the (Jeneral Accounting Office 
Building may be made for periods not exceeding five years: Provided 
further. That this appropriation and appropriations for administra-
tive expenses of any other department or agency which is a member 
of the American Consortium on Intemationcd 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: Provided further. That this appropria-
tion shall be available to finance a portion, not to exceed $50,000, of 
the costs of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board: Pro-
vided further, That $100,000 of this appropriation shall be available 
for the expenses of planning the triennial Congress of the Inter-
nationed Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAD to 
be hosted by the United States General Accounting Office in 
Washington, D.C, in 1992, to the extent that such expenses cannot 
be met from the trust authorized below: Provided further. That the 
General Accounting Office is authorized to solicit and accept con-
tributions (including contributions from INTOSAI), to be held in 
trust, which shall be available without fiscal year limitation for the 
planning, administration, and such other expenses as the Comptrol-
ler General deems necessary to act as the sponsor of the aforemen-
tioned triennial Congress of INTOSAI, Monies in the trust not to 
exceed $10,000 shall be available upon the request of the Comptrol-
ler General to be expended for the purposes of the trust. 
Gifts and 
property. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for 
emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regu-
lations relating to parking facilities for the House of Representa-
tives issued by the Committee on House Administration 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 estab-
lished for such position by such Act, the rate of compensation and 
the designation of the position, or either, appropriated for or pro-
vided herein, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: 
Provided, That the provisions herein for the various items of official 
expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and 
House, and clerk hire for Senators and Members shall be the 
permanent law with respect thereto. 
SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and avedlable for public inspec-
tion, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 305. (a) The Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with the 
heads of the agencies of the legislative branch, shall develop an 
Contracts. 
Communications 
and tele-
communications. 
40 u s e 166 note. 
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overall plan for satisfjdng the telecommunications requirements of-
such agencies, using a common system architecture for maximum 
interconnection capability and engineering compatibility. The plan 
shall be subject to joint approval by the Committee on House 
Administration of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and, upon approval, 
shall be communicated to the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate. No part of any appropriation in this Act or any other 
Act shall be used for acquisition of any new or expanded tele-
communications system for an agency of the legislative branch, 
unless, as determined by the Architect of the Capitol, the acquisition 
is in conformance with the plan, as approved, 
(b) As used in this section— 
(1) the term "agency of the legislative branch" means, the 
Office of the Architect of the Capitol, the Botanic Garden, the 
General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office, the 
Library of Congress, the Office of Technology Assessment, and 
the Congressional Budget Office; and 
(2) the term "telecommunications system" means an elec-
tronic system for voice, data, or image communication, includ-
ing any sissociated cable and switching equipment. 
Communications 
SEC. 306. (a) Hereafter, notwithstanding the applicable statutes 
communications 
described in subsection (b), an agency of the legislative branch to 
40 use 166 note, 
which those statutes apply is authorized to use telecommunications 
systems and services provided by the Architect of the Capitol or the 
House of Representatives or the Senate under the approved plan 
required by section 305 of Public Law 100-202 (101 Stat. 1329-308) if 
such systems and services— 
(1) have been acquired competitively; and 
(2) have been determined by the Architect of the Capitol to be 
at least equal in quality to, and not greater in cost than, the 
systems and services available under the procurement con-
ducted by the Administrator of General Services known as 
"FTS2000". 
(b) The applicable statutes described in this subsection are— 
(1) section 111 of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949; and 
(2) the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government 
Appropriations Act of 1990. 
(c) As used in this section, the term "agency of the legislative 
branch" means the office of the Architect of the Capitol, the Botanic 
Garden, the General Accounting Office, the Government Printing 
Office, the Library of Congress, the Office of Technology Assess-
ment, and the Congressional Budget Office. 
Wages. 
SEC. 307. The pay for the positions described in section 30803) of 
40 use 166b-3a 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1988, as contained in 
note. 
section lOl(i) of Public Law 100-202— 
(1) shall be subject to any applicable adjustment during fiscal 
year 1990 under, or by reference to any applicable adjustment 
during fiscal year 1990 under, subchapter I of chapter 53 of title 
5, United States Code; and 
(2) with respect to the position of Assistant Architect of the 
Capitol, shall be subject to any recommendation of the Presi-
dent that, pursuant to section 225 of the Federal Salary Act of 
1967 (2 U.S.C 351 et seq.), takes effect during fiscal year 1990. 
M 
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103 STAT. 1065 
Establishment. 
2 u s e 130e. 
SEC. 308. (a) None of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 1990 by 
this Act or any other law may be obligated or expended by any 
entity of the executive branch for the procurement from commercial 
sources of any printing related to the production of Government 
publications (including forms), unless such procurement is by or 
through the Government Printing Office. 
0)) Subsection (a) does not apply to (1) individual printing orders 
costing not more than $1,000, if the work is not of a continuing or 
repetitive nature, (2) printing for the Central Intelligence Agency, 
the Defense Intelligence Agency, or the National Security Agency, 
or (3) printing from commercial sources that is specifically 
authorized by law or is of a kind that has been routinely procured by 
or through the Government Printing Office. 
(c) As used in this section, the term "printing" means the process 
of composition, platemaking, presswork, binding, and microform, 
and the end items of such processes. 
SEC. 309. Section 309(a) of title 44, United States Code, is amended 
by striking out "not to exceed $3,000 in any fiscal year" after 
"attendance at meetings". 
SEC. 310. There is established, as a joint office of Congress, the 
Special Services Office, which (under the supervision and control of 
a board, to be known as the Special Services Board, comprised of the 
Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, and the Librarian of Congress) shall 
provide special services to Members of (Dongress, and to officers, 
employees, and guests of Congress. 
SEC. 311. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1990 pay 
raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the 
levels appropriated in this Act. 
SEC. 312. Section 6121(1) of title 5, United States C!ode, is amended 
by inserting "the CJovemment Printing Office," after "military 
department,". Also, section 6133(c) of such title is amended by 
inserting "(1)" after "(c)"; and by adding at the end thereof the 
following new paragraph: "(2) With respect to employees in the 
Government Printing Office, the authority granted to the Office of 
Personnel Management under this subchapter shall be exercised by 
the Public Printer.". 
SEC. 313. (a) The first section of House Resolution 21, Nmety-^. Children and 
Ninth Congress, agreed to December 11, 1985, as enacted into 
youth. 
permanent law by section 103 of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1987 (as incorporated by reference in section 1010*) of 
Public Law 99-500 and Public Law 99-591) (40 U.S.C. 184b) is 
amended by striking out "educationally enriching child care" and 
all that follows through the end of the section, and inserting in licsu 
thereof the following: "educationally enriching child care— 
'^ ' 
"(1) for children of Members, officers, employees, and support 
personnel of the House of Representatives; and 
"(2) if places are available after admission of all children who 
are eligible under paragraph (1), for children of Senators, chil-
dren of officers and employees of the Senate, and children of 
employees of agencies of the legislative branch.". 
(b) Section 4 of such resolution, as so enacted (40 U.S.C. 184e), is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking out the second sentence; and 
' • 
(2) in the first sentence of subsection (b), by striking out "to 
make the reimbursements required by subsection (a) and" 
Wages. 
Government 
organization and 
employees. 
103 STAT. 1066 
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Government 
organization and 
employees. 
Drugs and drug 
abuse. 
2 u s e 907 note. 
Effective dates. 
Mail. 
39 use 3210 
note. 
(c) Section 5 of such resolution, as so enacted (40 U.S.C. 184f), is 
amended— 
(1) in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking out ", the 
term"; and 
(2) by striking out paragraphs (1) through (3) and inserting in 
lieu thereof the following: 
"(1) the term 'employee of the House of Representatives' 
means an employee whose pay is disbursed by the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives; 
"(2) the term 'employee of the Senate' means an employee 
whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate; 
"(3) the term 'Member' means, with respect to the House of 
Representatives, a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to, the Congress; 
"(4) the term 'agency of the legislative branch' means the 
Office of the Architect of the Capitol, the Botanic Garden, 
the General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office, 
the Libra^ of Congress, the Office of Technology Assess-
ment, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Copyright Roy-
alty Tribunal; and 
' (5) the term 'support personnel' means, with respect to the 
House of Representatives, any employee of a credit union or of 
the Architect of the Capitol, whose principal duties are to 
support the functions of the House of Representatives.". 
SEC. 314. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States receiving appropriated funds under this Act for fiscal year 
1990, shall obligate or expend any such funds, unless such depart-
ment, agency, or instrumentality has in place, and will continue to 
administer in good faith, a written policy designed to ensure that all 
of its workplaces are free from the illegal use, possession, or dis-
tribution of controlled substances (as defined in the (DontroUed 
Substances Act) by the officers and employees of such department, 
agency, or instrumentality. 
SEC. 315. Effective in the case of this Act and any subsequent Act 
making appropriations for the Legislative Branch, for purposes of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit (Dontrol Act of 1985 
(Public Law 99-177), as amended, or any other Act which requires a 
uniform percentage reduction in accounts in this Act and any 
subsequent Act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch, 
the accounts under the generm heading "Senate", and the accounts 
under the general heading "House of Representatives", shall each 
be considered to be one appropriation account and one "program, 
project, £ind activity". 
SEC. 316. (aXD Effective January 1, 1990, the total number of 
pieces of mail which may be mailed as franked mail under section 
3210(d) of title 39, United States CJode, during any calendar year by a 
Senator entitled to mail franked mail may not exceed an amount 
equal to three multiplied by the number of addresses to which such 
mail may be delivered in the State from which the Senator was 
elected (as determined on the basis of the most recent statistics, 
from the United States Postal Service, available prior to such 
calendar year). Any mail matter which relates solely to a notice of 
appearance or a scneduled itinerary of a Senator in the State from 
which such Senator was elected shall not count against the limita-
tion set forth in the preceding sentence. 
(2) Effective January 1, 1990, the total number of pieces of mail 
which may be mailed as franked mail under section 321(Kd) of title 
PUBLIC LAW 101-163—NOV. 21, 1989 
103 STAT. 1067 
39, United States Code, during any calendar year by a Member of 
the House of Representatives entitled to mail franked mail may not 
exceed an amount equal to three multiplied by the number of 
addresses to which such mail may be delivered in the area from 
which the Member was elected (as determined on the basis of the 
most recent statistics, from the United States Postal Service, avail-
able prior to such calendar year). Any mail matter which relates 
solely to a notice of appearance or a scheduled itinerary of a 
Member in the area from which such Member was elected shall not 
.f& 
count against the limitation set forth in the preceding sentence. 
OJ) Effective January 1,1990, a mass mailing (as defined in section 
3210(aX6XE) of title 39, United States Code) by a Senator or a 
Member of the House of Representatives shall be limited to 2 sheets 
of paper (or their equivalent), including any enclosure that— 
(1) is prepared by or for the Senator or Member who makes 
the mailing; or 
(2) contains information concerning, expresses the views of, or 
otherwise relates to the Senator or Member who makes the 
mailing. 
(c) Effective October 1,1989, section 3216 of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out "by a lump sum appropriation to 
the legislative branch" and inserting in lieu thereof "by appropria-
tions for the official mail costs of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives". 
SEC. 317. At the end of section 3216 of title 39, United States Ckxle, 
add the following new subsection: 
"(eXD Not later than two weeks after the last day of each quarter 
Mail. 
of the fiscal year, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Post- Reports, 
master Greneral shall send to the Clerk of the House, the House 
Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards, the Secretary of 
the Senate, and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration 
v j, 
a report which shall contain a tabulation of the estimated number of 
pieces and costs of franked mail, as defined in section 3201 of this 
title, in each mail classification sent through the mail for that 
quarter £uid for the preceding quarters in the fiscal year, together 
with separate tabulations of the number of pieces and costs of such 
mail sent by the House and by the Senate. 
"(2) Two weeks after the close of the second quarter of the fiscal 
year, or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Postmaster General 
shall send to the Clerk of the House, the House Commission on 
Congressional 
Mailing Standards, the Committee on 
House 
Administration, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Senate 
Committee on Rules and Administration, a statement of the costs of 
, 
postage on, and fees and charges in connection with, mail matter 
sent through the mails as described in subsection (1) of this section 
for the preceding two quarters together with an estimate of such 
costs for the balance of the fiscal year. As soon as practicable after 
receipt of this statement, the House Commission on Congressional 
Mailing Standards, the Committee on House Administration, and 
the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration sh£dl consider 
promulgating such regulations for their respective Houses as may be 
• ' 
• 
necessary to ensure that total postage costs, as described in subsec-
tion (1) of this section, will not exceed the amounts available for the 
/ 
fiscal year.". 
SEC. 318. Section 3210(aX6) of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended— 
103 STAT. 1068 
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Mail. 
President of U.S. 
40 u s e 162-1. 
Establishment. 
Effective date. 
2 u s e 1108. 
Alison Leland. 
Shelia A Smith. 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(i) by striking out "is mailed fewer'* 
and inserting in lieu thereof "is postmarked fewer"; 
(2) in subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) by striking out "is mailed fewer" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "is postmarked fewer"; 
(3) in subparagraph (c) by striking out "is mailed fewer" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "is postmarked fewer"; and 
(4) by adding at the end thereof the following new subpara-
graph: 
"(F) For purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (C) if mail matter is of 
a type which is not customarily postmarked, the date on which such 
matter would have been postmarked if it were of a type customarily 
postmarked shall apply.". 
SEC. 319. (a)(1) The Architect of the Capitol shall be appointed by 
the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate for a 
term of 10 years. 
(2) There is established a commission to recommend individuals to 
the President for appointment to the Office of Architect of the 
Capitol. The Commission shall be composed o
f
— 
(A) the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 
#t» 
(B) the President pro tempore of the Senate, 
(C) the majority and minority leaders of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, and 
(D) the chairmen and the ranking minority members of the 
Committee on House Administration of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
Senate. 
The commission shall recommend at least three individuals for 
appointment to such office. 
(3) An individual appointed Architect of the Capitol under para-
graph (1) shall be eligible for reappointment to such office. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall be effective in the case of appointments 
made to fill vacancies in the Office of Architect of the Capitol which 
occur on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. If no such 
vacancy occurs within the six-year period which begins on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, no individual may, after the expiration 
of such period, hold such office unless the individual is appointed in 
accordance with subsection (a). 
SEC. 320. Section 119(a)(7) of Public Law 100-458 is amended to 
read as follows: "To make other necessary expenditures including 
official reception and representation expenses.". 
SEC. 321. For payment to Alison Leland, widow of Mickey Leland, 
late a Representative from the State of Texas, $89,500. For payment 
to Shelia A. Smith, widow of Larkin Smith, late a Representative 
from the State of Mississippi, $89,500. 
This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1990". 
Approved November 21, 1989. 
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3014: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 101-179 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 101-254 (Oomm. 
of Oonference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 101-106 (Oomm. on Appropriations). 
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 135 (1989): 
July 31, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 6, 7, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Sept. 28, House agreed to conference report; receded and concurred in certain 
Senate amendments, in others with amendments. 
Nov. 1, 2, 9, Senate agreed to conference report; concurred in House amend-
ments.