The Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 ( P.L. 112-10 ) provides $4.54 billion for legislative branch activities for FY2011. This act continues funding and language contained in the FY2010 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act ( P.L. 111-68 ), unless otherwise specified, and includes an across-the-board rescission of 0.2%. From October 1, 2010, until the enactment of this legislation on April 11, 2011, the legislative branch operated on continuing resolutions. These continuing resolutions included P.L. 111-242 (through December 3, 2010), P.L. 111-290 (through December 18, 2010), P.L. 111-317 (through December 21, 2010), P.L. 111-322 (through March 4, 2011), P.L. 112-4 (through March 18, 2011) and P.L. 112-6 (through April 8, 2011). Some of these continuing resolutions contained language affecting the legislative branch or adjusting funding levels. These include the following: P.L. 112-6 : This law reduced the amount provided for "House of Representatives—Salaries and Expenses" by $1.5 million and the amount provided for "Library of Congress—Salaries and Expenses" by an additional $750,000. This funding had been provided in FY2010 for transfer to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. P.L. 112-4 : This law reduced the amount provided for "Library of Congress—Salaries and Expenses" by $200,000. This funding had been provided in FY2010 for a preservation and digitization project. P.L. 111-322 : This law contained language for the United States Capitol Police. Prior to the enactment of P.L. 112-10 , multiple proposals for funding the legislative branch for the remainder of FY2011 were considered. The House passed H.R. 1 on February 19, 2011. During House consideration of H.R. 1 , one amendment related to the House was adopted by voice vote ( H.Amdt. 68 on February 17, 2011). Subsequently, Section 1901 of the House-passed version of H.R. 1 states, "Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for `House of Representatives, Salaries and Expenses' shall be $1,288,299,072 (reduced by $1,500,000)." The Senate amendment to H.R. 1 , S.Amdt. 149 , was considered on March 9, 2011. No further action was taken. Additionally, both the House and Senate have adopted language in the 112 th Congress affecting spending within each chamber. H.Res. 22 , adopted by the House on January 6, 2011, reduces the authorized amounts for the Member's Representational Allowances, House leadership offices, and all committees except the Committee on Appropriations by 5%, with a 9% reduction for the Committee on Appropriations. An amendment ( S.Amdt. 182 ) offered by Senator Nelson to S. 493 , the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011, stated, "It is the sense of the Senate, that it should lead by example and reduce the budget of the Senate by at least 5 percent." The amendment was adopted on March 16, 2011. No further action on this bill occurred as of the date of this report. The FY2011 legislative branch budget request, which was submitted to Congress on February 1, 2010, contains $5.12 billion in new budget authority, an approximately 10% increase over the FY2010 enacted level. The House and Senate Appropriations Committees Subcommittees on the Legislative Branch each held hearings during which the agency requests were examined. Previously, the FY2010 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act provided $4.656 billion for FY2010 legislative branch operations, and the FY2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act provided $4.4 billion. In FY2009, an additional $25 million was provided for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. P.L. 111-32 , the FY2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act, also contained funding for the police radio system ($71.6 million) and Congressional Budget Office ($2 million). On July 1, 2010, the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, held a markup of the FY2011 bill. The subcommittee mark contained $3.65 billion, not including Senate items. This level is approximately $7 million below the FY2010 enacted level and $337 million less than requested for these accounts. The largest increase would be provided to the Capitol Police ($8.9 million over the FY2010 enacted level, or 2.7%). The largest decrease would be for the Open World Leadership Program, which would have its budget reduced by $3 million, or 25%. The Senate Appropriations Committee held a markup on September 16, 2010, and reported an original bill for legislative branch appropriations. The Senate bill ( S. 3799 ) contained $3.136 billion, not including House items. This is the same amount provided for FY2010 and $435.6 million less than requested. On April 5, 2010, the President submitted a request from the Capitol Police for $15.956 million in FY2010 supplemental appropriations. Both the House- and Senate-passed versions of H.R. 4899 contained $174,000 for a payment to widows and heirs of deceased Members of Congress. The Senate version also contained $12.96 million for the Capitol Police for completion of the indoor coverage portion of the new radio system, to remain available until September 30, 2012. The FY2010 Supplemental Appropriations Act ( P.L. 111-212 , enacted July 29, 2010) contained funding for both items. Since FY2003, the annual legislative branch appropriations bill has usually contained two titles. Appropriations for legislative branch agencies are contained in Title I. These entities, as they have appeared in the annual appropriations bill, are the Senate; House of Representatives; Joint Items; Capitol Police; Office of Compliance; Congressional Budget Office; Architect of the Capitol, including the Capitol Visitor Center; Library of Congress, including the Congressional Research Service; Government Printing Office; Government Accountability Office; and Open World Leadership Program. Title II often contains general administrative provisions. For example, Title II of the FY2010 act ( P.L. 111-68 ) contained language (1) prohibiting the use of funds for the maintenance or care of private vehicles; (2) limiting funds provided in the act to FY2010 unless otherwise specified; (3) addressing the rate of compensation of staff; (4) making contracts for consulting services a matter of public record and available for public inspection, with certain exceptions; (5) providing funds for awards and settlements under the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995; (6) addressing cost-sharing for the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC); (7) providing for landscape maintenance by the Architect of the Capitol; (8) limiting transfers except as provided by law; and (9) prohibiting the use of funds to restrict guided tours of the Capitol led by House and Senate staff and interns, except for temporary suspensions with the direction or approval of the Capitol Police Board. On occasion the bill may contain a third title for other provisions. For example, Title III of the FY2006 legislative branch appropriations act, P.L. 109-55 , contained language providing for the continuity of representation in the House of Representatives in "extraordinary circumstances." Prior to enactment of the FY2003 bill, and effective in FY1978, the legislative branch appropriations bill was structured differently. Title I, Congressional Operations, contained budget authority for activities directly serving Congress. Title II, Related Agencies, contained budget authority for activities considered by the Committee on Appropriations not directly supporting Congress. Occasionally, from FY1978 through FY2002, the annual legislative appropriations bill contained additional titles for such purposes as capital improvements and special one-time functions. Since the 110 th Congress, and prior to the 109 th Congress, both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees established Legislative Branch Subcommittees. The House subcommittee did not exist in the 109 th Congress, and the full House committee considered the legislative branch bill. In the 109 th Congress, the Senate continued its practice of having a Legislative Branch Subcommittee. Previously, both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees generally had a separate Legislative Branch Subcommittee dating back at least to the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, with the exception of the 83 rd Congress (1953-1954), during which the House and Senate Appropriations Committees established a subcommittee to consider both legislative and judiciary matters. The two chambers subsequently returned to the former practice of a separate Legislative Subcommittee beginning in the 84 th Congress (1955). The FY2011 U.S. Budget submitted on February 1, 2010, contained a request for $5.10 billion in new budget authority for legislative branch activities, an increase of approximately 9.6% from the FY2010 enacted level. A substantial portion of the increase requested by legislative branch entities was to meet (1) mandatory expenses, which include funding for annual salary adjustments required by law and related personnel expenses, such as increased government contributions to retirement based on increased pay, and (2) expenses related to increases in the costs of goods and services due to inflation. On April 5, 2010, an additional $15.956 million was requested by the Capitol Police "to purchase and install and implement the indoor coverage portion of the new radio system for the Capitol Police." Table 3 lists the dates of hearings of the Legislative Branch Subcommittees in 2010. As stated above, the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch, held a markup of the FY2011 bill on July 1, 2010.