[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2348 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

103d CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2348

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                               AMENDMENTS
                  In the Senate of the United States,

                              July 23 (legislative day, June 30), 1993.
      Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
2348) entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other 
purposes'', do pass with the following

                              AMENDMENTS:

 (1)Page 2, after line 1, insert:

                                 SENATE

                    Mileage and Expenses 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 
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Leader of the 
Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Whip 
of the Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and 
Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Committees, $3,000 for 
each Chairman; in all, $56,000.

    Representation Allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders

    For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority Leaders 
of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all, $30,000.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized 
by law, including agency contributions, $69,895,000, which shall be 
paid from this appropriation without regard to the below limitations, 
as follows:

                      office of the vice president

    For the Office of the Vice President, $1,431,000.

                  office of the president pro tempore

    For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $432,000.

              offices of the majority and minority leaders

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $2,076,000.

               offices of the majority and minority whips

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $644,000.

                         conference committees

    For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the 
Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairman of each 
such committee, $942,000 for each such committee; in all, $1,884,000.

 offices of the secretaries of the conference of the majority and the 
                       conference of the minority

    For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority 
and the Conference of the Minority, $362,000.

                         office of the chaplain

    For Office of the Chaplain, $172,000.

                        office of the secretary

    For Office of the Secretary, $11,715,000.

             office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

    For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $32,739,000.

        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

    For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, $1,133,000.

               agency contributions and related expenses

    For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by 
law, and related expenses, $17,307,000.

            Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, $3,080,000.

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 
$833,000.

Expense Allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secretaries for the Majority and Minority 
                             of the Senate

    For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $3,000; 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for 
the Majority of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for the Minority of the 
Senate, $3,000; in all, $12,000.

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate

                        senate policy committees

    For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
Minority Policy Committee, $1,199,100 for each such committee; in all, 
$2,398,200.

                      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, $77,000,000.

  expenses of united states senate caucus on international narcotics 
                                control

    For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International 
Narcotics Control, $336,000.

                        secretary of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$1,366,500.

             sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 
of the Senate, $74,894,000, of which $16,500,000 shall remain available 
until expended.

                          miscellaneous items

    For miscellaneous items, $6,748,000.

        senators' official personnel and office expense account

    For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, 
$185,768,000.

               Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Fair Employment 
Practices, $825,000.

                      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.

                          official mail costs

    For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate, 
$20,000,000.

                       administrative provisions

    Sec. 1. (a) Charges for expenses of any office, the funds of which 
are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, may be vouchered by a 
Senate support office paying such expenses or to which such charges are 
owed for goods or services provided, if--
            (1) such charges are paid on behalf of the office incurring 
        such expenses by such Senate support office; or
            (2) such charges are payable to such Senate support office 
        for goods or services provided by such office to the office 
        incurring such expenses.
    (b) Payments under this section shall be charged to the official 
funds of the office on whose behalf the expenses were paid, or which 
received the goods or services for which payment is required.
    (c) Any voucher submitted by a Senate support office pursuant to 
this section shall be accompanied by a certification from such office 
of the amount and that such purchases were of the nature that they 
could be charged to the official funds of the office on whose behalf 
charges were paid, or to which goods or services were provided.
    (d) Vouchers under this section shall be submitted and paid subject 
to such regulations as may be promulgated by the Committee on Rules and 
Administration.
    Sec. 2. Effective on and after October 1, 1993, the aggregate of 
each of the sums determined under clauses (iii) and (iv) of section 
506(b)(3)(A) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 
58(b)(3)(A) (iii) and (iv)), shall be deemed decreased by 2.5 percent.
    Sec. 3. Section 12 under the subheading ``administrative 
provisions'' under the heading ``SENATE'' in the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 58c-1) is amended in the first 
sentence by striking ``the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate 
and''.

 (2)Page 10, line 23, strike out [$3,980,000] and insert: $3,626,000

 (3)Page 11, line 3, strike out [$1,377,000] and insert: $1,311,000

 (4)Page 14, line 25, before ``rental'' insert: and

 (5)Page 14, line 25, strike out [$20,815,000] and insert: $21,815,000

 (6)Page 15, line 22, strike out [$22,317,000] and insert: $22,442,000

 (7)Page 16, line 7, after ``98-63'' insert: : Provided further, That 
the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall have the 
authority, within the limits of available appropriations, to dispose of 
surplus or obsolete personal property by inter-agency transfer, 
donation, or discarding

 (8)Page 16, line 13, strike out [$8,762,000] and insert: $8,144,000

 (9)Page 16, lines 22 and 23, strike out [, to remain available until 
expended]

 (10)Page 17, line 11, after ``vehicle;'' insert: security 
installations, which are approved by the Capitol Police Board, 
authorized by House Concurrent Resolution 550, Ninety-Second Congress, 
agreed to September 19, 1972, the cost limitation of which is hereby 
further increased by $200,000;

 (11)Page 17, line 15, strike out [$4,663,000] and insert: $4,413,000

 (12)Page 17, after line 20, insert:

                        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, 
$47,339,000, of which $10,177,000 shall remain available until 
expended.

 (13)Page 21, line 19, strike out [$201,231,000] and insert: 
$202,304,595

 (14)Page 23, line 9, strike out [$43,144,000] and insert: $42,713,000

 (15)Page 23, line 9, strike out [$10,377,000] and insert: $9,946,000

 (16)Page 25, strike out all after line 21 over to and including line 
12 on page 26

 (17)Page 26, line 18, strike out [$9,543,000] and insert: $9,974,000

 (18)Page 26, line 18, strike out [$1,060,000] and insert: $1,341,000

 (19)Page 31, line 11, after ``1994'' insert: : Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed to the 
Comptroller General pursuant to that section shall be deposited to the 
appropriation of the General Accounting Office then available and 
remain available until expended, and not more than $4,000,000 of such 
funds shall be available for use in fiscal year 1994

 (20)Page 34, strike out all after line 19 over to and including line 2 
on page 35, and insert:
    Sec. 306. (a) The General Accounting Office, the Government 
Printing Office, or the Library of Congress may for such employees as 
it deems appropriate authorize a payment to employees who voluntarily 
separate before January 1, 1994, whether by retirement or resignation, 
which payment shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of 
section 5597(d) of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) The number of employee positions authorized for the General 
Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office, or the Library of 
Congress, as the case may be, shall be reduced by one position for each 
vacancy created by reason of a separation under subsection (a). No 
funds appropriated by this Act for salaries or expenses of any position 
that is eliminated under the preceding sentence may be used for any 
other purpose.

 (21)Page 35, line 5, strike out [level] and insert: funded level, 
other than those supported by gift and trust funds,

 (22)Page 40, strike out all after line 23 over to and including line 7 
on page 41 and insert:
    Sec. 310. (a) Section 17 of the Act entitled ``An Act making 
appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for the year 
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, and for other 
purposes'', approved July 28, 1866 (2 U.S.C. 43), is amended by 
inserting after ``mileage'' the first place it appears the following: 
``for each Senator''.
    (b) The first section of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1936 (2 U.S.C. 43a), under the heading ``SENATE'', and subheading 
``Salaries and Mileage of Senators'', is amended by striking 
``Senators, Members of the House of Representatives, and Delegates in 
Congress'' and inserting ``Senators''.
    (c) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take 
effect on October 1, 1993.

 (23)Page 41, after line 23, insert:
    Sec. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such sums as 
may be necessary for the replacement of the Thomas Jefferson Library of 
Congress Building roof shall be transferred from the funds appropriated 
to the Clerk of the House in the Fiscal Year 1986 Urgent Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, Public Law 99-349, and subsequently transferred to 
the Architect of the Capitol pursuant to the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1989, Public Law 100-458 for Capitol Complex 
Security Enhancements, to ``Architect of the Capitol, Library Buildings 
and Grounds, Structural and Mechanical Care'': Provided, That not to 
exceed $7,000,000 may be transferred pursuant to this section.

 (24)Page 41, after line 23, insert:
    Sec. 314. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 is amended in the first 
sentence of subsection (a) by striking ``1993'' and inserting ``1994''.

 (25)Page 41, after line 23, insert:
    Sec. 315. Section 2(a) of the Act of July 25, 1974 (2 U.S.C. 
130c(a)) is amended by deleting ``$500'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``$1,500''.

 (26)Page 41, after line 23, insert:
    Sec. 316. (a) Section 1205(a)(1) of the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act of 1993 is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: 
``and amounts transferred by the Architect of the Capitol from funds 
appropriated to the Architect''.
    (b) Section 1205 of such Act is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(d) In case of an award under section 307 of Public Law 102-166, 
or a payment pursuant to an agreement under section 310 of such Public 
Law, to an employee described in section 301(c)(1)(B), to an applicant 
for a position described in section 301(c)(1)(B) as defined in section 
301(c)(1)(C), or to a person formerly employed in a position described 
in section 301(c)(1)(B) as defined in section 301(c)(1)(D), all of 
Public Law 102-166, the Architect of the Capitol, at the direction of 
the Secretary of the Senate, shall transfer to the account established 
by subsection (a), from funds appropriated to the Architect of the 
Capitol, an amount sufficient to pay such award or payment pursuant to 
such agreement.''.
    (c) The amendments made by this section shall be effective on and 
after October 1, 1992.

 (27)Page 41, after line 23, insert:
    Sec. 317. The Librarian of Congress shall enter into an agreement 
with the President of the University of Nevada, Reno for the purpose of 
assisting in the establishment of the Great Basin Intergovernmental 
Center. The Great Basin Intergovernmental Center is authorized to 
accept contributions from Federal sources. The Center may also receive 
contributions both in-kind and cash from private and other non-Federal 
sources.

 (28)Page 41, after line 23, insert:
    Sec. 318. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated or made available 
from any source for any fiscal year may be obligated or expended by any 
entity of the Executive Branch for the procurement or production of any 
printing or duplicating (including forms), unless such printing or 
duplicating is requisitioned through the Government Printing Office.
    (2) Paragraph (a)(1) does not apply to (A) individual printing or 
duplicating orders costing not more than $1,000, if the work is not of 
a continuing or repetitive nature, and, as certified by the Public 
Printer, cannot be provided more economically by open, competitive 
procurement through the Government Printing Office, (B) printing for 
the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the 
National Security Agency, or specifically classified material of the 
Department of Defense, or (C) printing from other sources that is 
specifically authorized by law. The Secretary may waive the limitations 
of subsection (a) for military operational requirements: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall notify the Joint Committee on Printing within seven 
days.
    (3) As is used in this subsection, the terms ``printing'' or 
``duplicating'' include the processes of: Composition; platemaking; wet 
and dry offset; letterpress; gravure; flexography; ink jet; 
electrostatic or other copying; laser or variable imaging; silk screen 
processes; production of an image on paper or other substrate by any 
means or equipment; binding; microfilm; or the end items of such 
processes.

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