[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4454 Engrossed in House (EH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4454

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                                 AN ACT


 
 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 1995, 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, 1995, and for other purposes, namely:

                   TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

      Payments to Widows and Heirs of Deceased Members of Congress

    For payment to the estate of William H. Natcher, late a 
Representative from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, $133,600.

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
$728,468,000, as follows:

                        house leadership offices

    For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $6,096,000, 
including: Office of the Speaker, $1,444,000, including $25,000 for 
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$1,042,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,429,000, including 
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, $1,284,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of 
the Majority Whip and not to exceed $563,000 for the Chief Deputy 
Majority Whips; and Office of the Minority Whip, $897,000, including 
$5,000 for official expenses of the Minority Whip and not to exceed 
$104,000 for the Chief Deputy Minority Whip.

                          members' clerk hire

    For staff employed by each Member in the discharge of official and 
representative duties, $240,417,000.

                          committee employees

    For professional and clerical employees of standing committees, 
including the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on the 
Budget, $73,925,000.

                   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 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and to be available for reimbursement 
to agencies for services performed, $401,000.

                standing committees, special and select

    For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 
select, authorized by the House, $53,191,000.

                   committee on house administration

                       house information systems

    For salaries, expenses and temporary personal services of House 
Information Systems, under the direction of the Committee on House 
Administration, $22,437,000, of which $16,017,000 is provided herein: 
Provided, That House Information Systems is authorized to receive 
reimbursement for services provided from Members of the House of 
Representatives and other Governmental entities and such reimbursement 
shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to this account: Provided 
further, That amounts so credited for fiscal year 1994 and not 
obligated shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 1995.

                        allowances and expenses

    For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or 
law, $244,572,000, including: Official Expenses of Members, 
$79,800,000; supplies, materials, administrative costs and Federal tort 
claims, $6,103,000; net expenses of purchase, lease and maintenance of 
office equipment, $11,779,000; net expenses for telecommunications, 
$10,872,000; furniture and furnishings, $2,012,000; stenographic 
reporting of committee hearings, $1,100,000; reemployed annuitants 
reimbursements, $1,279,000; Government contributions to employees' life 
insurance fund, retirement funds, Social Security fund, Medicare fund, 
health benefits fund, and worker's and unemployment compensation, 
$130,849,000; and miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, 
maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, 
interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased 
employees of the House, $778,000.

                           child care center

    For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives Child 
Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the account established 
by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 
(40 U.S.C. 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget of 
the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives.

        committee on appropriations (studies and investigations)

    For salaries and expenses, studies and examinations of executive 
agencies, by the Committee on Appropriations, and temporary personal 
services for such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 
202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be 
available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed, 
$6,495,000: Provided, That the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, may in any fiscal year pay 
all administrative uncontrollable overtime accrued by its employees 
while on detail to the Committee on Appropriations.

                          official mail costs

    For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the House of 
Representatives, as authorized by law, $31,000,000.

                    salaries, officers and employees

    For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $56,354,000, including: for salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Clerk, including not to exceed $1,000 for official 
representation and reception expenses, $14,158,000; for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including not to exceed 
$500 for official representation and reception expenses, $1,502,000; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Doorkeeper, including 
overtime as authorized by law, $11,506,000; for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services, 
$16,360,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General, $295,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 
Counsel, $762,000; Office of the Chaplain, $124,000; Office of the 
Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing 
the Digest of Rules, $983,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of the Historian, $337,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $1,630,000; for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 
$4,400,000; six minority employees, $747,000; the House Democratic 
Steering and Policy Committee and the Democratic Caucus, $1,523,000; 
the House Republican Conference, $1,523,000; and other authorized 
employees, $504,000.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 101. (a) Transfer of Majority and Minority Printers to 
Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services.--As soon as 
practicable, but not later than October 1, 1994, authority over the 
Majority and Minority Printers of the House of Representatives shall be 
transferred to the Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services 
of the House.
    (b) Fees for Offices and Utilities.--
            (1) In general.--Upon the transfer required by subsection 
        (a), the Director shall charge the Majority and Minority 
        Printers a reasonable monthly fee for the rental of offices and 
        utilities.
            (2) Availability of receipts.--The amounts received under 
        this subsection shall be deposited in the Treasury of the 
        United States for credit to the appropriation for ``Salaries 
        and Expenses of the House of Representatives'', and shall be 
        available for expenditure in any fiscal year to the extent 
        provided in appropriations Acts.
    (c) Applicability.--This section shall take effect upon the date of 
the enactment of this Act and shall apply to any fiscal year.

                              JOINT ITEMS

    For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        joint economic committee

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$4,090,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      joint committee on printing

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
$1,370,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      joint committee on taxation

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$6,019,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House.
    For other joint items, as follows:

                   Office of the Attending Physician

    For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the 
emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his assistants, 
including (1) an allowance of $1,500 per month to the Attending 
Physician; (2) an allowance of $500 per month each to two medical 
officers while on duty in the Attending Physician's office; (3) an 
allowance of $500 per month each to two assistants and $400 per month 
each not to exceed nine assistants on the basis heretofore provided for 
such assistance; and (4) $918,000 for reimbursement to the Department 
of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment assigned to 
the Office of the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced and 
credited to the applicable appropriation or appropriations from which 
such salaries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be 
available for all the purposes thereof, $1,335,000, to be disbursed by 
the Clerk of the House.

                          Capitol Police Board

                             Capitol Police

                                salaries

    For the Capitol Police Board for salaries, including overtime, and 
Government contributions to employees' benefits funds, as authorized by 
law, of officers, members, and employees of the Capitol Police, 
$65,991,000, of which $31,833,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms 
of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the 
House, and $34,158,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1995 
for salaries, including overtime, and Government contributions to 
employees' benefits funds under this heading, such amounts as may be 
necessary may be transferred between the Sergeant at Arms of the House 
of Representatives and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate, upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

                            general expenses

    For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses of the Capitol 
Police, including motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 
uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training, medical services, the 
employee assistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards 
program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relocation of 
instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center, and $85 per month for extra services performed for the 
Capitol Police Board by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms of the 
Senate or the House of Representatives designated by the Chairman of 
the Board, $2,000,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 1995 shall be paid by 
the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to the Department of 
the Treasury.

                        administrative provision

    Sec. 102. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1995 for the Capitol 
Police Board under the heading ``Capitol Police'' may be transferred 
between the headings ``salaries'' and ``general expenses'', upon 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives.

                         Capitol Guide Service

    For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service, $1,628,000, 
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 additional individuals for not 
more than one hundred twenty days each, and not more than ten 
additional individuals for not more than six months each, for the 
Capitol Guide Service.

                        Special Services Office

    For salaries and expenses of the Special Services Office, $363,000, 
to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                    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), including 
official reception and representation expenses (not to exceed $5,500 
from the Trust Fund), and expenses incurred in administering an 
employee incentive awards program (not to exceed $2,500), and rental of 
space in the District of Columbia, $21,931,000: Provided, That none of 
the funds in this Act shall be available for salaries or expenses of 
any employee of the Office of Technology Assessment in excess of 143 
staff employees: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation 
shall be available for assessments or activities not initiated and 
approved in accordance with section 3(d) of Public Law 92-484: Provided 
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for 
salaries or expenses of employees of the Office of Technology 
Assessment in connection with any reimbursable study for which funds 
are provided from sources other than appropriations made under this 
Act, or shall be available for any other administrative expenses 
incurred by the Office of Technology Assessment in carrying out such a 
study.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), including not 
to exceed $2,500 to be expended on the certification of the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses, $23,133,000: Provided, That none 
of these funds shall be available for the purchase or hire of a 
passenger motor vehicle: Provided further, That none of the funds in 
this Act shall be available for salaries or expenses of any employee of 
the Congressional Budget Office in excess of 221 fulltime equivalent 
positions: 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: 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.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                 Office of the Architect of the Capitol

                                salaries

    For the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Architect of the 
Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law, 
$8,927,000.

                                 travel

    Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol 
shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not to 
exceed in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $20,000.

                          Contingent Expenses

    To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make surveys and studies, 
and to meet unforeseen expenses in connection with activities under his 
care, $100,000, to remain available until expended.

                     Capitol Buildings and Grounds

                           capitol buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Capitol and electrical substations of the Senate and House 
office buildings, under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the 
Capitol, including furnishings and office equipment; including not to 
exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to be 
expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; purchase or 
exchange, maintenance and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; 
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; and 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, $22,340,000, of which $2,763,000 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, $5,201,000, of which $25,000 shall remain 
available until expended.

                         house office buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the House office buildings, including the position of Superintendent 
of Garages as authorized by law, $41,364,000, of which $10,260,000 
shall remain available until expended.

                          capitol power plant

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power (including the 
purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer services for the 
Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, Library of Congress 
buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate 
garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in 
any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing Office and 
Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for air 
conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, Union Station complex, 
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shakespeare 
Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed upon 
request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so received shall 
be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 
$33,342,000, of which $865,000 shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That not to exceed $3,200,000 of the funds credited or to be 
reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available 
for obligation during fiscal year 1995.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 103. The matter in chapter III of title I of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1975 under ``Capitol Buildings and Grounds'' under 
the heading ``ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL'' (40 U.S.C. 166b-2) is amended 
by striking ``to grade 11'' and inserting ``at not to exceed grade 
12''.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                     Congressional Research Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to 
revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United States of 
America, $58,938,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation 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 of the House of Representatives or the Committee 
on Rules and Administration of the Senate: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the compensation of the 
Director of the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 
shall be at an annual rate which is equal to the annual rate of basic 
pay for positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 
5315 of title 5, United States Code.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                   Congressional Printing and Binding

    For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and the 
distribution of Congressional information in any format; printing and 
binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary for 
preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional 
Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of 
Government publications authorized by law to be distributed to Members 
of Congress; and printing, binding, and distribution of Government 
publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the 
recipient, $87,717,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be 
available for printing and binding part 2 of the annual report of the 
Secretary of Agriculture (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture) 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 this 
appropriation shall be available for the payment of obligations 
incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding 
fiscal years.
    This title may be cited as the ``Congressional Operations 
Appropriations Act, 1995''.

                        TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES

                             BOTANIC GARDEN

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, and 
collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction of the 
Joint Committee on the Library, $3,182,000.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress, not otherwise 
provided for, including development and maintenance of the Union 
Catalogs; custody 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 
Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses 
of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to 
the income of any trust fund held by the Board, $207,857,000, of which 
not more than $7,869,000 shall be derived from collections credited to 
this appropriation during fiscal year 1995 under the Act of June 28, 
1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150): Provided, That the 
total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by 
which collections are less than the $7,869,000: Provided further, That 
of the total amount appropriated, $8,458,000 is to remain available 
until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, and newspapers, 
and all other materials including subscriptions for bibliographic 
services for the Library, including $40,000 to be available solely for 
the purchase, when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special 
and unique materials for additions to the collections.

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including 
publication of the decisions of the United States courts involving 
copyrights, $27,186,000, of which not more than $14,500,000 shall be 
derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal 
year 1995 under 17 U.S.C. 708(c), and not more than $2,891,000 shall be 
derived from collections during fiscal year 1995 under 17 U.S.C. 
111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005: Provided, That the total amount 
available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which 
collections are less than $17,391,000: Provided further, That up to 
$100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the maintenance of 
an ``International Copyright Institute'' in the Copyright Office of the 
Library of Congress for the purpose of training nationals of developing 
countries in intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 
That not to exceed $2,250 may be expended on the certification of the 
Librarian of Congress or his designee, in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses for activities of the 
International Copyright Institute.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

                         salaries and expenses

    For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act of 
March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $44,622,000, 
of which $10,896,000 shall remain available until expended.

                       Furniture and Furnishings

    For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair of furniture, 
furnishings, office and library equipment, $5,825,000, of which 
$1,886,000 shall be available until expended only for the purchase and 
supply of furniture, shelving, furnishings, and related costs necessary 
for the renovation and restoration of the Thomas Jefferson and John 
Adams Library buildings.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of 
Congress shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $194,290, of 
which $58,100 is for the Congressional Research Service, when 
specifically authorized by the Librarian, for attendance at meetings 
concerned with the function or activity for which the appropriation is 
made.
    Sec. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be used by the Library of Congress to administer any flexible or 
compressed work schedule which--
              (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a position 
        the grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-15; 
        and
              (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to not be 
        at work for all or a portion of a workday because of time 
        worked by the manager or supervisor on another workday.
    (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``manager or 
supervisor'' means any management official or supervisor, as such terms 
are defined in section 7103(a) (10) and (11) of title 5, United States 
Code.
    Sec. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library of Congress 
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 and may be expended or 
obligated--
              (1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such extent 
        or in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts; or
              (2) in the case of an advance payment, only--
                      (A) to pay for such general or administrative 
                overhead costs as are attributable to the work 
                performed for such agency; or
                      (B) to such extent or in such amounts as are 
                provided in appropriations Acts, with respect to any 
                purpose not allowable under subparagraph (A).
    Sec. 204. Not to exceed $5,000 of any funds appropriated to the 
Library of Congress may be expended, on the certification of the 
Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation and 
reception expenses for the Library of Congress incentive awards 
program.
    Sec. 205. Not to exceed $12,000 of funds appropriated to the 
Library of Congress may be expended, on the certification of the 
Librarian of Congress or his designee, in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.
    Sec. 206. Under the heading ``Library of Congress'' obligational 
authority shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $75,236,000 
for reimbursable activities, $8,706,000 for revolving fund activities, 
and $6,150,000 for non-expenditure transfer activities in support of 
parliamentary development during the current fiscal year.

                        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, 
$9,860,000, of which $941,000 shall remain available until expended.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                 Office of Superintendent of Documents

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary 
to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications 
and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, other 
Government agencies, and designated depository and international 
exchange libraries as authorized by law, $30,600,000: Provided, That 
the objectives of chapter 41 of title 44, United States Code, as 
enacted by the Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access 
Enhancement Act of 1993, shall be carried out through cost savings: 
Provided further, That travel expenses, including travel expenses of 
the Depository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed 
$130,000: Provided further, That funds, not to exceed $2,000,000, from 
current year appropriations are authorized for producing and 
disseminating Congressional Serial Sets and other related 
Congressional/non-Congressional publications for 1993 and 1994 to 
depository and other designated libraries.

               Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

    The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in accord with 
the law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 
Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the 
programs and purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal 
year for the ``Government Printing Office 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 further, That the revolving fund shall be available 
for the hire or purchase of passenger motor vehicles, not to exceed a 
fleet of twelve: Provided further, That expenditures in connection with 
travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be 
deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United States 
Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available for 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals 
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for level V of 
the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5316): Provided further, That the 
revolving fund and the funds provided under the paragraph entitled 
``office of superintendent of documents, salaries and expenses'' 
together may not be available for the full-time equivalent employment 
of more than 4,193 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 activities financed through the revolving fund may 
provide information in any format: Provided further, That the revolving 
fund shall not be used to administer any flexible or compressed work 
schedule which applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the 
grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-15: Provided 
further, That expenses for attendance at meetings shall not exceed 
$75,000.

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including 
not to exceed $7,000 to be expended on the certification of the 
Comptroller General of the United States in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem 
rate equivalent to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule (5 
U.S.C. 5315); hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 
foreign countries in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits 
comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), 901(6) and 901(8) of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6) and 
4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller General 
of the United States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries 
and travel benefits comparable with those which are now or hereafter 
may be granted single employees of the Agency for International 
Development, including single Foreign Service personnel assigned to AID 
projects, by the Administrator of the Agency for International 
Development--or his designee--under the authority of section 636(b) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2396(b)); $439,525,000: 
Provided, That not more than $1,000,000 of reimbursements received 
incident to the operation of the General Accounting Office Building 
shall be available for use in fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That 
this appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of 
any other department or agency which is a member of the Joint Financial 
Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an 
appropriate share of JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, including 
the salary of the Executive Director and secretarial support: Provided 
further, That this appropriation 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: Provided 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 heating, ventilation 
and air conditioning system, electrical system and other major building 
systems) of the General Accounting Office Building may be made for 
periods not exceeding five years: Provided further, That this 
appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any 
other department or agency which is a member of the American Consortium 
on International Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to 
finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, 
including any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the 
International Institute of Administrative Sciences.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for 
emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations 
relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives 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 
established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for 
herein or whenever the rate of compensation or designation of any 
position appropriated for herein is different from that specifically 
established for such position by such Act, the rate of compensation and 
the designation of the position, or either, appropriated for or 
provided herein, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: 
Provided, That the provisions herein for the various items of official 
expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House 
of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the 
House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect 
thereto.
    Sec. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or 
under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
    Sec. 305. The last sentence of section 307(a) of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C. 60-1 note) is repealed.
    Sec. 306. Annual and sick leave balances of employees transferred 
from the Office of the Director of Non-legislative and Financial 
Services, House Postal Operations, to the Architect of the Capitol, as 
of October 31, 1993, shall be credited to the leave accounts of such 
personnel, subject to the provisions of section 6304 of title 5, United 
States Code, upon their transfer to the appropriation for House office 
buildings.
    Sec. 307. (a) Civil Service Retirement System.--The first sentence 
of section 8335(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``55'' and inserting ``57''.
    (b) Federal Employees' Retirement System.--(1) Section 8425 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended--
            (A) in the first sentence of subsection (b) by striking 
        ``member of the Capitol Police or'' and ``member or'';
            (B) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (C) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) A member of the Capitol Police who is otherwise eligible for 
immediate retirement under section 8412(d) shall be separated from the 
service on the last day of the month in which such member becomes 57 
years of age or completes 20 years of service if then over that age. 
The Capitol Police Board, when in its judgment the public interest so 
requires, may exempt such a member from automatic separation under this 
subsection until that member becomes 60 years of age. The Board shall 
notify the member in writing of the date of separation at least 60 days 
before that date. Action to separate the member if not effective, 
without the consent of the member, until the last day of the month in 
which the 60-day notice expires.''.
    (2) Section 8415(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``(a) or (b)'' and inserting ``(a), (b), or (c)''.
    Sec. 308. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products.--It 
is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable, 
all equipment and products purchased with funds made available in this 
Act should be American-made.
    (b) Notice to Grantees and Contractors.--In providing financial 
assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using 
funds made available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to 
the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice 
describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1995''.

            Passed the House of Representatives May 26, 1994.

            Attest:






                                                                 Clerk.
                                     

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4454

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                                 AN ACT

 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.