[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2492 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  1st Session

                               H. R. 2492

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                                 AN ACT

  Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2492

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                                 AN ACT


 
 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1996, and for other purposes, namely:

                   TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

                                 SENATE

                           Expense Allowances

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

    Representation Allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders

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

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized 
by law, including agency contributions, $69,727,000, which shall be 
paid from this appropriation without regard to the below limitations, 
as follows:

                      office of the vice president

    For the Office of the Vice President, $1,513,000.

                  office of the president pro tempore

    For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $325,000.

              offices of the majority and minority leaders

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $2,195,000.

               offices of the majority and minority whips

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $656,000.

                         conference committees

    For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the 
Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairman of each 
such committee, $996,000 for each such committee; in all, $1,992,000.

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

    For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority 
and the Conference of the Minority, $360,000.

                           policy committees

    For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority 
Policy Committee, $965,000 for each such committee, in all, $1,930,000.

                         office of the chaplain

    For Office of the Chaplain, $192,000.

                        office of the secretary

    For Office of the Secretary, $12,128,000.

             office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

    For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $31,889,000.

        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

    For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, $1,047,000.

               agency contributions and related expenses

    For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by 
law, and related expenses, $15,500,000.

            Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, $3,381,000.

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 
$936,000.

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

                      inquiries and investigations

    For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, 
or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 601, Seventy-
ninth Congress, as amended, section 112 of Public Law 96-304 and Senate 
Resolution 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, $66,395,000.

expenses of the united states senate caucus on international narcotics 
                                control

    For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International 
Narcotics Control, $305,000.

                        secretary of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$1,266,000.

             sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 
of the Senate, $61,347,000.

                          miscellaneous items

    For miscellaneous items, $6,644,000.

        senators' official personnel and office expense account

    For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, 
$204,029,000.

               Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Fair Employment 
Practices, $778,000.

                     Settlements and Awards Reserve

    For expenses for settlements and awards, $1,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                      stationery (revolving fund)

    For stationery for the President of the Senate, $4,500, for 
officers of the Senate and the Conference of the Majority and 
Conference of the Minority of the Senate, $8,500; in all, $13,000.

                          official mail costs

    For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate, 
$11,000,000.

                               rescission

    Of the funds previously appropriated under the heading ``SENATE'', 
$63,544,724.12 are rescinded.

                       administrative provisions

    Section 1. (a) On and after October 1, 1995, no Senator shall 
receive mileage under section 17 of the Act of July 28, 1866 (2 U.S.C. 
43).
    (b) On and after October 1, 1995, the President of the Senate shall 
not receive mileage under the first section of the Act of July 8, 1935 
(2 U.S.C. 43a).
    Sec. 2. (a) There is established in the Treasury of the United 
States within the contingent fund of the Senate a revolving fund, to be 
known as the ``Office of the Chaplain Expense Revolving Fund'' 
(hereafter referred to as the ``fund''). The fund shall consist of all 
moneys collected or received with respect to the Office of the Chaplain 
of the Senate.
    (b) The fund shall be available without fiscal year limitation for 
disbursement by the Secretary of the Senate, not to exceed $10,000 in 
any fiscal year, for the payment of official expenses incurred by the 
Chaplain of the Senate. In addition, moneys in the fund may be used to 
purchase food or food related items. The fund shall not be available 
for the payment of salaries.
    (c) All moneys (including donated moneys) received or collected 
with respect to the Office of the Chaplain of the Senate shall be 
deposited in the fund and shall be available for purposes of this 
section.
    (d) Disbursements from the fund shall be made on vouchers approved 
by the Chaplain of the Senate.
    Sec. 3. Funds appropriated under the heading, ``Settlements and 
Awards Reserve'' in Public Law 103-283 shall remain available until 
expended.
    Sec. 4. Section 902 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1983 (2 
U.S.C. 88b-6) is amended by striking the second sentence and inserting 
the following: ``The amounts so withheld shall be deposited in the 
revolving fund, within the contingent fund of the Senate, for the 
Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence, as established by section 4 of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1995 (2 U.S.C. 88b-7).''.
    Sec. 5. (a) Any payment for local and long distance 
telecommunications service provided to any user by the Sergeant at Arms 
and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall cover the total invoiced amount, 
including any amount relating to separately identified toll calls, and 
shall be charged to the appropriation for the fiscal year in which the 
underlying base service period covered by the invoice ends.
    (b) As used in subsection (a), the term ``user'' means any Senator, 
Officer of the Senate, Committee, office, or entity provided telephone 
equipment and services by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate.
    Sec. 6. Section 4(b) of Public Law 103-283 is amended by inserting 
before ``collected'' the following: ``(including donated moneys)''.
    Sec. 7. Section 1 of Public Law 101-520 (2 U.S.C. 61g-6a) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``Section 1. (a)(1) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Policy 
Committee of the Senate may, during any fiscal year, at his or her 
election transfer funds from the appropriation account for salaries for 
the Majority and Minority Policy Committees of the Senate, to the 
account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, from which expenses 
are payable for such committees.
    ``(2) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Policy Committee of 
the Senate may, during any fiscal year, at his or her election transfer 
funds from the appropriation account for expenses, within the 
contingent fund of the Senate, for the Majority and Minority Policy 
Committees of the Senate, to the account from which salaries are 
payable for such committees.
    ``(b)(1) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Conference 
Committee of the Senate may, during any fiscal year, at his or her 
election transfer funds from the appropriation account for salaries for 
the Majority and Minority Conference Committees of the Senate, to the 
account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, from which expenses 
are payable for such committees.
    ``(2) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Conference Committee 
of the Senate may, during any fiscal year, at his or her election 
transfer funds from the appropriation account for expenses, within the 
contingent fund of the Senate, for the Majority and Minority Conference 
Committees of the Senate, to the account from which salaries are 
payable for such committees.
    ``(c) Any funds transferred under this section shall be--
            ``(1) available for expenditure by such committee in like 
        manner and for the same purposes as are other moneys which are 
        available for expenditure by such committee from the account to 
        which the funds were transferred; and
            ``(2) made at such time or times as the Chairman shall 
        specify in writing to the Senate Disbursing Office.
    ``(d) The Chairman of a committee transferring funds under this 
section shall notify the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate of 
the transfer.''.
    (b) The amendment made by this section shall take effect on October 
1, 1995, and shall be effective with respect to fiscal years beginning 
on or after that date.

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
$671,561,000,  as follows:

                        house leadership offices

    For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $11,271,000, 
including: Office of the Speaker, $1,478,000, including $25,000 for 
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$1,470,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,480,000, including 
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $928,000, 
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of 
the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $918,000, 
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Speaker's 
Office for Legislative Floor Activities, $376,000; Republican Steering 
Committee, $664,000; Republican Conference, $1,083,000; Democratic 
Steering and Policy Committee, $1,181,000; Democratic Caucus, $566,000; 
and nine minority employees, $1,127,000.

                  Members' Representational Allowances

   Including Members' Clerk Hire, Official Expenses of Members, and 
                             Official Mail

    For Members' representational allowances, including Members' clerk 
hire, official expenses, and official mail, $360,503,000: Provided, 
That no such funds shall be used for the purposes of sending 
unsolicited mass mailings within 90 days before an election in which 
the Member is a candidate.

                          Committee Employees

                Standing Committees, Special and Select

    For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 
select, authorized by House resolutions, $78,629,000.

                      Committee on Appropriations

    For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$16,945,000, including studies and examinations of executive agencies 
and temporary personal services for such committee, to be expended in 
accordance with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services 
performed.

                    salaries, officers and employees

    For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $83,733,000, including: for salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Clerk, including not to exceed $1,000 for official 
representation and reception expenses, $13,807,000; for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position 
of Superintendent of Garages, and including not to exceed $750 for 
official representation and reception expenses, $3,410,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, $53,556,000, including salaries, expenses and temporary 
personal services of House Information Resources, $27,500,000, of which 
$16,000,000 is provided herein: Provided, That House Information 
Resources is authorized to receive reimbursement from Members of the 
House of Representatives and other governmental entities for services 
provided and such reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treasury for 
credit to this account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Inspector General, $3,954,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of Compliance, $858,000; Office of the Chaplain, $126,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the 
Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, 
$1,180,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision 
Counsel of the House, $1,700,000; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $4,524,000; and other 
authorized employees, $618,000.

                        allowances and expenses

    For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or 
law, $120,480,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs 
and Federal tort claims, $1,213,000; official mail for committees, 
leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, 
$1,000,000; reemployed annuitants reimbursements, $68,000; Government 
contributions to employees' life insurance fund, retirement funds, 
Social Security fund, Medicare fund, health benefits fund, and worker's 
and unemployment compensation, $117,541,000; 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, $658,000.

                           child care center

    For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives Child 
Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the account established 
by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch 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.

                       administrative provisions

    Sec. 101. Effective with respect to fiscal years beginning with 
fiscal year 1995, in the case of mail from outside sources presented to 
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives (other 
than mail through the Postal Service and mail with postage otherwise 
paid) for internal delivery in the House of Representatives, the Chief 
Administrative Officer is authorized to collect fees equal to the 
applicable postage. Amounts received by the Chief Administrative 
Officer as fees under the preceding sentence shall be deposited in the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
    Sec. 102. Effective with respect to fiscal years beginning with 
fiscal year 1995, amounts received by the Chief Administrative Officer 
of the House of Representatives from the Administrator of General 
Services for rebates under the Government Travel Charge Card Program 
shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
    Sec. 103. The provisions of section 223(b) of House Resolution 6, 
One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to January 5 (legislative day, 
January 4), 1995, establishing the Speaker's Office for Legislative 
Floor Activities; House Resolution 7, One Hundred Fourth Congress, 
agreed to January 5 (legislative day, January 4), 1995, providing for 
the designation of certain minority employees; House Resolution 9, One 
Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to January 5 (legislative day, January 
4), 1995, providing amounts for the Republican Steering Committee and 
the Democratic Policy Committee; House Resolution 10, One Hundred 
Fourth Congress, agreed to January 5 (legislative day, January 4), 
1995, providing for the transfer of two employee positions; and House 
Resolution 113, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to March 10, 1995, 
providing for the transfer of certain employee positions shall each be 
the permanent law with respect thereto.
    Sec. 104. (a) The five statutory positions specified in subsection 
(b), subsection (c), and subsection (d) are transferred from the House 
Republican Conference to the Republican Steering Committee.
    (b) The first two of the five positions referred to in subsection 
(a) are--
            (1) the position established for the chief deputy majority 
        whip by subsection (a) of the first section of House Resolution 
        393, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to March 31, 1977, as 
        enacted into permanent law by section 115 of the Legislative 
        Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 74a-3); and
            (2) the position established for the chief deputy majority 
        whip by section 102(a)(4) of the Legislative Branch 
        Appropriations Act, 1990;
both of which positions were transferred to the majority leader by 
House Resolution 10, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to January 5 
(legislative day, January 4), 1995, as enacted into permanent law by 
section 103 of this Act, and both of which positions were further 
transferred to the House Republican Conference by House Resolution 113, 
One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to March 10, 1995, as enacted into 
permanent law by section 103 of this Act.
    (c) The second two of the five positions referred to in subsection 
(a) are the two positions established by section 103(a)(2) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1986.
    (d) The fifth of the five positions referred to in subsection (a) 
is the position for the House Republican Conference established by 
House Resolution 625, Eighty-ninth Congress, agreed to October 22, 
1965, as enacted into permanent law by section 103 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriation Act, 1967.
    (e) The transfers under this section shall take effect on the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 105. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any 
rule, regulation, or other authority, travel for studies and 
examinations under section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(b)) shall be governed by applicable laws or 
regulations of the House of Representatives or as promulgated from time 
to time by the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act and shall apply to travel performed on or after that date.
    Sec. 106. (a) Notwithstanding the paragraph under the heading 
``general provision'' in chapter XI of the Third Supplemental 
Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 102a) or any other provision of law, 
effective on the date of the enactment of this section, unexpended 
balances in accounts described in subsection (b) are withdrawn, with 
unpaid obligations to be liquidated in the manner provided in the 
second sentence of that paragraph.
    (b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are the House of 
Representatives legislative service organization revolving accounts 
under section 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 
U.S.C. 96a).
    Sec. 107. (a) Each fund and account specified in subsection (b) 
shall be available only to the extent provided in appropriations Acts.
    (b) The funds and accounts referred to in subsection (a) are--
            (1) the revolving fund for the House Barber Shops, 
        established by the paragraph under the heading ``House Barber 
        Shops Revolving Fund'' in the matter relating to the House of 
        Representatives in chapter III of title I of the Supplemental 
        Appropriations Act, 1975 (Public Law 93-554; 88 Stat. 1776);
            (2) the revolving fund for the House Beauty Shop, 
        established by the matter under the heading ``house beauty 
        shop'' in the matter relating to administrative provisions for 
        the House of Representatives in the Legislative Branch 
        Appropriation Act, 1970 (Public Law 91-145; 83 Stat. 347);
            (3) the special deposit account established for the House 
        of Representatives Restaurant by section 208 of the First 
        Supplemental Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1941 (40 U.S.C. 
        174k note); and
            (4) the revolving fund established for the House Recording 
        Studio by section 105(g) of the Legislative Branch 
        Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 123b(g)).
    (c) This section shall take effect on October 1, 1995, and shall 
apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after that date.
    Sec. 107A. For fiscal year 1996, subject to the direction of the 
Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, of the 
total amount deposited in the account referred to in section 107(b)(3) 
of this Act from vending operations of the House of Representatives 
Restaurant System, the cost of goods sold shall be available to pay the 
cost of inventory for such operations.
    Sec. 108. The House Employees Position Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 
291, et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 3(1), by striking out ``Doorkeeper, and the 
        Postmaster,'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Chief 
        Administrative Officer, and the Inspector General'';
            (2) in the first sentence of section 4(b), by striking out 
        ``Doorkeeper, and the Postmaster,'' and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``Chief Administrative Officer, and the Inspector 
        General'';
            (3) in section 5(b)(1), by striking out ``Doorkeeper, and 
        the Postmaster'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Chief 
        Administrative Officer, and the Inspector General''; and
            (4) in the first sentence of section 5(c), by striking out 
        ``Doorkeeper, and the Postmaster,'' and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``Chief Administrative Officer, and the Inspector 
        General''.
    Sec. 109. (a) Upon the approval of the appropriate employing 
authority, an employee of the House of Representatives who is separated 
from employment, may be paid a lump sum for the accrued annual leave of 
the employee. The lump sum--
            (1) shall be paid in an amount not more than the lesser 
        of--
                    (A) the amount of the monthly pay of the employee, 
                as determined by the Chief Administrative Officer of 
                the House of Representatives; or
                    (B) the amount equal to the monthly pay of the 
                employee, as determined by the Chief Administrative 
                Officer of the House of Representatives, divided by 30, 
                and multiplied by the number of days of the accrued 
                annual leave of the employee;
            (2) shall be paid--
                    (A) for clerk hire employees, from the clerk hire 
                allowance of the Member;
                    (B) for committee employees, from amounts 
                appropriated for committees; and
                    (C) for other employees, from amounts appropriated 
                to the employing authority; and
            (3) shall be based on the rate of pay in effect with 
        respect to the employee on the last day of employment of the 
        employee.
    (b) The Committee on House Oversight shall have authority to 
prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
    (c) As used in this section, the term ``employee of the House of 
Representatives'' means an employee whose pay is disbursed by the Clerk 
of the House of Representatives or the Chief Administrative Officer of 
the House of Representatives, as applicable, except that such term does 
not include a uniformed or civilian support employee under the Capitol 
Police Board.
    (d) Payments under this section may be made with respect to 
separations from employment taking place after June 30, 1995.
    Sec. 110. (a)(1) Effective on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the allowances for office personnel and equipment for certain 
Members of the House of Representatives, as adjusted through the day 
before the date of the enactment of this Act, are further adjusted as 
specified in paragraph (2).
    (2) The further adjustments referred to in paragraph (1) are as 
follows:
            (A) The allowance for the majority leader is increased by 
        $167,532.
            (B) The allowance for the majority whip is decreased by 
        $167,532.
    (b)(1) Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
House of Representatives allowances referred to in paragraph (2), as 
adjusted through the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, 
are further adjusted, or are established, as the case may be, as 
specified in paragraph (2).
    (2) The further adjustments and the establishment referred to in 
paragraph (1) are as follows:
            (A) The allowance for the Republican Conference is 
        increased by $134,491.
            (B) The allowance for the Republican Steering Committee is 
        established at $66,995.
            (C) The allowance for the Democratic Steering and Policy 
        Committee is increased by $201,430.
            (D) The allowance for the Democratic Caucus is increased by 
        $56.

                              JOINT ITEMS

    For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        joint economic committee

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$3,000,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      joint committee on printing

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
$750,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      joint committee on taxation

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$5,116,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House.
    For other joint items, as follows:

                   Office of the Attending Physician

    For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the 
emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his assistants, 
including (1) an allowance of $1,500 per month to the Attending 
Physician; (2) an allowance of $500 per month each to two medical 
officers while on duty in the Attending Physician's office; (3) an 
allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and $400 per month each to 
not to exceed nine assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such 
assistance; and (4) $852,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the 
Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment assigned to the 
Office of the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 
to the applicable appropriation or appropriations from which such 
salaries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be 
available for all the purposes thereof, $1,260,000, to be disbursed by 
the Clerk of the House.

                          Capitol Police Board

                             Capitol Police

                                salaries

    For the Capitol Police Board for salaries, including overtime, 
hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allowance of not more than 
$600 each for members required to wear civilian attire, and Government 
contributions to employees' benefits funds, as authorized by law, of 
officers, members, and employees of the Capitol Police, $70,132,000, of 
which $34,213,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
Representatives, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House, and 
$35,919,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That, 
of the amounts appropriated under this heading, such amounts as may be 
necessary may be transferred between the Sergeant at Arms of the House 
of Representatives and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate, upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on 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, 
forensic services, stenographic services, the employee assistance 
program, not more than $2,000 for the awards program, postage, 
telephone service, travel advances, relocation of instructor and 
liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and 
$85 per month for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board 
by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House of 
Representatives designated by the Chairman of the Board, $2,560,000, to 
be disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic 
training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center for fiscal year 1996 shall be paid by the Secretary of the 
Treasury from funds available to the Department of the Treasury.

                        administrative provision

    Sec. 111. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1996 for the Capitol 
Police Board under the heading ``Capitol Police'' may be transferred 
between the headings ``salaries'' and ``general expenses'', upon 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives.

           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

    For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and Special 
Services Office, $1,991,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate: Provided, That none of these funds shall be used to employ more 
than forty individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board 
is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than two 
additional individuals for not more than one hundred twenty days each, 
and not more than ten additional individuals for not more than six 
months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.

                      Statements of Appropriations

    For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, of the 
statements for the first session of the One Hundred Fourth Congress, 
showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts 
authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular 
appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the 
persons designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise the 
work.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 112. Section 310 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1990 (2 U.S.C. 130e), is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``Clerk'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
        ``Sergeant at Arms''; and
            (2) by striking out ``Librarian of Congress'' and inserting 
        in lieu thereof ``Architect of the Capitol''.

                          Office of Compliance

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as 
authorized by section 305 of Public Law 104-1, the Congressional 
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,500,000, of which 
$500,000 shall be transferred from the amount provided for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of Compliance under the headings ``HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES'', ``Salaries and Expenses'', and ``Salaries, Officers 
and Employees''.

                    Office of Technology Assessment

                         salaries and expenses

    For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the orderly 
closure of the Office of Technology Assessment, $3,615,000, of which 
$150,000 shall remain available until September 30, 1997. Upon 
enactment of this Act, $2,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this 
heading in Public Law 103-283 shall remain available until September 
30, 1996: Provided, That none of the funds made available in this Act 
shall be available for salaries or expenses of any employee of the 
Office of Technology Assessment in excess of 17 employees except for 
severance pay purposes.

                       administrative provisions

    Sec. 113. Upon enactment of this Act all employees of the Office of 
Technology Assessment for 183 days preceding termination of employment 
who are terminated as a result of the elimination of the Office and who 
are not otherwise gainfully employed may continue to be paid by the 
Office of Technology Assessment at their respective salaries for a 
period not to exceed 60 calendar days following the employee's date of 
termination or until the employee becomes otherwise gainfully employed 
whichever is earlier. Any day for which a former employee receives a 
payment under this section shall be counted as Federal service for 
purposes of determining entitlement to benefits, including retirement, 
annual and sick leave earnings, and health and life insurance. A 
statement in writing to the Director of the Office of Technology 
Assessment or his designee by any such employee that he was not 
gainfully employed during such period or the portion thereof for which 
payment is claimed shall be accepted as prima facie evidence that he 
was not so employed.
    Sec. 114. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, or any other 
provision of law, upon the abolition of the Office of Technology 
Assessment, all records and property of the Office (including the Unix 
system, all computer hardware and software, all library collections and 
research materials, and all photocopying equipment), shall be under the 
administrative control of the Architect of the Capitol. Not later than 
December 31, 1995, the Architect shall submit a proposal to transfer 
such records and property to appropriate support agencies of the 
Legislative Branch which request such transfer, and shall carry out 
such transfer subject to the approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), including not 
to exceed $2,500 to be expended on the certification of the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses, $24,288,000: Provided, That none 
of these funds shall be available for the 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 232 full-time 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.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 115. Section 8402(c) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
    ``(7) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office may exclude 
from the operation of this chapter an employee under the Congressional 
Budget Office whose employment is temporary or intermittent.''.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                 Office of the Architect of the Capitol

                                salaries

    For the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Architect of the 
Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law, 
$8,569,000.

                                 travel

    Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol 
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.

                     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; 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, $22,882,000, of which 
$2,950,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
hereafter expenses, based on full cost recovery, for flying American 
flags and providing certification services therefor shall be advanced 
or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol, and amounts 
so received shall be deposited into the Treasury.

                            capitol grounds

    For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds 
surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, and the 
Capitol Power Plant, $5,143,000, of which $25,000 shall remain 
available until expended.

                        senate office buildings

    For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and operation of 
Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and furnishings to be expended 
under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol, 
$41,757,000, of which $4,850,000 shall remain available until expended.

                         house office buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the House office buildings, $33,001,000, of which $5,261,000 shall 
remain available until expended.

                          capitol power plant

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 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, 
$31,518,000: Provided, That not to exceed $4,000,000 of the funds 
credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided 
shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 1996.

                          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, $60,084,000: 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 Oversight 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, $83,770,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be 
available for paper 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, 1996''.

                        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, $3,053,000.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 201. (a) Section 201 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 216c note) is amended by striking out 
``$6,000,000'' each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof 
``$10,000,000''.
    (b) Section 307E(a)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c(a)(1)) is amended by striking out ``plans'' 
and inserting in lieu thereof ``plants''.

                          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; preparation and 
distribution of catalog cards and other publications of the Library; 
hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the 
Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the 
income of any trust fund held by the Board, $211,664,000, of which not 
more than $7,869,000 shall be derived from collections credited to this 
appropriation during fiscal year 1996 under the Act of June 28, 1902 
(chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150): Provided, That the total 
amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which 
collections are less than the $7,869,000: Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $8,458,000 is to remain available until 
expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, and newspapers, and all 
other materials including subscriptions for bibliographic services for 
the Library, including $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, 
when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and unique 
materials for additions to the collections.

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including 
publication of the decisions of the United States courts involving 
copyrights, $30,818,000, of which not more than $16,840,000 shall be 
derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal 
year 1996 under 17 U.S.C. 708(c), and not more than $2,990,000 shall be 
derived from collections during fiscal year 1996 under 17 U.S.C. 
111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005: Provided, That the total amount 
available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which 
collections are less than $19,830,000: Provided further, That up to 
$100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the maintenance of 
an ``International Copyright Institute'' in the Copyright Office of the 
Library of Congress for the purpose of training nationals of developing 
countries in 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), $44,951,000, 
of which $11,694,000 shall remain available until expended.

                       Furniture and Furnishings

    For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair of furniture, 
furnishings, office and library equipment, $4,882,000, of which 
$943,000 shall be available until expended only for the purchase and 
supply of furniture, shelving, furnishings, and related costs necessary 
for the renovation and restoration of the Thomas Jefferson and John 
Adams Library buildings.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 202. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of 
Congress shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $194,290, of 
which $58,100 is for the Congressional Research Service, when 
specifically authorized by the Librarian, for attendance at meetings 
concerned with the function or activity for which the appropriation is 
made.
    Sec. 203. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be used by the Library of Congress to administer any flexible or 
compressed work schedule which--
              (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a position 
        the grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-15; 
        and
              (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to not be 
        at work for all or a portion of a workday because of time 
        worked by the manager or supervisor on another workday.
    (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``manager or 
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. 204. 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. 205. Not to exceed $5,000 of any funds appropriated to the 
Library of Congress may be expended, on the certification of the 
Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation and 
reception expenses for the Library of Congress incentive awards 
program.
    Sec. 206. Not to exceed $12,000 of funds appropriated to the 
Library of Congress may be expended, on the certification of the 
Librarian of Congress or his designee, in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.
    Sec. 207. Under the heading ``Library of Congress'' obligational 
authority shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $99,412,000 
for reimbursable and revolving fund activities, and $6,812,000 for non-
expenditure transfer activities in support of parliamentary development 
during the current fiscal year.
    Sec. 208. Notwithstanding this or any other Act, obligational 
authority under the heading ``Library of Congress'' for activities in 
support of parliamentary development is prohibited, except for Russia, 
Ukraine, Albania, Slovakia, and Romania, for other than incidental 
purposes.
    Sec. 209. (a) The purpose of this section is to reduce the cost of 
information support for the Congress by eliminating duplication among 
systems which provide electronic access by Congress to legislative 
information.
    (b) As used in this section, the term ``legislative information'' 
means information, prepared within the legislative branch, consisting 
of the text of publicly available bills, amendments, committee 
hearings, and committee reports, the text of the Congressional Record, 
data relating to bill status, data relating to legislative activity, 
and other similar public information that is directly related to the 
legislative process.
    (c) Pursuant to the plan approved under subsection (d) and 
consistent with the provisions of any other law, the Library of 
Congress or the entity designated by that plan shall develop and 
maintain, in coordination with other appropriate entities of the 
legislative branch, a single legislative information retrieval system 
to serve the entire Congress.
    (d) The Library shall develop a plan for creation of this system, 
taking into consideration the findings and recommendations of the study 
directed by House Report No. 103-517 to identify and eliminate 
redundancies in congressional information systems. This plan must be 
approved by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, 
the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, and 
the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives. The Library shall provide these committees with 
regular status reports on the development of the plan.
    (e) In formulating its plan, the Library shall examine issues 
regarding efficient ways to make this information available to the 
public. This analysis shall be submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives as well 
as the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and the 
Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives for their 
consideration and possible action.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

                     structural and mechanical care

    For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural 
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds, 
$12,428,000, of which $3,710,000 shall remain available until expended.

                       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, $30,307,000: Provided, That 
travel expenses, including travel expenses of the Depository Library 
Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed $130,000: Provided 
further, That funds, not to exceed $2,000,000, from current year 
appropriations are authorized for producing and disseminating 
Congressional Serial Sets and other related Congressional/non-
Congressional publications for 1994 and 1995 to depository and other 
designated libraries.

                        administrative provision

    Sec. 210. The fiscal year 1997 budget submission of the Public 
Printer to the Congress for the Government Printing Office shall 
include appropriations requests and recommendations to the Congress 
that--
            (1) are consistent with the strategic plan included in the 
        technological study performed by the Public Printer pursuant to 
        Senate Report 104-114;
            (2) assure substantial progress toward maximum use of 
        electronic information dissemination technologies by all 
        departments, agencies, and other entities of the Government 
        with respect to the Depository Library Program and information 
        dissemination generally; and
            (3) are formulated so as to require that any department, 
        agency, or other entity of the Government that does not make 
        such progress shall bear from its own resources the cost of its 
        information dissemination by other than electronic means.

               Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

    The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in accord with 
the law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government 
Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the 
programs and purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal 
year for the Government Printing Office 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 headings ``Office of 
Superintendent of Documents'' and ``salaries and expenses'' together 
may not be available for the full-time equivalent employment of more 
than 3,800 workyears by the end of fiscal year 1996: Provided further, 
That activities financed through the revolving fund may provide 
information in any format: Provided further, That the revolving fund 
shall not be used to administer any flexible or compressed work 
schedule which applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the 
grade or level of which is equal to or 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)); $374,406,000: 
Provided, That not more than $400,000 of reimbursements received 
incident to the operation of the General Accounting Office Building 
shall be available for use in fiscal year 1996: Provided further, That 
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 $8,000,000 of such 
funds shall be available for use in fiscal year 1996: 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.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 211. (a) Effective June 30, 1996, the functions of the 
Comptroller General identified in subsection (b) are transferred to the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, contingent upon the 
additional transfer to the Office of Management and Budget of such 
personnel, budget authority, records, and property of the General 
Accounting Office relating to such functions as the Comptroller General 
and the Director jointly determine to be necessary. The Director may 
delegate any such function, in whole or in part, to any other agency or 
agencies if the Director determines that such delegation would be cost-
effective or otherwise in the public interest, and may transfer to such 
agency or agencies any personnel, budget authority, records, and 
property received by the Director pursuant to the preceding sentence 
that relate to the delegated functions. Personnel transferred pursuant 
to this provision shall not be separated or reduced in classification 
or compensation for one year after any such transfer, except for cause.
    (b) The following provisions of the United States Code contain the 
functions to be transferred pursuant to subsection (a): sections 5564 
and 5583 of title 5; sections 2312, 2575, 2733, 2734, 2771, 4712, and 
9712 of title 10; sections 1626 and 4195 of title 22; section 420 of 
title 24; sections 2414 and 2517 of title 28; sections 1304, 3702, 
3726, and 3728 of title 31; sections 714 and 715 of title 32; section 
554 of title 37; section 5122 of title 38; and section 256a of title 
41.
    Sec. 212. (a) Section 732 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by adding a new subsection (h) as follows:
    ``(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of subchapter I of chapter 35 
of title 5, United States Code, the Comptroller General shall prescribe 
regulations for the release of officers and employees of the General 
Accounting Office in a reduction in force which give due effect to 
tenure of employment, military preference, performance and/or 
contributions to the agency's goals and objectives, and length of 
service. The regulations shall, to the extent deemed feasible by the 
Comptroller General, be designed to minimize disruption to the Office 
and to assist in promoting the efficiency of the Office.''.
    Sec. 213. Section 753 of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as (c), 
        (d), and (e), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after subsection (a) a new subsection (b) 
        as follows:
    ``(b) The Board has no authority to issue a stay of any reduction 
in force action.''; and
            (3) in the second sentence of subsection (c), as 
        redesignated, by striking ``(c)'' and inserting ``(d)''.

                     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 Oversight and for the Senate issued by the 
Committee on Rules and Administration.
    Sec. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 303. Whenever any office or position not specifically 
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. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest 
extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds 
made available in this Act should be American-made.
    (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any 
contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act, the 
head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall 
provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made in 
subsection (a) by the Congress.
    Sec. 306. (a) Upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives, and in accordance with conditions 
determined by the Committee on House Oversight, positions in connection 
with House parking activities and related funding shall be transferred 
from the appropriation ``Architect of the Capitol, Capitol buildings 
and grounds, House office buildings'' to the appropriation ``House of 
Representatives, salaries, officers and employees, Office of the 
Sergeant at Arms'': Provided, That the position of Superintendent of 
Garages shall be subject to authorization in annual appropriations 
Acts.
    (b) For purposes of section 8339(m) of title 5, United States Code, 
the days of unused sick leave to the credit of any such employee as of 
the date such employee is transferred under subsection (a) shall be 
included in the total service of such employee in connection with the 
computation of any annuity under subsections (a) through (e) and (o) of 
such section.
    (c) In the case of days of annual leave to the credit of any such 
employee as of the date such employee is transferred under subsection 
(a) the Architect of the Capitol is authorized to make a lump sum 
payment to each such employee for that annual leave. No such payment 
shall be considered a payment or compensation within the meaning of any 
law relating to dual compensation.
    Sec. 307. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
for the relocation of the office of any Member of the House of 
Representatives within the House office buildings.
    Sec. 308. (a)(1) Effective October 1, 1995, the unexpended balances 
of appropriations specified in paragraph (2) are transferred to the 
appropriation for general expenses of the Capitol Police, to be used 
for design and installation of security systems for the Capitol 
buildings and grounds.
    (2) The unexpended balances referred to in paragraph (1) are--
            (A) the unexpended balance of appropriations for security 
        installations, as referred to in the paragraph under the 
        heading ``capitol buildings'', under the general headings 
        ``JOINT ITEMS'', ``ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL'', and ``Capitol 
        Buildings and Grounds'' in title I of the Legislative Branch 
        Appropriations Act, 1995 (108 Stat. 1434), including any 
        unexpended balance from a prior fiscal year and any unexpended 
        balance under such headings in this Act; and
            (B) the unexpended balance of the appropriation for an 
        improved security plan, as transferred to the Architect of the 
        Capitol by section 102 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
        Act, 1989 (102 Stat. 2165).
    (b) Effective October 1, 1995, the responsibility for design and 
installation of security systems for the Capitol buildings and grounds 
is transferred from the Architect of the Capitol to the Capitol Police 
Board. Such design and installation shall be carried out under the 
direction of the Committee on House Oversight of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
Senate, and without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of 
the United States (41 U.S.C. 5). On and after October 1, 1995, any 
alteration to a structural, mechanical, or architectural feature of the 
Capitol buildings and grounds that is required for a security system 
under the preceding sentence may be carried out only with the approval 
of the Architect of the Capitol.
    (c)(1) Effective October 1, 1995, all positions specified in 
paragraph (2) and each individual holding any such position (on a 
permanent basis) immediately before that date, as identified by the 
Architect of the Capitol, shall be transferred to the Capitol Police.
    (2) The positions referred to in paragraph (1) are those positions 
which, immediately before October 1, 1995, are--
            (A) under the Architect of the Capitol;
            (B) within the Electronics Engineering Division of the 
        Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and
            (C) related to the design or installation of security 
        systems for the Capitol buildings and grounds.
    (3) All annual leave and sick leave standing to the credit of an 
individual immediately before such individual is transferred under 
paragraph (1) shall be credited to such individual, without adjustment, 
in the new position of the individual.
    Sec. 309. (a) Section 230(a) of the Congressional Accountability 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371(a)) is amended by striking out 
``Administrative Conference of the United States'' and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``Board''.
    (b) Section 230(d)(1) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371(d)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``Administrative Conference of the 
        United States'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``Board''; and
            (2) by striking out ``and shall submit the study and 
        recommendations to the Board''.
    (c) The amendments made by this section shall take effect only if 
the Administrative Conference of the United States ceases to exist 
prior to the completion and submission of the study to the Board as 
required by section 230 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 
(2 U.S.C. 1371).
    Sec. 310. Any amount appropriated in this Act for ``HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--Members' Representational 
Allowances'' shall be available only for fiscal year 1996. Any amount 
remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for such 
fiscal year shall be deposited in the Treasury, to be used for deficit 
reduction.
    Sec. 311. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 is amended in the first 
sentence of subsection (a) by striking ``1995'' and inserting ``1996''.
    Sec. 312. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated to the 
account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of Public Law 104-1 
to pay awards and settlements as authorized under such subsection.
    Sec. 313. (a) The Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives 
shall have the same law enforcement authority, including the authority 
to carry firearms, as a member of the Capitol Police. The law 
enforcement authority under the preceding sentence shall be subject to 
the requirement that the Sergeant at Arms have the qualifications 
specified in subsection (b).
    (b) The qualifications referred to in subsection (a) are the 
following:
            (1) A minimum of five years of experience as a law 
        enforcement officer before beginning service as the Sergeant at 
        Arms.
            (2) Current certification in the use of firearms by the 
        appropriate Federal law enforcement entity or an equivalent 
        non-Federal entity.
            (3) Any other firearms qualification required for members 
        of the Capitol Police.
    (c) The Committee on House Oversight of the House of 
Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry 
out this section.
    Sec. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective 
September 1, 1995, the Committee on House Oversight of the House of 
Representatives shall have authority--
            (1) to combine the House of Representatives Clerk Hire 
        Allowance, Official Expenses Allowance, and Official Mail 
        Allowance into a single allowance, to be known as the 
        ``Members' Representational Allowance''; and
            (2) to prescribe regulations relating to allocations, 
        expenditures, and other matters with respect to the Members' 
        Representational Allowance.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1996''.

            Passed the House of Representatives October 31, 1995.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.