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[H.R. 2209 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.2209

                       One Hundred Fifth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
 the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven


                                 An Act


 
  Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 1998, 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, 1998, 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, $77,254,000, 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, $1,612,000.

                  office of the president pro tempore

    For the Office of the President pro tempore, $371,000.

              offices of the majority and minority leaders

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $2,388,000.

               offices of the majority and minority whips

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $1,221,000.

                         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, $1,061,000 for each such committee; in all, $2,122,000.

 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, $409,000.

                           policy committees

    For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority 
Policy Committee, $1,077,500 for each such committee; in all, 
$2,155,000.

                         office of the chaplain

    For Office of the Chaplain, $260,000.

                        office of the secretary

    For Office of the Secretary, $13,306,000.

             office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

    For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $33,037,000.

        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

    For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, $1,165,000.

               agency contributions and related expenses

    For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by 
law, and related expenses, $19,208,000.

            office of the legislative counsel of the senate

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, $3,605,000.

                     office of senate legal counsel

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 
$966,000.

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, $75,600,000.


      expenses of the united states senate caucus on international 
                           narcotics control

    For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International 
Narcotics Control, $370,000.

                        secretary of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$1,511,000.

             sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 
of the Senate, $64,833,000, of which $7,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 1999.

                          miscellaneous items

    For miscellaneous items, $7,905,000.

        senators' official personnel and office expense account

    For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, 
$228,600,000.

                      stationery (revolving fund)

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

                          official mail costs

    For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate, 
$300,000, to remain available until September 30, 1999.

                       administrative provisions

    Section 1. (a) For fiscal year 1998, and each fiscal year 
thereafter, the Secretary of the Senate is authorized to make advance 
payments under a contract or other agreement to provide a service or 
deliver an article for the United States Government without regard to 
the provisions of section 3324 of title 31, United States Code.
    (b) An advance payment authorized by subsection (a) shall be made 
in accordance with regulations issued by the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate.
    (c) The authority granted by subsection (a) shall not take effect 
until regulations are issued pursuant to subsection (b).
    Sec. 2. (a) Upon the written request of the Majority or Minority 
Whip of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate shall transfer during 
any fiscal year, from the appropriations account appropriated under the 
headings ``Salaries, Officers and Employees'' and ``offices of the 
majority and minority whips'', such amount as either whip shall specify 
to the appropriations account, within the contingent fund of the 
Senate, ``miscellaneous items''.
    (b) The Majority and Minority Whips of the Senate are each 
authorized to incur such expenses as may be necessary or appropriate. 
Expenses incurred by either such whip shall be paid from the amount 
transferred pursuant to subsection (a) by such whip and upon vouchers 
approved by such whip.
    (c) The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to advance such sums 
as may be necessary to defray expenses incurred in carrying out 
subsections (a) and (b).
    Sec. 3. (a) Effective in the case of any fiscal year which begins 
on or after October 1, 1997, clause (iii) of paragraph (3)(A) of 
section 506(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 
58(b)) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(iii) subject to subparagraph (B), in case the Senator 
    represents Alabama, $182,567, Alaska, $251,901, Arizona, $197,079, 
    Arkansas, $168,282, California, $468,724, Colorado, $186,350, 
    Connecticut, $160,903, Delaware, $127,198, Florida, $299,746, 
    Georgia, $210,214, Hawaii, $279,512, Idaho, $163,335, Illinois, 
    $266,248, Indiana, $194,770, Iowa, $170,565, Kansas, $168,177, 
    Kentucky, $177,338, Louisiana, $185,647, Maine, $147,746, Maryland, 
    $173,020, Massachusetts, $195,799, Michigan, $236,459, Minnesota, 
    $187,702, Mississippi, $168,103, Missouri, $197,941, Montana, 
    $161,725, Nebraska, $160,361, Nevada, $171,096, New Hampshire, 
    $142,394, New Jersey, $206,260, New Mexico, $166,140, New York, 
    $327,955, North Carolina, $210,946, North Dakota, $149,824, Ohio, 
    $259,452, Oklahoma, $181,761, Oregon, $189,345, Pennsylvania, 
    $266,148, Rhode Island, $138,582, South Carolina, $170,451, South 
    Dakota, $151,450, Tennessee, $191,954, Texas, $348,681, Utah, 
    $168,632, Vermont, $135,925, Virginia, $193,467, Washington, 
    $214,694, West Virginia, $147,772, Wisconsin, $191,569, Wyoming, 
    $152,438, plus''.
    (b) Subsection (a) of the first section of Public Law 100-137 (2 
U.S.C. 58c) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(6) Effective on and after October 1, 1997, the Senators' Account 
shall be available for the payment of franked mail expenses of 
Senators.''.
    (c)(1) Section 12 of Public Law 101-520 is repealed.
    (2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall be effective on and 
after October 1, 1997.
    (d) Nothing in this section affects the authority of the Committee 
on Rules and Administration of the Senate to prescribe regulations 
relating to the frank by Senators and officers of the Senate.
    Sec. 4. (a) The aggregate amount authorized by Senate Resolution 
54, agreed to February 13, 1997, is increased--
        (1) by $401,635 for the period March 1, 1997, through September 
    30, 1998, and
        (2) by $994,150 for the period March 1, 1998, through February 
    28, 1999.
    (b) This section is effective on and after October 1, 1997.
    Sec. 5. Effective on and after October 1, 1997, each of the dollar 
amounts contained in the table under section 105(d)(1) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61-1) shall be 
deemed to be the dollar amounts in that table on December 31, 1995, 
increased by 2 percent on January 1, 1996, and by 2.3 percent on 
January 1, 1997.
    Sec. 6. (a) The aggregate amount authorized by Senate Resolution 
54, agreed to February 13, 1997, is increased--
        (1) by $125,000 for the period March 1, 1997, through September 
    30, 1998; and
        (2) by $175,000 for the period March 1, 1998, through February 
    28, 1999.
    (b) Funds in the account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, 
available for the expenses of inquiries and investigations shall be 
available for franked mail expenses incurred by committees of the 
Senate the other expenses of which are paid from that account.
    (c) This section is effective for fiscal years beginning on and 
after October 1, 1997.
    Sec. 7. Section 1101 of Public Law 85-58 (2 U.S.C. 46a-1) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ``Disbursements from the 
fund shall be made upon vouchers approved by the Secretary of the 
Senate, or his designee.''.

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
$708,738,000, as follows:

                        house leadership offices

    For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $12,293,000, 
including: Office of the Speaker, $1,590,000, including $25,000 for 
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$1,626,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,652,000, including 
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $1,024,000, 
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of 
the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $998,000, 
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Speaker's 
Office for Legislative Floor Activities, $397,000; Republican Steering 
Committee, $736,000; Republican Conference, $1,172,000; Democratic 
Steering and Policy Committee, $1,277,000; Democratic Caucus, $631,000; 
and nine minority employees, $1,190,000.

                  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, $379,789,000.

                          Committee Employees

                Standing Committees, Special and Select

    For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 
select, authorized by House resolutions, $86,268,000: Provided, That 
such amount (together with any amounts appropriated for such salaries 
and expenses for fiscal year 1997) shall remain available for such 
salaries and expenses until December 31, 1998.

                      Committee on Appropriations

    For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$18,276,000, 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: Provided, That such amount (together with any amounts 
appropriated for such salaries and expenses for fiscal year 1997) shall 
remain available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 
1998.


                     salaries, officers and employees

    For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $84,356,000, including: for salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Clerk, including not more than $3,500, of which not 
more than $2,500 is for the Family Room, for official representation 
and reception expenses, $16,804,000; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position of 
Superintendent of Garages, and including not more than $750 for 
official representation and reception expenses, $3,564,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, $50,727,000, including $27,247,000 for salaries, expenses and 
temporary personal services of House Information Resources, of which 
$23,210,000 is provided herein: Provided, That of the amount provided 
for House Information Resources, $8,253,000 shall be for net expenses 
of telecommunications: Provided further, 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, $3,808,000, of which $1,000 shall be for the release 
of the Inspector General's Report on Management and Financial 
Irregularities--Office of the Chief Administrative Office: Provided 
further, That all names of persons making favorable or unfavorable 
statements in the report shall be expunged; for the Office of the 
Chaplain, $133,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing 
the Digest of Rules, $1,101,000; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $1,821,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 
House, $4,827,000; for salaries and expenses of the Corrections 
Calendar Office, $791,000; and for other authorized employees, 
$780,000.


                         allowances and expenses

    For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or 
law, $127,756,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs 
and Federal tort claims, $2,225,000; official mail for committees, 
leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, $500,000; 
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and 
other applicable employee benefits, $124,390,000; 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, $641,000.


                            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. The provisions of House Resolution 7, One Hundred Fifth 
Congress, agreed to January 7, 1997, establishing the Corrections 
Calendar Office, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. The 
provisions of House Resolution 130, One Hundred Fifth Congress, agreed 
to April 24, 1997, providing a lump sum allowance for the Corrections 
Calendar Office, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.
    Sec. 102. The funds and accounts specified in section 107(b) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 (2 U.S.C. 123b note) shall 
be treated as categories of allowances and expenses for purposes of 
section 101(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 
U.S.C. 95b(a)).
    Sec. 103. (a) Section 109(a) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1996 (2 U.S.C. 60o(a)) is amended--
        (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``who is 
    separated from employment,'';
        (2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
    ``employee'' the second place it appears and inserting ``employee 
    or for any other purpose''; and
        (3) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``the amount'' and 
    inserting ``in the case of a lump sum payment for the accrued 
    annual leave of the employee, the amount''.
    (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to fiscal 
years beginning on or after October 1, 1997.
    Sec. 104. (a) Section 104(c)(2) of the House of Representatives 
Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 92(c)(2)) is 
amended by striking ``in the District of Columbia''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect 
to fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 1997.
    Sec. 105. (a) Section 204(11)(A) of the House of Representatives 
Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (110 Stat. 1731) is 
amended by striking out ``through `respective Houses' and'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: ``through `respective Houses' 
the second place it appears and''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as of 
August 20, 1996.
    Sec. 106. Section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1987 (as incorporated by reference in section 101(j) of Public Law 
99-500 and Public Law 99-591) (2 U.S.C. 117e) is amended--
        (1) in the second sentence of paragraph (2), by striking ``A 
    donation'' and inserting ``Except as provided in paragraph (3), a 
    donation'';
        (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) 
    and (5); and
        (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
    paragraph:
    ``(3)(A) In the case of computer-related equipment, during fiscal 
year 1998 the Chief Administrative Officer may donate directly the 
equipment to a public elementary or secondary school of the District of 
Columbia without regard to whether the donation meets the requirements 
of the second sentence of paragraph (2), except that the total number 
of workstations donated as a result of this paragraph may not exceed 
1,000.
    ``(B) In this paragraph--
        ``(i) the term `computer-related equipment' includes desktops, 
    laptops, printers, file servers, and peripherals which are 
    appropriate for use in public school education;
        ``(ii) the terms `public elementary school' and `public 
    secondary school' have the meaning given such terms in section 
    14101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and
        ``(iii) the term `workstation' includes desktops and 
    peripherals, file servers and peripherals, laptops and peripherals, 
    printers and peripherals, and workstations and peripherals.
    ``(C) The Committee on House Oversight shall have authority to 
issue regulations to carry out this paragraph.''.
    Sec. 107. Title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives'' each place it appears in 
sections 5532(i)(2)(B), 5532(i)(3), 8344(k)(2)(B), 8344(k)(3), 
8468(h)(2)(B), and 8468(h)(3) and inserting ``the Committee on House 
Oversight of the House of Representatives''.
    Sec. 108. (a) For fiscal year 1998 and each succeeding fiscal year, 
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives is 
authorized to make advance payments under a contract or other agreement 
to provide a service or deliver an article for the United States 
Government without regard to the provisions of section 3324 of title 
31, United States Code.
    (b) An advance payment authorized by subsection (a) shall be made 
in accordance with regulations issued by the Committee on House 
Oversight of the House of Representatives.
    (c) The authority granted by subsection (a) shall not take effect 
until regulations are issued pursuant to subsection (b).
    Sec. 109. (a) There is hereby established an account in the House 
of Representatives for purposes of making payments of the House of 
Representatives to the Employees' Compensation Fund under section 8147 
of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, payments may be 
made from the account established under subsection (a) at any time 
after the date of the enactment of this Act without regard to the 
fiscal year for which the obligation to make such payments is incurred.
    (c) The account established under subsection (a) shall be treated 
as a category of allowances and expenses for purposes of section 101(a) 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b(a)).

                              JOINT ITEMS

    For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$2,750,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Printing

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
$804,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$5,815,500, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer 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 Office of the Attending Physician; (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 
assistants; and (4) $893,000 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, $1,266,000, to be disbursed by 
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.

                          Capitol Police Board

                             Capitol Police

                                salaries

    For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers, members, and 
employees of the Capitol Police, including overtime, hazardous duty pay 
differential, clothing allowance of not more than $600 each for members 
required to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for 
health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee 
benefits, $70,955,000, of which $34,118,000 is provided to the Sergeant 
at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the Chief 
Administrative Officer of the House, and $36,837,000 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, 
security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, 
materials, training, medical services, forensic services, stenographic 
services, personal and professional 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, $3,099,000, to 
be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer 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 1998 shall be paid by 
the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to the Department of 
the Treasury.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 110. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1998 for the Capitol 
Police Board for the Capitol Police may be transferred between the 
headings ``salaries'' and ``general expenses'' upon the approval of--
        (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
    Representatives, in the case of amounts transferred from the 
    appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
    Representatives under the heading ``salaries'';
        (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in the case 
    of amounts transferred from the appropriation provided to the 
    Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate under the heading 
    ``salaries''; and
        (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
    House of Representatives, in the case of other transfers.
    Sec. 111. (a)(1) The Capitol Police Board shall establish and 
maintain unified schedules of rates of basic pay for members and 
civilian employees of the Capitol Police which shall apply to both 
members and employees whose appointing authority is an officer of the 
Senate and members and employees whose appointing authority is an 
officer of the House of Representatives.
    (2) The Capitol Police Board may, from time to time, adjust any 
schedule established under paragraph (1) to the extent that the Board 
determines appropriate to reflect changes in the cost of living and to 
maintain pay comparability.
    (3) A schedule established or revised under paragraph (1) or (2) 
shall take effect only upon approval by the Committee on House 
Oversight of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules 
and Administration of the Senate.
    (4) A schedule approved under paragraph (3) shall have the force 
and effect of law.
    (b)(1) The Capitol Police Board shall prescribe, by regulation, a 
unified leave system for members and civilian employees of the Capitol 
Police which shall apply to both members and employees whose appointing 
authority is an officer of the Senate and members and employees whose 
appointing authority is an officer of the House of Representatives. The 
leave system shall include provisions for--
        (A) annual leave, based on years of service;
        (B) sick leave;
        (C) administrative leave;
        (D) leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 
    U.S.C. 2601 et seq.);
        (E) leave without pay and leave with reduced pay, including 
    provisions relating to contributions for benefits for any period of 
    such leave;
        (F) approval of all leave by the Chief or the designee of the 
    Chief;
        (G) the order in which categories of leave shall be used;
        (H) use, accrual, and carryover rules and limitations, 
    including rules and limitations for any period of active duty in 
    the Armed Forces;
        (I) advance of annual leave or sick leave after a member or 
    civilian employee has used all such accrued leave;
        (J) buy back of annual leave or sick leave used during an 
    extended recovery period in the case of an injury in the 
    performance of duty;
        (K) the use of accrued leave before termination of the 
    employment as a member or civilian employee of the Capitol Police, 
    with provision for lump sum payment for unused annual leave; and
        (L) a leave-sharing program.
    (2) The leave system under this section may not provide for the 
accrual of either annual or sick leave for any period of leave without 
pay or leave with reduced pay.
    (3) All provisions of the leave system established under this 
subsection shall be subject to the approval of the Committee on House 
Oversight of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules 
and Administration of the Senate. All regulations approved under this 
subsection shall have the force and effect of law.
    (c)(1) Upon the approval of the Capitol Police Board, a member or 
civilian employee of the Capitol Police who is separated from service 
may be paid a lump sum payment for the accrued annual leave of the 
member or civilian employee.
    (2) The lump sum payment under paragraph (1)--
        (A) shall equal the pay the member or civilian employee would 
    have received had such member or employee remained in the service 
    until the expiration of the period of annual leave;
        (B) shall be paid from amounts appropriated to the Capitol 
    Police;
        (C) shall be based on the rate of basic pay in effect with 
    respect to the member or civilian employee on the last day of 
    service of the member or civilian employee;
        (D) shall not be calculated on the basis of extending the 
    period of leave described under subparagraph (A) by any holiday 
    occurring after the date of separation from service;
        (E) shall be considered pay for taxation purposes only; and
        (F) shall be paid only after the Chairman of the Capitol Police 
    Board certifies the applicable period of leave to the Secretary of 
    the Senate or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
    Representatives, as appropriate.
    (3) A member or civilian employee of the Capitol Police who enters 
active duty in the Armed Forces may--
        (A) receive a lump sum payment for accrued annual leave in 
    accordance with this subsection, in addition to any pay or 
    allowance payable from the Armed Forces; or
        (B) elect to have the leave remain to the credit of such member 
    or civilian employee until such member or civilian employee returns 
    from active duty.
    (4) The Capitol Police Board may prescribe regulations to carry out 
this subsection. No lump sum payment may be paid under this subsection 
until such regulations are approved by the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate and the Committee on House Oversight of 
the House of Representatives. All regulations approved under this 
subsection shall have the force and effect of law.
    (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the 
appointing authority of any officer of the Senate or 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 no part of such amount may 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 120 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 Fifth 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.

                          OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as 
authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,479,000.

                      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 
more than $2,500 to be expended on the certification of the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses, $24,797,000: Provided, That no 
part of such amount may be used for the purchase or hire of a passenger 
motor vehicle.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                     Capitol Buildings and Grounds


                            capitol buildings

                          salaries and expenses

    For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant 
Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of pay 
provided by law; for surveys and studies in connection with activities 
under the care of the Architect of the Capitol; 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 more than $1,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, to be expended as the Architect 
of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance and 
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; and not to exceed $20,000 for 
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, $36,977,000, of which 
$7,500,000 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, $5,116,000, of which $745,000 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, 
$52,021,000, of which $13,200,000 shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That appropriations under this heading for 
management personnel and miscellaneous restaurant expenses hereafter 
shall be transferred at the beginning of each fiscal year to the 
special deposit account in the United States Treasury established under 
Public Law 87-82, approved July 6, 1961, as amended (40 U.S.C. 174j-4), 
and effective October 1, 1997, all management personnel of the Senate 
Restaurant facilities shall be paid from the special deposit account. 
Management personnel transferred hereunder shall be paid at the same 
rates of pay applicable immediately prior to the date of transfer, and 
annual and sick leave balances shall be credited to leave accounts of 
such personnel in the Senate Restaurants.


                          house office buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the House office buildings, $36,610,000, of which $8,082,000 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, the Union Station complex, 
the 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, $33,932,000, of which $1,650,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That not more than $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 1998.

                          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, $64,603,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 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


                      (including transfer of funds)

    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, $81,669,000, of which $11,017,000 shall be derived by 
transfer from the Government Printing Office revolving fund under 
section 309 of title 44, United States Code: 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, 1998''.

                        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, $3,016,000.

                          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 records 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, $227,016,000, of which 
not more than $7,869,000 shall be derived from collections credited to 
this appropriation during fiscal year 1998, and shall remain available 
until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 
480; 2 U.S.C. 150): Provided, That the Library of Congress may not 
obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under the Act of 
June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 
expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, 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, $9,619,000 is to remain available until 
expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, 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: Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated, $5,584,000 is to remain available until 
expended for the acquisition and partial support for implementation of 
an integrated library system (ILS).

                            Copyright Office


                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including 
publication of the decisions of the United States courts involving 
copyrights, $34,361,000, of which not more than $17,340,000 shall be 
derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal 
year 1998 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), and not more than $5,086,000 shall be 
derived from collections during fiscal year 1998 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 $22,426,000: Provided further, That not more 
than $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 more than $2,250 may be expended, 
on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 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 Act of March 3, 1931 
(chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $46,561,000, of which 
$12,944,000 shall remain available until expended.

                       Furniture and Furnishings

    For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation, and repair 
of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment, $4,178,000.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of 
Congress shall be available, in an amount of not more than $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. Of the amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in 
this Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the certification of 
the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation 
and reception expenses for the incentive awards program.
    Sec. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library of Congress in 
this Act, not more than $12,000 may be expended, on the certification 
of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.
    Sec. 206. (a) For fiscal year 1998, the obligational authority of 
the Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection (b) 
may not exceed $100,490,000.
    (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are reimbursable 
and revolving fund activities that are funded from sources other than 
appropriations to the Library in appropriations Acts for the 
legislative branch.
    Sec. 207. (a) Establishment.--Effective October 1, 1997, there is 
established in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund to be 
known as the Cooperative Acquisitions Program Revolving Fund (in this 
section referred to as the ``revolving fund''). Moneys in the revolving 
fund shall be available to the Librarian of Congress, without fiscal 
year limitation, for financing the cooperative acquisitions program (in 
this section referred to as the ``program'') under which the Library 
acquires foreign publications and research materials on behalf of 
participating institutions on a cost-recovery basis. Obligations under 
the revolving fund are limited to amounts specified in the 
appropriations Act for that purpose for any fiscal year.
    (b) Amounts Deposited.--The revolving fund shall consist of--
        (1) any amounts appropriated by law for the purposes of the 
    revolving fund;
        (2) any amounts held by the Librarian as of October 1, 1997 or 
    the date of enactment, whichever is later, that were collected as 
    payment for the Library's indirect costs of the program; and
        (3) the difference between (A) the total value of the supplies, 
    equipment, gift fund balances, and other assets of the program, and 
    (B) the total value of the liabilities (including unfunded 
    liabilities such as the value of accrued annual leave of employees) 
    of the program.
    (c) Credits to the Revolving Fund.--The revolving fund shall be 
credited with all advances and amounts received as payment for 
purchases under the program and services and supplies furnished to 
program participants, at rates estimated by the Librarian to be 
adequate to recover the full direct and indirect costs of the program 
to the Library over a reasonable period of time.
    (d) Unobligated Balances.--Any unobligated and unexpended balances 
in the revolving fund that the Librarian determines to be in excess of 
amounts needed for activities financed by the revolving fund, shall be 
deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous 
receipts. Amounts needed for activities financed by the revolving fund 
means the direct and indirect costs of the program, including the costs 
of purchasing, shipping, binding of books and other library materials; 
supplies, materials, equipment and services needed in support of the 
program; salaries and benefits; general overhead; and travel.
    (e) Annual Report.--Not later than March 31 of each year, the 
Librarian of Congress shall prepare and submit to Congress an audited 
financial statement for the revolving fund for the preceding fiscal 
year. The audit shall be conducted in accordance with Government 
Auditing Standards for financial audits issued by the Comptroller 
General of the United States.
    Sec. 208. Authority of the Board To Invest Gift Funds.--Section 4 
of the Act entitled ``An Act to create a Library of Congress Trust Fund 
Board, and for other purposes'', approved March 3, 1925 (2 U.S.C. 160), 
is amended by adding at the end the following new undesignated 
paragraph:
    ``Upon agreement by the Librarian of Congress and the Board, a gift 
or bequest accepted by the Librarian under the first paragraph of this 
section may be invested or reinvested in the same manner as provided 
for trust funds under the second paragraph of section 2.''.

                        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, 
$11,573,000, of which $3,910,000 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, $29,077,000: Provided, That 
travel expenses, including travel expenses of the Depository Library 
Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed $150,000: Provided 
further, That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current year 
appropriations are authorized for producing and disseminating 
Congressional serial sets and other related publications for 1996 and 
1997 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 9104 of title 31, United 
States Code, 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 more than 
$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 not more than twelve passenger motor vehicles: 
Provided further, That expenditures in connection with travel expenses 
of the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed 
necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available for 
temporary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 
United States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the 
daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: 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 3,550 workyears: 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: Provided further, That 
$1,500,000 may be expended on the certification of the Public Printer, 
for reimbursement to the General Accounting Office, for a management 
audit.

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including 
not more than $7,000 to be expended on the certification of the 
Comptroller General of the United States in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at 
rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual 
rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 
5315 of such title; 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; $339,499,000: 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 
1998: Provided further, That an additional amount of $4,404,000 shall 
be available by transfer from funds previously deposited in the special 
account established pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 782: 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 $2,000,000 of such 
funds shall be available for use in fiscal year 1998: 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 either Forum's costs as determined by the 
respective 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 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 Oversight and for the Senate issued by the 
Committee on Rules and Administration.
    Sec. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 1998 unless 
expressly so provided in this Act.
    Sec. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position not 
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is 
appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designation of any 
office or position appropriated for is different from that specifically 
established by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation 
in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, 
That the provisions in this Act 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.
    (c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency 
that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made in 
America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any 
product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the 
United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any contract 
or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, pursuant 
to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in 
section 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 306. 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. 307. Amounts available for administrative expenses of any 
legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative Branch 
Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 
1996, shall be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs 
as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be 
shared among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 
allocations among the entities as the entities may determine) may not 
exceed $1,500.
    Sec. 308. (a) Section 713(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after ``Senate,'' the following: ``or the seal of 
the United States House of Representatives, or the seal of the United 
States Congress,''.
    (b) Section 713 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f); and
        (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
    subsections:
    ``(d) Whoever, except as directed by the United States House of 
Representatives, or the Clerk of the House of Representatives on its 
behalf, knowingly uses, manufactures, reproduces, sells or purchases 
for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured 
or sold, any likeness of the seal of the United States House of 
Representatives, or any substantial part thereof, except for 
manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the 
Government of the United States, shall be fined under this title or 
imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
    ``(e) Whoever, except as directed by the United States Congress, or 
the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives, acting jointly on its behalf, knowingly uses, 
manufactures, reproduces, sells or purchases for resale, either 
separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, any 
likeness of the seal of the United States Congress, or any substantial 
part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the 
official use of the Government of the United States, shall be fined 
under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.''.
    (c) Section 713(f) of title 18, United States Code (as redesignated 
by subsection (b)(1)), is amended--
        (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
        (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and 
    inserting a semicolon; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
        ``(3) in the case of the seal of the United States House of 
    Representatives, upon complaint by the Clerk of the House of 
    Representatives; and
        ``(4) in the case of the seal of the United States Congress, 
    upon complaint by the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the 
    House of Representatives, acting jointly.''.
    (d) The heading of section 713 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``and the seal of the United States Senate'' and 
inserting the following: ``the seal of the United States Senate, the 
seal of the United States House of Representatives, and the seal of the 
United States Congress''.
    (e) The table of sections for chapter 33 of part I of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by amending the item relating to section 
713 to read as follows:
``713. Use of likenesses of the great seal of the United States, the 
          seals of the President and Vice President, the seal of the 
          United States Senate, the seal of the United States House of 
          Representatives, and the seal of the United States 
          Congress.''.

    Sec. 309. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 is amended in the first 
sentence of subsection (a) by striking ``1997'' and inserting ``1998''.
    Sec. 310. (a) Severance Pay.--Section 5595 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
            (A) in subparagraph (D) by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon; and
            (B) by adding after subparagraph (E) the following new 
        subparagraph:
            ``(F) the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, but only 
        with respect to the United States Senate Restaurants; and'';
        (2) in subsection (a)(2)--
            (A) in clause (vii) by striking ``or'' after the semicolon;
            (B) by redesignating clause (viii) as clause (ix) and 
        inserting after clause (vii) the following:
                ``(viii) an employee of the United States Senate 
            Restaurants of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, 
            who is employed on a temporary when actually employed 
            basis; or''; and
        (3) in subsection (b) by adding at the end the following: ``The 
    Architect of the Capitol may prescribe regulations to effect the 
    application and operation of this section to the agency specified 
    in subsection (a)(1)(F) of this section.''.
    (b) Early Retirement.--(1) This subsection applies to an employee 
of the United States Senate Restaurants of the Office of the Architect 
of the Capitol who--
        (A) voluntarily separates from service on or after the date of 
    enactment of this Act and before October 1, 1999; and
        (B) on such date of separation--
            (i) has completed 25 years of service as defined under 
        section 8331(12) or 8401(26) of title 5, United States Code; or
            (ii) has completed 20 years of such service and is at least 
        50 years of age.
    (2) Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, 
United States Code, an employee described under paragraph (1) is 
entitled to an annuity which shall be computed consistent with the 
provisions of law applicable to annuities under section 8336(d) or 
8414(b) of title 5, United States Code.
    (c) Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments.--(1) In this 
subsection, the term ``employee'' means an employee of the United 
States Senate Restaurants of the Office of the Architect of the 
Capitol, serving without limitation, who has been currently employed 
for a continuous period of at least 12 months, except that such term 
shall not include--
        (A) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of chapter 83 
    or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, or another retirement 
    system for employees of the Government;
        (B) an employee having a disability on the basis of which such 
    employee is or would be eligible for disability retirement under 
    any of the retirement systems referred to in subparagraph (A); or
        (C) an employee who is employed on a temporary when actually 
    employed basis.
    (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to avoid 
or minimize the need for involuntary separations due to a reduction in 
force, reorganization, transfer of function, or other similar action 
affecting the agency, the Architect of the Capitol shall establish a 
program under which voluntary separation incentive payments may be 
offered to encourage not more than 50 eligible employees to separate 
from service voluntarily (whether by retirement or resignation) during 
the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act through 
September 30, 1999.
    (3) Such voluntary separation incentive payments shall be paid in 
accordance with the provisions of section 5597(d) of title 5, United 
States Code. Any such payment shall not be a basis of payment, and 
shall not be included in the computation, of any other type of 
Government benefit.
    (4)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), an employee who has received a 
voluntary separation incentive payment under this section and accepts 
employment with the Government of the United States within 5 years 
after the date of the separation on which the payment is based shall be 
required to repay the entire amount of the incentive payment to the 
agency that paid the incentive payment.
    (B)(i) If the employment is with an executive agency (as defined by 
section 105 of title 5, United States Code), the Director of the Office 
of Personnel Management may, at the request of the head of the agency, 
waive the repayment if the individual involved possesses unique 
abilities and is the only qualified applicant available for the 
position.
    (ii) If the employment is with an entity in the legislative branch, 
the head of the entity or the appointing official may waive the 
repayment if the individual involved possesses unique abilities and is 
the only qualified applicant available for the position.
    (iii) If the employment is with the judicial branch, the Director 
of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may waive the 
repayment if the individual involved possesses unique abilities and is 
the only qualified applicant available for the position.
    (C) For purposes of subparagraph (A) (but not subparagraph (B)), 
the term ``employment'' includes employment under a personal services 
contract with the United States.
    (5) The Architect of the Capitol may prescribe regulations to carry 
out this subsection.
    (d) Competitive Service Treatment for Certain Employees.--(1) This 
subsection applies to any employee of the United States Senate 
Restaurants of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol who--
        (A) is involuntarily separated from service on or after the 
    date of the enactment of this Act and before October 1, 1999 
    (except by removal for cause on charges of misconduct or 
    delinquency); and
        (B) has performed any period of service employed in the Office 
    of the Architect of the Capitol (including the United States Senate 
    Restaurants) in a position in the excepted service as defined under 
    section 2103 of title 5, United States Code.
    (2) For purposes of applying for employment for any position in the 
executive branch (including for purposes of the administration of 
chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, with respect to such 
employment application), any period of service described under 
paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection shall be deemed a period of service 
in the competitive service as defined under section 2102 of title 5, 
United States Code.
    (3) This subsection shall--
        (A) take effect on the date of enactment of this Act; and
        (B) apply only to an employment application submitted by an 
    employee during the 2-year period beginning on the date of such 
    employee's separation from service described under paragraph 
    (1)(A).
    (e) Retraining, Job Placement, and Counseling Services.--(1) In 
this subsection, the term ``employee''--
        (A) means an employee of the United States Senate Restaurants 
    of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and
        (B) shall not include--
            (i) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of chapter 
        83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, or another 
        retirement system for employees of the Government; or
            (ii) an employee who is employed on a temporary when 
        actually employed basis.
    (2) The Architect of the Capitol may establish a program to provide 
retraining, job placement, and counseling services to employees and 
former employees.
    (3) A former employee may not participate in a program established 
under this subsection, if--
        (A) the former employee was separated from service with the 
    United States Senate Restaurants of the Office of the Architect of 
    the Capitol for more than 1 year; or
        (B) the separation was by removal for cause on charges of 
    misconduct or delinquency.
    (4) Retraining costs for the program established under this 
subsection may not exceed $5,000 for each employee or former employee.
    (f) Administrative Provisions.--(1) The Architect of the Capitol--
        (A) may use employees of the Office of the Architect of the 
    Capitol to establish and administer programs and carry out the 
    provisions of this section; and
        (B) may procure temporary and intermittent services under 
    section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, to carry out such 
    provisions--
            (i) not subject to the 1 year of service limitation under 
        such section 3109(b); and
            (ii) at rates for individuals which do not exceed the daily 
        equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level 
        V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title.
    (2) Funds to carry out subsections (a) and (c) may be expended only 
from funds available for the basic pay of the employee who is receiving 
the applicable payment.
    (3) Funds to carry out subsection (e) may be expended from any 
funds made available to the Architect of the Capitol.
    Sec. 311. (a) Rate of Pay for Director of Engineering.--Section 
108(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (40 U.S.C. 
166b-3b(a)) is amended by striking ``the rate of basic pay payable for 
level V of the Executive Schedule'' and inserting ``such rate as the 
Architect considers appropriate, not to exceed 90 percent of the 
highest total rate of pay for the Senior Executive Service under 
chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, for the locality involved''.
    (b) Applicable Rate of Pay.--Section 108(b)(1) of such Act (40 
U.S.C. 166b-3b(b)(1)) is amended--
        (1) by striking the second sentence; and
        (2) by striking ``the maximum rate allowable for the Senior 
    Executive Service'' each place it appears in subparagraphs (A) and 
    (B) and inserting the following: ``the highest total rate of pay 
    for the Senior Executive Service under chapter 53 of title 5, 
    United States Code, for the locality involved''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to pay periods beginning on or after January 1, 
1998.
    Sec. 312. Any amount appropriated in this Act for ``HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--Members' Representational 
Allowances'' shall be available only for fiscal year 1998. 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.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1998''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.