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105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2209


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 1997

    Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

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                                 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

                        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.''.

                        (1)<DELETED>JOINT ITEMS

<DELETED>    For Joint Committees, as follows:</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Joint Economic Committee</DELETED>

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

             <DELETED>Joint Committee on Printing</DELETED>

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

             <DELETED>Joint Committee on Taxation</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $5,907,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative 
Officer of the House.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    For other joint items, as follows:</DELETED>

          <DELETED>Office of the Attending Physician</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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 appropriations from which such expenses 
incurred for staff and equipment 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.</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Capitol Police Board</DELETED>

                   <DELETED>Capitol Police</DELETED>

                      <DELETED>salaries</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

                  <DELETED>general expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Administrative Provisions</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 106. 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--</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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'';</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives, in the case of other transfers.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 107. (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (4) A schedule approved under paragraph (3) shall have the 
force and effect of law.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (A) annual leave, based on years of 
        service;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (B) sick leave;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (C) administrative leave;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (D) leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act 
        of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (E) leave without pay and leave with reduced pay, 
        including provisions relating to contributions for benefits for 
        any period of such leave;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (F) approval of all leave by the Chief or the 
        designee of the Chief;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (G) the order in which categories of leave shall 
        be used;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (H) use, accrual, and carryover rules and 
        limitations, including rules and limitations for any period of 
        active duty in the armed forces;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (I) advance of annual leave or sick leave after a 
        member or civilian employee has used all such accrued 
        leave;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (L) a leave sharing program.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (2) The lump sum payment under paragraph (1)--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (B) shall be paid from amounts appropriated to the 
        Capitol Police;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (E) shall be considered pay for taxation purposes 
        only; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (3) A member or civilian employee of the Capitol Police 
who enters active duty in the armed forces may--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect 
the appointing authority of any officer of the Senate or the House of 
Representatives.</DELETED>

  <DELETED>Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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 one hundred twenty days 
each, and not more than ten additional individuals for not more than 
six months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>Statements of Appropriations</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

                <DELETED>OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

             <DELETED>CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL</DELETED>

            <DELETED>Capitol Buildings and Grounds</DELETED>

                  <DELETED>capitol buildings</DELETED>

                <DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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 
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, $36,827,000, of which 
$6,450,000 shall remain available until expended.</DELETED>

                   <DELETED>capitol grounds</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of 
grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, 
and the Capitol Power Plant, $4,991,000, of which $25,000 shall remain 
available until expended.</DELETED>

                                 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, $64,400,000, 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.''.

                              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, 
$807,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$5,724,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House: Provided, That $100,000 of the funds in this Act shall not be 
available for expenditure except for staff designated to provide 
Members of Congress, not on the Tax Committees, assistance in securing 
revenue estimates for legislation with the assumptions used in 
determining the revenue estimate prepared by the Joint Committee for 
that Member of Congress.
    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) $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, $73,935,000, of which $35,507,000 is provided to the Sergeant 
at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the Chief 
Administrative Officer of the House, and $38,428,000 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, $5,401,000, 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. 101. 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. 102. (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 contribution 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 effect 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 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 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), $2,600,000.

                      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, $24,995,000: 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; 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, $39,554,000, 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, $6,203,000, of which $745,000 shall remain 
available until expended.

                         house office buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the House office buildings, $37,181,000, of which $8,082,000 shall 
remain available until expended.

                    (2)<DELETED>capitol power plant

<DELETED>    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, $32,032,000, of which $550,000 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.</DELETED>

                 <DELETED>LIBRARY OF CONGRESS</DELETED>

           <DELETED>Congressional Research Service</DELETED>

                <DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

             <DELETED>GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE</DELETED>

         <DELETED>Congressional Printing and Binding</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    This title may be cited as the ``Congressional Operations 
Appropriations Act, 1998''.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES</DELETED>

                   <DELETED>BOTANIC GARDEN</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $1,771,000.</DELETED>

                 <DELETED>LIBRARY OF CONGRESS</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, 
$223,507,000, 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, 
$8,845,000 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.</DELETED>

                  <DELETED>Copyright Office</DELETED>

                <DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

   <DELETED>Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped</DELETED>

                <DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 
1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $45,936,000, of which 
$12,319,000 shall remain available until expended.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Furniture and Furnishings</DELETED>

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

              <DELETED>Administrative Provisions</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such 
        extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriations 
        Acts; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in the case of an advance payment, only--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) to pay for such general or 
                administrative overhead costs as are attributable to 
                the work performed for such agency; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) to such extent or in such amounts as 
                are provided in appropriations Acts, with respect to 
                any purpose not allowable under subparagraph 
                (A).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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 $97,490,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL</DELETED>

            <DELETED>Library Buildings and Grounds</DELETED>

           <DELETED>structural and mechanical care</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and 
grounds, $10,073,000, of which $710,000 shall remain available until 
expended.</DELETED>

             <DELETED>GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE</DELETED>

        <DELETED>Office of Superintendent of Documents</DELETED>

                <DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $29,264,000: 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.</DELETED>

      <DELETED>Government Printing Office Revolving Fund</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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; $323,520,000: 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 made 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 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 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 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.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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,''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Section 713 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
        (f); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the 
        following new subsections:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Section 713(f) of title 18, United States Code (as 
redesignated by subsection (b)(1)), is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
        (1);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
        (2) and inserting a semicolon; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraphs:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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:</DELETED>

<DELETED>``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.''.

                   </DELETED>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, 
$50,922,000, 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.

                          capitol power plant

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power (including the 
purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer services for the 
Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, Library of Congress 
buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate 
garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in 
any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing Office and 
Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for air 
conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, Union Station complex, 
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shakespeare 
Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed upon 
request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so received shall 
be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 
$33,645,000, 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, $65,134,000: 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

    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, $82,269,000: 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 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 
this Act may be expended for printing and binding and related services 
provided to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, 
unless such printing and binding and related services are provided 
during fiscal year 1998 and the billing of such printing and binding 
and related services occurs not later than December 31, 1998.
    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, $3,228,000.

                          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, $229,904,000, 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, $34,567,000, 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), $47,870,000, of which 
$14,194,000 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, 
$14,699,000, 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 by the end of fiscal year 1998: 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; $346,751,000: 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: Provided further, 
That $500,000 shall be available only for expenditure on studies and 
assessments, to be carried out by not-for-profit scientific, 
technological, or educational institutions, of the matters described in 
section 472(c) of title 2, United States Code: Provided further, That 
topics for studies and assessments under the previous proviso, and the 
institutions designated to carry out the studies and assessments, shall 
be selected by the voting members of the Technology Assessment Board 
under section 473 of title 2, United States Code, from among topics 
requested pursuant to paragraphs (1) or (2) of section 472(d) of such 
title.

                     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 1997 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. 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. 306. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 is amended in the first 
sentence of subsection (a) by striking ``1997'' and inserting ``1998''.
    Sec. 307. The Government Printing Office shall be considered an 
agency for the purposes of the election in section 801(b)(2)(B) of the 
National Energy Conservation Policy Act and the Public Printer shall be 
considered the head of the agency for purposes of subsection (b)(2)(C) 
of such section.
    Sec. 308. Residence of Members of Congress.--Section 113 of title 
4, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in the section heading by striking ``for State income 
        tax laws''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following 
        new subsections:
    ``(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Member of 
Congress and the Member's spouse, dependents, and staff shall be 
treated as permanent residents and domiciliaries of the State or 
district which the Member represents, notwithstanding that the Member 
and the Member's spouse, dependents, and staff may be absent from, or 
may maintain a place of abode outside of, such State. A Member of 
Congress and the Member's spouse, dependents, and staff shall be 
entitled to the same rights, privileges, immunities, and benefits and 
shall be subject to the same responsibilities, taxation, and 
liabilities as other residents and domiciliaries who physically reside 
in such State, including maintaining a State driver's license, 
registering vehicles in such State (without regard to whether such 
vehicle is physically located in such State), registering to vote in 
such State, and qualifying for benefits, loans, or other programs that 
such State may make available to other residents and domiciliaries who 
physically reside in such State.
    ``(c) For the purposes of this section--
            ``(1) the term `Member of Congress' includes the delegates 
        from the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, 
        and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico;
            ``(2) the term `State' includes the District of Columbia; 
        and
            ``(3) the term `dependents' includes any person--
                    ``(A) who derives his or her support from a Member 
                of Congress; and
                    ``(B)(i) is a child of such Member who is age 23 or 
                younger; or
                    ``(ii) is a ward of such Member; and
            ``(4) the term `staff' means any person who--
                    ``(A) is in the employ of the Member of Congress 
                for the purpose of assisting the Member in the 
                performance of official duties; and
                    ``(B) was resident and domiciliary of the State or 
                district which the Member represents when such person 
                entered the employ of the Member.
        ``(d) This section shall not apply to any spouse, dependent, or 
staff of a Member of Congress who claims residency or a domicile in a 
State other than the State which the Member represents or in which the 
Member's district is located.''.
        (b) The chapter analysis for chapter 4 of title 4, United 
States Code, is amended in the item for section 113 by striking ``for 
State income tax laws''.
    Sec. 309. (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 State 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. 309. 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''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 28, 1997.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.

            Passed the Senate July 29, 1997.

            Attest:

                                                    GARY SISCO,

                                                             Secretary.