[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2209 Received in Senate (RDS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H.R. 2209


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 29, 1997

                                Received

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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.''.

                              JOINT ITEMS

    For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

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

                      Joint Committee on Printing

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

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

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

                   Office of the Attending Physician

    For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the 
emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his assistants, 
including: (1) an allowance of $1,500 per month to the Attending 
Physician; (2) an allowance of $500 per month each to two medical 
officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) an 
allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and $400 per month each to 
not to exceed nine assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such 
assistants; and (4) $893,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the 
Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment assigned to the 
Office of the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 
to the 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.

                          Capitol Police Board

                             Capitol Police

                                salaries

    For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers, members, and 
employees of the Capitol Police, including overtime, hazardous duty pay 
differential, clothing allowance of not more than $600 each for members 
required to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for 
health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee 
benefits, $70,955,000, of which $34,118,000 is provided to the Sergeant 
at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the Chief 
Administrative Officer of the House, and $36,837,000 is provided to the 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That, of the amounts appropriated 
under this heading, such amounts as may be necessary may be transferred 
between the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and the 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon approval of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

                            general expenses

    For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses of the Capitol 
Police, including motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 
security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, 
materials, training, medical services, forensic services, stenographic 
services, personal and professional services, the employee assistance 
program, not more than $2,000 for the awards program, postage, 
telephone service, travel advances, relocation of instructor and 
liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and 
$85 per month for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board 
by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House of 
Representatives designated by the Chairman of the Board, $3,099,000, to 
be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
Representatives: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 1998 shall be paid by 
the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to the Department of 
the Treasury.

                       Administrative Provisions

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

           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

    For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and Special 
Services Office, $1,991,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to employ 
more than forty individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide 
Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than two 
additional individuals for not more than 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), $2,479,000.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), including not 
more than $2,500 to be expended on the certification of the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses, $24,797,000: Provided, That no 
part of such amount may be used for the purchase or hire of a passenger 
motor vehicle.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                     Capitol Buildings and Grounds

                           capitol buildings

                         salaries and expenses

    For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant 
Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of pay 
provided by law; for surveys and studies in connection with activities 
under the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary 
expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and 
electrical substations of the Senate and House office buildings under 
the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings 
and office equipment, including not more than $1,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, to be expended as the Architect 
of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance and 
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; and 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.

                            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, $4,991,000, of which $25,000 shall remain 
available until expended.

                         house office buildings

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

                          capitol power plant

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

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                     Congressional Research Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to 
revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United States of 
America, $64,603,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may be used 
to pay any salary or expense in connection with any publication, or 
preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public General 
Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress unless such publication 
has obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House Oversight 
of the House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the compensation of the Director of the 
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, shall be at an 
annual rate which is equal to the annual rate of basic pay for 
positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of 
title 5, United States Code.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                   Congressional Printing and Binding

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and the 
distribution of Congressional information in any format; printing and 
binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary for 
preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional 
Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of 
Government publications authorized by law to be distributed to Members 
of Congress; and printing, binding, and distribution of Government 
publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the 
recipient, $81,669,000, of which $11,017,000 shall be derived by 
transfer from the Government Printing Office revolving fund under 
section 309 of title 44, United States Code: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent 
edition of the Congressional Record for individual Representatives, 
Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44 U.S.C. 906: 
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 
payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar 
purposes for preceding fiscal years.
    This title may be cited as the ``Congressional Operations 
Appropriations Act, 1998''.

                        TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES

                             BOTANIC GARDEN

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, and 
collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction of the 
Joint Committee on the Library, $1,771,000.

                          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, $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.

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including 
publication of the decisions of the United States courts involving 
copyrights, $34,361,000, of which not more than $17,340,000 shall be 
derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal 
year 1998 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), and not more than $5,086,000 shall be 
derived from collections during fiscal year 1998 under 17 U.S.C. 
111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005: Provided, That the total amount 
available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which 
collections are less than $22,426,000: Provided further, That not more 
than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the 
maintenance of an ``International Copyright Institute'' in the 
Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose of training 
nationals of developing countries in intellectual property laws and 
policies: Provided further, That not more than $2,250 may be expended, 
on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses for activities of the 
International Copyright Institute.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

                         salaries and expenses

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

                       Furniture and Furnishings

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

                       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 $97,490,000.
    (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.

                        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, 
$10,073,000, of which $710,000 shall remain available until expended.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                 Office of Superintendent of Documents

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary 
to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications 
and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, other 
Government agencies, and designated depository and international 
exchange libraries as authorized by law, $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.

               Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

    The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in accord with 
the law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United 
States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and 
purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for the 
Government Printing Office revolving fund: Provided, That not more than 
$2,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public Printer in 
connection with official representation and reception expenses: 
Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available for the 
hire or purchase of not more than twelve passenger motor vehicles: 
Provided further, That expenditures in connection with travel expenses 
of the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed 
necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available for 
temporary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 
United States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the 
daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided further, 
That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the headings 
``office of superintendent of documents'' and ``salaries and expenses'' 
together may not be available for the full-time equivalent employment 
of more than 3,550 workyears: Provided further, That activities 
financed through the revolving fund may provide information in any 
format: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall not be used to 
administer any flexible or compressed work schedule which applies to 
any manager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which is 
equal to or higher than GS-15: Provided further, That expenses for 
attendance at meetings shall not exceed $75,000.

                       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; $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.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for 
emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations 
relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives issued 
by the Committee on House Oversight and for the Senate issued by the 
Committee on Rules and Administration.
    Sec. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 1998 unless 
expressly so provided in this Act.
    Sec. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position not 
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is 
appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designation of any 
office or position appropriated for is different from that specifically 
established by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation 
in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, 
That the provisions in this Act for the various items of official 
expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House 
of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the 
House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect 
thereto.
    Sec. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or 
under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
    Sec. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest 
extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds 
made available in this Act should be American-made.
    (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any 
contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act, the 
head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall 
provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made in 
subsection (a) by the Congress.
    (c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency 
that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made in 
America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any 
product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the 
United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any contract 
or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, pursuant 
to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in 
section 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated to the 
account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of Public Law 104-1 
to pay awards and settlements as authorized under such subsection.
    Sec. 307. Amounts available for administrative expenses of any 
legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative Branch 
Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 
1996, shall be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs 
as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be 
shared among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 
allocations among the entities as the entities may determine) may not 
exceed $1,500.
    Sec. 308. (a) Section 713(a) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after ``Senate,'' the following: ``or the seal of 
the United States House of Representatives, or the seal of the United 
States Congress,''.
    (b) Section 713 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (f); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
        subsections:
    ``(d) Whoever, except as directed by the United States House of 
Representatives, or the Clerk of the House of Representatives on its 
behalf, knowingly uses, manufactures, reproduces, sells or purchases 
for resale, either separately or appended to any article manufactured 
or sold, any likeness of the seal of the United States House of 
Representatives, or any substantial part thereof, except for 
manufacture or sale of the article for the official use of the 
Government of the United States, shall be fined under this title or 
imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
    ``(e) Whoever, except as directed by the United States Congress, or 
the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives, acting jointly on its behalf, knowingly uses, 
manufactures, reproduces, sells or purchases for resale, either 
separately or appended to any article manufactured or sold, any 
likeness of the seal of the United States Congress, or any substantial 
part thereof, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the 
official use of the Government of the United States, shall be fined 
under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.''.
    (c) Section 713(f) of title 18, United States Code (as redesignated 
by subsection (b)(1)), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and 
        inserting a semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
            ``(3) in the case of the seal of the United States House of 
        Representatives, upon complaint by the Clerk of the House of 
        Representatives; and
            ``(4) in the case of the seal of the United States 
        Congress, upon complaint by the Secretary of the Senate and the 
        Clerk of the House of Representatives, acting jointly.''.
    (d) The heading of section 713 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``and the seal of the United States Senate'' and 
inserting the following: ``the seal of the United States Senate, the 
seal of the United States House of Representatives, and the seal of the 
United States Congress''.
    (e) The table of sections for chapter 33 of part I of title 18, 
United States Code, is amended by amending the item relating to section 
713 to read as follows:

``713. Use of likenesses of the great seal of the United States, the 
                            seals of the President and Vice President, 
                            the seal of the United States Senate, the 
                            seal of the United States House of 
                            Representatives, and the seal of the United 
                            States Congress.''.
    Sec. 309. 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.