[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.R. 4112 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.4112

                       One Hundred Fifth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

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


                                 An Act


 
  Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 1999, 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, 1999, and for other purposes, namely:

                   TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

                                 SENATE

                           expense allowances

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

    representation allowances for the majority and minority leaders

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

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized 
by law, including agency contributions, $87,233,000, 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, $1,659,000.

                  office of the president pro tempore

    For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $402,000.

              offices of the majority and minority leaders

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $2,436,000.

               offices of the majority and minority whips

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $1,416,000.

                      committee on appropriations

    For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $6,050,000.

                         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, $1,092,000 for each such committee; in all, $2,184,000.

 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, $570,000.

                           policy committees

    For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority 
Policy Committee, $1,109,000 for each such committee; in all, 
$2,218,000.

                         office of the chaplain

    For Office of the Chaplain, $267,000.

                        office of the secretary

    For Office of the Secretary, $13,694,000.

             office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

    For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $33,805,000.

        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

    For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, $1,200,000.

               agency contributions and related expenses

    For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by 
law, and related expenses, $21,332,000.

            Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, $3,753,000.

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 
$1,004,000.

Expense Allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secretaries for the Majority and Minority 
                             of the Senate

    For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $3,000; 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for 
the Majority of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for the Minority of the 
Senate, $3,000; in all, $12,000.

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate

                      inquiries and investigations

    For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, 
or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 601, Seventy-
ninth Congress, as amended, section 112 of Public Law 96-304 and Senate 
Resolution 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, $66,800,000.


      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, $60,511,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2000.

                          miscellaneous items

    For miscellaneous items, $8,655,000.

        senators' official personnel and office expense account

    For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, 
$239,156,000.

                          official mail costs

    For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate, 
$300,000.

                       administrative provisions

    Section 1. (a) Effective in the case of any fiscal year which 
begins on or after October 1, 1998, 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, $183,565, Alaska, $252,505, Arizona, $197,409, 
    Arkansas, $168,535, California, $470,272, Colorado, $187,366, 
    Connecticut, $161,691, Delaware, $127,384, Florida, $302,307, 
    Georgia, $211,784, Hawaii, $279,648, Idaho, $163,841, Illinois, 
    $267,000, Indiana, $195,391, Iowa, $171,340, Kansas, $168,912, 
    Kentucky, $176,975, Louisiana, $186,714, Maine, $148,205, Maryland, 
    $172,455, Massachusetts, $196,819, Michigan, $235,846, Minnesota, 
    $187,742, Mississippi, $168,587, Missouri, $198,365, Montana, 
    $161,857, Nebraska, $160,550, Nevada, $171,208, New Hampshire, 
    $142,497, New Jersey, $207,754, New Mexico, $166,721, New York, 
    $328,586, North Carolina, $212,711, North Dakota, $150,225, Ohio, 
    $262,252, Oklahoma, $181,913, Oregon, $189,258, Pennsylvania, 
    $267,240, Rhode Island, $138,637, South Carolina, $171,731, South 
    Dakota, $151,838, Tennessee, $192,508, Texas, $353,911, Utah, 
    $168,959, Vermont, $136,315, Virginia, $193,935, Washington, 
    $213,887, West Virginia, $149,135, Wisconsin, $191,314, Wyoming, 
    $153,016, plus''.
    (b) Subparagraph (B) of section 506(b)(3) of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(b)(3)) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``the amount referred to in subparagraph 
    (A)(iii)'' and inserting ``that part of the amount referred to in 
    subparagraph (A)(iii) that is not specifically allocated for 
    official mail expenses''; and
        (2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: 
    ``; and the part of the amount referred to in subparagraph (A)(iii) 
    that is allocated for official mail expenses shall be recalculated 
    in accordance with regulations of the Committee on Rules and 
    Administration''.
    Sec. 2. (a) Section 2(b) of Public Law 104-53 (2 U.S.C. 61d-3(b)) 
is amended by striking ``$10,000'' and inserting ``$35,000''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) is effective on and after 
October 1, 1998.
    Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of the first section of Senate Resolution 
149, agreed to October 5, 1993 (103d Congress, 1st Session), as amended 
by Senate Resolution 299, agreed to September 24, 1996 (104th Congress, 
2d Session), is amended by striking ``until December 31, 1998'' and 
inserting ``until December 31, 2000''.
    Sec. 4. (a) Section 101(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h-6(a)) is amended--
        (1) by inserting after the first sentence the following: ``The 
    President pro tempore of the Senate is authorized to appoint and 
    fix the compensation of one consultant, on a temporary or 
    intermittent basis, at a daily rate of compensation not in excess 
    of that specified in the first sentence of this subsection.''; and
        (2) in the sentence that begins ``The provisions of'', by 
    striking ``section 8344'' and inserting ``sections 8344 and 8468''.
    (b) Section 101(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 
U.S.C. 61h-6(b)) is amended by striking all after ``(b)'' through ``to 
such position'' and inserting ``Any or all appointments under this 
section may be''.
    (c) This section is effective on and after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
    Sec. 5. (a) There is established the Senate Leader's Lecture Series 
(hereinafter referred to as the ``lecture series''). Expenses incurred 
in connection with the lecture series shall be paid from the 
appropriations account ``Secretary of the Senate'' within the 
contingent fund of the Senate and shall not exceed $30,000 in any 
fiscal year.
    (b) Payments for expenses in connection with the lecture series may 
cover expenses incurred by speakers, including travel, subsistence, and 
per diem, and the cost of receptions, including food, food related 
items, and hospitality.
    (c) Payments for expenses of the lecture series shall be made on 
vouchers approved by the Secretary of the Senate.
    (d) This section is effective on and after October 1, 1997.
    Sec. 6. (a) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is 
authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such employees as may 
be necessary to operate Senate Hair Care Services.
    (b) There is established in the Treasury of the United States 
within the contingent fund of the Senate a revolving fund to be known 
as the Senate Hair Care Services Revolving Fund (hereafter in this 
section referred to as the ``revolving fund'').
    (c)(1) All moneys received by Senate Hair Care Services from fees 
for services or from any other source shall be deposited in the 
revolving fund.
    (2) Moneys in the revolving fund shall be available without fiscal 
year limitation for disbursement by the Secretary of the Senate--
        (A) for the payment of salaries and agency contributions of 
    employees of Senate Hair Care Services; and
        (B) for necessary supplies, equipment, and other expenses of 
    Senate Hair Care Services.
    (d) Disbursements from the revolving fund shall be made upon 
vouchers signed by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 
except that vouchers shall not be required for the disbursement of 
salaries paid at an annual rate.
    (e) At the direction of the Committee on Rules and Administration, 
the Secretary of the Senate shall withdraw from the revolving fund and 
deposit in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts 
all moneys in the revolving fund that the Committee may determine are 
in excess of the current and reasonably foreseeable needs of Senate 
Hair Care Services.
    (f) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate are 
authorized to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry 
out the provisions of this section, subject to the approval of the 
Committee on Rules and Administration.
    (g) There is transferred to the revolving fund established by this 
section any unobligated balance in the fund established by section 106 
of Public Law 94-440 on the effective date of this section.
    (h)(1) Section 106 of Public Law 94-440 is repealed.
    (2) Section 10(a) of Public Law 100-458 is repealed.
    (i) This section shall be effective on and after October 1, 1998, 
or 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, whichever is later.
    Sec. 7. The amount available to the Committee on Rules and 
Administration for expenses under section 16(c) of Senate Resolution 
54, agreed to February 13, 1997, is increased by $150,000.
    Sec. 8. Effective on and after October 1, 1998, each of the dollar 
amounts contained in the table under section 105(d)(1)(A) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61-1(d)(1)(A)) 
shall be deemed to be the dollar amounts in that table, as increased by 
section 5 of Public Law 105-55, increased by an additional $50,000 
each.
    Sec. 9. (a) With the prior written approval of the Committee on 
Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate may enter into agreements with public or 
private parties for the purpose of demonstrating the use of alternative 
fuel vehicles (as defined in section 301(2) of the Energy Policy Act of 
1992 (Public Law 102-486)) in Senate fleet operations. Any such 
agreement may also provide for necessary fueling infrastructure in 
connection with the alternative fuel vehicles.
    (b) A vehicle may be made available under subsection (a) for a 
period not exceeding 90 days.
    Sec. 10. (a) The Committee on Appropriations is authorized in its 
discretion--
        (1) to hold hearings, report such hearings, and make 
    investigations as authorized by paragraph 1 of rule XXVI of the 
    Standing Rules of the Senate;
        (2) to make expenditures from the contingent fund of the 
    Senate;
        (3) to employ personnel;
        (4) with the prior consent of the Government department or 
    agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration to 
    use, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, the services of 
    personnel of any such department or agency;
        (5) to procure the services of individual consultants, or 
    organizations thereof (as authorized by section 202(i) of the 
    Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and Senate Resolution 140, 
    agreed to May 14, 1975); and
        (6) to provide for the training of the professional staff of 
    such committee (under procedures specified by section 202(j) of 
    such Act).
    (b) Senate Resolution 54, agreed to February 13, 1997, is amended 
by striking section 4.
    (c) This section shall be effective on and after October 1, 1998, 
or the date of enactment of this Act, whichever is later.
    Sec. 11. (a)(1) The Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the 
Senate may, during any fiscal year, at his or her election transfer 
funds from the appropriation account for salaries for the 
Appropriations Committee of the Senate, to the account, within the 
contingent fund of the Senate, from which expenses are payable for such 
committee.
    (2) The Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate may, 
during any fiscal year, at his or her election transfer funds from the 
appropriation account for expenses, within the contingent fund of the 
Senate, for the Appropriations Committee of the Senate, to the account 
from which salaries are payable for such committee.
    (b) Any funds transferred under this section shall be--
        (1) available for expenditure by such committee in like manner 
    and for the same purposes as are other moneys which are available 
    for expenditure by such committee from the account to which the 
    funds were transferred; and
        (2) made at such time or times as the Chairman shall specify in 
    writing to the Senate Disbursing Office.
    (c) This section shall take effect on October 1, 1998, and shall be 
effective with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after that date.
    Sec. 12. Use of Frequent Flyer Miles by Members of the Senate.--
Section 507(a) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1436(a)) is amended--
        (1) by striking ``Notwithstanding'' and inserting the 
    following:
        ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
    notwithstanding''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(2) Travel between the washington metropolitan area and a 
    home state.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any travel award 
    relating to air transportation for a Member of the Senate, the 
    spouse of that Member, or a son or daughter of that Member, between 
    the Washington metropolitan area and the State of that Member.''.
    Sec. 13. Senate Resolution 286, 102d Congress, agreed to April 9, 
1992, is amended by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following:
``Fees established under this subsection for services received from the 
Attending Physician by a Senator or an officer of the Senate shall be 
equal to the fees for such services received by a member of the House 
of Representatives.''.

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

      Payments to Widows and Heirs of Deceased Members of Congress

    For payment to Marcia S. Schiff, widow of Steven H. Schiff, late a 
Representative from the State of New Mexico, $136,700.

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
$733,971,000, as follows:


                         house leadership offices

    For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $13,117,000, 
including: Office of the Speaker, $1,686,000, including $25,000 for 
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$1,652,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,675,000, including 
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $1,043,000, 
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of 
the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$1,020,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Whip; Speaker's Office for Legislative Floor Activities, $397,000; 
Republican Steering Committee, $738,000; Republican Conference, 
$1,199,000; Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,295,000; 
Democratic Caucus, $642,000; nine minority employees, $1,190,000; 
training and program development--majority, $290,000; and training and 
program development--minority, $290,000.

                  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, $385,279,000.

                          Committee Employees

                Standing Committees, Special and Select

    For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 
select, authorized by House resolutions, $89,743,000: Provided, That 
such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until 
December 31, 2000.

                      Committee on Appropriations

    For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$19,373,000, 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 shall remain available for such 
salaries and expenses until December 31, 2000.


                     salaries, officers and employees

    For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $89,991,000, 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, $15,365,000; 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, $3,501,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, $57,211,000, including $24,282,000 for salaries, expenses and 
temporary personal services of House Information Resources, of which 
$23,074,000 is provided herein: Provided, That of the amount provided 
for House Information Resources, $7,130,000 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, $3,953,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of General Counsel, $840,000; 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, $1,106,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law 
Revision Counsel of the House, $1,912,000; for salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $4,980,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Corrections Calendar Office, $799,000; and 
for other authorized employees, $191,000.


                         allowances and expenses

    For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or 
law, $136,468,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs 
and Federal tort claims, $2,575,000; official mail for committees, 
leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000; 
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and 
other applicable employee benefits, $132,832,000; 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, $651,000.


                            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. (a) Section 2(a) of House Resolution 611, Ninety-seventh 
Congress, agreed to November 30, 1982, as enacted into permanent law by 
section 127 of Public Law 97-377 (2 U.S.C. 88b-3), is amended--
        (1) by adding ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
        (2) by striking ``; and'' at the end of paragraph (2) and 
    inserting a period; and
        (3) by striking paragraph (3).
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect 
to the One Hundred Sixth Congress and each succeeding Congress.
    Sec. 102. Subsection (b) of the first section of House Resolution 
1047, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to April 4, 1978, as enacted into 
permanent law by section 111 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 130-1(b)), is amended by striking ``$55,000'' and 
inserting ``$80,000''.
    Sec. 103. (a) There is hereby established an account in the House 
of Representatives for purposes of carrying out training and program 
development activities of the Republican Conference and the Democratic 
Steering and Policy Committee.
    (b) Subject to the allocation described in subsection (c), funds in 
the account established under subsection (a) shall be paid--
        (1) for activities of the Republican Conference in such 
    amounts, at such times, and under such terms and conditions as the 
    Speaker of the House of Representatives may direct; and
        (2) for activities of the Democratic Steering and Policy 
    Committee in such amounts, at such times, and under such terms and 
    conditions as the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives 
    may direct.
    (c) Of the total amount in the account established under subsection 
(a)--
        (1) 50 percent shall be allocated to the Speaker for payments 
    for activities of the Republican Conference; and
        (2) 50 percent shall be allocated to the Minority Leader for 
    payments for activities of the Democratic Steering and Policy 
    Committee.
    (d) There are authorized to be appropriated to the account under 
this section for fiscal year 1999 and each succeeding fiscal year such 
sums as may be necessary for training and program development 
activities of the Republican Conference and the Democratic Steering and 
Policy Committee during the fiscal year.
    Sec. 104. (a) Section 311(e)(2) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59(e)(2)) is amended--
        (1) by adding ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (B);
        (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a 
    period; and
        (3) by striking subparagraph (D).
    (b) Section 311(e) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 59e(e)) is amended by 
striking paragraph (4).
    Sec. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any other 
rule or regulation, any information on payments made by the Committee 
on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives to an 
individual for attendance as a witness before the Committee in 
executive session during a Congress shall be reported not later than 
the second semiannual report filed under section 106 of the House of 
Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 
U.S.C. 104b) in the following Congress.
    Sec. 106. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Committee on House Oversight may prescribe by regulation appropriate 
conditions for the incidental use, for other than official business, of 
equipment and supplies owned or leased by, or the cost of which is 
reimbursed by, the House of Representatives.
    (b) The authority of the Committee on House Oversight to prescribe 
regulations pursuant to subsection (a) shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 1999 and each succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 107. (a) The Speaker, Majority Leader, and Minority Leader of 
the House of Representatives are each authorized to appoint and fix the 
compensation of one consultant, on a temporary or intermittent basis, 
at a daily rate of compensation not in excess of the per diem 
equivalent of the highest gross rate of annual compensation which may 
be paid to employees of a standing committee of the House.
    (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 1999 and 
each succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 108. Any amount appropriated in this Act for ``HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--Members' Representational 
Allowances'' shall be available only for fiscal year 1999. Any amount 
remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for such 
fiscal year shall be deposited in the Treasury, to be used for deficit 
reduction.
    Sec. 109. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, official 
resources may be used during a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 
1999), in accordance with regulations of the Committee on House 
Oversight, to reimburse a Member, officer, or employee of the House of 
Representatives for the ordinary and necessary expenses related to the 
official use of telecommunications lines in the residence of the 
Member, officer, or employee.
    (b) The Committee on House Oversight shall promulgate such 
regulations as are necessary to implement this section.
    Sec. 110. Section 121 of Public Law 104-99 is amended in subsection 
(b)(2)--
        (1) by striking in subparagraph (B) ``and'' after the 
    semicolon; and
        (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) and 
    inserting ``; and'' therefor; and
        (3) by adding after subparagraph (C) the following new 
    subparagraph:
            ``(D) reimbursement of expenses incurred by the Chief 
        Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to cover 
        the costs of furnishings and furniture to accommodate the needs 
        of the House of Representatives Child Care Center.''.

                              JOINT ITEMS

    For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$3,096,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Printing

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
$202,000, together with an additional amount of $150,000 if there is 
enacted into law legislation which transfers the legislative and 
oversight responsibilities of the Joint Committee on Printing to the 
Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives: Provided, 
That such additional amount shall be transferred to the Committee on 
House Oversight of the House of Representatives and made available 
beginning January 1, 1999: Provided further, That all such funds are to 
be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$5,965,400, 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 
not to exceed nine assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such 
assistants; and (4) $893,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the 
Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment assigned to the 
Office of the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 
to the applicable appropriation or appropriations from which such 
salaries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be 
available for all the purposes thereof, $1,415,000, 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, $76,844,000, of which $37,037,000 is provided to the Sergeant 
at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the Chief 
Administrative Officer of the House, and $39,807,000 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, $6,237,000, 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 1999 shall be paid by 
the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to the Department of 
the Treasury.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 111. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1999 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.

           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

    For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and Special 
Services Office, $2,195,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to employ 
more than forty-three individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol 
Guide Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than 
two additional individuals for not more than 120 days each, and not 
more than ten additional individuals for not more than six months each, 
for the Capitol Guide Service.

                      Statements of Appropriations

    For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, of the 
statements for the second 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), $2,086,000.

                      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, $25,671,000: Provided, That no 
part of such amount may be used for the purchase or hire of a passenger 
motor vehicle.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                     Capitol Buildings and Grounds


                            capitol buildings

                          salaries and expenses

    For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant 
Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of pay 
provided by law; for surveys and studies in connection with activities 
under the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary 
expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and 
electrical substations of the Senate and House office buildings under 
the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings 
and office equipment, including not more than $1,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, to be expended as the Architect 
of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance and 
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; and not to exceed $20,000 for 
attendance, when specifically authorized by the Architect of the 
Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connection with subjects related 
to work under the Architect of the Capitol, $43,683,000, of which 
$8,175,000 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, $6,046,000, of which $525,000 shall remain 
available until expended.

                        senate office buildings

    For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and operation of 
Senate office buildings; and furniture and furnishings to be expended 
under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol, 
$54,144,000, of which $14,615,000 shall remain available until 
expended.


                          house office buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the House office buildings, $42,139,000, of which $11,449,000 shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That of the total amount 
provided under this heading, not less than $100,000 shall be used 
exclusively for waste recycling programs.

                          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, $38,174,000, of which $5,100,000 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 1999.

                          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, $67,124,000: 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, $74,465,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be 
available for paper copies of the permanent edition of the 
Congressional Record for individual Representatives, Resident 
Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for the payment of 
obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for 
preceding fiscal years: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-
year limitation under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none 
of the funds appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 
Act for printing and binding and related services provided to Congress 
under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may be expended to 
print a document, report, or publication after the 27-month period 
beginning on the date that such document, report, or publication is 
authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such 
printing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 
Code.


                         administrative provision

    Sec. 112. (a) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 
(Public Law 105-55; 111 Stat. 1191) is amended in the item relating to 
``congressional printing and binding'' under the heading ``GOVERNMENT 
PRINTING OFFICE'' by striking ``$81,669,000'' and all that follows 
through ``Provided,'' and inserting the following: ``$70,652,000: 
Provided, That an additional amount of not more than $11,017,000 may be 
derived by transfer from the Government Printing Office revolving fund 
under section 309 of title 44, United States Code: Provided further,''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if 
included in the enactment of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1998.
    This title may be cited as the ``Congressional Operations 
Appropriations Act, 1999''.

                        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, $3,052,000.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 201. Section 307E(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c(b)) is amended by--
        (1) redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and
        (2) inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
    ``(2) The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest any portion of the 
account designated in paragraph (1) that, as determined by the 
Architect, is not required to meet current expenses. Each investment 
shall be made in an interest-bearing obligation of the United States or 
an obligation guaranteed both as to principal and interest by the 
United States that, as determined by the Architect, has a maturity date 
suitable for the purposes of the account. The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall credit interest earned on the obligations to the account.''.

                          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, $238,373,000, of which 
not more than $6,500,000 shall be derived from collections credited to 
this appropriation during fiscal year 1999, and shall remain available 
until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 
480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from 
collections during fiscal year 1999 and shall remain available until 
expended for the development and maintenance of an international legal 
information database and activities related thereto: 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 
$6,850,000: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
$10,119,000 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, $3,544,000 is to remain available until expended 
for the acquisition and partial support for implementation of an 
Integrated Library System (ILS): Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, $2,000,000 is to remain available until expended 
for a project to digitize collections for the Meeting of the Frontiers 
United States-Russian digital library: Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $250,000 is to remain available until 
expended for the Library's efforts in connection with the commemoration 
of the Bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including 
publication of the decisions of the United States courts involving 
copyrights, $34,891,000, of which not more than $16,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be derived from collections credited to 
this appropriation during fiscal year 1999 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d): 
Provided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any 
funds derived from collections under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), in excess of the 
amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: 
Provided further, That not more than $5,170,000 shall be derived from 
collections during fiscal year 1999 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 
119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005: Provided further, That the total amount 
available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which 
collections are less than $21,170,000: Provided further, That not more 
than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the 
maintenance of an ``International Copyright Institute'' in the 
Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose of training 
nationals of developing countries in intellectual property laws and 
policies: Provided further, That not more than $2,250 may be expended, 
on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses for activities of the 
International Copyright Institute.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped


                          salaries and expenses

    For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 1931 
(chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $46,824,000, of which 
$13,744,000 shall remain available until expended.

                       Furniture and Furnishings

    For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation, maintenance, 
and repair of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment, 
$4,448,000.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 202. 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. 203. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be used by the Library of Congress to administer any flexible or 
compressed work schedule which--
        (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the 
    grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-15; and
        (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to not be at 
    work for all or a portion of a workday because of time worked by 
    the manager or supervisor on another workday.
    (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``manager or 
supervisor'' means any management official or supervisor, as such terms 
are defined in section 7103(a)(10) and (11) of title 5, United States 
Code.
    Sec. 204. Appropriated funds received by the Library of Congress 
from other Federal agencies to cover general and administrative 
overhead costs generated by performing reimbursable work for other 
agencies under the authority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be 
used to employ more than 65 employees and may be expended or 
obligated--
        (1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such extent or in 
    such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts; or
        (2) in the case of an advance payment, only--
            (A) to pay for such general or administrative overhead 
        costs as are attributable to the work performed for such 
        agency; or
            (B) to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in 
        appropriations Acts, with respect to any purpose not allowable 
        under subparagraph (A).
    Sec. 205. 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. 206. 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. 207. (a) For fiscal year 1999, the obligational authority of 
the Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection (b) 
may not exceed $99,765,100.
    (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. 208. Effective October 1, 1998, the Library of Congress is 
authorized to receive funds from participants in and sponsors of an 
international legal information database led by the Law Library of 
Congress, and to credit any such funds to the Library of Congress 
appropriations, up to the extent authorized in appropriations Acts, for 
the development and maintenance of the database.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         Congressional Cemetery

    For a grant for the perpetual care and maintenance of the historic 
Congressional Cemetery, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                     Library Buildings and Grounds


                      structural and mechanical care

    For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural 
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds, 
$12,672,000, of which $910,000 shall remain available until expended.


                        administrative provisions

    Sec. 209. (a) Grant for Care and Maintenance of Congressional 
Cemetery.--In order to assist in the perpetual care and maintenance of 
the historic Congressional Cemetery, the Architect of the Capitol shall 
make a grant to the National Trust for Historic Preservation (hereafter 
in this section referred to as the ``National Trust'') in accordance 
with an agreement entered into by the Architect of the Capitol with the 
National Trust and the Association for the Preservation of Historic 
Congressional Cemetery (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
``Association'') which contains the terms and conditions described in 
subsection (b) and such other provisions as the Architect may deem 
necessary or desirable for the implementation of this section or for 
the protection of the interests of the Federal Government.
    (b) Terms and Conditions of Agreement.--The terms and conditions 
described in this subsection are as follows:
        (1) Upon receipt of the amounts provided under the grant made 
    under subsection (a), the National Trust shall deposit the amounts 
    in a permanently restricted account in its endowment and shall 
    administer, invest, and manage such grant funds in the same manner 
    as other National Trust endowment funds.
        (2) The National Trust shall make distributions to the 
    Association from the amounts deposited in the endowment pursuant to 
    paragraph (1), in accordance with its regularly established 
    spending rate, for the care and maintenance of the Cemetery (other 
    than the cost of personnel), except that the National Trust may 
    only make such distributions incrementally and proportionately upon 
    receipt by the National Trust of contributions from the Association 
    which incrementally match the amounts provided under the grant made 
    under subsection (a) and which are to be added to the permanently 
    restricted account described in paragraph (1).
        (3) The Association shall use such distributions from the 
    endowment and the match for the care and maintenance of 
    Congressional Cemetery, except that the Association may not use 
    such distributions for nonroutine restoration or capital projects.
        (4) The Association, or any successor thereto, shall maintain 
    adequate records and accounts of all financial transactions and 
    operations carried out with such distributions, and such records 
    shall be available at all times for audit and investigation by the 
    Architect of the Capitol and the Comptroller General.
    (c) No Title in United States.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to vest title to the Congressional Cemetery in the United 
States.
    Sec. 210. For fiscal year 1999, the amount available for 
expenditure by the Architect of the Capitol from the fund established 
under section 4 of the Act entitled ``An Act to authorize acquisition 
of certain real property for the Library of Congress, and for other 
purposes'', approved December 15, 1997 (Public Law 105-144; 111 Stat. 
2688), may not exceed $2,500,000.

                       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 1997 and 
1998 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 heading 
``Office of Superintendent of Documents, salaries and expenses'' 
together may not be available for the full-time equivalent employment 
of more than 3,383 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, $354,268,000: Provided, 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 1999: 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 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.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 211. The unexpended balance appropriated in Public Law 104-208 
to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for carrying out section 
301(l) of Public Law 104-191 is transferred to the ``Salaries and 
Expenses'' appropriation of Public Law 105-55 for necessary expenses of 
the General Accounting Office, to remain available until September 30, 
1998.

                     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 1999 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) Severance Pay for Employees of the Architect of the 
Capitol.--Section 5595(a) of title 5, United States Code, as amended by 
section 310 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998, is 
amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1)(F), by striking ``, but only with respect 
    to the United States Senate Restaurants''; and
        (2) in paragraph (2), in clause (viii) in the matter following 
    subparagraph (B), by striking ``of the United States Senate 
    Restaurants''.
    (b) Early Retirement for Employees of the Architect of the 
Capitol.--Section 310(b)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1998 (40 U.S.C. 174j-1(b)(1)) is amended--
        (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``of 
    the United States Senate Restaurants''; and
        (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``1999;'' and inserting 
    ``1999 (or, in the case of an individual who is not an employee of 
    the United States Senate Restaurants, on or after the date of the 
    enactment of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 and 
    before October 1, 2001);''.
    (c) Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments for Employees of the 
Architect of the Capitol.--Section 310(c) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1998 (40 U.S.C. 174j-1(c)) is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``of the United States Senate 
    Restaurants''; and
        (2) in paragraph (2)--
            (A) by striking ``not more than 50'';
            (B) by striking ``1999'' and inserting ``1999 (or, in the 
        case of an individual who is not an employee of the United 
        States Senate Restaurants, on or after the date of the 
        enactment of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 
        and before October 1, 2001)''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``The 
        number of employees of the United States Senate Restaurants to 
        whom voluntary separation incentive payments may be offered 
        under the program established under the previous sentence may 
        not exceed 50.'';
        (3) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (6) 
    and (7), respectively; and
        (4) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
        ``(4)(A) No voluntary separation incentive payment may be paid 
    under this section on or after the date of enactment of the 
    Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999, unless the Architect 
    of the Capitol submits a plan described under subparagraph (B) to 
    the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the 
    Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives and 
    such committees approve the plan.
        ``(B) The plan referred to under subparagraph (A) shall 
    include--
            ``(i) the positions and functions to be reduced or 
        eliminated, identified by organizational unit, occupational 
        category, and pay or grade level;
            ``(ii) the number and amounts of voluntary separation 
        incentive payments to be offered; and
            ``(iii) a description of how the Architect of the Capitol 
        will operate without the eliminated positions and functions.
        ``(5)(A) In addition to any other payments which the Architect 
    of the Capitol is required to make under subchapter III of chapter 
    83 of title 5, United States Code, the Architect of the Capitol 
    shall remit to the Office of Personnel Management for deposit in 
    the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Civil 
    Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to 15 
    percent of the final basic pay of each employee who is covered 
    under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
    States Code, to whom a voluntary separation incentive has been paid 
    under this section. This subparagraph shall not apply to any 
    employee of the United States Senate Restaurants.
        ``(B) For the purpose of this paragraph, the term `final basic 
    pay', with respect to an employee--
            ``(i) means the total amount of basic pay which would be 
        payable for a year of service by such employee, computed using 
        the employee's final rate of basic pay; and
            ``(ii) includes an appropriate adjustment to the amount 
        computed under clause (i) if the employee is last serving on 
        other than a full-time basis.''.
    (d) Retraining, Job Placement, and Counseling Services for 
Employees of the Architect of the Capitol.--Section 310(e) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 (40 U.S.C. 174j-1(e)) is 
amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``of the United States 
    Senate Restaurants''; and
        (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``the United States Senate 
    Restaurants of''.
    Sec. 309. (a) Severance Pay.--Section 5595 of title 5, United 
States Code, as amended by section 310 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1998, is amended--
        (1) in subsection (a)(2)--
            (A) in clause (viii), by striking ``or'' after the 
        semicolon; and
            (B) by redesignating clause (ix) as clause (x) and 
        inserting after clause (viii) the following new clause:
                ``(ix) an employee of the Government Printing Office, 
            who is employed on a temporary when actually employed 
            basis; or''; and
        (2) in subsection (b) by adding at the end the following: ``The 
    Public Printer may prescribe regulations to effect the application 
    and operation of this section to the agency specified in subsection 
    (a)(1)(G) of this section.''.
    (b) Early Retirement.--(1) This subsection applies to an employee 
of the Government Printing Office who--
        (A) voluntarily separates from service on or after the date of 
    enactment of this Act and before October 1, 2001; 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 Government 
Printing Office, 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 Public Printer shall establish a program 
under which voluntary separation incentive payments may be offered to 
encourage 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, 2001.
    (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) Not later than January 15, 1999, the Public Printer shall 
submit a plan described under subparagraph (C) to the Joint Committee 
on Printing (or any applicable successor committees).
    (B) No voluntary separation incentive payment may be paid under 
this section unless the Public Printer submits a plan described under 
subparagraph (C) to the Joint Committee on Printing (or any applicable 
successor committees) and the Joint Committee on Printing approves the 
plan (or such successor committees approve the plan).
    (C) The plan referred to under subparagraph (B) shall include--
        (i) the positions and functions to be reduced or eliminated, 
    identified by organizational unit, occupational category, and pay 
    or grade level;
        (ii) the number and amounts of voluntary separation incentive 
    payments to be offered; and
        (iii) a description of how the Government Printing Office will 
    operate without the eliminated positions and functions.
    (5)(A) In addition to any other payments which the Public Printer 
is required to make under subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, 
United States Code, the Public Printer shall remit to the Office of 
Personnel Management for deposit in the Treasury of the United States 
to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund an 
amount equal to 15 percent of the final basic pay of each employee who 
is covered under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, 
United States Code, to whom a voluntary separation incentive has been 
paid under this section.
    (B) For the purpose of this paragraph, the term ``final basic 
pay'', with respect to an employee--
        (i) means the total amount of basic pay which would be payable 
    for a year of service by such employee, computed using the 
    employee's final rate of basic pay; and
        (ii) includes an appropriate adjustment to the amount computed 
    under clause (i) if the employee is last serving on other than a 
    full-time basis.
    (6)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), an employee who has received a 
voluntary separation incentive payment under this section and accepts 
employment with the Government of the United States within 5 years 
after the date of the separation on which the payment is based shall be 
required to repay the entire amount of the incentive payment to the 
agency that paid the incentive payment.
    (B)(i) If the employment is with an Executive agency (as defined by 
section 105 of title 5, United States Code), the Director of the Office 
of Personnel Management may, at the request of the head of the agency, 
waive the repayment if the individual involved possesses unique 
abilities and is the only qualified applicant available for the 
position.
    (ii) If the employment is with an entity in the legislative branch, 
the head of the entity or the appointing official may waive the 
repayment if the individual involved possesses unique abilities and is 
the only qualified applicant available for the position.
    (iii) If the employment is with the judicial branch, the Director 
of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may waive the 
repayment if the individual involved possesses unique abilities and is 
the only qualified applicant available for the position.
    (C) For purposes of subparagraph (A) (but not subparagraph (B)), 
the term ``employment'' includes employment under a personal services 
contract with the United States.
    (7) Not later than January 15, 1999, the Public Printer shall 
prescribe regulations to carry out this subsection.
    (d) Retraining, Job Placement, and Counseling Services.--(1) In 
this subsection, the term ``employee''--
        (A) means an employee of the Government Printing Office; 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 Public Printer 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 
    Government Printing Office 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.
    (e) Administrative Provisions.--(1) The Public Printer--
        (A) may use employees of the Government Printing Office 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 (d) may be expended from any 
funds made available to the Public Printer.
    Sec. 310. The Architect of the Capitol--
        (1) shall develop and implement a cost-effective energy 
    conservation strategy for all facilities currently administered by 
    Congress to achieve a net reduction of 20 percent in energy 
    consumption on the congressional campus compared to fiscal year 
    1991 consumption levels on a Btu-per-gross-square-foot basis not 
    later than 7 years after the enactment of this Act;
        (2) shall submit to Congress no later than 10 months after the 
    enactment of this Act a comprehensive energy conservation and 
    management plan which includes life cycle costs methods to 
    determine the cost-effectiveness of proposed energy efficiency 
    projects;
        (3) shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations in the 
    Senate and the House of Representatives a request for the amount of 
    appropriations necessary to carry out this section;
        (4) shall present to Congress annually a report on 
    congressional energy management and conservation programs which 
    details energy expenditures for each facility, energy management 
    and conservation projects, and future priorities to ensure 
    compliance with the requirements of this section;
        (5) shall perform energy surveys of all congressional buildings 
    and update such surveys as needed;
        (6) shall use such surveys to determine the cost and payback 
    period of energy and water conservation measures likely to achieve 
    the required energy consumption levels;
        (7) shall install energy and water conservation measures that 
    will achieve the requirements through previously determined life 
    cycle cost methods and procedures;
        (8) may contract with nongovernmental entities and employ 
    private sector capital to finance energy conservation projects and 
    achieve energy consumption targets;
        (9) may develop innovative contracting methods that will 
    attract private sector funding for the installation of energy-
    efficient and renewable energy technology to meet the requirements 
    of this section;
        (10) may participate in the Department of Energy's Financing 
    Renewable Energy and Efficiency (FREE Savings) contracts program 
    for Federal Government facilities; and
        (11) shall produce information packages and ``how-to'' guides 
    for each Member and employing authority of the Congress that detail 
    simple, cost-effective methods to save energy and taxpayer dollars.
    Sec. 311. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 is amended in the first 
sentence of subsection (a) by striking ``1998'' and inserting ``1999''.
    Sec. 312. American Folklife Center. (a) Findings and Purpose.--
        (1) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (A) The American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress 
        was created by Congress in 1976, building on the vast expertise 
        and archival material existing at the Library since 1928.
            (B) As an instrumentality of the Congress, it is fitting 
        that the American Folklife Center should have a direct and 
        close relationship with the representatives of the people, who 
        are best able to oversee the ongoing activities of the Center 
        to preserve and promote the cultural traditions of the people, 
        and to ensure that the resources of the Center be readily 
        available to all Americans.
            (C) In over 20 years since its creation, the American 
        Folklife Center in the Library of Congress has--
                (i) increased the size of the Archive of Folk Culture 
            from 500,000 to 1,500,000 multi-format ethnographic items;
                (ii) engaged in 15 cultural surveys and field 
            documentation projects in all regions of the country;
                (iii) provided publications, documentary equipment on 
            loan, and advisory and reference service to persons and 
            institutions in all 50 States;
                (iv) produced exhibitions and other educational 
            programs on American Folklife at the Library and around the 
            country;
                (v) begun sharing its unique collections in digital 
            form via the Internet; and
                (vi) served as a national center for the professions of 
            folklore, ethnomusicology, and cultural studies.
            (D) Congress has consistently provided encouragement and 
        support of American Folklife as an appropriate matter of 
        concern to the Federal Government, passing legislation to 
        reauthorize the Center eight times since its creation in 1976.
            (E) The American Folklife Center is the only unit in the 
        Library of Congress which is not permanently authorized. Since 
        its establishment in 1976, the Center's collections and 
        activities have been fully and successfully integrated into the 
        Library of Congress. It is useful to statutorily conform the 
        American Folklife Center with the rest of the Library of 
        Congress.
        (2) Purpose.--It is the purpose of this section to authorize 
    permanently the American Folklife Center in the Library of Congress 
    to preserve and present American Folklife.
    (b) Reauthorization and Amendment.--
        (1) Board of trustees; appointment and compensation of 
    director; elimination of deputy director position.--Section 4 of 
    the American Folklife Preservation Act (20 U.S.C. 2103) is 
    amended--
            (A) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b)(1) The Center shall be under the direction of a Board of 
Trustees. The Board shall be composed as follows:
        ``(A) four members appointed by the President from among 
    individuals who are officials of Federal departments and agencies 
    concerned with some aspect of American Folklife traditions and 
    arts;
        ``(B) four members appointed by the President pro tempore of 
    the Senate from among individuals from private life who are widely 
    recognized by virtue of their scholarship, experience, creativity, 
    or interest in American Folklife traditions and arts, and four 
    members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
    from among such individuals;
        ``(C) four members appointed by the Librarian of Congress from 
    among individuals who are widely recognized by virtue of their 
    scholarship, experience, creativity, or interest in American 
    folklife traditions and arts; and
        ``(D) seven ex officio members including--
            ``(i) the Librarian of Congress;
            ``(ii) the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution;
            ``(iii) the Chairman of the National Endowment for the 
        Arts;
            ``(iv) the Chairman of the National Endowment for the 
        Humanities;
            ``(v) the President of the American Folklore Society;
            ``(vi) the President of the Society for Ethnomusicology; 
        and
            ``(vii) the Director of the Center.
    ``(2) In making appointments from private life under paragraph 
(1)(B) and (C), the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of 
the House of Representatives, and the Librarian of Congress shall give 
due consideration to the appointment of individuals who collectively 
will provide appropriate diversity and regional balance on the Board. 
Not more than three of the members appointed by the President pro 
tempore of the Senate or by the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
may be affiliated with the same political party.
    ``(3) In making appointments under paragraph (1)(C), the Librarian 
of Congress shall include at least two members who direct or are 
members of the boards of major American folklife organizations other 
than the American Folklore Society and the Society for 
Ethnomusicology.'';
            (B) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:
    ``(d) Members of the Board shall serve without pay, but members who 
are not regular full-time employees of the United States may, at the 
discretion of the Librarian, be reimbursed for the actual and necessary 
traveling and subsistence expenses incurred by them in the performance 
of the duties of the Board.'';
            (C) in subsection (e)--
                (i) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``currently 
            serving'' after ``Board''; and
                (ii) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) The Board shall meet at least once each fiscal year.'';
            (D) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following:
    ``(f) After consultation with the Board, the Librarian shall 
appoint the Director of the Center. The basic pay of the Director shall 
be at an annual rate that is not less than an amount equal to 120 
percent of the minimum rate of basic pay payable for GS-15 of the 
General Schedule nor more than an amount equal to the pay payable under 
level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, 
United States Code.''; and
            (E) in subsection (g)--
                (i) in paragraph (1), by striking the paragraph 
            designation; and
                (ii) by striking paragraph (2).
        (2) Administrative provisions.--Section 7(a)(4) of the American 
    Folklife Preservation Act (20 U.S.C. 2106(a)(4)) is amended by 
    striking ``, but no individual so appointed shall receive 
    compensation in excess of the rate received by the Deputy Director 
    of the Center''.
    (c) Permanent Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 8 of the 
American Folklife Preservation Act (20 U.S.C. 2107) is amended to read 
as follows:

``SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to the Center to carry 
out this Act such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year.''.
    (d) Board of Trustees, Transition Period.--The term of office of 
members of the Board of Trustees appointed by the Librarian of Congress 
under the amendments made by subsection (b)(1) shall be 6 years, except 
that of the four members first appointed by the Librarian, one shall 
serve for a term of 2 years, two for a term of 4 years, and one for a 
term of 6 years.
    Sec. 313. For purposes of section 8147 of title 5, United States 
Code, the Government Printing Office is not considered an agency which 
is required by statute to submit an annual budget pursuant to or as 
provided by chapter 91 of title 31, United States Code, and is not 
required to pay an additional amount for the cost of administration.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1999''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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