[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.R. 4112 Public Print (PP)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 4112


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 21, 1998

    Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

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                                 AN ACT


 
 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 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

                        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.

                        (1)<DELETED>JOINT ITEMS

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

              <DELETED>Joint Economic Committee</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$2,796,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.</DELETED>

             <DELETED>Joint Committee on Printing</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Printing, $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.</DELETED>

             <DELETED>Joint Committee on Taxation</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $6,018,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative 
Officer of the House.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    For other joint items, as follows:</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>    For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses 
of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his 
assistants, including: (1) an allowance of $1,500 per month to the 
Attending Physician; (2) an allowance of $500 per month each to two 
medical officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending 
Physician; (3) an allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and $400 
per month each to not to exceed nine assistants on the basis heretofore 
provided for such assistants; and (4) $893,000 for reimbursement to the 
Department of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment 
assigned to the Office of the Attending Physician, which shall be 
advanced and credited to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 
from which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses are payable 
and shall be available for all the purposes thereof, $1,383,000, to be 
disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Capitol Police Board</DELETED>

                   <DELETED>Capitol Police</DELETED>

                      <DELETED>salaries</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers, 
members, and employees of the Capitol Police, including overtime, 
hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allowance of not more than 
$600 each for members required to wear civilian attire, and Government 
contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and other 
applicable employee benefits, $72,615,000, of which $35,022,000 is 
provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be 
disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House, and 
$37,593,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That, 
of the amounts appropriated under this heading, such amounts as may be 
necessary may be transferred between the Sergeant at Arms of the House 
of Representatives and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate, upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate.</DELETED>

                  <DELETED>general expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses of the 
Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, communications and other 
equipment, security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 
supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 
stenographic services, personal and professional services, the employee 
assistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards program, 
postage, telephone service, travel advances, relocation of instructor 
and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, 
and $85 per month for extra services performed for the Capitol Police 
Board by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House 
of Representatives designated by the Chairman of the Board, $3,766,000, 
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.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Administrative Provision</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 110. 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--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
        of Representatives, in the case of amounts transferred from the 
        appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
        Representatives under the heading ``salaries'';</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 
        in the case of amounts transferred from the appropriation 
        provided to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate 
        under the heading ``salaries''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
        and the House of Representatives, in the case of other 
        transfers.</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>    For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and 
Special Services Office, $2,110,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 
of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to 
employ more than forty individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol 
Guide Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than 
two additional individuals for not more than one hundred twenty days 
each, and not more than ten additional individuals for not more than 
six months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>Statements of Appropriations</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, of 
the statements for the 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.</DELETED>

                <DELETED>OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as 
authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,086,000.</DELETED>

             <DELETED>CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the 
provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), 
including not more than $2,500 to be expended on the certification of 
the Director of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses, $25,671,000: Provided, 
That no part of such amount may be used for the purchase or hire of a 
passenger motor vehicle.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL</DELETED>

            <DELETED>Capitol Buildings and Grounds</DELETED>

                  <DELETED>capitol buildings</DELETED>

                <DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the 
Assistant Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at 
rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and studies in connection 
with activities under the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all 
necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the 
Capitol and electrical substations of the Senate and House office 
buildings under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, 
including furnishings and office equipment, including not more than 
$1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to be 
expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or 
exchange, maintenance and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; and 
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, 
$40,347,000, of which $6,425,000 shall remain available until 
expended.</DELETED>

                   <DELETED>capitol grounds</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of 
grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, 
and the Capitol Power Plant, $5,803,000, of which $325,000 shall remain 
available until expended.</DELETED>

               <DELETED>house office buildings</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

                 <DELETED>capitol power plant</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power 
(including the purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer 
services for the Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, Library of 
Congress buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, 
Senate garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 
plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing Office 
and Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for air 
conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the Union Station complex, 
the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger 
Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed 
upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so received 
shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of this 
appropriation, $37,145,000, of which $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.</DELETED>

                 <DELETED>LIBRARY OF CONGRESS</DELETED>

           <DELETED>Congressional Research Service</DELETED>

                <DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 
166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United 
States of America, $66,688,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 
may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection with any 
publication, or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of 
Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress unless 
such publication has obtained prior approval of either the Committee on 
House Oversight of the House of Representatives or the Committee on 
Rules and Administration of the Senate: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the compensation of the 
Director of the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 
shall be at an annual rate which is equal to the annual rate of basic 
pay for positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 
5315 of title 5, United States Code.</DELETED>

             <DELETED>GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE</DELETED>

         <DELETED>Congressional Printing and Binding</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>administrative provision</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 111. (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,''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 
as if included in the enactment of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1998.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    This title may be cited as the ``Congressional Operations 
Appropriations Act, 1999''.</DELETED>

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

                   <DELETED>BOTANIC GARDEN</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, 
and collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction of the 
Joint Committee on the Library, $3,032,000.</DELETED>

                 <DELETED>LIBRARY OF CONGRESS</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 
otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance of the 
Union Catalogs; custody and custodial care of the Library buildings; 
special clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uniforms; 
preservation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; 
operation and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 
Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records and other 
publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor 
vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not 
properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 
$234,822,000, 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, $9,869,000 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).</DELETED>

                  <DELETED>Copyright Office</DELETED>

                <DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$33,897,000, 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.</DELETED>

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

                <DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

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

              <DELETED>Furniture and Furnishings</DELETED>

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

              <DELETED>Administrative Provisions</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the 
Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount of not more than 
$194,290, of which $58,100 is for the Congressional Research Service, 
when specifically authorized by the Librarian, for attendance at 
meetings concerned with the function or activity for which the 
appropriation is made.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to administer any flexible 
or compressed work schedule which--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a 
        position the grade or level of which is equal to or higher than 
        GS-15; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to 
        not be at work for all or a portion of a workday because of 
        time worked by the manager or supervisor on another 
        workday.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``manager or 
supervisor'' means any management official or supervisor, as such terms 
are defined in section 7103(a) (10) and (11) of title 5, United States 
Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library of 
Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general and 
administrative overhead costs generated by performing reimbursable work 
for other agencies under the authority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall 
not be used to employ more than 65 employees and may be expended or 
obligated--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such 
        extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriations 
        Acts; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in the case of an advance payment, only--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) to pay for such general or 
                administrative overhead costs as are attributable to 
                the work performed for such agency; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) to such extent or in such amounts as 
                are provided in appropriations Acts, with respect to 
                any purpose not allowable under subparagraph 
                (A).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Library of 
Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the 
certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses for the incentive awards 
program.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library of 
Congress in this Act, not more than $12,000 may be expended, on the 
certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field 
Offices.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 206. (a) For fiscal year 1999, the obligational 
authority of the Library of Congress for the activities described in 
subsection (b) may not exceed $99,765,100.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are 
reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded from sources 
other than appropriations to the Library in appropriations Acts for the 
legislative branch.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 207. 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.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL</DELETED>

               <DELETED>Congressional Cemetery</DELETED>

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

            <DELETED>Library Buildings and Grounds</DELETED>

           <DELETED>structural and mechanical care</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and 
grounds, $11,933,000, of which $910,000 shall remain available until 
expended.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>administrative provisions</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 208. (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Terms and Conditions of Agreement.--The terms and 
conditions described in this subsection are as follows:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) No Title in United States.--Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to vest title to the Congressional Cemetery in the 
United States.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 209. (a) 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) The portion of the appropriated funds made available 
to the Architect of the Capitol for fiscal year 1999 which the 
Architect may expend for improvements to the National Audio Visual 
Conservation Center in Culpeper, Virginia (not including any funds made 
available from the fund described in subsection (a)) may not exceed an 
amount equal to one third of the amount of funds appropriated from the 
fund described in subsection (a) for the fiscal year, except that the 
Architect may expend a greater amount for such purposes with the 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate.</DELETED>

             <DELETED>GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE</DELETED>

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

                <DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents 
necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 
publications and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, 
other Government agencies, and designated depository and international 
exchange libraries as authorized by law, $29,264,000: Provided, That 
travel expenses, including travel expenses of the Depository Library 
Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed $150,000: Provided 
further, That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current year 
appropriations are authorized for producing and disseminating 
Congressional serial sets and other related publications for 1997 and 
1998 to depository and other designated libraries.</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>    The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to 
make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in 
accord with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 
regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 
31, United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the 
programs and purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal 
year for the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Provided, That 
not more than $2,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public 
Printer in connection with official representation and reception 
expenses: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available 
for the hire or purchase of not more than twelve passenger motor 
vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in connection with travel 
expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed 
necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available for 
temporary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 
United States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the 
daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided further, 
That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the headings 
``Office of Superintendent of Documents'' and ``salaries and expenses'' 
together may not be available for the full-time equivalent employment 
of more than 3,416 workyears: Provided further, That activities 
financed through the revolving fund may provide information in any 
format: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall not be used to 
administer any flexible or compressed work schedule which applies to 
any manager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which is 
equal to or higher than GS-15: Provided further, That expenses for 
attendance at meetings shall not exceed $75,000.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, 
including not more than $7,000 to be expended on the certification of 
the Comptroller General of the United States in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses; temporary or 
intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 
of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor vehicle; 
advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 
3324; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), 
901(6) and 901(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
4081(5), 4081(6) and 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the 
Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living quarters in 
foreign countries, $354,238,000: 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 to the JFMIP may be credited as 
reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs involved are 
initially financed: Provided further, That this appropriation and 
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department or 
agency which is a member of the American Consortium on International 
Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an 
appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including 
any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the International 
Institute of Administrative Sciences.</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>    Sec. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except 
for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under 
regulations relating to parking facilities for the House of 
Representatives issued by the Committee on House Oversight and for the 
Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 1999 unless 
expressly so provided in this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position not 
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is 
appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designation of any 
office or position appropriated for is different from that specifically 
established by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation 
in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, 
That the provisions in this Act for the various items of official 
expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House 
of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the 
House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect 
thereto.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant 
to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or 
under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing 
law.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the 
greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with 
funds made available in this Act should be American-made.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into 
any contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act, 
the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, 
shall provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made in 
subsection (a) by the Congress.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) If it has been finally determined by a court or 
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a 
``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same 
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is 
not made in the United States, such person shall be ineligible to 
receive any contract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant 
to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
procedures described in section 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code 
of Federal Regulations.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated 
to the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of Public Law 
104-1 to pay awards and settlements as authorized under such 
subsection.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 307. Amounts available for administrative expenses of 
any legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative 
Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on 
March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appropriate share of 
LBFMC costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC 
costs to be shared among all participating legislative branch entities 
(in such allocations among the entities as the entities may determine) 
may not exceed $1,500.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 308. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
hereafter the Architect of the Capitol is authorized to enter into 
energy savings performance contracts for energy savings projects in the 
Capitol Complex under the following conditions:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the Architect of the Capitol shall obtain the 
        approval of the Appropriations Committees of the House and 
        Senate prior to entering into such contracts;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) contracts shall conform to the requirements of 
        42 U.S.C. 8287(a);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) the Architect of the Capitol shall compete 
        such contracts to the extent practicable among energy service 
        contractors meeting the standards for qualification developed 
        by the Secretary of Energy under 42 U.S.C. 8287(b);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) services offered by the Department of Energy 
        in connection with energy savings performance contracts shall 
        be made available to the Architect of the Capitol upon request 
        to carry out the authority granted under this section; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) if payment would be required for furnishing 
        similar services to an executive agency, payment therefor shall 
        be made by the Architect by reimbursement; such payment may be 
        credited to the applicable appropriations of the Secretary of 
        Energy.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 309. (a) Severance Pay for All 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--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (1)(F), by striking ``, but only 
        with respect to the United States Senate Restaurants''; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (2), in clause (viii) in the 
        matter following subparagraph (B), by striking ``of the United 
        States Senate Restaurants''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Early Retirement for All 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--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
        striking ``of the United States Senate Restaurants''; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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);''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments for All 
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--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``of the United 
        States Senate Restaurants''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (2)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) by striking ``not more than 
                50'';</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Retraining, Job Placement, and Counseling Services for 
All 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--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``of the 
        United States Senate Restaurants''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``the United 
        States Senate Restaurants of''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 310. (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--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (a)(2)--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in clause (viii), by striking ``or'' 
                after the semicolon; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) by redesignating clause (ix) as clause 
                (x) and inserting after clause (viii) the following new 
                clause:</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ix) an employee of the 
                        Government Printing Office, who is employed on 
                        a temporary when actually employed basis; or''; 
                        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Early Retirement.--(1) This subsection applies to an 
employee of the Government Printing Office who--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (A) voluntarily separates from service on or after 
        the date of enactment of this Act and before October 1, 2001; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (B) on such date of separation--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (i) has completed 25 years of service as 
                defined under section 8331(12) or 8401(26) of title 5, 
                United States Code; or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (ii) has completed 20 years of such 
                service and is at least 50 years of age.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (C) an employee who is employed on a temporary 
        when actually employed basis.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (4)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), an employee who has 
received a voluntary separation incentive payment under this section 
and accepts employment with the Government of the United States within 
5 years after the date of the separation on which the payment is based 
shall be required to repay the entire amount of the incentive payment 
to the agency that paid the incentive payment.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (C) For purposes of subparagraph (A) (but not subparagraph 
(B)), the term ``employment'' includes employment under a personal 
services contract with the United States.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (5) The Public Printer may prescribe regulations to carry 
out this subsection.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Retraining, Job Placement, and Counseling Services.--
(1) In this subsection, the term ``employee''--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (A) means an employee of the Government Printing 
        Office; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (B) shall not include--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (ii) an employee who is employed on a 
                temporary when actually employed basis.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (2) The Public Printer may establish a program to provide 
retraining, job placement, and counseling services to employees and 
former employees.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (3) A former employee may not participate in a program 
established under this subsection, if--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (A) the former employee was separated from service 
        with the Government Printing Office for more than 1 year; 
        or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (B) the separation was by removal for cause on 
        charges of misconduct or delinquency.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (4) Retraining costs for the program established under 
this subsection may not exceed $5,000 for each employee or former 
employee.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Administrative Provisions.--(1) The Public Printer--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (A) may use employees of the Government Printing 
        Office to establish and administer programs and carry out the 
        provisions of this section; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (B) may procure temporary and intermittent 
        services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, 
        to carry out such provisions--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (i) not subject to the 1 year of service 
                limitation under such section 3109(b); and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (3) Funds to carry out subsection (d) may be expended from 
any funds made available to the Public Printer.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 311. The Architect of the Capitol--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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 
        adoption of this resolution;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) shall submit to Congress no later than 10 
        months after the adoption of this resolution a comprehensive 
        energy conservation and management plan which includes life 
        cycle costs methods to determine the cost-effectiveness of 
        proposed energy efficiency projects;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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 resolution;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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 
        resolution;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) shall perform energy surveys of all 
        congressional buildings and update such surveys as 
        needed;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) shall install energy and water conservation 
        measures that will achieve the requirements through previously 
        determined life cycle cost methods and procedures;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) may contract with nongovernmental entities and 
        employ private sector capital to finance energy conservation 
        projects and achieve energy consumption targets;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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 resolution;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (10) may participate in the Department of Energy's 
        Financing Renewable Energy and Efficiency (FREE Savings) 
        contracts program for Federal Government facilities; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>

                                 SENATE

                           expense allowances

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

    representation allowances for the majority and minority leaders

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

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized 
by law, including agency contributions, $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, 
        $263,748, 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 1 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 is 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.

                              JOINT ITEMS

    For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$2,796,000, 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, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, 
That funds appropriated under this heading may not be available for 
expenditure for expenses incurred after December 31, 1998.

                      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 to 
not to exceed nine assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such 
assistants; and (4) $893,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the 
Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment assigned to the 
Office of the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 
to the applicable appropriation or appropriations from which such 
salaries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be 
available for all the purposes thereof, $1,415,000, 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, $74,281,000, of which $35,770,000 is provided to the Sergeant 
at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the Chief 
Administrative Officer of the House, and $38,511,000 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, $6,297,000, 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. 101. 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), $2,286,000.

                      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, $44,641,000, 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, $6,055,000, 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, 
$53,644,000, of which $14,115,000 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, $38,222,000, 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, $67,877,483: 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, $75,500,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be 
available for paper copies of the permanent edition of the 
Congressional Record for individual Representatives, Resident 
Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided 
further, That none of the funds appropriated or made available under 
this Act may be expended for printing and binding and related services 
provided to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, 
unless such printing and binding and related services are provided 
during fiscal year 1999 and the billing of such printing and binding 
and related services occurs not later than December 31, 2000.
    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, $3,180,000.

                          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, $239,176,542, 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): 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 $6,500,000: 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, $35,269,000, of which not more than $16,000,000 shall be 
derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal 
year 1999 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), and 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, 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), $46,895,000, 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, 
$4,458,000.

                       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 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.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

                     structural and mechanical care

    For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural 
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds, 
$12,566,000, of which $910,000 shall remain available until expended.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 207. For fiscal year 1999, the amounts available for 
expenditure to the Architect of the Capitol pursuant to Section 4 of 
Public Law 105-144, approved December 15, 1997, 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, $29,600,000: 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 headings 
``Office of Superintendent of Documents'' and ``salaries and expenses'' 
together may not be available for the full-time equivalent employment 
of more than 3,350 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; $363,298,000: 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 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 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. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated to the 
account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of Public Law 104-1 
to pay awards and settlements as authorized under such subsection.
    Sec. 306. 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. 307. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 is amended in the first 
sentence of subsection (a) by striking ``1998'' and inserting ``1999''.
    Sec. 308. The Government Printing Office shall be considered an 
agency for the purposes of the election in section 801(b)(2)(B) of the 
National Energy Conservation Policy Act and the Public Printer shall be 
considered the head of the agency for purposes of subsection (b)(2)(C) 
of such section.
    Sec. 309. 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.''.
    Sec. 310. That $3,110,611 shall be transferred from the Employees' 
Compensation Fund established under section 8147 of title 5, United 
States Code, to the Government Printing Office revolving fund as 
reimbursement for costs improperly transferred from the revolving fund 
pursuant to section 8147(c) of such title: Provided, That 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.
    Sec. 311. (a) This section applies to the following officials:
            (1) The Architect of the Capitol.
            (2) The Secretary of the Senate.
            (3) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.
            (4) The Public Printer.
            (5) The Director, and the Executive Director, of the United 
        States Botanic Garden.
    (b)(1) Not later than March 30, 1999, each official named in 
subsection (a) shall submit to Congress a list of each activity that--
            (A) is to be performed by or for the official in fiscal 
        year 2000;
            (B) is not an inherently governmental function; and
            (C) is--
                    (i) performed by a Federal Government source on 
                September 30, 1998; or
                    (ii) initiated after that date, if one or more 
                Federal Government sources are to be considered for 
                selection as the source to perform the activity.
    (2) Each list shall include (for each activity listed)--
            (A) the number of full-time employees (or its equivalent) 
        that would be necessary for the performance of the activity by 
        a Federal Government source; and
            (B) the name of a Federal Government employee responsible 
        for the activity from whom additional information about the 
        activity may be obtained.
    (c) An activity is not required to be included on an official's 
list under subsection (b) if the activity, as determined by the 
official--
            (1) is to be performed as a Federal Government response to 
        a national emergency declared by the President or Congress;
            (2) is to be performed for the official by a private sector 
        source pursuant to a contract or other agreement entered into 
        by the head of another department or agency of the Federal 
        Government; or
            (3) is the provision of items that should be produced, 
        manufactured, or provided, or services that should be provided, 
        by a Federal Government source for reasons of national security 
        (including reasons relating to the acquisition, processing, or 
        analysis of intelligence in the national security interests of 
        the United States).
    (d) In this section:
            (1) The term ``Federal Government source'', with respect to 
        performance of an activity, means any organization within the 
        Federal Government that uses Federal Government employees to 
        perform the activity.
            (2)(A) The term ``inherently governmental function'' means 
        a function that is so intimately related to the public interest 
        as to require performance by Federal Government employees.
            (B) The term includes activities that require either the 
        exercise of discretion in applying Federal Government authority 
        or the making of value judgments in making decisions for the 
        Federal Government, including judgments relating to monetary 
        transactions and entitlements. An inherently governmental 
        function involves, among other things, the interpretation and 
        execution of the laws of the United States so as--
                    (i) to bind the United States to take or not to 
                take some action by contract, policy, regulation, 
                authorization, order, or otherwise;
                    (ii) to determine, protect, and advance United 
                States economic, political, territorial, property, or 
                other interests by military or diplomatic action, civil 
                or criminal judicial proceedings, contract management, 
                or otherwise;
                    (iii) to significantly affect the life, liberty, or 
                property of private persons;
                    (iv) to commission, appoint, direct, or control 
                officers or employees of the United States; or
                    (v) to exert ultimate control over the acquisition, 
                use, or disposition of the property, real or personal, 
                tangible or intangible, of the United States, including 
                the collection, control, or disbursement of 
                appropriated and other Federal funds.
            (C) The term does not normally include--
                    (i) gathering information for or providing advice, 
                opinions, recommendations, or ideas to Federal 
                Government officials; or
                    (ii) any function that is primarily ministerial and 
                internal in nature (such as building security, mail 
                operations, operation of cafeterias, housekeeping, 
                facilities operations and maintenance, warehouse 
                operations, motor vehicle fleet management operations, 
                or other routine electrical or mechanical services).
            (3) The term ``private sector source'', with respect to the 
        operation of a facility owned by the Federal Government, 
        includes a contractor that is operating, or is to operate, the 
        facility.

               TITLE IV--TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW COMMISSION

    Sec. 401. Short Title. This title may be cited as the ``Trade 
Deficit Review Commission Act''.
    Sec. 402. Findings. Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The United States continues to run substantial 
        merchandise trade and current account deficits.
            (2) Economic forecasts anticipate continued growth in such 
        deficits in the next few years.
            (3) The positive net international asset position that the 
        United States built up over many years was eliminated in the 
        1980s. The United States today has become the world's largest 
        debtor nation.
            (4) The United States merchandise trade deficit is 
        characterized by large bilateral trade imbalances with a 
        handful of countries.
            (5) The United States has one of the most open borders and 
        economies in the world. The United States faces significant 
        tariff and nontariff trade barriers with its trading partners. 
        The United States does not benefit from fully reciprocal market 
        access.
            (6) The United States is once again at a critical juncture 
        in trade policy development. The nature of the United States 
        trade deficit and its causes and consequences must be analyzed 
        and documented.
    Sec. 403. Establishment of Commission. (a) Establishment.--There is 
established a commission to be known as the Trade Deficit Review 
Commission (hereafter in this title referred to as the ``Commission'').
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Commission is to study the nature, 
causes, and consequences of the United States merchandise trade and 
current account deficits.
    (c) Membership of Commission.--
            (1) Composition.--The Commission shall be composed of 12 
        members as follows:
                    (A) Three persons shall be appointed by the 
                President pro tempore of the Senate upon the 
                recommendation of the Majority Leader of the Senate, 
                after consultation with the Chairman of the Committee 
                on Finance.
                    (B) Three persons shall be appointed by the 
                President pro tempore of the Senate upon the 
                recommendation of the Minority Leader of the Senate, 
                after consultation with the ranking minority member of 
                the Committee on Finance.
                    (C) Three persons shall be appointed by the Speaker 
                of the House of Representatives, after consultation 
                with the Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means.
                    (D) Three persons shall be appointed by the 
                Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, after 
                consultation with the ranking minority member of the 
                Committee on Ways and Mean.
            (2) Qualifications of members.--
                    (A) Appointments.--Persons who are appointed under 
                paragraph (1) shall be persons who--
                            (i) have expertise in economics, 
                        international trade, manufacturing, labor, 
                        environment, business, or have other pertinent 
                        qualifications or experience; and
                            (ii) are not officers or employees of the 
                        United States.
                    (B) Other considerations.--In appointing Commission 
                members, every effort shall be made to ensure that the 
                members--
                            (i) are representative of a broad cross-
                        section of economic and trade perspectives 
                        within the United States; and
                            (ii) provide fresh insights to analyzing 
                        the causes and consequences of United States 
                        merchandise trade and current account deficits.
    (d) Period of Appointment; Vacancies.--
            (1) In general.--Members shall be appointed not later than 
        60 days after the date of enactment of this Act and the 
        appointment shall be for the life of the Commission.
            (2) Vacancies.--Any vacancy in the Commission shall not 
        affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner as 
        the original appointment.
    (e) Initial Meeting.--Not later than 30 days after the date on 
which all members of the Commission have been appointed, the Commission 
shall hold its first meeting.
    (f) Meetings.--The Commission shall meet at the call of the 
Chairperson.
    (g) Chairperson and Vice Chairperson.--The members of the 
Commission shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson from among 
the members of the Commission.
    (h) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the Commission shall 
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
    (i) Voting.--Each member of the Commission shall be entitled to 1 
vote, which shall be equal to the vote of every other member of the 
Commission.
    Sec. 404. Duties of the Commission. (a) In General.--The Commission 
shall be responsible for examining the nature, causes, and consequences 
of, and the accuracy of available data on, the United States 
merchandise trade and current account deficits.
    (b) Issues to be Addressed.--The Commission shall examine and 
report to the President, the Committee on Ways and Means of the House 
of Representatives, the Committee on Finance of the Senate, and other 
appropriate committees of Congress on the following:
            (1) The relationship of the merchandise trade and current 
        account balances to the overall well-being of the United States 
        economy, and to wages and employment in various sectors of the 
        United States economy.
            (2) The impact that United States monetary and fiscal 
        policies may have on United States merchandise trade and 
        current account deficits.
            (3) The extent to which the coordination, allocation, and 
        accountability of trade responsibilities among Federal agencies 
        may contribute to the trade and current account deficits.
            (4) The causes and consequences of the merchandise trade 
        and current account deficits and specific bilateral trade 
        deficits, including--
                    (A) identification and quantification of--
                            (i) the macroeconomic factors and bilateral 
                        trade barriers that may contribute to the 
                        United States merchandise trade and current 
                        account deficits;
                            (ii) any impact of the merchandise trade 
                        and current account deficits on the domestic 
                        economy, industrial base, manufacturing 
                        capacity, technology, number and quality of 
                        jobs, productivity, wages, and the United 
                        States standard of living;
                            (iii) any impact of the merchandise trade 
                        and current account deficits on the defense 
                        production and innovation capabilities of the 
                        United States; and
                            (iv) trade deficits within individual 
                        industrial, manufacturing, and production 
                        sectors, and any relationship between such 
                        deficits and the increasing volume of intra-
                        industry and intra-company transactions;
                    (B) a review of the adequacy and accuracy of the 
                current collection and reporting of import and export 
                data, and the identification and development of 
                additional data bases and economic measurements that 
                may be needed to properly quantify the merchandise 
                trade and current account balances, and any impact the 
                merchandise trade and current account balances may have 
                on the United States economy; and
                    (C) the extent to which there is reciprocal market 
                access substantially equivalent to that afforded by the 
                United States in each country with which the United 
                States has a persistent and substantial bilateral trade 
                deficit, and the extent to which such deficits have 
                become structural.
            (5) Any relationship of United States merchandise trade and 
        current account deficits to both comparative and competitive 
        trade advantages within the global economy, including--
                    (A) a systematic analysis of the United States 
                trade patterns with different trading partners and to 
                what extent the trade patterns are based on comparative 
                and competitive trade advantages;
                    (B) the extent to which the increased mobility of 
                capital and technology has changed both comparative and 
                competitive trade advantages;
                    (C) any impact that labor, environmental, or health 
                and safety standards may have on comparative and 
                competitive trade advantages;
                    (D) the effect that offset and technology transfer 
                agreements have on the long-term competitiveness of the 
                United States manufacturing sectors; and
                    (E) any effect that international trade, labor, 
                environmental, or other agreements may have on United 
                States competitiveness.
            (6) The extent to which differences in the growth rates of 
        the United States and its trading partners may impact on United 
        States merchandise trade and current account deficits.
            (7) The impact that currency exchange rate fluctuations and 
        any manipulation of exchange rates may have on United States 
        merchandise trade and current account deficits.
            (8) The flow of investments both into and out of the United 
        States, including--
                    (A) any consequences for the United States economy 
                of the current status of the United States as a debtor 
                nation;
                    (B) any relationship between such investment flows 
                and the United States merchandise trade and current 
                account deficits and living standards of United States 
                workers;
                    (C) any impact such investment flows may have on 
                United States labor, community, environmental, and 
                health and safety standards, and how such investment 
                flows influence the location of manufacturing 
                facilities; and
                    (D) the effect of barriers to United States foreign 
                direct investment in developed and developing nations, 
                particularly nations with which the United States has a 
                merchandise trade and current account deficit.
    Sec. 405. Final Report. (a) In General.--Not later than 12 months 
after the date of the initial meeting of the Commission, the Commission 
shall submit to the President and Congress a final report which 
contains--
            (1) the findings and conclusions of the Commission 
        described in section 404; and
            (2) recommendations for addressing the problems identified 
        as part of the Commission's analysis.
    (b) Separate Views.--Any member of the Commission may submit 
additional findings and recommendations as part of the final report.
    Sec. 406. Powers of Commission. (a) Hearings.--The Commission may 
hold such hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take such 
testimony, and receive such evidence as the Commission may find 
advisable to fulfill the requirements of this title. The Commission 
shall hold at least 1 or more hearings in Washington, D.C., and 4 in 
different regions of the United States.
    (b) Information From Federal Agencies.--The Commission may secure 
directly from any Federal department or agency such information as the 
Commission considers necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
title. Upon request of the Chairperson of the Commission, the head of 
such department or agency shall furnish such information to the 
Commission.
    (c) Postal Services.--The Commission may use the United States 
mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as other 
departments and agencies of the Federal Government.
    Sec. 407. Commission Personnel Matters. (a) Compensation of 
Members.--Each member of the Commission shall be compensated at a rate 
equal to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay 
prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of 
title 5, United States Code, for each day (including travel time) 
during which such member is engaged in the performance of the duties of 
the Commission.
    (b) Travel Expenses.--The members of the Commission shall be 
allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at 
rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of 
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes 
or regular places of business in the performance of services for the 
Commission.
    (c) Staff.--
            (1) In general.--The Chairperson of the Commission may, 
        without regard to the civil service laws and regulations, 
        appoint and terminate an executive director and such other 
        additional personnel as may be necessary to enable the 
        Commission to perform its duties. The employment of an 
        executive director shall be subject to confirmation by the 
        Commission.
            (2) Compensation.--The Chairperson of the Commission may 
        fix the compensation of the executive director and other 
        personnel without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and 
        subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, 
        relating to classification of positions and General Schedule 
        pay rates, except that the rate of pay for the executive 
        director and other personnel may not exceed the rate payable 
        for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 
        such title.
    (d) Detail of Government Employees.--Any Federal Government 
employee may be detailed to the Commission without reimbursement, and 
such detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil service 
status or privilege.
    (e) Procurement of Temporary and Intermittent Services.--The 
Chairperson of the Commission may procure temporary and intermittent 
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, 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.
    Sec. 408. Support Services. The Administrator of the General 
Services Administration shall provide to the Commission on a 
reimbursable basis such administrative support services as the 
Commission may request.
    Sec. 409. Appropriations. There are appropriated $2,000,000 to the 
Commission to carry out the provisions of this title.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1999''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 1998.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.

            Passed the Senate July 21, 1998.

            Attest:

                                                    GARY SISCO,

                                                             Secretary.