[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.R. 4112 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 336
105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4112

                          [Report No. 105-595]

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 1998

Mr. Walsh, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
 bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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                                 A BILL


 
 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 1 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. (a) The House of Representatives shall participate in 
State and local government transit programs to encourage employees of 
the House to use public transportation pursuant to section 7905 of 
title 5, United States Code.
    (b) The Committee on House Oversight shall issue regulations 
pertaining to the participation of the House of Representatives in 
State and local government transit programs through, and at the 
discretion of, its Members, committees, officers, and officials.
    Sec. 109. 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.

                              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, 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.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

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

                   Office of the Attending Physician

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

                          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, $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.

                            general expenses

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

                        Administrative Provision

    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--
            (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, $2,110,000, 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.

                      Statements of Appropriations

    For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, of the 
statements for the second session of the One Hundred Fifth Congress, 
showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts 
authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular 
appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the 
persons designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise the 
work.

                          OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

                         Salaries and Expenses

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

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

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

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                     Capitol Buildings and Grounds

                           capitol buildings

                         salaries and expenses

    For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant 
Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of pay 
provided by law; for surveys and studies in connection with activities 
under the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary 
expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and 
electrical substations of the Senate and House office buildings under 
the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings 
and office equipment, including not more than $1,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, to be expended as the Architect 
of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance and 
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; and not to exceed $20,000 for 
attendance, when specifically authorized by the Architect of the 
Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connection with subjects related 
to work under the Architect of the Capitol, $40,347,000, of which 
$6,425,000 shall remain available until expended.

                            capitol grounds

    For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds 
surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, and the 
Capitol Power Plant, $5,803,000, of which $325,000 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.

                          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, $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.

                          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, $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.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                   Congressional Printing and Binding

    For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and the 
distribution of Congressional information in any format; printing and 
binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary for 
preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional 
Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of 
Government publications authorized by law to be distributed to Members 
of Congress; and printing, binding, and distribution of Government 
publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the 
recipient, $74,465,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be 
available for paper copies of the permanent edition of the 
Congressional Record for individual Representatives, Resident 
Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for the payment of 
obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for 
preceding fiscal years.

                        administrative provision

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

                        TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES

                             BOTANIC GARDEN

                         Salaries and Expenses

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

                          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, $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).

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

    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.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

                         salaries and expenses

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

                       Furniture and Furnishings

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

                       Administrative Provisions

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

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         Congressional Cemetery

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

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

                     structural and mechanical care

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

                       administrative provisions

    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.
    (b) Terms and Conditions of Agreement.--The terms and conditions 
described in this subsection are as follows:
            (1) Upon receipt of the amounts provided under the grant 
        made under subsection (a), the National Trust shall deposit the 
        amounts in a permanently restricted account in its endowment 
        and shall administer, invest, and manage such grant funds in 
        the same manner as other National Trust endowment funds.
            (2) The National Trust shall make distributions to the 
        Association from the amounts deposited in the endowment 
        pursuant to paragraph (1), in accordance with its regularly 
        established spending rate, for the care and maintenance of the 
        Cemetery (other than the cost of personnel), except that the 
        National Trust may only make such distributions incrementally 
        and proportionately upon receipt by the National Trust of 
        contributions from the Association which incrementally match 
        the amounts provided under the grant made under subsection (a) 
        and which are to be added to the permanently restricted account 
        described in paragraph (1).
            (3) The Association shall use such distributions from the 
        endowment and the match for the care and maintenance of 
        Congressional Cemetery, except that the Association may not use 
        such distributions for nonroutine restoration or capital 
        projects.
            (4) The Association, or any successor thereto, shall 
        maintain adequate records and accounts of all financial 
        transactions and operations carried out with such 
        distributions, and such records shall be available at all times 
        for audit and investigation by the Architect of the Capitol and 
        the Comptroller General.
    (c) No Title in United States.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to vest title to the Congressional Cemetery in the United 
States.
    Sec. 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.
    (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.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                 Office of Superintendent of Documents

                         salaries and expenses

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

               Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

    The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in accord with 
the law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United 
States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and 
purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for the 
Government Printing Office revolving fund: Provided, That not more than 
$2,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public Printer in 
connection with official representation and reception expenses: 
Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available for the 
hire or purchase of not more than twelve passenger motor vehicles: 
Provided further, That expenditures in connection with travel expenses 
of the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed 
necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available for 
temporary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 
United States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the 
daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided further, 
That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the 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.

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including 
not more than $7,000 to be expended on the certification of the 
Comptroller General of the United States in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at 
rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual 
rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 
5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance 
payments in foreign countries in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3324; 
benefits comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), 901(6) and 
901(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6) 
and 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller 
General of the United States, rental of living quarters in foreign 
countries; $354,238,000: 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.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for 
emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations 
relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives issued 
by the Committee on House Oversight and for the Senate issued by the 
Committee on Rules and Administration.
    Sec. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 1999 unless 
expressly so provided in this Act.
    Sec. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position not 
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is 
appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designation of any 
office or position appropriated for is different from that specifically 
established by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation 
in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, 
That the provisions in this Act for the various items of official 
expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House 
of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the 
House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect 
thereto.
    Sec. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public 
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or 
under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
    Sec. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest 
extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds 
made available in this Act should be American-made.
    (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any 
contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act, the 
head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall 
provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made in 
subsection (a) by the Congress.
    (c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency 
that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made in 
America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any 
product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the 
United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any contract 
or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, pursuant 
to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in 
section 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated to the 
account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of Public Law 104-1 
to pay awards and settlements as authorized under such subsection.
    Sec. 307. Amounts available for administrative expenses of any 
legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative Branch 
Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 
1996, shall be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs 
as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be 
shared among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 
allocations among the entities as the entities may determine) may not 
exceed $1,500.
    Sec. 308. 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:
            (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;
            (2) contracts shall conform to the requirements of 42 
        U.S.C. 8287(a);
            (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);
            (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,
            (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.
    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--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(F), by striking ``, but only with 
        respect to the United States Senate Restaurants''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), in clause (viii) in the matter 
        following subparagraph (B), by striking ``of the United States 
        Senate Restaurants''.
    (b) Early Retirement for 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--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
        ``of the United States Senate Restaurants''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``1999;'' and 
        inserting ``1999 (or, in the case of an individual who is not 
        an employee of the United States Senate Restaurants, on or 
        after the date of the enactment of the Legislative Branch 
        Appropriations Act, 1999 and before October 1, 2001);''.
    (c) Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments for 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--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``of the United States 
        Senate Restaurants''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking ``not more than 50'',
                    (B) by striking ``1999'' and inserting ``1999 (or, 
                in the case of an individual who is not an employee of 
                the United States Senate Restaurants, on or after the 
                date of the enactment of the Legislative Branch 
                Appropriations Act, 1999 and before October 1, 2001)'', 
                and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                sentence: ``The number of employees of the United 
                States Senate Restaurants to whom voluntary separation 
                incentive payments may be offered under the program 
                established under the previous sentence may not exceed 
                50.''.
    (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--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``of the United States 
        Senate Restaurants''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``the United States 
        Senate Restaurants of''.
    Sec. 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--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2)--
                    (A) in clause (viii), by striking ``or'' after the 
                semicolon;
                    (B) by redesignating clause (ix) as clause (x) and 
                inserting after clause (viii) the following new clause:
                            ``(ix) an employee of the Government 
                        Printing Office, who is employed on a temporary 
                        when actually employed basis; or''; and
            (2) in subsection (b) by adding at the end the following: 
        ``The Public Printer may prescribe regulations to effect the 
        application and operation of this section to the agency 
        specified in subsection (a)(1)(G) of this section.''.
    (b) Early Retirement.--(1) This subsection applies to an employee 
of the Government Printing Office who--
            (A) voluntarily separates from service on or after the date 
        of enactment of this Act and before October 1, 2001; and
            (B) on such date of separation--
                    (i) has completed 25 years of service as defined 
                under section 8331(12) or 8401(26) of title 5, United 
                States Code; or
                    (ii) has completed 20 years of such service and is 
                at least 50 years of age.
    (2) Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, 
United States Code, an employee described under paragraph (1) is 
entitled to an annuity which shall be computed consistent with the 
provisions of law applicable to annuities under section 8336(d) or 
8414(b) of title 5, United States Code.
    (c) Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments.--(1) In this 
subsection, the term ``employee'' means an employee of the Government 
Printing Office, serving without limitation, who has been currently 
employed for a continuous period of at least 12 months, except that 
such term shall not include--
            (A) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of chapter 
        83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, or another 
        retirement system for employees of the Government;
            (B) an employee having a disability on the basis of which 
        such employee is or would be eligible for disability retirement 
        under any of the retirement systems referred to in subparagraph 
        (A); or
            (C) an employee who is employed on a temporary when 
        actually employed basis.
    (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to avoid 
or minimize the need for involuntary separations due to a reduction in 
force, reorganization, transfer of function, or other similar action 
affecting the agency, the Public Printer shall establish a program 
under which voluntary separation incentive payments may be offered to 
encourage eligible employees to separate from service voluntarily 
(whether by retirement or resignation) during the period beginning on 
the date of the enactment of this Act through September 30, 2001.
    (3) Such voluntary separation incentive payments shall be paid in 
accordance with the provisions of section 5597(d) of title 5, United 
States Code. Any such payment shall not be a basis of payment, and 
shall not be included in the computation, of any other type of 
Government benefit.
    (4)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), an employee who has received a 
voluntary separation incentive payment under this section and accepts 
employment with the Government of the United States within 5 years 
after the date of the separation on which the payment is based shall be 
required to repay the entire amount of the incentive payment to the 
agency that paid the incentive payment.
    (B)(i) If the employment is with an executive agency (as defined by 
section 105 of title 5, United States Code), the Director of the Office 
of Personnel Management may, at the request of the head of the agency, 
waive the repayment if the individual involved possesses unique 
abilities and is the only qualified applicant available for the 
position.
    (ii) If the employment is with an entity in the legislative branch, 
the head of the entity or the appointing official may waive the 
repayment if the individual involved possesses unique abilities and is 
the only qualified applicant available for the position.
    (iii) If the employment is with the judicial branch, the Director 
of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may waive the 
repayment if the individual involved possesses unique abilities and is 
the only qualified applicant available for the position.
    (C) For purposes of subparagraph (A) (but not subparagraph (B)), 
the term ``employment'' includes employment under a personal services 
contract with the United States.
    (5) The Public Printer may prescribe regulations to carry out this 
subsection.
    (d) Retraining, Job Placement, and Counseling Services.--(1) In 
this subsection, the term ``employee''--
            (A) means an employee of the Government Printing Office; 
        and
            (B) shall not include--
                    (i) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of 
                chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States 
                Code, or another retirement system for employees of the 
                Government; or
                    (ii) an employee who is employed on a temporary 
                when actually employed basis.
    (2) The Public Printer may establish a program to provide 
retraining, job placement, and counseling services to employees and 
former employees.
    (3) A former employee may not participate in a program established 
under this subsection, if--
            (A) the former employee was separated from service with the 
        Government Printing Office for more than 1 year; or
            (B) the separation was by removal for cause on charges of 
        misconduct or delinquency.
    (4) Retraining costs for the program established under this 
subsection may not exceed $5,000 for each employee or former employee.
    (e) Administrative Provisions.--(1) The Public Printer--
            (A) may use employees of the Government Printing Office to 
        establish and administer programs and carry out the provisions 
        of this section; and
            (B) may procure temporary and intermittent services under 
        section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, to carry out 
        such provisions--
                    (i) not subject to the 1 year of service limitation 
                under such section 3109(b); and
                    (ii) at rates for individuals which do not exceed 
                the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay 
                prescribed for level V of the Executive Schedule under 
                section 5316 of such title.
    (2) Funds to carry out subsections (a) and (c) may be expended only 
from funds available for the basic pay of the employee who is receiving 
the applicable payment.
    (3) Funds to carry out subsection (d) may be expended from any 
funds made available to the Public Printer.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1999''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 336

105th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4112

                          [Report No. 105-595]

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                                 A BILL

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

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                             June 23, 1998

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed