[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1905 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                         June 16, 1999.
      Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
1905) entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other 
purposes'', do pass with the following

                              AMENDMENTS:

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                                 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, $89,968,000, 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, $1,721,000.

                  office of the president pro tempore

    For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $437,000.

              offices of the majority and minority leaders

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $2,644,000.

               offices of the majority and minority whips

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $1,634,000.

                      committee on appropriations

    For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $6,525,000.

                         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, $1,132,000 for each such committee; in all, $2,264,000.

 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, $590,000.

                           policy committees

    For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority 
Policy Committee, $1,151,000 for each such committee; in all, 
$2,302,000.

                         office of the chaplain

    For Office of the Chaplain, $277,000.

                        office of the secretary

    For Office of the Secretary, $14,202,000.

             office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

    For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $34,794,000.

        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

    For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, $1,246,000.

               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, $3,901,000.

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 
$1,035,000.

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, $71,604,000.

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, $66,261,000.

                          miscellaneous items

    For miscellaneous items, $8,655,000.

        senators' official personnel and office expense account

    For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, 
$245,703,000.

                          official mail costs

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

                       administrative provisions

    Section 1. Effective in the case of any fiscal year which begins on 
or after October 1, 1999, 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, $184,476, Alaska, $252,784, Arizona, 
        $200,830, Arkansas, $169,453, California, $474,426, Colorado, 
        $189,246, Connecticut, $161,999, Delaware, $128,102, Florida, 
        $305,664, Georgia, $213,982, Hawaii, $280,277, Idaho, $164,491, 
        Illinois, $268,850, Indiana, $196,677, Iowa, $172,129, Kansas, 
        $169,343, Kentucky, $179,294, Louisiana, $187,141, Maine, 
        $148,779, Maryland, $173,860, Massachusetts, $197,265, 
        Michigan, $238,866, Minnesota, $189,441, Mississippi, $169,570, 
        Missouri, $200,277, Montana, $162,375, Nebraska, $161,164, 
        Nevada, $173,159, New Hampshire, $143,378, New Jersey, 
        $207,958, New Mexico, $167,622, New York, $329,562, North 
        Carolina, $216,136, North Dakota, $150,545, Ohio, $261,920, 
        Oklahoma, $182,009, Oregon, $191,432, Pennsylvania, $267,991, 
        Rhode Island, $139,303, South Carolina, $172,723, South Dakota, 
        $152,385, Tennessee, $194,539, Texas, $354,501, Utah, $170,413, 
        Vermont, $136,826, Virginia, $196,177, Washington, $216,915, 
        West Virginia, $148,814, Wisconsin, $193,708, Wyoming, 
        $153,169, plus''.
    Sec. 2. Effective on and after October 1, 1999, 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 8 of Public Law 105-275, increased by an additional $50,000 
each.
    Sec. 3. Senate Office Space Allocations. Section 3 under the 
heading ``Administrative Provisions'' in the appropriation for the 
Senate in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1975 (2 U.S.C. 59; 
88 Stat. 428) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and 
                inserting the following:
            ``(1) 5,000 square feet if the population of the State of 
        the Senator is less than 3,000,000;'';
                    (B) by striking ``8,000'' in paragraph (13) and 
                inserting ``8,200''; and
                    (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (13) as 
                paragraphs (2) through (12), respectively; and
            (2) in subsection (c)(2)--
                    (A) by striking ``$30,000'' and inserting 
                ``$40,000'';
                    (B) by striking ``4,800'' and inserting ``5,000'';
                    (C) by striking ``$734'' and inserting ``$1,000''; 
                and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following: ``Effective 
                beginning with the 106th Congress, the aggregate amount 
                in effect under this paragraph for any Congress shall 
                be increased by the inflation adjustment factor for the 
                calendar year in which the Congress begins. For 
                purposes of the preceding sentence, the inflation 
                adjustment factor for any calendar year is a fraction 
                the numerator of which is the implicit price deflator 
                for the gross domestic product as computed and 
                published by the Department of Commerce for the 
                preceding calendar year and the denominator of which is 
                such deflator for the calendar year 1998.''.
    Sec. 4. Section 6(c) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1999 (Public Law 105-275; 2 U.S.C. 121b-1(c)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(3) The provisions of section 4 of the Act of July 31, 1946 (40 
U.S.C. 193d), except for the provisions relating to solicitation, shall 
not apply to any activity carried out pursuant to this section, subject 
to approval of such activities by the Committee on Rules and 
Administration.''.
    Sec. 5. The first section of Public Law 87-82 (40 U.S.C. 174j-1) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ``The provisions of section 
4 of the Act of July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193d), except for the 
provisions relating to solicitation, shall not apply to any activity 
carried out pursuant to this section, subject to the approval of such 
activities by the Committee on Rules and Administration.''.
    Sec. 6. The Legislative Counsel may, subject to the approval of the 
President pro tempore of the Senate, designate one of the Senior 
Counsels appointed under section 102 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriation Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 274 note; Public Law 95-391; 92 Stat. 
771) as Deputy Legislative Counsel. The Deputy Legislative Counsel 
shall perform the functions of the Legislative Counsel during the 
absence or disability of the Legislative Counsel, or when the office is 
vacant.
    Sec. 7. Section 814(i) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C. 2291 note) is amended by striking 
``September 30, 1999'' and inserting ``September 30, 2002''.

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                              JOINT ITEMS

    For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$3,200,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$6,456,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House.

                     Joint Committee on the Library

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on the Library, 
$500,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
    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 three medical 
officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) an 
allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and $400 per month each 
not to exceed eleven assistants on the basis heretofore provided for 
such assistants; and (4) $1,002,600 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, $1,898,000, 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, $80,783,000, of which $38,648,000 is provided to the Sergeant 
at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the Chief 
Administrative Officer of the House, and $42,135,000 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, $7,913,000, 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 2000 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 2000 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, $2,336,000, 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 first session of the One Hundred Sixth 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), $2,000,000.

                      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, $26,221,000: 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, $48,195,000, of which 
$7,620,000 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, $5,627,000, of which $330,000 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, 
$64,038,000, of which $22,305,000 shall remain available until 
expended.

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                          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, $45,006,000, of which $6,000,000 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 2000.

                          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, $71,244,000: 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 
Administration of the House of Representatives or the Committee on 
Rules and Administration of the Senate.

                       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, $77,704,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be 
available for paper copies of the permanent edition of the 
Congressional Record for individual Representatives, Resident 
Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for the payment of 
obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for 
preceding fiscal years: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-
year limitation under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none 
of the funds appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 
Act for printing and binding and related services provided to Congress 
under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may be expended to 
print a document, report, or publication after the 27-month period 
beginning on the date that such document, report, or publication is 
authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such 
printing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 
Code.
    This title may be cited as the ``Congressional Operations 
Appropriations Act, 2000''.

                        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, $3,428,000.

                          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, $250,491,000, of which 
not more than $6,500,000 shall be derived from collections credited to 
this appropriation during fiscal year 2000, 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 2000 and shall remain available until 
expended for the development and maintenance of an international legal 
information database and activities related thereto: Provided, That the 
Library of Congress may not obligate or expend any funds derived from 
collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount 
authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: 
Provided further, That the total amount available for obligation shall 
be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than the 
$6,850,000: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
$10,321,380 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, $2,347,000 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, $600,000 is to remain available until expended for 
the purpose of digitizing archival materials relating to ethnic groups 
of California, including Japanese Americans, which amount shall be 
transferred to an educational archive able to conduct such a project as 
approved by the Library.

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including 
publication of the decisions of the United States courts involving 
copyrights, $37,628,000, of which not more than $20,800,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be derived from collections credited to 
this appropriation during fiscal year 2000 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 $5,454,000 shall be derived from 
collections during fiscal year 2000 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 $26,254,000: 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 $7,250 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 and for copyright delegations, 
visitors, and seminars.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

                         salaries and expenses

    For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 1931 
(chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $47,984,000, of which 
$14,019,000 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, 
$5,415,000.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of 
Congress shall be available, in an amount of not more than $198,390, of 
which $59,300 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 2000, the obligational authority of 
the Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection (b) 
may not exceed $98,788,000.
    (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are reimbursable 
and revolving fund activities that are funded from sources other than 
appropriations to the Library in appropriations Acts for the 
legislative branch.
    Sec. 207. The Library of Congress may use available funds, now and 
hereafter, to enter into contracts for the lease or acquisition of 
severable services for a period that begins in one fiscal year and ends 
in the next fiscal year and to enter into multi-year contracts for the 
acquisition of property and services pursuant to sections 303L and 
304B, respectively, of the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act (41 U.S.C. 253l and 254c).

                        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, 
$17,327,000, of which $5,740,000 shall remain available until expended.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                 Office of Superintendent of Documents

                         salaries and expenses

    For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary 
to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications 
and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, other 
Government agencies, and designated depository and international 
exchange libraries as authorized by law, $29,986,000: 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 1998 and 
1999 to depository and other designated libraries.

               Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

    For payment to the ``Government Printing Office revolving fund'', 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, for air-conditioning 
systems and elevator repair.
    The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in accord with 
the law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United 
States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and 
purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for the 
Government Printing Office revolving fund: Provided, That not more than 
$2,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public Printer in 
connection with official representation and reception expenses: 
Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available for the 
hire or purchase of not more than twelve passenger motor vehicles: 
Provided further, That expenditures in connection with travel expenses 
of the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed 
necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available for 
temporary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 
United States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the 
daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided further, 
That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the heading 
``Office of Superintendent of Documents, salaries and expenses'' 
together may not be available for the full-time equivalent employment 
of more than 3,383 workyears: Provided further, That activities 
financed through the revolving fund may provide information in any 
format: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall not be used to 
administer any flexible or compressed work schedule which applies to 
any manager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which is 
equal to or higher than GS-15: Provided further, That expenses for 
attendance at meetings shall not exceed $75,000.

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including 
not more than $7,000 to be expended on the certification of the 
Comptroller General of the United States in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at 
rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual 
rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 
5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance 
payments in foreign countries in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3324; 
benefits comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), 901(6), and 
901(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6), 
and 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller 
General of the United States, rental of living quarters in foreign 
countries, $382,298,000: 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 $1,400,000 of such funds shall be available for use 
in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That this appropriation and 
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department or 
agency which is a member of the Joint Financial Management Improvement 
Program (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an appropriate share of 
JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, including the salary of the 
Executive Director and secretarial support: Provided further, That this 
appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any 
other department or agency which is a member of the National 
Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit 
Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share of either 
Forum's costs as determined by the respective Forum, including 
necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants. Payments 
hereunder to either Forum or the JFMIP may be credited as 
reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs involved are 
initially financed: Provided further, That this appropriation and 
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department or 
agency which is a member of the American Consortium on International 
Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an 
appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including 
any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the International 
Institute of Administrative Sciences.

                     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 Administration 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 2000 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. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 is amended in the first 
sentence of subsection (a) by striking ``1999'' and inserting ``2000''.
    Sec. 309. 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. 310. Chapter 5 of title II of division B of the Omnibus 
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 
(Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-569) is amended in the matter under 
the subheading ``Capitol Visitor Center'' under the heading ``ARCHITECT 
OF THE CAPITOL'' by striking ``the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate, the Committee on House Oversight of the 
House of Representatives, the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and of the Senate, and other appropriate committees 
of the House of Representatives and of the Senate'' and inserting ``the 
United States Capitol Preservation Commission established under section 
801 of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988 (40 U.S.C. 188a)''.
    Sec. 311. (a) The National Park Service (in this section referred 
to as the ``sponsor'') may during each of calendar years 1999 and 2000 
sponsor a series of three concerts by the National Symphony Orchestra 
(in this section each concert referred to as an ``event'') on the 
Capitol Grounds. Such concerts shall be held on Memorial Day, 4th of 
July, and Labor Day of each such calendar year, or on such alternate 
dates during that calendar year as the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
Senate may jointly designate.
    (b)(1) Under conditions to be prescribed by the Architect of the 
Capitol and the Capitol Police Board, each event authorized by 
subsection (a)--
            (A) shall be free of admission charge and open to the 
        public, with no preferential seating except for security 
        purposes as determined in accordance with subsection (d), and
            (B) shall be arranged not to interfere with the needs of 
        Congress.
    (2) The sponsor shall assume full responsibility for all expenses 
and liabilities incident to all activities associated with each event.
    (3) Pursuant to section 451 of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1970 (40 U.S.C. 193m-l), the Comptroller General of the United 
States shall perform an annual audit of the events for each of calendar 
years 1999 and 2000 and provide a report on each audit to the Speaker 
of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Senate 
Committee on Rules and Administration not later than December 15 of the 
calendar year for which the audit was performed.
    (c)(1) Subject to the approval of the Architect of the Capitol, the 
sponsor may erect upon the Capitol Grounds such stage, sound 
amplification devices, and other related structures and equipment as 
may be required for each event.
    (2) Subject to the restrictions contained in subsection (d), the 
concerts held on Memorial Day and 4th of July (or their alternate 
dates) may be broadcast over radio, television, and other media 
outlets.
    (3) In order to permit the setting up and taking down of structures 
and equipment and the conducting of dress rehearsals, the Architect of 
the Capitol may permit the sponsor to use the West Central Front of the 
United States Capitol for each event for not more than--
            (A) six days if the concert is televised, and
            (B) four days if the concert is not televised.
The Architect may not schedule any use under this paragraph if it would 
interfere with any concert to be performed by a military band of the 
United States.
    (4) The Architect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board are 
authorized to make any such additional arrangements as may be required 
to carry out each event.
    (d)(1) The Capitol Police Board shall for each event--
            (A) provide for all security related needs, and
            (B) provide for enforcement of the restrictions contained 
        in section 4 of the Act of July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193d; 60 
        Stat. 718), concerning sales, displays, advertisements, and 
        solicitations on the Capitol Grounds, as well as other 
        restrictions applicable to the Capitol Grounds.
    (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), credits may be appropriately 
given to private sponsors of an event at the conclusion of any 
broadcast of the event.
    (3) The Architect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board shall 
enter into an agreement with the sponsor, and such other persons 
participating in an event as the Architect of the Capitol and the 
Capitol Police Board considers appropriate, under which the sponsor and 
such persons agree to comply with the requirements of this subsection. 
The agreement shall specifically prohibit the use for a commercial 
purpose of any photograph taken at, or broadcast production of, the 
event.
    Sec. 312. Trade Deficit Review Commission. (a) Appropriations.--
Section 127(i) of the Trade Deficit Review Commission Act (19 U.S.C. 
2213 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:
``Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain 
available until the date which is 90 days after the date on which the 
Commission submits the final report described in subsection (e).''.
    (b) Applicability of certain pay authorities to members of the 
commission.--Section 127(g) of the Trade Deficit Review Commission Act 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) Applicability of certain pay authorities.--
                    ``(A) In general.--An individual who is a member of 
                the Commission and is an annuitant or otherwise covered 
                by section 8344 or 8468 of title 5, United States Code, 
                by reason of membership on the Commission is not 
                subject to the provisions of section 8344 or 8468 
                (whichever is applicable) with respect to such 
                membership.
                    ``(B) Uniformed service.--An individual who is a 
                member of the Commission and is a member or former 
                member of a uniformed service is not subject to the 
                provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of section 5532, 
                United States Code, with respect to membership on the 
                Commission.''.
    (c) Termination of Commission and Other Matters.--Section 127 of 
the Trade Deficit Review Commission Act is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsections:
    ``(j) Federal Advisory Committee Act.--The provisions of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463; 5 U.S.C. App.) shall 
not apply to the Commission.
    ``(k) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate 90 days after 
the date on which the Commission submits the final report under 
subsection (e).''.
    Sec. 313. Creditable Service With Congressional Campaign 
Committees. Section 8332(m)(1)(A) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
            ``(A) such employee has at least 4 years and 6 months of 
        service on such committees as of December 12, 1980; and''.
    Sec. 314. Section 207(e) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(1) Members of congress and elected officers.--Any person 
        who is a Member of Congress or an elected officer of either 
        House of Congress and who, within 2 years after that person 
        leaves office, knowingly makes, with the intent to influence, 
        any communication to or appearance before any Member, officer, 
        or employee of either House of Congress, or any employee of any 
        other legislative office of Congress, on behalf of any other 
        person (except the United States) in connection with any matter 
        on which such former Member of Congress or elected officer 
        seeks action by a Member, officer, or employee of either House 
        of Congress, in his or her official capacity, shall be punished 
        as provided in section 216 of this title.
            ``(2) Congressional employees.--(A) Any person who is an 
        employee of the Senate or an employee of the House of 
        Representatives who, within 2 years after termination of such 
        employment, knowingly makes, with the intent to influence, any 
        communication to or appearance before any person described 
        under subparagraph (B), on behalf of any other person (except 
        the United States) in connection with any matter on which such 
        former employee seeks action by a Member, officer, or employee 
        of either House of Congress, in his or her official capacity, 
        shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this title.
            ``(B) The persons referred to under subparagraph (A) with 
        respect to appearances or communications by a former employee 
        are any Member, officer, or employee of the House of Congress 
        in which such former employee served.'';
            (2) in paragraph (6)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``paragraphs 
                (2), (3), and (4)'' and inserting ``paragraph (2)''; 
                and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``paragraph 
                (5)'' and inserting ``paragraph (3)'';
            (3) in paragraph (7)(G), by striking ``, (2), (3), or (4)'' 
        and inserting ``or (2)''; and
            (4) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) as 
        paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2000''.
            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1905

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