[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H.R. 1905 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
Calendar No. 154
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1905
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AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
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June 14, 1999
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
Calendar No. 154
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1905
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 14, 1999
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
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AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2000, 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, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives,
$769,019,000, as follows:
house leadership offices
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $14,202,000,
including: Office of the Speaker, $1,740,000, including $25,000 for
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader,
$1,705,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,071,000, including
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $1,423,000,
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of
the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,
$1,057,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority
Whip; Speaker's Office for Legislative Floor Activities, $406,000;
Republican Steering Committee, $757,000; Republican Conference,
$1,244,000; Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,337,000;
Democratic Caucus, $664,000; nine minority employees, $1,218,000;
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, $413,576,000.
Committee Employees
Standing Committees, Special and Select
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and
select, authorized by House resolutions, $93,878,000: 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,
$21,308,000, 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, $90,633,000, 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, $14,881,000; 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, $3,746,000; for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, $57,289,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain available until
expended, including $25,169,000 for salaries, expenses and temporary
personal services of House Information Resources, of which $24,641,000
is provided herein: Provided, That of the amount provided for House
Information Resources, $6,260,000 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, $3,926,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General
Counsel, $840,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, $136,000; for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, including
the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules,
$1,172,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision
Counsel of the House, $2,045,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $5,085,000; for
salaries and expenses of the Corrections Calendar Office, $825,000; and
for other authorized employees, $688,000.
allowances and expenses
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or
law, $135,422,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs
and Federal tort claims, $2,741,000; 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, $131,595,000; 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, $676,000.
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) Compliance With Admission Requirements.--The General
Counsel of the House of Representatives and any other counsel in the
Office of the General Counsel of the House of Representatives,
including any counsel specially retained by the Office of General
Counsel, shall be entitled, for the purpose of performing the counsel's
functions, to enter an appearance in any proceeding before any court of
the United States or of any State or political subdivision thereof
without compliance with any requirements for admission to practice
before such court, except that the authorization conferred by this
subsection shall not apply with respect to the admission of any such
person to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
(b) Notification by Attorney General.--The Attorney General shall
notify the General Counsel of the House of Representatives with respect
to any proceeding in which the United States is a party of any
determination by the Attorney General or Solicitor General not to
appeal any court decision affecting the constitutionality of an Act or
joint resolution of Congress within such time as will enable the House
to direct the General Counsel to intervene as a party in such
proceeding pursuant to applicable rules of the House of
Representatives.
(c) General Counsel Definition.--In this section, the term
``General Counsel of the House of Representatives'' means--
(1) the head of the Office of General Counsel established
and operating under clause 8 of rule II of the Rules of the
House of Representatives;
(2) the head of any successor office to the Office of
General Counsel which is established after the date of the
enactment of this Act; and
(3) any other person authorized and directed in accordance
with the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide legal
assistance and representation to the House in connection with
the matters described in this section.
Sec. 102. section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-275; 112 Stat. 2439) is amended by striking
``(2 U.S.C. 59(e)(2))'' and inserting ``(2 U.S.C. 59e(e)(2))''.
Sec. 103. (a) Clarification of Rules Regarding Use of Funds for
Official Mail.--
(1) In general.--Section 311(e)(1) of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e(e)(1)) is
amended--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by
striking ``There is established'' and all that follows
through ``shall be prescribed--'' and inserting the
following: ``The use of funds of the House of
Representatives which are made available for official
mail of Members, officers, and employees of the House
of Representatives who are persons entitled to use the
congressional frank shall be governed by regulations
promulgated--''; and
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``the
Allowance'' and inserting ``official mail (except as
provided in subparagraph (B))''.
(2) Limitations on availability of funds.--Section
311(e)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 59e(e)(2)), as amended by
section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
1999, is amended--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by
striking ``The Official Mail Allowance'' and inserting
``Funds used for official mail'';
(B) by striking subparagraph (A); and
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B).
(3) Repeal of obsolete transfer authority.--Section 311(e)
of such Act (2 U.S.C. 59e(e)) is amended by striking paragraph
(3).
(4) Conforming amendments.--(A) section 1(a) of House
Resolution 457, Ninety-second Congress, agreed to July 21,
1971, as enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C. 57(a)), is
amended by striking ``the Official Mail Allowance'' each place
it appears and inserting ``official mail''.
(B) section 311(a)(3) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e(a)(3)) is amended by
striking ``costs charged against the Official Mail Allowance
for'' and inserting ``costs incurred for official mail by''.
(b) Repeal of Obsolete References to Clerk Hire Allowance.--
(1) In general.--Section 104(a) of the House of
Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act
(2 U.S.C. 92(a)) is amended by striking ``clerk hire'' each
place it appears.
(2) Conforming amendment.--The heading of section 104 of
such Act (2 U.S.C. 92(a)) is amended by striking ``clerk
hire''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply with respect to the first session of the One Hundred Sixth
Congress and each succeeding session of Congress.
Sec. 104. (a) Requiring Amounts Remaining in Members'
Representational Allowances to be Used For Deficit Reduction or to
Reduce the Federal Debt.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any amounts appropriated under this Act for ``HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--Members' Representational
Allowances'' shall be available only for fiscal year 2000. Any amount
remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for fiscal
year 2000 shall be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit
reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such
payments have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner
as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
(b) Publication.--After each session of Congress or other period
for which the amounts described in subsection (a) are made available,
there shall be published in the Congressional Record a statement
showing, with respect to such session or period, the amount deposited
with respect to each Member under subsection (a) and the total
deposited with respect to all Members.
(c) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of the
House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations
to carry out this section.
(d) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``Member of the
House of Representatives'' means a Representative in, or a Delegate or
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
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,
$6,188,000, 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 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, $78,501,000, of which $37,725,000 is provided to the Sergeant
at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the Chief
Administrative Officer of the House, and $40,776,000 is provided to the
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be disbursed by the
Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That, of the amounts appropriated
under this heading, such amounts as may be necessary may be transferred
between the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and the
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon approval of the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
general expenses
For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses of the Capitol
Police, including motor vehicles, communications and other equipment,
security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies,
materials, training, medical services, forensic services, stenographic
services, personal and professional services, the employee assistance
program, not more than $2,000 for the awards program, postage,
telephone service, travel advances, relocation of instructor and
liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and
$85 per month for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board
by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House of
Representatives designated by the Chairman of the Board, $6,711,000, to
be disbursed by the Capitol Police Board or their delegee: 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. 105. 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, $2,293,000, 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.
Administrative Provisions
Sec. 106. (a) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall
have the authority to make lump-sum payments to enhance staff
recruitment and to reward exceptional performance by an employee or a
group of employees.
(b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal years
beginning after September 30, 1999.
Sec. 107. Paragraph (5) of section 201(a) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601(a)) is amended to read as follows:
``(5)(A) The Director shall receive compensation at an
annual rate of pay that is equal to the lower of--
``(i) the highest annual rate of compensation of
any officer of the Senate; or
``(ii) the highest annual rate of compensation of
any officer of the House of Representatives.
``(B) The Deputy Director shall receive compensation at an
annual rate of pay that is $1,000 less than the annual rate of
pay received by the Director, as determined under subparagraph
(A).''.
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, $47,569,000, of which
$4,520,000 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, $5,579,0000, of which $155,000 shall remain
available until expended.
house office buildings
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation
of the House office buildings, $40,679,000, of which $7,842,000 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, $39,180,000: 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, $71,255,000: 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, $3,538,000.
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, $256,970,000, 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,
$10,438,000 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, $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, $5,579,000 is to remain available until expended
for the purpose of teaching educators how to incorporate the Library's
digital collections into school curricula, which amount shall be
transferred to the educational consortium formed to conduct the
``Joining Hands Across America: Local Community Initiative'' project as
approved by the Library.
Copyright Office
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $37,639,000, 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 $4,250 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), $48,033,000, of which
$14,032,600 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 of Congress, 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).
Sec. 208. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding
the qualifications and method of appointment of employees of the
Library of Congress, the Librarian of Congress, using such method of
appointment as the Librarian may select, may appoint not more than
three individuals who meet such qualifications as the Librarian may
impose to serve as management specialists for a term not to exceed
three years.
(b) No individual appointed as a management specialist under
subsection (a) may serve in such position after December 31, 2004.
Sec. 209. (a) section 904 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1983 (2 U.S.C. 136a-2) is amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 904. Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
``(1) the Librarian of Congress shall be compensated at an
annual rate of pay which is equal to the annual rate of basic
pay payable for positions at level II of the Executive Schedule
under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code; and
``(2) the Deputy Librarian of Congress shall be compensated
at an annual rate of pay which is equal to the annual rate of
basic pay payable for positions at level III of the Executive
Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code.''.
(b) section 203(c)(1) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946
(2 U.S.C. 166(c)(1)) is amended by striking the second sentence and
inserting the following: ``The basic pay of the Director shall be at a
per annum rate equal to the rate of basic pay provided for level III of
the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States
Code.''.
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to
the first pay period which begins on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act and each subsequent pay period.
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,
$17,782,000, of which $5,150,000 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 $175,000: 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
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 3,313 workyears (or such other number of workyears as the
Public Printer may request, subject to the approval of the Committees
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives):
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.
Administrative Provision
Sec. 210. (a) section 311 of title 44, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 3709 of
the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5) shall apply with respect to
purchases and contracts for the Government Printing Office as if the
reference to `$25,000' in clause (1) of such section were a reference
to `$100,000'.''.
(b) The heading of section 311 of title 44, United States Code, is
amended by striking ``authority'' and inserting ``authority; small
purchase threshold''.
(c) The table of sections for chapter 3 of title 44, United States
Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 311 and
inserting the following:
``311. Purchases exempt from the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act; contract negotiation
authority; small purchase threshold.''.
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, $372,681,000: 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 308 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
1999 (Public Law 105-275; 112 Stat. 2452) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ``(40 U.S.C. 174j-
1(b)(1))'' and inserting ``(40 U.S.C. 174j-1 note)'';
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ``(40 U.S.C. 174j-
1(c))'' and inserting ``(40 U.S.C. 174j-1 note)''; and
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ``(40 U.S.C. 174j-
1(e))'' and inserting ``(40 U.S.C. 174j-1 note)''.
Sec. 309. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
appropriations under this Act for the following agencies and activities
are reduced by the following respective amounts:
House of Representatives, Salaries and Expenses,
$29,135,000, from which the following accounts are to be
reduced by the following amounts:
House Leadership Offices, $142,000;
Members' Representational Allowances Including
Members' Clerk Hire, Official Expenses of Members, and
Official Mail, $28,297,000;
Committee on Appropriations, $213,000; and
Salaries, Officers and Employees, $483,000 to be
derived from other authorized employees.
Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and Grounds,
Capitol Buildings, Salaries and Expenses, $1,465,000;
Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and Grounds,
House Office Buildings, $3,400,000;
Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and Grounds,
Capitol Power Plant, $4,400,000;
Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service,
Salaries and Expenses, $315,000;
Government Printing Office, Congressional Printing and
Binding, $4,127,000;
Library of Congress, Salaries and Expenses, $685,000;
Library of Congress, Furniture and Furnishings, $5,415,000;
Architect of the Capitol, Library Buildings and Grounds,
Structural and Mechanical Care, $4,372,000; and
General Accounting Office, Salaries and Expenses,
$1,500,000:
Provided, That the amount reduced under House of Representatives, House
Leadership Offices, shall be distributed among the various leadership
offices as approved by the Committee on Appropriations: Provided
further, That the amount to remain available under the heading
Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and Grounds, Capitol
Buildings, Salaries and Expenses, is reduced by $1,465,000; the amount
to remain available under the heading Architect of the Capitol, Capitol
Buildings and Grounds, House Office Buildings, is reduced by
$3,400,000; and the amount to remain available under the heading
Architect of the Capitol, Library Buildings and Grounds, Structural and
Mechanical Care, is reduced by $4,000,000.
This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 2000''.
Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.