[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1905 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                  Union Calendar No. 86
106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1905

                          [Report No. 106-156]

 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 1999

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

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                                 A BILL


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

                              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. 104. 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. 105. (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. 106. 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.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 107. (a) Participation in Office Waste Recycling Program.--
Each Member and each employing authority of the House of 
Representatives shall comply with the Architect of the Capitol's Office 
Waste Recycling Program for the House of Representatives (hereafter in 
this section referred to as the ``Program''). The Architect shall 
provide a convenient, clearly marked, and effective system for the 
collection of recyclable materials under the Program.
    (b) Report.--The Architect of the Capitol shall submit semiannually 
to the Committees on Appropriations and House Administration of the 
House of Representatives a written report on the status and results of 
the Program.
    (c) Use of Proceeds for Child Care Center.--All funds collected 
through the sale of materials under the Program shall be deposited in 
an account established in the Treasury. Amounts in such account shall 
be used for payment of activities and expenses of the House of 
Representatives Child Care Center, to the extent provided in 
appropriations Acts.

                          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)''.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2000''.
                                                  Union Calendar No. 86

106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 1905

                          [Report No. 106-156]

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                                 A BILL

 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

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                              May 21, 1999

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