[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[H.R. 4516 Reported in House (RH)]






                                                 Union Calendar No. 350
106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4516

                          [Report No. 106-635]

 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2000

  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, 2001, 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, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:

                   TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
$749,210,000, as follows:

                        house leadership offices

    For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $13,998,000, 
including: Office of the Speaker, $1,711,000, including $25,000 for 
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$1,677,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,039,000, including 
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $1,427,000, 
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of 
the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$1,065,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Whip; Speaker's Office for Legislative Floor Activities, $399,000; 
Republican Steering Committee, $744,000; Republican Conference, 
$1,220,000; Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,315,000; 
Democratic Caucus, $649,000; nine minority employees, $1,196,000; 
training and program development--majority $278,000; and training and 
program development--minority, $278,000.

                  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, $400,527,000.

                          Committee Employees

                Standing Committees, Special and Select

    For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 
select, authorized by House resolutions, $89,896,000: Provided, That 
such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until 
December 31, 2002.

                      Committee on Appropriations

    For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$20,231,000, 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, 2002.

                    salaries, officers and employees

    For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $86,369,000, 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, $14,286,000; 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, $3,596,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, $54,997,000, of which $1,054,000 shall remain available until 
expended, including $24,912,000 for salaries, expenses and temporary 
personal services of House Information Resources, of which $24,327,000 
is provided herein: Provided, That of the amount provided for House 
Information Resources, $5,760,000 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, $3,197,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 
Counsel, $806,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, $140,000; 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, $832,000; and 
for other authorized employees, $213,000.

                        allowances and expenses

    For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or 
law, $138,189,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs 
and Federal tort claims, $1,960,000; 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, $135,426,000; 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, $393,000.

                           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. During fiscal year 2001 and any succeeding fiscal year, 
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives may--
            (1) enter into contracts for the acquisition of severable 
        services for a period that begins in one fiscal year and ends 
        in the next fiscal year to the same extent as the head of an 
        executive agency under the authority of section 303L of the 
        Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 
        U.S.C. 253l); and
            (2) enter into multi-year contracts for the acquisitions of 
        property and nonaudit-related services to the same extent as 
        executive agencies under the authority of section 304B of the 
        Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 
        U.S.C. 254c).
    Sec. 102. (a) Permitting New House Employees To Be Placed Above 
Minimum Step of Compensation Level.--The House Employees Position 
Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 291 et seq.) is amended by striking 
section 10 (2 U.S.C. 299).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to employees appointed on or after October 1, 2000.

                              JOINT ITEMS

    For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$3,072,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$6,174,000, 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 11 assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such 
assistants; and (4) $1,159,904 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, $1,835,000, 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, $70,120,000, of which $33,586,000 is provided to the Sergeant 
at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the Chief 
Administrative Officer of the House, and $36,534,000 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, $6,549,000, 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 2001 shall be paid by the Secretary of the 
Treasury from funds available to the Department of the Treasury.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 103. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2001 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.
    Sec. 104. (a) Appointment of Certifying Officers of the Capitol 
Police.--The Chief Administrative Officer of the U.S. Capitol Police, 
or when there is not a Chief Administrative Officer the Capitol Police 
Board, shall appoint certifying officers to certify all vouchers for 
payment from funds made available to the United States Capitol Police.
    (b) Responsibility and Accountability of Certifying Officers.--
            (1) In general.--Each officer or employee of the Capitol 
        Police who has been duly authorized in writing by the Chief 
        Administrative Officer, or the Capitol Police Board if there is 
        not a Chief Administrative Officer, to certify vouchers 
        pursuant to subsection (a) shall--
                    (A) be held responsible for the existence and 
                correctness of the facts recited in the certificate or 
                otherwise stated on the voucher or its supporting 
                papers and for the legality of the proposed payment 
                under the appropriation or fund involved;
                    (B) be held responsible and accountable for the 
                correctness of the computations of certified vouchers; 
                and
                    (C) be held accountable for and required to make 
                good to the United States the amount of any illegal, 
                improper, or incorrect payment resulting from any 
                false, inaccurate, or misleading certificate made by 
                such officer or employee, as well as for any payment 
                prohibited by law or which did not represent a legal 
                obligation under the appropriation or fund involved.
            (2) Relief by comptroller general.--The Comptroller General 
        may, at the Comptroller General's discretion, relieve such 
        certifying officer or employee of liability for any payment 
        otherwise proper if the Comptroller General finds--
                    (A) that the certification was based on official 
                records and that the certifying officer or employee did 
                not know, and by reasonable diligence and inquiry could 
                not have ascertained, the actual facts; or
                    (B) that the obligation was incurred in good faith, 
                that the payment was not contrary to any statutory 
                provision specifically prohibiting payments of the 
                character involved, and the United States has received 
                value for such payment.
    (c) Enforcement of Liability.--The liability of the certifying 
officers of the United States Capitol Police shall be enforced in the 
same manner and to the same extent as currently provided with respect 
to the enforcement of the liability of disbursing and other accountable 
officers, and such officers shall have the right to apply for and 
obtain a decision by the Comptroller General on any question of law 
involved in a payment on any vouchers presented to them for 
certification.
    Sec. 105. Chief Administrative Officer.--(a) There shall be within 
the Capitol Police an Office of Administration to be headed by a Chief 
Administrative Officer:
            (1) The Chief Administrative Officer shall be appointed by 
        the Comptroller General after consultation with the Capitol 
        Police Board, and shall report to and serve at the pleasure of 
        the Comptroller General.
            (2) The Comptroller General shall appoint as Chief 
        Administrative Officer an individual with the knowledge and 
        skills necessary to carry out the responsibilities for 
        budgeting, financial management, information technology, and 
        human resource management described in this section.
            (3) The Chief Administrative Officer shall receive basic 
        pay at a rate determined by the Comptroller General, but not to 
        exceed the annual rate of basic pay payable for ES-2 of the 
        Senior Executive Service Basic Rates Schedule established for 
        members of the Senior Executive Service of the General 
        Accounting Office under section 733 of title 31.
            (4) The Capitol Police shall reimburse from available 
        appropriations any costs incurred by the General Accounting 
        Office under this section.
    (b) The Chief Administrative Officer shall have the following areas 
of responsibility:
            (1) Budgeting.--The Chief Administrative Officer shall--
                    (A) after consulting with the Chief of Police on 
                the portion of the budget covering uniformed police 
                force personnel, prepare and submit to the Capitol 
                Police Board an annual budget for the Capitol Police;
                    (B) execute the budget and monitor through periodic 
                examinations the execution of the Capitol Police budget 
                in relation to actual obligations and expenditures.
            (2) Financial management.--The Chief Administrative Officer 
        shall--
                    (A) oversee all financial management activities 
                relating to the programs and operations of the Capitol 
                Police;
                    (B) develop and maintain an integrated accounting 
                and financial system for the Capitol Police, including 
                financial reporting and internal controls, which--
                            (i) complies with applicable accounting 
                        principles, standards, and requirements, and 
                        internal control standards;
                            (ii) complies with any other requirements 
                        applicable to such systems;
                            (iii) provides for--
                                    (I) complete, reliable, consistent, 
                                and timely information which is 
                                prepared on a uniform basis and which 
                                is responsive to financial information 
                                needs of the Capitol Police;
                                    (II) the development and reporting 
                                of cost information;
                                    (III) the integration of accounting 
                                and budgeting information; and
                                    (IV) the systematic measurement of 
                                performance;
                    (C) direct, manage, and provide policy guidance and 
                oversight of Capitol Police financial management 
                personnel, activities, and operations, including--
                            (i) the recruitment, selection, and 
                        training of personnel to carry out Capitol 
                        Police financial management functions; and
                            (ii) the implementation of Capitol Police 
                        asset management systems, including systems for 
                        cash management, debt collection, and property 
                        and inventory management and control; and
                    (D) the Chief Administrative Officer shall prepare 
                annual financial statements for the Capitol Police and 
                provide for an annual audit of the financial statements 
                by an independent public accountant in accordance with 
                generally accepted government auditing standards.
            (3) Information technology.--The Chief Administrative 
        Officer shall--
                    (A) direct, coordinate, and oversee the 
                acquisition, use, and management of information 
                technology by the Capitol Police;
                    (B) promote and oversee the use of information 
                technology to improve the efficiency and effectiveness 
                of programs of the Capitol Police; and
                    (C) establish and enforce information technology 
                principles, guidelines, and objectives, including 
                developing and maintaining an information technology 
                architecture for the Capitol Police.
            (4) Human resources.--The Chief Administrative Officer 
        shall--
                    (A) direct, coordinate, and oversee human resource 
                management activities of the Capitol Police, except 
                that with respect to uniformed police force personnel, 
                the Chief Administrative Officer shall perform these 
                activities in cooperation with the Chief of the Capitol 
                Police;
                    (B) develop and monitor payroll and time and 
                attendance systems and employee services; and
                    (C) develop and monitor processes for recruiting, 
                selecting, appraising, and promoting employees.
    (c) Administrative provisions with respect to the Office of 
Administration:
            (1) The Chief Administrative Officer is authorized to 
        select, appoint, employ, and discharge such officers and 
        employees as may be necessary to carry out the functions, 
        powers, and duties of the Office of Administration but he shall 
        not have the authority to hire or discharge uniformed police 
        force personnel.
            (2) The Chief Administrative Officer may utilize resources 
        of another agency on a reimbursable basis to be paid from 
        available appropriations of the Capitol Police.
    (d) No later than 180 days after appointment, the Chief 
Administrative Officer shall prepare, after consultation with the 
Capitol Police Board and the Chief of the Capitol Police, a plan--
            (1) describing the policies, procedures, and actions the 
        Chief Administrative Officer will take in carrying out the 
        responsibilities assigned under this section;
            (2) identifying and defining responsibilities and roles of 
        all offices, bureaus, and divisions of the Capitol Police for 
        budgeting, financial management, information technology, and 
        human resources management; and
            (3) detailing mechanisms for ensuring that the offices, 
        bureaus, and divisions perform their responsibilities and roles 
        in a coordinated and integrated manner.
    (e) No later than September 30, 2001, the Chief Administrative 
Officer shall prepare, after consultation with the Capitol Police Board 
and the Chief of the Capitol Police, a report on the Chief 
Administrative Officer's progress in implementing the plan described in 
subsection (d) and recommendations to improve the budgeting, financial, 
information technology, and human resources management of the Capitol 
Police, including organizational, accounting and administrative 
control, and personnel changes.
    (f) The Chief Administrative Officer shall submit the plan required 
in subsection (d) and the report required in subsection (e) to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and of the 
Senate, the Committee on House Administration of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
Senate.
    (g) As of October 1, 2002, unless otherwise determined by the 
Comptroller General, the Chief Administrative Officer established by 
section (a) will cease to be an employee of the General Accounting 
Office and will become an employee of the Capitol Police, and the 
Capitol Police Board shall assume all responsibilities of the 
Comptroller General under this section.

           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

    For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and Special 
Services Office, $2,201,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to employ 
more than 43 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 10 additional individuals for not more than 6 months each, for the 
Capitol Guide Service.

                      Statements of Appropriations

    For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, of the 
statements for the second session of the One Hundred Sixth Congress, 
showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts 
authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular 
appropriations Acts as required by law, $29,000, 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), $1,816,000.

                      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 $3,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses, $25,100,000: Provided, That no 
part of such amount may be used for the purchase or hire of a passenger 
motor vehicle.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                     Capitol Buildings and Grounds

                           capitol buildings

                         salaries and expenses

    For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant 
Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of pay 
provided by law; for surveys and studies in connection with activities 
under the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary 
expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and 
electrical substations of the Senate and House office buildings under 
the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings 
and office equipment, including not more than $1,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, to be expended as the Architect 
of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance and 
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; and not to exceed $20,000 for 
attendance, when specifically authorized by the Architect of the 
Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connection with subjects related 
to work under the Architect of the Capitol, $41,953,000, of which 
$4,280,000 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, $4,557,000, of which $25,000 shall remain 
available until expended.

                         house office buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the House office buildings, $29,685,000, of which $123,000 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, $38,555,000, of which $200,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That not more than $4,400,000 of the funds 
credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided 
shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2001.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                     Congressional Research Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to 
revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United States of 
America, $66,200,000: 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

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and the 
distribution of Congressional information in any format; printing and 
binding of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed 
to Members of Congress, $65,457,000: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of the 
Congressional Record for individual Senators, 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: Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 
this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal 
years may be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving 
fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 106. (a) Congressional Printing and Binding Through Clerk of 
House and Secretary of Senate.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any provision of title 44, 
        United States Code, or any other law, there are authorized to 
        be appropriated to the Clerk of the House of Representatives 
        and the Secretary of the Senate such sums as may be necessary 
        for congressional printing and binding services.
            (2) Preparation of estimates.--Estimated expenditures and 
        proposed appropriations for congressional printing and binding 
        services shall be prepared and submitted by the Clerk of the 
        House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in 
        accordance with title 31, United States Code, in the same 
        manner as estimates and requests are prepared for other 
        legislative branch services under such title, except that such 
        requests shall be based upon the results of the study conducted 
        under subsection (b) (with respect to any fiscal year covered 
        by such study).
            (3) Effective date.--This subsection shall apply with 
        respect to fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year.
    (b) Study.--
            (1) In general.--During fiscal year 2001, the Clerk of the 
        House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate shall 
        conduct a comprehensive study of the needs of the House and 
        Senate for congressional printing and binding services during 
        fiscal year 2003 and succeeding fiscal years (including 
        transitional issues during fiscal year 2002), and shall include 
        in the study an analysis of the most cost-effective program or 
        programs for providing printed or other media-based 
        publications for House and Senate uses.
            (2) Submission to committees.--The Clerk and the Secretary 
        shall submit the study conducted under paragraph (1) to the 
        Committee on House Administration of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration 
        of the Senate, who shall review the study and prepare such 
        regulations or other materials (including proposals for 
        legislation) as each considers appropriate to enable the Clerk 
        and the Secretary to carry out congressional printing and 
        binding services in accordance with this section.
    (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``congressional printing 
and binding services'' means the following services:
            (1) Authorized printing and binding for the Congress and 
        the distribution of congressional information in any format.
            (2) Printing and binding for the Architect of the Capitol.
            (3) Preparing the semimonthly and session index to the 
        Congressional Record.
            (4) Printing and binding of Government publications 
        authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress.
            (5) Printing, binding, and distribution of Government 
        publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge 
        to the recipient.
    This title may be cited as the ``Congressional Operations 
Appropriations Act, 2001''.

                        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, $3,216,000.

                          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, $269,864,000, of which 
not more than $6,500,000 shall be derived from collections credited to 
this appropriation during fiscal year 2001, 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 2001 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, 
$10,459,575 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, $2,506,000 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, $5,957,800 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: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $404,000 is to remain available until expended for a 
collaborative digitization and telecommunications project with the 
United States Military Academy and any remaining balance is available 
for other Library purposes.

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $38,771,000, of 
which not more than $26,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during 
fiscal year 2001 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 $5,783,000 shall be derived from collections during 
fiscal year 2001 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 
$31,783,000: 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), $48,507,000, of which 
$14,135,000 shall remain available until expended.

                       Furniture and Furnishings

    For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation, maintenance, 
and repair of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment, 
$5,394,000.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of 
Congress shall be available, in an amount of not more than $199,630, 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 2001, the obligational authority of 
the Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection (b) 
may not exceed $92,845,000.
    (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. Section 1 of an Act to authorize acquisition of certain 
real property for the Library of Congress, and for other purposes, 
approved December 15, 1997 (2 U.S.C. 141 note) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Transfer Payment by Architect.--Notwithstanding the 
limitation on reimbursement or transfer of funds under subsection (a) 
of this section, the Architect of the Capitol may, not later than 90 
days after acquisition of the property under this section, transfer 
funds to the entity from which the property was acquired by the 
Architect of the Capitol. Such transfers may not exceed a total of 
$16,500,000.''.
    Sec. 208. The Librarian of Congress may convert to permanent 
positions 84 indefinite, time-limited positions in the National Digital 
Library Program authorized in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act 
for Fiscal Year 1996 for the Library of Congress under the heading, 
``Salaries and Expenses'' (Public Law 104-53). Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law regarding qualifications and methods of 
appointment of employees of the Library of Congress, the Librarian may 
fill these permanent positions through the non-competitive conversion 
of the incumbents in the ``indefinite-not-to-exceed'' positions to 
``permanent'' positions.
    Sec. 209. During fiscal year 2001 and fiscal years thereafter, the 
Librarian of Congress may transfer among available accounts amounts 
appropriated to the Library and amounts appropriated to the Architect 
of the Capitol for the mechanical and structural maintenance, care and 
operation of Library buildings and grounds, with the approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives. Amounts so transferred shall be merged with and be 
available for the same purpose for the same period as the appropriation 
or account to which transferred. This transfer authority is in addition 
to any other transfer authority provided by law. The Librarian shall 
consult with the Architect of the Capitol before proposing transfers 
involving amounts appropriated to the Architect.
    Sec. 210. The Library of Congress may for such employees as it 
deems appropriate authorize a payment to employees who voluntarily 
separate before January 1, 2001, whether by retirement or resignation, 
which payment shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of 
section 5597(d) of title 5, United States Code.

                        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, 
$15,133,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                 Office of Superintendent of Documents

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary 
to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications 
and their on-line access to the public, Members of Congress, other 
Government agencies, and designated depository and international 
exchange libraries as authorized by law, $11,606,000: 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 available for the cost of publications distributed 
in prior years: Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended 
balances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 
fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Printing Office 
revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject 
to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate.

               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 12 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 3,285 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.

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including 
not more than $10,000 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, $351,529,000: Provided, That not more than $1,900,000 of 
payments received under 31 U.S.C. 782 shall be available for use in 
fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That not more than $1,100,000 of 
reimbursements received under 31 U.S.C. 9105 shall be available for use 
in fiscal year 2001: 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 the Forum 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 2001 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 $252,000.
    Sec. 308. (a) Reduction in Number of Authorized Positions for 
Capitol Police and Library of Congress Police.--The number of full-time 
equivalent officers and members of the United States Capitol Police and 
the number of full-time equivalent officers and members of the Library 
of Congress Police authorized for fiscal year 2001 shall be reduced by 
the number of officers and members who retire, resign, or are otherwise 
separated from employment with the United States Capitol Police or the 
Library of Congress Police (as the case may be) during the fiscal year.
    (b) Waiver.--The Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate may waive or modify the application of 
subsection (a).
    Sec. 309. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act under 
the heading ``Architect of the Capitol'' or ``Botanic Garden'' shall be 
obligated or expended for a construction contract in excess of 
$100,000, unless such contract includes a provision that requires 
liquidated damages for contractor caused delay in an amount 
commensurate with the daily net usable square foot cost of leasing 
similar space in a first class office building within two miles of the 
United States Capitol multiplied by the square footage to be 
constructed under the contract.
    Sec. 310. Upon request of the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, during 
fiscal year 2001 the Secretary of Defense shall provide protective 
services on a non-reimbursable basis to the United States Capitol 
Police with respect to--
            (1) the proceedings and ceremonies conducted for the 
        inauguration of the President-elect and Vice President-elect of 
        the United States; and
            (2) the joint session of Congress held to receive a message 
        from the President of the United States on the State of the 
        Union.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2001''.


                                                 Union Calendar No. 350

106th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4516

                          [Report No. 106-635]

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                                 A BILL

 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

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                              May 23, 2000

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