[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1206 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
Calendar No. 151
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1206
[Report No. 106-75]
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
Rule___________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 10, 1999
Mr. Bennett from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the
following original bill; which was read twice and placed on the
calendar
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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
SENATE
expense allowances
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000; the
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Leader of the
Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Whip
of the Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and
Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Committees, $3,000 for
each Chairman; in all, $56,000.
representation allowances for the majority and minority leaders
For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority Leaders
of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all, $30,000.
Salaries, Officers and Employees
For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized
by law, including agency contributions, $89,968,000, which shall be
paid from this appropriation without regard to the below limitations,
as follows:
office of the vice president
For the Office of the Vice President, $1,721,000.
office of the president pro tempore
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $437,000.
offices of the majority and minority leaders
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $2,644,000.
offices of the majority and minority whips
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $1,634,000.
committee on appropriations
For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $6,525,000.
conference committees
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the
Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairman of each
such committee, $1,132,000 for each such committee; in all, $2,264,000.
offices of the secretaries of the conference of the majority and the
conference of the minority
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority
and the Conference of the Minority, $590,000.
policy committees
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority
Policy Committee, $1,151,000 for each such committee; in all,
$2,302,000.
office of the chaplain
For Office of the Chaplain, $277,000.
office of the secretary
For Office of the Secretary, $14,202,000.
office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $34,794,000.
offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for
the Minority, $1,246,000.
agency contributions and related expenses
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by
law, and related expenses, $21,332,000.
Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel
of the Senate, $3,901,000.
Office of Senate Legal Counsel
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel,
$1,035,000.
Expense Allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secretaries for the Majority and Minority
of the Senate
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $3,000;
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for
the Majority of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for the Minority of the
Senate, $3,000; in all, $12,000.
Contingent Expenses of the Senate
inquiries and investigations
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate,
or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 601, Seventy-
ninth Congress, as amended, section 112 of Public Law 96-304 and Senate
Resolution 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, $71,604,000.
expenses of the united states senate caucus on international narcotics
control
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International
Narcotics Control, $370,000.
secretary of the senate
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate,
$1,511,000.
sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper
of the Senate, $66,261,000.
miscellaneous items
For miscellaneous items, $8,655,000.
senators' official personnel and office expense account
For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account,
$245,703,000.
official mail costs
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate,
$300,000.
administrative provisions
Section 1. Effective in the case of any fiscal year which begins on
or after October 1, 1999, clause (iii) of paragraph (3)(A) of section
506(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(b)) is
amended to read as follows:
``(iii) subject to subparagraph (B), in case the Senator
represents Alabama, $184,476, Alaska, $252,784, Arizona,
$200,830, Arkansas, $169,453, California, $474,426, Colorado,
$189,246, Connecticut, $161,999, Delaware, $128,102, Florida,
$305,664, Georgia, $213,982, Hawaii, $280,277, Idaho, $164,491,
Illinois, $268,850, Indiana, $196,677, Iowa, $172,129, Kansas,
$169,343, Kentucky, $179,294, Louisiana, $187,141, Maine,
$148,779, Maryland, $173,860, Massachusetts, $197,265,
Michigan, $238,866, Minnesota, $189,441, Mississippi, $169,570,
Missouri, $200,277, Montana, $162,375, Nebraska, $161,164,
Nevada, $173,159, New Hampshire, $143,378, New Jersey,
$207,958, New Mexico, $167,622, New York, $329,562, North
Carolina, $216,136, North Dakota, $150,545, Ohio, $261,920,
Oklahoma, $182,009, Oregon, $191,432, Pennsylvania, $267,991,
Rhode Island, $139,303, South Carolina, $172,723, South Dakota,
$152,385, Tennessee, $194,539, Texas, $354,501, Utah, $170,413,
Vermont, $136,826, Virginia, $196,177, Washington, $216,915,
West Virginia, $148,814, Wisconsin, $193,708, Wyoming,
$153,169, plus''.
Sec. 2. Effective on and after October 1, 1999, each of the dollar
amounts contained in the table under section 105(d)(1)(A) of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61-1(d)(1)(A))
shall be deemed to be the dollar amounts in that table, as increased by
section 8 of Public Law 105-275, increased by an additional $50,000
each.
Sec. 3. Senate Office Space Allocations. Section 3 under the
heading ``Administrative Provisions'' in the appropriation for the
Senate in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1975 (2 U.S.C. 59;
88 Stat. 428) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and
inserting the following:
``(1) 5,000 square feet if the population of the State of
the Senator is less than 3,000,000;'';
(B) by striking ``8,000'' in paragraph (13) and
inserting ``8,200''; and
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (13) as
paragraphs (2) through (12), respectively; and
(2) in subsection (c)(2)--
(A) by striking ``$30,000'' and inserting
``$40,000'';
(B) by striking ``4,800'' and inserting ``5,000'';
(C) by striking ``$734'' and inserting ``$1,000'';
and
(D) by adding at the end the following: ``Effective
beginning with the 106th Congress, the aggregate amount
in effect under this paragraph for any Congress shall
be increased by the inflation adjustment factor for the
calendar year in which the Congress begins. For
purposes of the preceding sentence, the inflation
adjustment factor for any calendar year is a fraction
the numerator of which is the implicit price deflator
for the gross domestic product as computed and
published by the Department of Commerce for the
preceding calendar year and the denominator of which is
such deflator for the calendar year 1998.''.
Sec. 4. Section 6(c) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
1999 (Public Law 105-275; 2 U.S.C. 121b-1(c)) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``(3) The provisions of section 4 of the Act of July 31, 1946 (40
U.S.C. 193d), except for the provisions relating to solicitation, shall
not apply to any activity carried out pursuant to this section, subject
to approval of such activities by the Committee on Rules and
Administration.''.
Sec. 5. The first section of Public Law 87-82 (40 U.S.C. 174j-1) is
amended by adding at the end the following: ``The provisions of section
4 of the Act of July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193d), except for the
provisions relating to solicitation, shall not apply to any activity
carried out pursuant to this section, subject to the approval of such
activities by the Committee on Rules and Administration.''.
Sec. 6. The Legislative Counsel may, subject to the approval of the
President pro tempore of the Senate, designate one of the Senior
Counsels appointed under section 102 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriation Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 274 note; Public Law 95-391; 92 Stat.
771) as Deputy Legislative Counsel. The Deputy Legislative Counsel
shall perform the functions of the Legislative Counsel during the
absence or disability of the Legislative Counsel, or when the office is
vacant.
Sec. 7. Section 814(i) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act,
Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C. 2291 note) is amended by striking
``September 30, 1999'' and inserting ``September 30, 2002''.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
Joint Economic Committee
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee,
$3,200,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
Joint Committee on Taxation
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation,
$6,456,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the
House.
Joint Committee on the Library
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on the Library,
$500,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
For other joint items, as follows:
Office of the Attending Physician
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the
emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his assistants,
including: (1) an allowance of $1,500 per month to the Attending
Physician; (2) an allowance of $500 per month each to three medical
officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) an
allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and $400 per month each
not to exceed eleven assistants on the basis heretofore provided for
such assistants; and (4) $1,002,600 for reimbursement to the Department
of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment assigned to
the Office of the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced and
credited to the applicable appropriation or appropriations from which
such salaries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be
available for all the purposes thereof, $1,898,000, to be disbursed by
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.
Capitol Police Board
Capitol Police
salaries
For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers, members, and
employees of the Capitol Police, including overtime, hazardous duty pay
differential, clothing allowance of not more than $600 each for members
required to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for
health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee
benefits, $80,783,000, of which $38,648,000 is provided to the Sergeant
at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the Chief
Administrative Officer of the House, and $42,135,000 is provided to the
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be disbursed by the
Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That, of the amounts appropriated
under this heading, such amounts as may be necessary may be transferred
between the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and the
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon approval of the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
general expenses
For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses of the Capitol
Police, including motor vehicles, communications and other equipment,
security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies,
materials, training, medical services, forensic services, stenographic
services, personal and professional services, the employee assistance
program, not more than $2,000 for the awards program, postage,
telephone service, travel advances, relocation of instructor and
liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and
$85 per month for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board
by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House of
Representatives designated by the Chairman of the Board, $7,913,000, to
be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of
Representatives: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 2000 shall be paid by
the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to the Department of
the Treasury.
Administrative Provision
Sec. 101. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for the Capitol
Police Board for the Capitol Police may be transferred between the
headings ``salaries'' and ``general expenses'' upon the approval of--
(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives, in the case of amounts transferred from the
appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of
Representatives under the heading ``salaries'';
(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in the
case of amounts transferred from the appropriation provided to
the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate under the
heading ``salaries''; and
(3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the
House of Representatives, in the case of other transfers.
Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and Special
Services Office, $2,336,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the
Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to employ
more than forty-three individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol
Guide Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than
two additional individuals for not more than 120 days each, and not
more than ten additional individuals for not more than six months each,
for the Capitol Guide Service.
Statements of Appropriations
For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, of the
statements for the first session of the One Hundred Sixth Congress,
showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts
authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular
appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the
persons designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise the
work.
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as
authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability Act of
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,000,000.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), including not
more than $2,500 to be expended on the certification of the Director of
the Congressional Budget Office in connection with official
representation and reception expenses, $26,221,000: Provided, That no
part of such amount may be used for the purchase or hire of a passenger
motor vehicle.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Capitol Buildings and Grounds
capitol buildings
salaries and expenses
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant
Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of pay
provided by law; for surveys and studies in connection with activities
under the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary
expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and
electrical substations of the Senate and House office buildings under
the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings
and office equipment, including not more than $1,000 for official
reception and representation expenses, to be expended as the Architect
of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance and
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; and not to exceed $20,000 for
attendance, when specifically authorized by the Architect of the
Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connection with subjects related
to work under the Architect of the Capitol, $48,195,000, of which
$7,620,000 shall remain available until expended.
capitol grounds
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds
surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, and the
Capitol Power Plant, $5,627,000, of which $330,000 shall remain
available until expended.
senate office buildings
For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and operation of
Senate office buildings; and furniture and furnishings to be expended
under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol,
$64,038,000, of which $22,305,000 shall remain available until
expended.
capitol power plant
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation
of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power (including the
purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer services for the
Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, Library of Congress
buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate
garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in
any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing Office and
Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for air
conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the Union Station complex,
the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger
Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed
upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so received
shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of this
appropriation, $45,006,000, of which $6,000,000 shall remain available
until expended: Provided, That not more than $4,000,000 of the funds
credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided
shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2000.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Congressional Research Service
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to
revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United States of
America, $71,244,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may be used
to pay any salary or expense in connection with any publication, or
preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public General
Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress unless such publication
has obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House
Administration of the House of Representatives or the Committee on
Rules and Administration of the Senate.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Congressional Printing and Binding
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and the
distribution of Congressional information in any format; printing and
binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary for
preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional
Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of
Government publications authorized by law to be distributed to Members
of Congress; and printing, binding, and distribution of Government
publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the
recipient, $77,704,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be
available for paper copies of the permanent edition of the
Congressional Record for individual Representatives, Resident
Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided
further, That this appropriation shall be available for the payment of
obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for
preceding fiscal years: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-
year limitation under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none
of the funds appropriated or made available under this Act or any other
Act for printing and binding and related services provided to Congress
under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may be expended to
print a document, report, or publication after the 27-month period
beginning on the date that such document, report, or publication is
authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such
printing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States
Code.
This title may be cited as the ``Congressional Operations
Appropriations Act, 2000''.
TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES
BOTANIC GARDEN
Salaries and Expenses
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation
of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, and
collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, and
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction of the
Joint Committee on the Library, $3,428,000.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not otherwise
provided for, including development and maintenance of the Union
Catalogs; custody and custodial care of the Library buildings; special
clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of
motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and
maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation
and distribution of catalog records and other publications of the
Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses
of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to
the income of any trust fund held by the Board, $250,491,000, of which
not more than $6,500,000 shall be derived from collections credited to
this appropriation during fiscal year 2000, and shall remain available
until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat.
480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from
collections during fiscal year 2000 and shall remain available until
expended for the development and maintenance of an international legal
information database and activities related thereto: Provided, That the
Library of Congress may not obligate or expend any funds derived from
collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount
authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts:
Provided further, That the total amount available for obligation shall
be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than the
$6,850,000: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
$10,321,380 is to remain available until expended for acquisition of
books, periodicals, newspapers, and all other materials including
subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, including
$40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically
approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials for
additions to the collections: Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated, $2,347,000 is to remain available until expended
for the acquisition and partial support for implementation of an
Integrated Library System (ILS): Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated, $600,000 is to remain available until expended for
the purpose of digitizing archival materials relating to ethnic groups
of California, including Japanese Americans, which amount shall be
transferred to an educational archive able to conduct such a project as
approved by the Library.
Copyright Office
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including
publication of the decisions of the United States courts involving
copyrights, $37,628,000, of which not more than $20,800,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be derived from collections credited to
this appropriation during fiscal year 2000 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d):
Provided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any
funds derived from collections under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), in excess of the
amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts:
Provided further, That not more than $5,454,000 shall be derived from
collections during fiscal year 2000 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2),
119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005: Provided further, That the total amount
available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which
collections are less than $26,254,000: Provided further, That not more
than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the
maintenance of an ``International Copyright Institute'' in the
Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose of training
nationals of developing countries in intellectual property laws and
policies: Provided further, That not more than $7,250 may be expended,
on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with
official representation and reception expenses for activities of the
International Copyright Institute and for copyright delegations,
visitors, and seminars.
Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
salaries and expenses
For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 1931
(chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $47,984,000, of which
$14,019,000 shall remain available until expended.
Furniture and Furnishings
For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation, maintenance,
and repair of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,
$5,415,000.
Administrative Provisions
Sec. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of
Congress shall be available, in an amount of not more than $198,390, of
which $59,300 is for the Congressional Research Service, when
specifically authorized by the Librarian, for attendance at meetings
concerned with the function or activity for which the appropriation is
made.
Sec. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall
be used by the Library of Congress to administer any flexible or
compressed work schedule which--
(1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the
grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-15; and
(2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to not be
at work for all or a portion of a workday because of time
worked by the manager or supervisor on another workday.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ``manager or
supervisor'' means any management official or supervisor, as such terms
are defined in section 7103(a)(10) and (11) of title 5, United States
Code.
Sec. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library of Congress
from other Federal agencies to cover general and administrative
overhead costs generated by performing reimbursable work for other
agencies under the authority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be
used to employ more than 65 employees and may be expended or
obligated--
(1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such extent or
in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts; or
(2) in the case of an advance payment, only--
(A) to pay for such general or administrative
overhead costs as are attributable to the work
performed for such agency; or
(B) to such extent or in such amounts as are
provided in appropriations Acts, with respect to any
purpose not allowable under subparagraph (A).
Sec. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in
this Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the certification of
the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation
and reception expenses for the incentive awards program.
Sec. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library of Congress in
this Act, not more than $12,000 may be expended, on the certification
of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official
representation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.
Sec. 206. (a) For fiscal year 2000, the obligational authority of
the Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection (b)
may not exceed $98,788,000.
(b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are reimbursable
and revolving fund activities that are funded from sources other than
appropriations to the Library in appropriations Acts for the
legislative branch.
Sec. 207. The Library of Congress may use available funds, now and
hereafter, to enter into contracts for the lease or acquisition of
severable services for a period that begins in one fiscal year and ends
in the next fiscal year and to enter into multi-year contracts for the
acquisition of property and services pursuant to sections 303L and
304B, respectively, of the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act (41 U.S.C. 253l and 254c).
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Library Buildings and Grounds
structural and mechanical care
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds,
$17,327,000, of which $5,740,000 shall remain available until expended.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Office of Superintendent of Documents
salaries and expenses
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary
to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications
and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, other
Government agencies, and designated depository and international
exchange libraries as authorized by law, $29,986,000: Provided, That
travel expenses, including travel expenses of the Depository Library
Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed $150,000: Provided
further, That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current year
appropriations are authorized for producing and disseminating
Congressional serial sets and other related publications for 1998 and
1999 to depository and other designated libraries.
Government Printing Office Revolving Fund
For payment to the ``Government Printing Office revolving fund'',
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, for air-conditioning
systems and elevator repair.
The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such
expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in accord with
the law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United
States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and
purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for the
Government Printing Office revolving fund: Provided, That not more than
$2,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public Printer in
connection with official representation and reception expenses:
Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available for the
hire or purchase of not more than twelve passenger motor vehicles:
Provided further, That expenditures in connection with travel expenses
of the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed
necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United States Code:
Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available for
temporary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5,
United States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the
daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the
Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided further,
That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the heading
``Office of Superintendent of Documents, salaries and expenses''
together may not be available for the full-time equivalent employment
of more than 3,383 workyears: Provided further, That activities
financed through the revolving fund may provide information in any
format: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall not be used to
administer any flexible or compressed work schedule which applies to
any manager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which is
equal to or higher than GS-15: Provided further, That expenses for
attendance at meetings shall not exceed $75,000.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including
not more than $7,000 to be expended on the certification of the
Comptroller General of the United States in connection with official
representation and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at
rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual
rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section
5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance
payments in foreign countries in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3324;
benefits comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), 901(6), and
901(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6),
and 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller
General of the United States, rental of living quarters in foreign
countries, $382,298,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105
hereafter amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller General pursuant to
that section shall be deposited to the appropriation of the General
Accounting Office then available and remain available until expended,
and not more than $1,400,000 of such funds shall be available for use
in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That this appropriation and
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department or
agency which is a member of the Joint Financial Management Improvement
Program (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an appropriate share of
JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, including the salary of the
Executive Director and secretarial support: Provided further, That this
appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any
other department or agency which is a member of the National
Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit
Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share of either
Forum's costs as determined by the respective Forum, including
necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants. Payments
hereunder to either Forum or the JFMIP may be credited as
reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs involved are
initially financed: Provided further, That this appropriation and
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department or
agency which is a member of the American Consortium on International
Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an
appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including
any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the International
Institute of Administrative Sciences.
TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be
used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for
emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations
relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives issued
by the Committee on House Administration and for the Senate issued by
the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Sec. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2000 unless
expressly so provided in this Act.
Sec. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position not
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is
appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designation of any
office or position appropriated for is different from that specifically
established by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation
in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided,
That the provisions in this Act for the various items of official
expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House
of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the
House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect
thereto.
Sec. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or
under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
Sec. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest
extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds
made available in this Act should be American-made.
(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any
contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act, the
head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall
provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made in
subsection (a) by the Congress.
(c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency
that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made in
America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any
product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the
United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any contract
or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, pursuant
to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in
section 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
Sec. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated to the
account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of Public Law 104-1
to pay awards and settlements as authorized under such subsection.
Sec. 307. Amounts available for administrative expenses of any
legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative Branch
Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26,
1996, shall be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs
as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be
shared among all participating legislative branch entities (in such
allocations among the entities as the entities may determine) may not
exceed $1,500.
Sec. 308. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 is amended in the first
sentence of subsection (a) by striking ``1999'' and inserting ``2000''.
Sec. 309. For purposes of section 8147 of title 5, United States
Code, the Government Printing Office is not considered an agency which
is required by statute to submit an annual budget pursuant to or as
provided by chapter 91 of title 31, United States Code, and is not
required to pay an additional amount for the cost of administration.
Sec. 310. Chapter 5 of title II of division B of the Omnibus
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999
(Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-569) is amended in the matter under
the subheading ``Capitol Visitor Center'' under the heading ``ARCHITECT
OF THE CAPITOL'' by striking ``the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate, the Committee on House Oversight of the
House of Representatives, the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and of the Senate, and other appropriate committees
of the House of Representatives and of the Senate'' and inserting ``the
United States Capitol Preservation Commission established under section
801 of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988 (40 U.S.C. 188a)''.
Sec. 311. (a) The National Park Service (in this section referred
to as the ``sponsor'') may during each of calendar years 1999 and 2000
sponsor a series of three concerts by the National Symphony Orchestra
(in this section each concert referred to as an ``event'') on the
Capitol Grounds. Such concerts shall be held on Memorial Day, 4th of
July, and Labor Day of each such calendar year, or on such alternate
dates during that calendar year as the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate may jointly designate.
(b)(1) Under conditions to be prescribed by the Architect of the
Capitol and the Capitol Police Board, each event authorized by
subsection (a)--
(A) shall be free of admission charge and open to the
public, with no preferential seating except for security
purposes as determined in accordance with subsection (d), and
(B) shall be arranged not to interfere with the needs of
Congress.
(2) The sponsor shall assume full responsibility for all expenses
and liabilities incident to all activities associated with each event.
(3) Pursuant to section 451 of the Legislative Reorganization Act
of 1970 (40 U.S.C. 193m-l), the Comptroller General of the United
States shall perform an annual audit of the events for each of calendar
years 1999 and 2000 and provide a report on each audit to the Speaker
of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Senate
Committee on Rules and Administration not later than December 15 of the
calendar year for which the audit was performed.
(c)(1) Subject to the approval of the Architect of the Capitol, the
sponsor may erect upon the Capitol Grounds such stage, sound
amplification devices, and other related structures and equipment as
may be required for each event.
(2) Subject to the restrictions contained in subsection (d), the
concerts held on Memorial Day and 4th of July (or their alternate
dates) may be broadcast over radio, television, and other media
outlets.
(3) In order to permit the setting up and taking down of structures
and equipment and the conducting of dress rehearsals, the Architect of
the Capitol may permit the sponsor to use the West Central Front of the
United States Capitol for each event for not more than--
(A) six days if the concert is televised, and
(B) four days if the concert is not televised.
The Architect may not schedule any use under this paragraph if it would
interfere with any concert to be performed by a military band of the
United States.
(4) The Architect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board are
authorized to make any such additional arrangements as may be required
to carry out each event.
(d)(1) The Capitol Police Board shall for each event--
(A) provide for all security related needs, and
(B) provide for enforcement of the restrictions contained
in section 4 of the Act of July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193d; 60
Stat. 718), concerning sales, displays, advertisements, and
solicitations on the Capitol Grounds, as well as other
restrictions applicable to the Capitol Grounds.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), credits may be appropriately
given to private sponsors of an event at the conclusion of any
broadcast of the event.
(3) The Architect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board shall
enter into an agreement with the sponsor, and such other persons
participating in an event as the Architect of the Capitol and the
Capitol Police Board considers appropriate, under which the sponsor and
such persons agree to comply with the requirements of this subsection.
The agreement shall specifically prohibit the use for a commercial
purpose of any photograph taken at, or broadcast production of, the
event.
Sec. 312. Trade Deficit Review Commission. (a) Appropriations.--
Section 127(i) of the Trade Deficit Review Commission Act (19 U.S.C.
2213 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:
``Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain
available until the date which is 90 days after the date on which the
Commission submits the final report described in subsection (e).''.
(b) Applicability of certain pay authorities to members of the
commission.--Section 127(g) of the Trade Deficit Review Commission Act
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(6) Applicability of certain pay authorities.--
``(A) In general.--An individual who is a member of
the Commission and is an annuitant or otherwise covered
by section 8344 or 8468 of title 5, United States Code,
by reason of membership on the Commission is not
subject to the provisions of section 8344 or 8468
(whichever is applicable) with respect to such
membership.
``(B) Uniformed service.--An individual who is a
member of the Commission and is a member or former
member of a uniformed service is not subject to the
provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of section 5532,
United States Code, with respect to membership on the
Commission.''.
(c) Termination of Commission and Other Matters.--Section 127 of
the Trade Deficit Review Commission Act is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsections:
``(j) Federal Advisory Committee Act.--The provisions of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463; 5 U.S.C. App.) shall
not apply to the Commission.
``(k) Termination.--The Commission shall terminate 90 days after
the date on which the Commission submits the final report under
subsection (e).''.
This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 2000''.
Calendar No. 151
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1206
[Report No. 106-75]
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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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June 10, 1999
Read twice and placed on the calendar