[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2657 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

                  In the Senate of the United States,

                                                         July 11, 2003.
    Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 
2657) entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other 
purposes.'', do pass with the following

                              AMENDMENTS:

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                                 SENATE

                           Expense Allowances

    For expense allowances of the Vice President, $20,000; the 
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $20,000; Majority Leader of the 
Senate, $20,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $20,000; Majority Whip 
of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; President 
Pro Tempore emeritus, $7,500; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority 
Conference Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the 
Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; in 
all, $127,500.

    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, $125,307,000, which shall be 
paid from this appropriation without regard to the following 
limitations:

                      office of the vice president

    For the Office of the Vice President, $2,028,000.

                  office of the president pro tempore

    For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $539,000.

              office of the president pro tempore emeritus

    For the Office of the President Pro Tempore emeritus, $156,000.

              offices of the majority and minority leaders

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $3,220,000.

               offices of the majority and minority whips

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $2,324,000.

                      committee on appropriations

    For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $12,799,000.

                         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, $1,358,000 for each such committee; in all, $2,716,000.

 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, $674,000.

                           policy committees

    For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority 
Policy Committee, $1,417,000 for each such committee; in all, 
$2,834,000.

                         office of the chaplain

    For Office of the Chaplain, $327,000.

                        office of the secretary

    For Office of the Secretary, $18,299,000.

             office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

    For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $45,789,000.

        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

    For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, $1,468,000.

               agency contributions and related expenses

    For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by 
law, and related expenses, $32,134,000.

            Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, $4,843,000.

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 
$1,222,000.

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, $6,000; 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $6,000; Secretary for 
the Majority of the Senate, $6,000; Secretary for the Minority of the 
Senate, $6,000; in all, $24,000.

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate

                      inquiries and investigations

    For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, 
or conducted under section 134(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1946 (Public Law 97-601), section 112 of the Supplemental 
Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 (Public Law 96-304), and Senate 
Resolution 281, 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $118,462,000.

expenses of the united states senate caucus on international narcotics 
                                control

    For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International 
Narcotics Control, $520,000.

                        secretary of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$2,265,000, of which $500,000 shall be transferred to the Senate 
Preservation Fund and shall be available without fiscal year 
limitation.

             sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 
of the Senate, $136,843,000, of which $30,835,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2006, and of which $4,255,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2008.

                          miscellaneous items

    For miscellaneous items, $18,425,000, of which up to $500,000 shall 
be made available for a pilot program for mailings of postal patron 
postcards by Senators for the purpose of providing notice of a town 
meeting by a Senator in a county (or equivalent unit of local 
government) at which the Senator will personally attend: Provided, That 
any amount allocated to a Senator for such mailing shall not exceed 50 
percent of the cost of the mailing and the remaining cost shall be paid 
by the Senator from other funds available to the Senator.

        senators' official personnel and office expense account

    For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, 
$310,000,000.

                          official mail costs

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

                       administrative provisions

    Section. 1. Gross Rate of Compensation in Offices of Senators. 
Effective on and after October 1, 2003, 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 adjusted by law and 
in effect on September 30, 2003, increased by an additional $50,000 
each.
    Sec. 2. Payment of Expenses of Conferences of Majority and 
Minority. (a) In General.--Section 120 of Public Law 97-51 (2 U.S.C. 
61g-6) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``an amount, not in 
excess of $100,000,'' and inserting ``such amount as necessary''.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 3. Provisions Relating to Senate Commission on Art. (a) 
Authority To Acquire and Dispose.--
            (1) In general.--The Senate Commission on Art (referred to 
        in this section as the ``Commission'') may--
                    (A) accept gifts of money; and
                    (B) acquire (by gift, purchase, or otherwise) any 
                work of art, historical object, document, or material 
                relating to historical matters, or exhibit, for 
                placement or exhibition in the Senate Wing of the 
                Capitol, the Senate Office Buildings, or in rooms, 
                spaces, or corridors thereof.
            (2) Accession or disposal.--All works of art, historical 
        objects, documents, or material related to historical matters, 
        or exhibits, acquired by the Commission may, as determined by 
        the Commission and after consultation with the Curatorial 
        Advisory Board, be--
                    (A) retained for accession to the United States 
                Senate Collection or other use; or
                    (B) disposed of by sale or other transaction.
            (3) Repeal.--Senate Resolution 95, 92d Congress, agreed to 
        April 1, 1971, and enacted into law by section 901(a) of Public 
        Law 100-696 (2 U.S.C. 2106) is repealed.
    (b) Advisory Boards.--
            (1) Curatorial advisory board.--There is established a 
        Board which shall be chaired by the Senate Curator. The 
        Curatorial Advisory Board shall provide advice and assistance 
        to the Commission on the acquisition, care, and disposition of 
        items for or within the United States Senate Collection, and on 
        such other matters as the Commission determines appropriate.
            (2) Additional advisory boards.--
                    (A) In general.--The Commission, or the chairman 
                and vice chairman acting jointly on behalf of the 
                Commission and after giving notice to the Commission, 
                may establish 1 or more additional advisory boards.
                    (B) Term.--The term of existence for an additional 
                advisory board--
                            (i) shall be specified by the Commission 
                        but no longer than 4 years; and
                            (ii) shall be renewable.
                    (C) Purpose.--The purpose of an additional advisory 
                board shall be to provide advice and assistance to the 
                Commission and to further the purposes of the 
                Commission.
            (3) Appointments.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
                Curatorial Advisory Board and other advisory boards 
                established by the Commission under paragraph (2) shall 
                be composed of members appointed by the Commission, or 
                the chairman and vice chairman acting jointly on behalf 
                of the Commission and after giving notice to the 
                Commission.
                    (B) Applicable rules.--Members appointed under 
                subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) shall be appointed from public and 
                        private life and shall serve at the pleasure of 
                        the Commission; and
                            (ii) in the case of individuals appointed 
                        to the Curatorial Advisory Board, shall be 
                        experts or have significant experience in the 
                        field of arts, historic preservation, or other 
                        appropriate fields.
                Each member of the Commission may have appointed to an 
                advisory board created by the Commission at least 1 
                individual requested by that member.
            (4) Members.--A member of a board under this subsection--
                    (A) may, at the discretion of the Commission, be 
                reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred 
                in the performance of the official duties of the board 
                from any funds available to the Commission in 
                accordance with applicable Senate regulations for such 
                expenses; and
                    (B) shall not, by virtue of such member's service 
                on the board, be deemed to be an officer, employee, or 
                agent of the Senate and may not bind the Senate in any 
                contract or obligation.
            (5) Terms for additional advisory board members.--Members 
        appointed to the other advisory boards created under paragraph 
        (2) shall serve for terms as stated in their appointment, but 
        no longer than a term of 4 years, except that any member may be 
        reappointed upon the expiration of their term.
            (6) Regulations.--The Commission, or the chairman and vice 
        chairman acting jointly on behalf of the Commission and after 
        giving notice to the Commission, in consultation with the 
        Committee on Rules and Administration, may promulgate such 
        regulations governing advisory boards established under this 
        subsection as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this 
        subsection.
            (7) Assistance.--The Executive Secretary of the Commission 
        shall provide assistance to an advisory board as authorized by 
        the Commission.
    (c) Establishment of Senate Preservation Fund.--
            (1) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury a 
        fund, to be known as the ``Senate Preservation Fund'' (in this 
        section referred to as the ``fund''), which shall consist of 
        amounts deposited and credited under paragraph (3).
            (2) Payment of costs.--The fund shall be available to the 
        Commission for the payment of acquisition and transaction costs 
        incurred for acquisitions under subsection (a), for official 
        activities of any advisory board established under subsection 
        (b), and for any purposes for which funds from the contingent 
        fund of the Senate may be used under section 316(a) of Public 
        Law 101-302 (2 U.S.C. 2107).
            (3) Deposits, credits, and disbursements.--
                    (A) Deposits.--The Commission shall deposit in the 
                fund amounts appropriated for use of the fund, gifts of 
                money, and proceeds of transactions under subsection 
                (a).
                    (B) Credits.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
                credit to the fund the interest on, and the proceeds 
                from sale or redemption of, obligations held in the 
                fund.
                    (C) Disbursements.--Disbursements from the fund 
                shall be made on vouchers approved by the Commission 
                and signed by the Executive Secretary of the 
                Commission.
            (4) Investments.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury 
                shall invest any portion of the fund that, as 
                determined by the Commission, is not required to meet 
                current withdrawals.
                    (B) Type of obligation.--Each investment required 
                by this paragraph shall be made in an interest bearing 
                obligation of the United States or an obligation 
                guaranteed as to the principal and interest by the 
                United States that, as determined by the Commission, 
                has a maturity suitable for the fund.
                    (C) Commission approval.--In carrying out this 
                subsection, the Secretary of the Treasury may make such 
                purchases, sales, and redemption of obligations as may 
                be approved by the Commission.
            (5) Services and support.--The Library of Congress shall 
        provide financial management and disbursing services and 
        support to the Commission as may be required and mutually 
        agreed to by the Librarian of Congress and the Executive 
        Secretary of the Commission.
            (6) Audits.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
        shall conduct annual audits of the Senate Preservation Fund and 
        shall report the results of each audit to the Commission.
    (d) Administrative Changes.--
            (1) Senate commission on art.--Section 1 of Senate 
        Resolution 382, 90th Congress, agreed to October 1, 1968, and 
        enacted into law by section 901(a) of Public Law 100-696 (2 
        U.S.C. 2101) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b), by striking the first 
                sentence and inserting ``The Majority Leader and 
                Minority Leader of the Senate shall be the chairman and 
                vice chairman, respectively, of the Commission.''; and
                    (B) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
                following:
    ``(c) The Secretary of the Senate shall appoint a Senate Curator 
approved by the Senate Commission on Art. The Senate Curator shall be 
an employee of the Secretary of the Senate assigned to assist the 
Commission. The Secretary of the Senate shall assign additional 
employees to assist the Commission, and provide such other assistance, 
as the Commission determines necessary.''.
            (2) Purchase of art.--The first sentence of section 316(a) 
        of Public Law 101-302 (2 U.S.C. 2107(a)) is amended by 
        inserting after ``in which incurred,'' the following: ``for the 
        purchase of art and historical objects for the United States 
        Senate Collection, for exhibits and public education relating 
        to the United States Senate Collection, for administrative and 
        transitional expenses of the Senate Commission on Art, and''.
    Sec. 4. Orientation Seminars. The first sentence of section 107(a) 
of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1979 (Public Law 96-38; 2 
U.S.C. 69a) is amended by striking ``$10,000'' and inserting 
``$25,000''.
    Sec. 5. Expense Allowances for Certain Officers of the Senate. (a) 
In General.--Section 119(a) of the joint resolution entitled ``Joint 
resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1982, 
and for other purposes'', approved October 1, 1981 (2 U.S.C. 65c) is 
amended by striking ``$3,000'' and inserting ``$6,000''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
with respect to fiscal year 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 6. Consultants. With respect to fiscal year 2004, the first 
sentence of section 101(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 
(2 U.S.C. 61h-6(a)) shall be applied by substituting ``nine individual 
consultants'' for ``eight individual consultants''.

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    For Joint Committees, as follows:

     Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2005

    For all construction expenses, salaries, and other expenses 
associated with conducting the inaugural ceremonies of the President 
and Vice President of the United States, January 20, 2005, in 
accordance with such program as may be adopted by the joint 
congressional committee authorized to conduct the inaugural ceremonies 
of 2005, $1,250,000 to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and 
to remain available until September 30, 2005. Funds made available 
under this heading shall be available for payment, on a direct or 
reimbursable basis, whether incurred on, before, or after, October 1, 
2004: Provided, That the compensation of any employee of the Committee 
on Rules and Administration of the Senate who has been designated to 
perform service with respect to the inaugural ceremonies of 2005 shall 
continue to be paid by the Committee on Rules and Administration, but 
the account from which such staff member is paid may be reimbursed for 
the services of the staff member (including agency contributions when 
appropriate) out of funds made available under this heading.

                        Joint Economic Committee

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$3,988,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$8,112,000, 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 $2,175 per month to the Attending 
Physician; (2) an allowance of $725 per month each to 4 medical 
officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) an 
allowance of $725 per month to 2 assistants and $580 per month each not 
to exceed 11 assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such 
assistants; and (4) $1,566,000 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, $2,236,000, to be disbursed by 
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.

           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

    For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and Special 
Services Office, $3,511,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to employ 
more than 70 individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide 
Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than 2 
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 1st session of the 108th 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.

                             CAPITOL POLICE

                                Salaries

    For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including 
overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Government contributions 
for health, retirement, social security, and other applicable employee 
benefits, $207,000,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol 
Police or his designee.

                            General Expenses

    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, the awards 
program, postage, communication services, travel advances, relocation 
of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be expended on the 
certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses, $33,000,000, of which 
$1,700,000 shall remain available until expended, to be disbursed by 
the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee: 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 2004 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security from funds available to the Department of Homeland Security.

                       Administrative Provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 1001. Transfer Authority. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 
2004 for the Capitol Police may be transferred between the headings 
``salaries'' and ``general expenses'' upon the approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives.
    Sec. 1002. Authorization of Weapons. Section 1824 of the Revised 
Statutes (2 U.S.C. 1941) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``The Sergeant at Arms of the 
                Senate and the Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
                Representatives'' and inserting ``The Capitol Police 
                Board''; and
                    (B) by striking all beginning with ``payable out'' 
                through the period and inserting ``payable from 
                appropriations to the Capitol Police upon certification 
                of payment by the Chief of the Capitol Police.''; and
            (2) in the second sentence--
                    (A) by inserting ``or other arms as authorized by 
                the Capitol Police Board'' after ``furnished''; and
                    (B) by striking ``the Sergeant at Arms of the 
                Senate and the Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
                Representatives'' and inserting ``the Capitol Police 
                Board''.
    Sec. 1003. Legal Representation Authority. (a) In General.--
            (1) Authorization of representation.--Any counsel described 
        under paragraph (2) may for the purposes of providing legal 
        assistance and representation to the United States Capitol 
        Police Board or the United States Capitol Police enter an 
        appearance in any proceeding before any court of the United 
        States or of any State or political subdivision thereof, 
        without compliance with any requirement for admission to 
        practice before such court.
            (2) Counsel.--Paragraph (1) refers to--
                    (A) the General Counsel for the United States 
                Capitol Police Board and the Chief of the Capitol 
                Police;
                    (B) the Employment Counsel for the United States 
                Capitol Police Board and the United States Capitol 
                Police;
                    (C) any attorney employed in the Office of the 
                General Counsel for the United States Capitol Police or 
                the Office of Employment Counsel for the United States 
                Capitol Police;
                    (D) the counsel for, or any attorney employed by, 
                any successor office of either office described under 
                subparagraph (C); and
                    (E) any attorney retained by contract with either 
                office described under subparagraph (C).
    (b) Limitations.--
            (1) Direction for appearance.--Entrance of appearance 
        authorized under subsection (a) shall be subject to the 
        direction of the Capitol Police Board or the Chief of the 
        Capitol Police.
            (2) United states supreme court.--The authority under 
        subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to the admission of 
        any person to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal year 2004, 
and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 1004. Extended Capitol Police Jurisdiction Zone. (a) Section 
9B of the Act entitled ``An Act to define the area of the United States 
Capitol Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for other purposes'', 
approved July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 1967) is amended by striking 
subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) The area referred to in subsection (a)(4) of this section is 
that area bounded by the north curb of New York Avenue, NW and H 
Street, NW extending northeast along the north curb of H Street, NW 
extending east along the north curb of H Street, NE, to the 
intersection of H Street, NE and 13th Street, NE, extending south along 
the east curb to the intersection of 13th Street, SE and I Street, SE, 
running west along the south curb of I Street, SE to the intersection 
of I Street, SW and 7th Street, SW extending northwest along the 
Potomac river front to 14th Street, NW, extending north along the west 
curb of 14th Street, NW to the intersection of the north curb of New 
York Avenue, NW and the north curb of H Street, NW.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section will become effective upon the 
approval by the Capitol Police Board of written policy and procedures 
for implementing the truck interdiction program.
    Sec. 1005. Retirement Treatment for Capitol Police Hazardous 
Materials Response Team Members. (a) Retirement Treatment.--
            (1) In general.--For purposes of chapters 83 and 84 of 
        title 5, United States Code, a hazardous materials response 
        team member of the Capitol Police shall be treated as a member 
        of the Capitol Police.
            (2) Application.--This subsection shall apply to periods of 
        service performed as a hazardous materials response team member 
        of the Capitol Police on and after December 1, 2002.
    (b) Treatment of Incumbents.--
            (1) Definitions.--In this subsection, the term--
                    (A) ``incumbent'' means an individual who--
                            (i) is first appointed as a hazardous 
                        materials response team member of the Capitol 
                        Police before the effective date of this 
                        section; and
                            (ii) is employed as a hazardous materials 
                        response team member of the Capitol Police on 
                        that date; and
                    (B) ``prior service'' means any period of service 
                performed by an incumbent as a hazardous materials 
                response team member of the Capitol Police before the 
                effective date of this section.
            (2) Individual contributions.--
                    (A) In general.--An incumbent shall pay with 
                respect to prior service an amount into the Civil 
                Service Retirement and Disability Fund equal to--
                            (i) the difference between the individual 
                        contributions that were actually made for such 
                        prior service and the individual contributions 
                        that would have been made for such service if 
                        subsection (a) had then been in effect; and
                            (ii) interest computed on the amount under 
                        clause (i) based on section 8334(e) of title 5, 
                        United States Code.
                    (B) Effect of not contributing.--If no part of or 
                less than the full amount required under subparagraph 
                (A) is paid, all prior service of the incumbent shall 
                remain fully creditable as treated under subsection 
                (a), but the resulting annuity shall be reduced in a 
                manner similar to that described under section 
                8334(d)(2) of title 5, United States Code, to the 
                extent necessary to make up the amount unpaid.
            (3) Government contributions for prior service.--The 
        Capitol Police shall pay with respect to prior service of each 
        incumbent an amount into the Civil Service Retirement and 
        Disability Fund equal to--
                    (A) the difference between the Government 
                contributions that were actually made for such prior 
                service and the Government contributions that would 
                have been made for such service if subsection (a) had 
                then been in effect; and
                    (B) interest computed on the amount under 
                subparagraph (A) based on section 8334(e) of title 5, 
                United States Code.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the first 
day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after the date 
of enactment of this Act.

                          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), $2,255,000, of which $304,700 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2005: Provided, That the Executive 
Director of the Office of Compliance may, within the limits of 
available appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete personal 
property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of the 
Congressional Budget Office, 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, $33,612,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be 
available to finance an appropriate share of Federal Accounting 
Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) costs as determined by FASAB.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         General Administration

    For salaries for the 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 general and administrative 
support of the operations under the Architect of the Capitol including 
the Botanic Garden; including furnishings and office equipment; 
including not more than $5,000 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, $71,697,000, of which $4,200,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2008.

                            Capitol Building

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Capitol, $27,777,000, of which $12,302,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2008.

                            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, $6,986,000, of which $685,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2008.

                        Senate Office Buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the 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, $63,388,000, of which $17,433,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2008.

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                          Capitol Power Plant

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power (including the 
purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer services for the 
Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, Library of Congress 
buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate 
garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in 
any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing Office and 
Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for air 
conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the Union Station complex, 
the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger 
Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed 
upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so received 
shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of this 
appropriation, $88,979,000, of which $38,402,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2008: 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 2004.

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

    For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural 
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds, 
$41,620,000, of which $23,747,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2008.

                  Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, and operation 
of buildings and grounds of the United States Capitol Police, 
$3,308,000, of which $2,075,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2008.

                             Botanic Garden

    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, $6,239,000, of which $202,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2008.

                         Capitol Visitor Center

    For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Center project, 
$47,800,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
Architect of the Capitol may not obligate any of the funds which are 
made available for the Capitol Visitor Center without an obligation 
plan approved by the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of 
the House of Representatives.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 1101. Acquisition of Space. (a) In General.--Funds 
appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol shall be available--
            (1) for the leasing of space in areas within the District 
        of Columbia and its environs beyond the boundaries of the 
        United States Capitol Grounds to meet space requirements of the 
        United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, 
        United States Capitol Police, and the Architect of the Capitol 
        under such terms and conditions as the Committee or Commission 
        referred to under subsection (b) may authorize; and
            (2) to incur any necessary expense in connection with any 
        leasing of space under paragraph (1).
    (b) Conditions to Lease Space.--The Architect of the Capitol may 
lease space under subsection (a) upon submission of written notice of 
intent to lease such space to--
            (1) the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate 
        for space to be leased that is situated north of the United 
        States Capitol Building;
            (2) the House Office Building Commission for space to be 
        leased that is situated south of the United States Capitol 
        Building; and
            (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
        House of Representatives.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 1102. Alternate Computing Facility. (a) In General.--There are 
transferred into the account under the subheading ``General 
Administration'' under the heading ``ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL'' 
$54,000,000 for the purchase of an alternate computing facility, of 
which--
            (1) $44,000,000 shall be transferred from unobligated funds 
        transferred to ``Architect of the Capitol'', ``Capitol 
        Buildings and Grounds'', ``Capitol Buildings'' (under the 
        subheading ``legislative branch emergency response fund 
        (including transfer of funds)'' under the heading ``JOINT 
        ITEMS'' under the heading ``LEGISLATIVE BRANCH'' under chapter 
        9 of division B of the Department of Defense and Emergency 
        Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to 
        Terrorist Attacks on the United States Act, 2002 (Public Law 
        107-117)) from amounts made available in Public Law 107-38; and
            (2) $10,000,000 shall be transferred from unobligated funds 
        transferred to ``Capitol Police Board'', ``Capitol Police'', 
        ``General Expenses'' under that subheading (relating to the 
        Legislative Branch Emergency Response Fund) from amounts made 
        available in Public Law 107-38.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on September 
30, 2004.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not otherwise 
provided for, including development and maintenance of the Library's 
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 1 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, $367,539,000, of which not 
more than $6,500,000 shall be derived from collections credited to this 
appropriation during fiscal year 2004, 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 2004 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, 
$11,596,000 shall 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, 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: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $905,000 shall 
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, $4,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the purpose of teaching educators and 
librarians how to incorporate the Library's digital collections into 
school curricula and shall be transferred to the educational consortium 
formed to conduct the ``Adventure of the American Mind'' project as 
approved by the Library: Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated, $250,000 shall remain available until expended, and shall 
be transferred to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for 
carrying out the purposes of Public Law 106-173, of which amount 
$10,000 may be used for official representation and reception expenses 
of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Provided further, That 
of the total amount appropriated, $1,380,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2008 for the acquisition and partial support for 
implementation of a Central Financial Management System: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated, $11,060,000 shall 
remain available until expended for support of the National Audio-
Visual Conservation Center: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $2,762,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
development and maintenance of the Alternate Computer Facility: 
Provided further, That, of the total amount appropriated, $500,000 
shall remain available until expended and shall be transferred to the 
Knox College Abraham Lincoln Studies Center for exhibits relating to 
the Lincoln-Douglas Debates and the Underground Railroad and for other 
educational activities of the Center: Provided further, That, of the 
total amount appropriated, $500,000 shall remain available until 
expended and shall be transferred to the Louisiana Department of 
Culture, Recreation and Tourism for activities relating to the 
Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Celebration.

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $48,290,000, of 
which not more than $23,321,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during 
fiscal year 2003 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: 
Provided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any 
funds derived from collections under such section, in excess of the 
amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: 
Provided further, That not more than $6,343,000 shall be derived from 
collections during fiscal year 2004 under sections 111(d)(2), 
119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005 of such title: Provided further, That the 
total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by 
which collections are less than $29,664,000: 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.

                     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, $91,726,000: 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.

             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), $51,706,000, of which 
$14,812,000 shall remain available until expended.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 1201. Incentive Awards Program. 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. 1202. Reimbursable and Revolving Fund Activities. (a) In 
General.--For fiscal year 2004, the obligational authority of the 
Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection (b) may 
not exceed $105,589,000.
    (b) Activities.--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.
    (c) Transfer of Funds.--During fiscal year 2004, the Librarian of 
Congress may temporarily transfer funds appropriated in this Act, under 
the heading ``LIBRARY OF CONGRESS'' under the subheading ``--Salaries 
and Expenses'' to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the 
Federal Research Program established under section 103 of the Library 
of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-
481; 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 
may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, That the appropriate 
revolving fund account shall reimburse the Library for any amounts 
transferred to it before the period of availability of the Library 
appropriation expires.
    Sec. 1203. National Audiovisual Conservation Center. (a) 
Acquisition.--Section (1)(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act to authorize 
acquisition of certain real property for the Library of Congress, and 
for other purposes'' (2 U.S.C. 141 note; Public Law 105-144) is amended 
by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) Three parcels totaling approximately 45 acres, more 
        or less, located in Culpeper County, Virginia, and identified 
        as Culpeper County Tax Parcel Numbers 51-80B, 51-80C, and 51-
        80D, further described as real estate (consisting of 40.949 
        acres) conveyed to David and Lucille Packard Foundation by deed 
        from Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, dated May 15, 1998, and 
        recorded May 19, 1998, in the Clerk's Office, Circuit Court of 
        Culpeper County, Virginia, in Deed Book 644, page 372; and real 
        estate (consisting of 4.181 acres) conveyed to Packard 
        Humanities Institute by deed from Russell H. Inskeep, dated 
        February 13, 2002, and recorded February 13, 2002, in the 
        Clerk's Office, Circuit Court of Culpeper County, Virginia, as 
        instrument number 020001299.''.
    (b) Library Buildings and Grounds.--Section 11(d) of the Act 
entitled ``An Act relating the policing of the buildings of the Library 
of Congress'', approved August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167(j)), is amended by 
striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) Three parcels totaling approximately 45 acres, more 
        or less, located in Culpeper County, Virginia, and identified 
        as Culpeper County Tax Parcel Numbers 51-80B, 51-80C, and 51-
        80D, further described as real estate (consisting of 40.949 
        acres) conveyed to David and Lucille Packard Foundation by deed 
        from Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, dated May 15, 1998, and 
        recorded May 19, 1998, in the Clerk's Office, Circuit Court of 
        Culpeper County, Virginia, in Deed Book 644, page 372; and real 
        estate (consisting of 4.181 acres) conveyed to Packard 
        Humanities Institute by deed from Russell H. Inskeep, dated 
        February 13, 2002, and recorded February 13, 2002, in the 
        Clerk's Office, Circuit Court of Culpeper County, Virginia, as 
        instrument number 020001299.''.
    Sec. 1204. Voluntary Separation Payments. (a) In General.--The 
Congressional Research Service may for such employees as it determines 
appropriate authorize a payment to employees who voluntarily separate 
before March 31, 2004, 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.
    (b) Limitation.--No more than 40 employees may receive a voluntary 
separation payment under this section.
    Sec. 1205. Transfer of Library of Congress Police.--Section 
1015(a)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003, is 
amended by inserting ``, or, if earlier, on February 20, 2005'' before 
the period.

                       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 for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary for 
preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional 
Record, as authorized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States 
Code); 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, $91,111,000: 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 
section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 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.

                 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 distribution to the public, Members of Congress, other 
Government agencies, and designated depository and international 
exchange libraries as authorized by law, $34,456,000: Provided, 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 calendar years 2002 and 2003 to 
depository and other designated libraries: 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

    For payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving Fund, 
$10,000,000 for working capital. The Government Printing Office may 
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 $5,000 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 3,189 workyears (or such other number of workyears as the 
Public Printer may request, subject to the approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate): Provided 
further, That activities financed through the revolving fund may 
provide information in any format.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 1301. Pay of Public Printer and Deputy Public Printer. (a) In 
General.--Section 303 of title 44, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows:

``SEC. 303. PUBLIC PRINTER AND DEPUTY PUBLIC PRINTER: PAY

    ``The annual rate of pay for the Public Printer shall be a rate 
which is equal to the rate for level II of the Executive Schedule under 
subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5. The annual rate of pay for the 
Deputy Public Printer shall be a rate which is equal to the rate for 
level III of such Executive Schedule.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take 
effect on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on 
or after the date of enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 1302. Surplus Property, Acceptance of Gifts, and Voluntary 
Services. (a) In General.--Chapter 3 of title 44, United States Code, 
is amended by adding after section 317 the following:

``SEC. 318. TRANSFER OF SURPLUS PROPERTY, ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS, AND 
              ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES

    ``(a) The Public Printer may--
            ``(1) transfer or donate surplus Government publications 
        and condemned Government Printing Office machinery, material, 
        equipment, and supplies, to--
                    ``(A) other Federal entities;
                    ``(B) any organization described under section 
                501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
                exempt from taxation under 501(a) of such Code; or
                    ``(C) State or local governments;
            ``(2) accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts and 
        bequests of property, both real and personal, for the purpose 
        of aiding or facilitating the work of the Government Printing 
        Office; and
            ``(3) accept voluntary and uncompensated services, 
        notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31.
    ``(b) Gifts and bequests of money and the proceeds from sales of 
other property received as gifts or bequests to the Government Printing 
Office shall be deposited in the revolving fund and shall be disbursed 
upon order of the Public Printer. Property accepted under this section, 
and the proceeds from that property, shall be used as nearly as 
possible in accordance with the terms of the gift or bequest. For 
purposes of Federal income, estate, or gift taxes, property accepted 
under this section shall be considered as a gift, devise, or bequest to 
the United States.
    ``(c) Individuals providing voluntary and uncompensated services 
under subsection (a)(3) shall not be considered Federal employees, 
except for purposes of chapter 81 of title 5, with respect to job-
incurred disability and title 28, with respect to tort claims.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 3 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 317 the following:

``318. Transfer of surplus property, acceptance of gifts, and 
                            acceptance of voluntary services.''.

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including 
not more than $12,500 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 1 passenger motor vehicle; advance payments 
in foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, 
United States Code; benefits comparable to those payable under section 
901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by the 
Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living quarters in 
foreign countries, $462,112,000: Provided, That not more than 
$4,806,200 of payments received under section 782 of title 31, United 
States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 2004: Provided 
further, That not more than $1,200,000 of reimbursements received under 
section 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for 
use in fiscal year 2004: 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: Provided further, That 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: Provided further, 
That this appropriation shall hereafter be available to finance an 
appropriate share of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board 
costs.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 1401. Payment for Audits. (a) In General.--At any time during 
fiscal year 2004 or thereafter, the Comptroller General may accept 
payment from the Securities and Exchange Commission for the performance 
of any audit of the financial statements of the Commission which is 
conducted by the Comptroller General.
    (b) Credit to Account.--Any payment accepted under the authority of 
subsection (a) shall be credited to the account established for 
salaries and expenses of the General Accounting Office, and shall be 
available for obligation and expenditure upon receipt.

         PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND

    For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund for 
financing activities of the Open World Leadership Center, $14,000,000.

                      TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 201. Maintenance and Care of Private Vehicles. 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. 202. Fiscal Year Limitation. No part of the funds appropriated 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 
2004 unless expressly so provided in this Act.
    Sec. 203. Rates of Compensation and Designation. Whenever in this 
Act any office or position not specifically established by the 
Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) 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. 204. Consulting Services. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 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 under 
existing law.
    Sec. 205. Awards and Settlements. Such sums as may be necessary are 
appropriated to the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 
of the Congressional Accountability Act (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay 
awards and settlements as authorized under such subsection.
    Sec. 206. Costs of LBFMC. 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 $2,000.

           TITLE III--FISCAL YEAR 2003 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL

    For an additional amount for ``Department of Homeland Security, 
Emergency Preparedness and Response, Disaster Relief Fund'', to cover 
necessary expenses under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $1,550,000,000, and 
notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 5203, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That for an additional amount for ``National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, Human Space Flight'', to cover necessary expenses 
for responding to the Space Shuttle Columbia accident, $50,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That for an 
additional amount for ``Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 
Wildland Fire Management'', to cover necessary expenses for wildfire 
suppression and emergency rehabilitation activities of the Forest 
Service, $253,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That for an additional amount for ``Department of the 
Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Wildland Fire Management'', to 
cover necessary expenses for wildfire suppression and emergency 
rehabilitation activities of the Bureau of Land Management, 
$61,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which $25,000,000 
shall be available for emergency actions to reduce the threat to human 
safety in areas declared under a State of Emergency by the Governor of 
any State due to the danger of catastrophic fire from dead and dying 
trees, including--(1) clearing of evacuation routes, (2) clearing 
around emergency shelter locations, (3) clearing around emergency 
communication sites, and (4) clearing buffer zones around highly 
populous communities in order to prevent fire sweeping though such 
communities: Provided further, That for an additional amount for 
``Corporation for National and Community Service, National and 
Community Service Programs Operating Expenses'', for grants under the 
National Service Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title I 
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (the ``Act'') (42 
U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating to activities including the AmeriCorps 
program) and for educational awards authorized under subtitle D of 
title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601), $100,000,000, with funds for 
grants to remain available until September 30, 2004, and funds for 
educational awards to remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That the first proviso under the heading ``Corporation for 
National and Community Service, National and Community Service Programs 
Operating Expenses'' in Public Law 108-7 shall apply only to positions 
originally approved subsequent to March 10, 2003: Provided further, 
That the Inspector General of the Corporation for National and 
Community Service shall conduct random audits of the Corporation and 
the grantees that administer activities under the AmeriCorps programs 
and shall de-fund any grantee that has been determined to have 
committed any substantial violations of the requirements of the 
AmeriCorps programs: Provided further, That the Corps of Engineers 
shall immediately reprogram such funds as are necessary to cover 
$11,000,000 in contractual obligations and other expenses relating to 
the Grand Forks Flood Control Project, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 
authorized by section 137 of title I of division C of Public Law 105-
277 (112 Stat. 2681-597): Provided further, That Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, during the period from September 1 through 
September 30, 2003, the Secretary of Education shall transfer to the 
Education for the Disadvantaged account an amount not to exceed 
$4,353,368 from amounts that would otherwise lapse at the end of fiscal 
year 2003 and that were originally made available under the Department 
of Education Appropriations Act, 2003 or any Department of Education 
Appropriations Act for a previous fiscal year: Provided further, That 
the funds transferred to the Education for the Disadvantaged account 
shall be obligated by September 30, 2003: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress of any such transfer: Provided further, That any amounts 
transferred to the Education for the Disadvantaged account pursuant to 
this paragraph shall be for carrying out subpart 2 of part A of title I 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and shall be 
allocated, notwithstanding any other provision of law, only to those 
States that received funds under that subpart for fiscal year 2003 that 
were less than those States received under that subpart for fiscal year 
2002: Provided further, That the Secretary of Education shall use these 
additional funds to increase those States' allocations under that 
subpart up to the amount they received under that subpart for fiscal 
year 2002: Provided further, That each such State shall use the funds 
appropriated under this paragraph to ratably increase the amount of 
funds for each eligible local educational agency in the State that 
received less under that subpart in fiscal year 2003 than it received 
under that subpart in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall not take into account the funds made available under 
this paragraph in determining State allocations under any other program 
administered by the Secretary in any fiscal year: Provided further, 
That for an additional amount for ``Corps of Engineers--Civil, Flood 
Control and Coastal Emergencies'', for emergency expenses due to flood 
control, hurricane, and shore protection activities, as authorized by 
section 5 of the Flood Control Act of August 16, 1941, as amended (33 
U.S.C. 701n), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Agriculture shall use $20,000,000 of the 
funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, to remain available until 
expended, for the suppression and control of the Mormon cricket 
infestation on public and private land in Nevada, Utah, and Idaho, that 
amount to be expended in equal amounts among the 3 States: Provided 
further, That these amounts for these specific purposes are designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 502 of 
H. Con. Res. 95, the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2004: Provided further, That this paragraph shall be effective 
immediately upon the enactment of this Act.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
108th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2657

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