[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2657 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                  Union Calendar No. 95
108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2657

                          [Report No. 108-186]

 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 1, 2003

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2004, 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 fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for 
other purposes, namely:

               TITLE I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
$1,014,464,000, as follows:

                        house leadership offices

    For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $17,094,000, 
including: Office of the Speaker, $2,048,000, including $25,000 for 
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$1,965,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,390,000, including 
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $1,684,000, 
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of 
the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$1,259,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Whip; Speaker's Office for Legislative Floor Activities, $460,000; 
Republican Steering Committee, $862,000; Republican Conference, 
$1,448,000; Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,542,000; 
Democratic Caucus, $768,000; nine minority employees, $1,380,000; 
training and program development--majority, $290,000; training and 
program development--minority, $290,000; Cloakroom Personnel--majority, 
$354,000; and Cloakroom Personnel--minority, $354,000.

                  Members' Representational Allowances

   Including Members' Clerk Hire, Official Expenses of Members, and 
                             Official Mail

    For Members' representational allowances, including Members' clerk 
hire, official expenses, and official mail, $514,454,000.

                          Committee Employees

                Standing Committees, Special and Select

    For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 
select, authorized by House resolutions, $106,058,000: Provided, That 
such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until 
December 31, 2004.

                      Committee on Appropriations

    For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$24,926,000, including studies and examinations of executive agencies 
and temporary personal services for such committee, to be expended in 
accordance with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services 
performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such 
salaries and expenses until December 31, 2004.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $158,324,000, including: for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than $13,000, of which 
not more than $10,000 is for the Family Room, for official 
representation and reception expenses, $18,632,000; for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position 
of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more than $3,000 for 
official representation and reception expenses, $5,471,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, $113,141,000, of which $9,400,000 shall remain available until 
expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General, $3,847,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Operations, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
General Counsel, $926,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, $153,000; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, 
including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of 
Rules, $1,560,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law 
Revision Counsel of the House, $2,263,000; for salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $6,233,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Corrections Calendar Office, $948,000; and 
for other authorized employees, $150,000.

                        Allowances and Expenses

    For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or 
law, $193,608,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs 
and Federal tort claims, $3,975,000; official mail for committees, 
leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000; 
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and 
other applicable employee benefits, $188,533,000; and miscellaneous 
items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation 
of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities 
to heirs of deceased employees of the House, $690,000.

                           Child Care Center

    For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives Child 
Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the account established 
by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 
(2 U.S.C. 2112), subject to the level specified in the budget of the 
Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 101. (a) Requiring Amounts Remaining in Members' 
Representational Allowances To Be Used for Deficit Reduction or To 
Reduce the Federal Debt.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any amounts appropriated under this Act for ``HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--Members' Representational 
Allowances'' shall be available only for fiscal year 2004. Any amount 
remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for fiscal 
year 2004 shall be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit 
reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such 
payments have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner 
as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
    (b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations 
to carry out this section.
    (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``Member of the 
House of Representatives'' means a Representative in, or a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.

                              JOINT ITEMS

    For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$3,805,000, 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 four medical 
officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) an 
allowance of $725 per month to two 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 58 individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide 
Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than two 
additional individuals for not more than 120 days each, and not more 
than 10 additional individuals for not more than 6 months each, for the 
Capitol Guide Service.

                      Statements of Appropriations

    For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, of the 
statements for the first session of the One Hundred Eighth 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, $189,913,000, 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, $21,917,000, of which 
$1,745,000 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 Provision

                     (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.

                          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 have the authority, within the 
limits of available appropriations, to 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, $33,820,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may be 
used for the purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         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; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and 
House office buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of 
the Architect of the Capitol; 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, $84,513,000, of which $11,660,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2008.

                            Capitol Building

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Capitol, $23,307,000, of which $7,863,000 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, $6,886,000, of which $585,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2008.

                         House Office Buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the House office buildings, $54,564,000, of which $19,498,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2008.

                          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, $81,543,000, of which $36,652,000 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, 
$34,750,000, of which $16,877,000 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, $6,062,000, of which $25,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall not be available for any activities of the National 
Garden.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 1101. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the 
funds provided by this Act or any other Act may be used by the 
Architect of the Capitol after the expiration of the 180-day period 
which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act to employ any 
individual as a temporary employee within a category of temporary 
employment which does not provide employees with the same eligibility 
for life insurance, health insurance, retirement, and other benefits 
which is provided to temporary employees who are hired for a period 
exceeding 1 year in length.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any of the 
following individuals:
            (1) An individual who is employed under the Architect of 
        the Capitol Summer Employment Program.
            (2) An individual who is hired for a total of 120 days or 
        less during any 5-year period (excluding any days in which the 
        individual is employed under the Architect of the Capitol 
        Summer Employment Program).
            (3) An individual employed by the Architect of the Capitol 
        as a temporary employee as of the date of the enactment of this 
        Act who exercises in writing, not later than 180 days after 
        such date, an option offered by the Architect to remain under 
        the pay system (including benefits) provided for the individual 
        as of such date.
            (4) An individual who becomes employed by the Architect of 
        the Capitol after the date of the enactment of this Act who 
        exercises in writing, prior to the individual's employment, an 
        option offered by the Architect to receive pay and benefits 
        under an alternative system which does not provide the benefits 
        described in subsection (a), except that under such an option 
        the Architect shall be required to provide the individual with 
        the benefits described in subsection (a) as soon as the 
        individual's period of service as a temporary employee exceeds 
        1 year in length.
    (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to require the 
Architect of the Capitol to provide duplicative benefits for any 
employee.

                          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 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, $366,520,000, 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, 
$11,236,000 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 amount appropriated, $500,000 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 partial support of the National Audio-Visual Conservation 
Center: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
$2,762,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2008, for the 
development and maintenance of the Alternate Computer Facility.

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $47,290,000, 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 2004 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, $93,590,000: 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. 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. (a) 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) 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) During fiscal year 2004, the Librarian of Congress may 
temporarily transfer funds appropriated in this Act under the heading 
``LIBRARY OF CONGRESS--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.

                       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  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, 
$5,000,000 for working capital. 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 $7,500 may be expended on the 
certification of the Public Printer in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses: Provided further, That the 
revolving fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not more 
than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures 
in connection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the 
Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of 
title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund 
shall be available for temporary or intermittent services under section 
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals 
not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for 
level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: 
Provided further, That the revolving fund and the funds provided under 
the headings ``Office of Superintendent of Documents'' and ``salaries 
and expenses'' together may not be available for the full-time 
equivalent employment of more than 3,189 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.

                       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 one 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, $458,533,000: 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.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 1301. (a) At any time during fiscal year 2004 or any 
succeeding fiscal year, 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) 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, $13,000,000.

                      TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 201. 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. 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. 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. 204. 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. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated to the 
account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congressional 
Accountability Act to pay awards and settlements as authorized under 
such subsection.
    Sec. 206. 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.
    Sec. 207. The Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with the 
District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain and improve the 
landscape features, excluding streets and sidewalks, in the irregular 
shaped grassy areas bounded by Washington Avenue, SW on the northeast, 
Second Street SW on the west, Square 582 on the south, and the 
beginning of the I-395 tunnel on the southeast.
    Sec. 208. None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
    Sec. 209. During fiscal year 2004 and any succeeding fiscal year, 
any entity in the legislative branch which is a member of the Federal 
Accounting Standards Advisory Board may use funds made available to the 
entity for the fiscal year to finance an appropriate share of the costs 
of the Board for the year.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2004''.
                                                  Union Calendar No. 95

108th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H.R. 2657

                          [Report No. 108-186]

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                                 A BILL

 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes.

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                              July 1, 2003

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