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[H.R. 4755 Public Print (PP)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 4755


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2004

    Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

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                                 AN ACT


 
 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums 
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2005, and for other purposes, namely:

                      TITLE I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                             APPROPRIATIONS

                               (1)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, $134,440,000, 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, $2,108,000.

                  office of the president pro tempore

    For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $561,000.

              office of the president pro tempore emeritus

    For the Office of the President Pro Tempore emeritus, $163,000.

              offices of the majority and minority leaders

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $3,408,000.

               offices of the majority and minority whips

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $2,556,000.

                      committee on appropriations

    For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $13,301,000.

                         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, $1,413,000 for each such committee; in all, $2,826,000.

 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, $702,000.

                           policy committees

    For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority 
Policy Committee, $1,473,000 for each such committee; in all, 
$2,946,000.

                         office of the chaplain

    For Office of the Chaplain, $341,000.

                        office of the secretary

    For Office of the Secretary, $19,586,000.

             office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

    For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $50,635,000.

        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

    For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, $1,528,000.

               agency contributions and related expenses

    For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by 
law, and related expenses, $33,779,000.

            Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, $5,152,000.

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 
$1,265,000.

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, $110,000,000.

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, 
$1,700,000.

             sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 
of the Senate, $127,182,000, of which $20,045,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2007, and of which $4,255,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2009.

                          miscellaneous items

    For miscellaneous items, $18,326,000, 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, 
$326,000,000.

                          official mail costs

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

                       administrative provisions

    Sec. 1. Gross Rate of Compensation in Offices of Senators. 
Effective on and after October 1, 2004, 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, 2004, increased by an additional $50,000 
each.
    Sec. 2. Consultants. With respect to fiscal year 2005, 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''.
    Sec. 3. United States Senate Collection. Section 316 of Public Law 
101-302 (2 U.S.C. 2107) is amended in the first sentence of subsection 
(a) by striking ``2004'' and inserting ``2005''.
    Sec. 4. President Pro Tempore Emeritus of the Senate. Section 7(e) 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 32b note) 
is amended by inserting ``and the 109th Congress'' after ``108th 
Congress''.
    Sec. 5. Transfer of Funds From Appropriations Account of the Office 
of the Vice President and the Offices of the Secretaries for the 
Majority and Minority to the Senate Contingent Fund. (a) Office of the 
Vice President.--
            (1) In general.--Upon the written request of the Vice 
        President, the Secretary of the Senate shall transfer from the 
        appropriations account appropriated under the subheading 
        ``office of the vice president'' under the heading ``Salaries, 
        Officers and Employees'' such amount as the Vice President 
        shall specify to the appropriations account under the heading 
        `` miscellaneous items'' within the contingent fund of the 
        Senate.
            (2) Authority to incur expenses.--The Vice President may 
        incur such expenses as may be necessary or appropriate. 
        Expenses incurred by the Vice President shall be paid from the 
        amount transferred under paragraph (1) by the Vice President 
        and upon vouchers approved by the Vice President.
            (3) Authority to advance sums.--The Secretary of the Senate 
        may advance such sums as may be necessary to defray expenses 
        incurred in carrying out paragraphs (1) and (2).
    (b) Offices of the Secretaries for the Majority and Minority.--
            (1) In general.--Upon the written request of the Secretary 
        for the Majority or the Secretary for the Minority, the 
        Secretary of the Senate shall transfer from the appropriations 
        account appropriated under the subheading ``offices of the 
        secretaries for the majority and minority'' under the heading 
        ``Salaries, Officers and Employees'' such amount as the 
        Secretary for the Majority or the Secretary for the Minority 
        shall specify to the appropriations account under the heading 
        ``miscellaneous items'' within the contingent fund of the 
        Senate.
            (2) Authority to incur expenses.--The Secretary for the 
        Majority or the Secretary for the Minority may incur such 
        expenses as may be necessary or appropriate. Expenses incurred 
        by the Secretary for the Majority or the Secretary for the 
        Minority shall be paid from the amount transferred under 
        paragraph (1) by the Secretary for the Majority or the 
        Secretary for the Minority and upon vouchers approved by the 
        Secretary for the Majority or the Secretary for the Minority, 
        as applicable.
            (3) Authority to advance sums.--The Secretary of the Senate 
        may advance such sums as may be necessary to defray expenses 
        incurred in carrying out paragraphs (1) and (2).
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal year 2005 
and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 6. Activities Relating to Foreign Parliamentary Groups and 
Foreign Officials. Section 2(c) of chapter VIII of title I of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1987 (2 U.S.C. 65f(c)) is amended in 
the first sentence by striking ``with the approval of'' and inserting 
``and upon notification to''.
    Sec. 7. Transportation of Official Records and Papers to a 
Senator's State. (a) Payment of Reasonable Transportation Expenses.--
Upon request of a Senator, amounts in the appropriation account 
``Miscellaneous Items'' within the contingent fund of the Senate shall 
be available to pay the reasonable expenses of sending or transporting 
the official records and papers of the Senator from the District of 
Columbia to any location designated by such Senator in the State 
represented by the Senator.
    (b) Sending and Transportation.--The Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate shall provide for the most economical means of 
sending or transporting the official records and papers under this 
section while ensuring the orderly and timely delivery of the records 
and papers to the location specified by the Senator.
    (c) Oversight.--The Committee on Rules and Administration shall 
have the authority to issue rules and regulations to carry out the 
provisions of this section.
    (d) Official Records Defined.--In this section, the term ``official 
records and papers'' means books, records, papers, and official files 
which could be sent as franked mail.
    (e) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 8. Compensation for Lost or Damaged Property. (a) In 
General.--Any amounts received by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 
of the Senate (in this section referred to as the ``Sergeant at Arms'') 
for compensation for damage to, loss of, or loss of use of property of 
the Sergeant at Arms that was procured using amounts available to the 
Sergeant at Arms in the account for Contingent Expenses, Sergeant at 
Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, shall be credited to that account 
or, if applicable, to any subaccount of that account.
    (b) Availability.--Amounts credited to any account or subaccount 
under subsection (a) shall be merged with amounts in that account or 
subaccount and shall be available to the same extent, and subject to 
the same terms and conditions, as amounts in that account or 
subaccount.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 9. Age Requirement for Senate Pages. Section 491(b)(1) of the 
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 88b-1(b)(1)) is 
amended by striking ``fourteen'' and inserting ``sixteen''.
    Sec. 10. Treatment of Electronic Services Provided by Sergeant at 
Arms. The Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the United 
States Senate, and any officer, employee, or agent of the Office, shall 
not be treated as acquiring possession, custody, or control of any 
electronic mail or other electronic communication, data, or information 
by reason of its being transmitted, processed, or stored (whether 
temporarily or otherwise) through the use of an electronic system 
established, maintained, or operated, or the use of electronic services 
provided, in whole or in part by the Office.

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
$1,044,281,000, as follows:

                        house leadership offices

    For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $18,678,000, 
including: Office of the Speaker, $2,708,000, including $25,000 for 
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$2,027,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,840,000, including 
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $1,741,000, 
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of 
the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$1,303,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Whip; Speaker's Office for Legislative Floor Activities, $470,000; 
Republican Steering Committee, $881,000; Republican Conference, 
$1,500,000; Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,589,000; 
Democratic Caucus, $792,000; nine minority employees, $1,409,000; 
training and program development--majority, $290,000; training and 
program development--minority, $290,000; Cloakroom Personnel--majority, 
$419,000; and Cloakroom Personnel--minority, $419,000.

                  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, $521,195,000.

                          Committee Employees

                Standing Committees, Special and Select

    For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 
select, authorized by House resolutions, $114,299,000: Provided, That 
such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until 
December 31, 2006.

                      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, 2006.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $160,133,000, 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, $20,534,000; 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, $5,879,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, $116,034,000, of which $7,500,000 shall remain available until 
expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General, $3,986,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Operations, $1,000,000, to remain 
available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
General Counsel, $962,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, $155,000; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, 
including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of 
Rules, $1,673,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law 
Revision Counsel of the House, $2,346,000; for salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $6,721,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, 
$687,000; and for other authorized employees, $156,000.

                        Allowances and Expenses

    For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or 
law, $205,050,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs 
and Federal tort claims, $4,350,000; 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, $199,600,000; 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 Provisions

    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 2005. Any amount 
remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for fiscal 
year 2005 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.
    Sec. 102. Net Expenses of Telecommunications Revolving Fund. (a) 
There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a 
revolving fund for the House of Representatives to be known as the Net 
Expenses of Telecommunications Revolving Fund (hereafter in this 
section referred to as the ``Revolving Fund''), consisting of funds 
deposited by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
Representatives from amounts provided by legislative branch offices to 
purchase, lease, obtain, and maintain the data and voice 
telecommunications services and equipment located in such offices.
    (b) Amounts in the Revolving Fund shall be used by the Chief 
Administrative Officer without fiscal year limitation to purchase, 
lease, obtain, and maintain the data and voice telecommunications 
services and equipment of legislative branch offices.
    (c) The Revolving Fund shall be treated as a category of allowances 
and expenses for purposes of section 101(a) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b(a)).
    (d) Section 306 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 
(2 U.S.C. 117f) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (b) and redesignating subsection 
        (c) as subsection (b); and
            (2) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        ``subsections (a) and (b)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)''.
    (e) Section 102 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 
(2 U.S.C. 112g) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(e) This section shall not apply with respect to any 
telecommunications equipment which is subject to coverage under section 
103 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (relating to the 
Net Expenses of Telecommunications Revolving Fund).''.
    (f) This section and the amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year, 
except that for purposes of making deposits into the Revolving Fund 
under subsection (a), the Chief Administrative Officer may deposit 
amounts provided by legislative branch offices during fiscal year 2004 
or any succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 103. Contract For Exercise Facility. (a) In General.--The 
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall 
enter into a contract on a competitive basis with a private entity for 
the management, operation, and maintenance of the exercise facility 
established for the use of employees of the House of Representatives 
which is constructed with funds made available under this Act.
    (b) Use of Fees to Support Contract.--Any amounts paid as fees for 
the use of the exercise facility described in subsection (a) shall be 
used to cover costs incurred by the Chief Administrative Officer under 
the contract entered into under this section or to otherwise support 
the management, operation, and maintenance of the facility, and shall 
remain available until expended.
    Sec. 104. Sense of the House. It is the sense of the House of 
Representatives that Members of the House who use vehicles in traveling 
for official and representational purposes, including Members who lease 
vehicles for which the lease payments are made using funds provided 
under the Members' Representational Allowance, are encouraged to use 
hybrid electric and alternatively fueled vehicles whenever possible, as 
the use of these vehicles will help to move our Nation toward the use 
of a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle and reduce our dependence on oil.

                        (2)<DELETED>JOINT ITEMS

<DELETED>    For Joint Committees, as follows:</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Joint Economic Committee</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$4,139,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.</DELETED>

             <DELETED>Joint Committee on Taxation</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $8,433,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative 
Officer of the House of Representatives.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    For other joint items, as follows:</DELETED>

          <DELETED>Office of the Attending Physician</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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) $1,680,000 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, 
$2,528,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House of Representatives.</DELETED>

  <DELETED>Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and 
Special Services Office, $3,844,000, 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.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>Statements of Appropriations</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, of 
the statements for the second session of the 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.</DELETED>

                   <DELETED>CAPITOL POLICE</DELETED>

                      <DELETED>Salaries</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including 
overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Government contributions 
for health, retirement, social security, professional liability 
insurance, and other applicable employee benefits, $203,440,000, to be 
disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee.</DELETED>

                  <DELETED>General Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $28,888,000, of which 
$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 2005 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security from funds available to the Department of Homeland 
Security.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Administrative Provisions</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 1001. Transfer Authority. Amounts appropriated for 
fiscal year 2005 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 1002. Release of Security Information. (a) Authority 
of Board to Determine Conditions For Release.--Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, any information in the possession of the United 
States Capitol Police (whether developed by the Capitol Police or 
obtained by the Capitol Police from another source) that relates to 
actions taken by the Capitol Police in response to an emergency 
situation, or to any other counterterrorism and security preparedness 
measures taken by the Capitol Police, may be released by the Capitol 
Police to another entity only if the Capitol Police Board determines, 
in consultation with other appropriate law enforcement officials and 
experts in security preparedness, that the release of the information 
will not jeopardize the physical security and safety of the facilities 
and properties under the jurisdiction of the Capitol Police.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Rule of Construction Regarding Requests For 
Information From Congress.--Nothing in this section may be construed to 
affect the ability of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
(including any Member, officer, or committee thereof) to obtain 
information from the Capitol Police regarding the operations and 
activities of the Capitol Police that affect the House of 
Representatives and Senate.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Regulations.--The Capitol Police Board shall 
promulgate regulations to carry out this section, with the approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
Senate.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect 
to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 1003. Sole and Exclusive Authority of Board and Chief 
to Determine Rates of Pay. (a) In General.--The Capitol Police Board 
and the Chief of the Capitol Police shall have the sole and exclusive 
authority to determine the rates and amounts for each of the following 
for members of the Capitol Police:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) The rate of basic pay (including the rate of 
        basic pay upon appointment), premium pay, specialty assignment 
        and proficiency pay, and merit pay.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) The rate of cost-of-living adjustments, 
        comparability adjustments, and locality adjustments.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) The amount for recruitment and relocation 
        bonuses.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) The amount for retention allowances.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) The amount for educational assistance 
        payments.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) No Review or Appeal Permitted.--The determination of a 
rate or amount described in subsection (a) may not be subject to review 
or appeal in any manner.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
construed to affect--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) any authority provided under law for a 
        committee of the House of Representatives or Senate, or any 
        other entity of the legislative branch, to review or approve 
        any determination of a rate or amount described in subsection 
        (a);</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) any rate or amount described in subsection (a) 
        which is established under law; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) the terms of any collective bargaining 
        agreement.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect 
to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 1004. (a) Authority to Settle Claims Under Federal 
Tort Claims Act.--For purposes of section 2672 of title 28, United 
States Code (relating to the administrative adjustment of claims), the 
United States Capitol Police shall be considered a Federal agency and 
the Capitol Police Board shall be considered the head of the 
agency.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
construed--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) to affect any authority relating to the 
        payment of claims under title 31, United States Code; 
        or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) to affect the payment of any award or 
        settlement under the Congressional Accountability Act of 
        1995.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect 
to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 1005. Deployment Outside of Jurisdiction. (a) 
Requirements For Prior Notice and Approval.--The Chief of the Capitol 
Police may not deploy any officer outside of the areas established by 
law for the jurisdiction of the Capitol Police unless--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the Chief provides prior notification to the 
        Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
        and Senate of the costs anticipated to be incurred with respect 
        to the deployment; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the Capitol Police Board gives prior approval 
        to the deployment.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Exception For Certain Services.--Subsection (a) does 
not apply with respect to the deployment of any officer for any of the 
following purposes:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Responding to an imminent threat or 
        emergency.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Intelligence gathering.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Providing protective services.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect 
to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 1006. Legal Compliance System. The Capitol Police 
General Counsel, in conjunction with the Capitol Police Employment 
Counsel for employment and labor law matters, shall be responsible for 
implementing and maintaining an effective legal compliance system with 
all applicable laws, under the oversight of the Capitol Police 
Board.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 1007. (a) In General.--None of the funds made 
available for the Capitol Police for any fiscal year in any Act may be 
used for a mounted horse unit.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to the 
fiscal year in which such date occurs and each succeeding fiscal 
year.</DELETED>

                <DELETED>OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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), $2,421,000, of which $305,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2006: 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.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Administrative Provision</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 1101. (a) The Executive Director of the Office of 
Compliance may, in order to recruit or retain qualified personnel, 
establish and maintain hereafter a program under which the Office may 
agree to repay (by direct payments on behalf of the employee) all or a 
portion of any student loan previously taken out by such 
employee.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) The Executive Director may, by regulation, make 
applicable such provisions of section 5379 of title 5, United States 
Code, as the Executive Director determines necessary to provide for 
such program.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) The regulations shall provide the amount paid by the 
Office may not exceed--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) $6,000 for any employee in any calendar year; 
        or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) a total of $40,000 in the case of any 
        employee.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) The Office may not reimburse an employee for any 
repayments made by such employee prior to the Office entering into an 
agreement under this section with such employee.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Any amount repaid by, or recovered from, an individual 
under this section and its implementing regulations shall be credited 
to the appropriation account available for salaries and expenses of the 
Office at the time of repayment or recovery.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) This section shall apply to fiscal year 2005 and each 
fiscal year thereafter.</DELETED>

             <DELETED>CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $34,790,000.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL</DELETED>

               <DELETED>General Administration</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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 on the 
certification of the Architect of the Capitol; for purchase or 
exchange, maintenance, and operation of a passenger motor vehicle, 
$79,581,000, of which $1,500,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2009.</DELETED>

                  <DELETED>Capitol Building</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the Capitol, $18,185,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2009.</DELETED>

                   <DELETED>Capitol Grounds</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of 
grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, 
and the Capitol Power Plant, $7,033,000, of which $527,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2009.</DELETED>

                              JOINT ITEMS

    For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$4,139,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$8,476,000, 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 each to two assistants and $580 per month 
each to not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis heretofore provided 
for such assistants; and (4) $1,680,000 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, $2,528,000, 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, $3,844,000, 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 second 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, professional liability 
insurance, and other applicable employee benefits, $198,000,000, 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, domestic travel, foreign 
travel as approved by the Capitol Police Board, 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, $28,925,000, of which 
$700,000 is to remain available until expended, to be disbursed by the 
Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee.

                       Administrative Provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 1001. Transfer Authority. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 
2005 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. Limitation on Certain Hiring Authority of Capitol 
Police. Section 1006(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2004 (Public Law 108-83; 117 Stat. 1023) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting at the end 
                ``The Chief of Police may hire individuals under this 
                subsection who are not submitted for selection under 
                this subparagraph. All hirings under this subparagraph 
                shall comply with the limitations under this paragraph 
                for any fiscal year.''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``(C) 
                Limitation.--'' and inserting ``(C) Limitation for 
                fiscal year 2004.--''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Limitation for fiscal year 2005.-- During 
                fiscal year 2005, the number of individuals hired under 
                this subsection may not exceed--
                            ``(i) the number of Library of Congress 
                        Police employees who separated from service or 
                        transferred to a position other than a Library 
                        of Congress Police employee position during 
                        fiscal year 2004 for whom a corresponding hire 
                        was not made under this subsection; and
                            ``(ii) the number of Library of Congress 
                        Police employees who separate from service or 
                        transfer to a position other than a Library of 
                        Congress Police employee position during fiscal 
                        year 2005.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the first sentence and 
        inserting ``Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1)(C), the Chief of 
        the Capitol Police may detail an individual hired under this 
        subsection to the Library of Congress Police on a 
        nonreimbursable basis. Any individual detailed under this 
        subsection shall receive necessary training, including training 
        by the Library of Congress Police.''.
    Sec. 1003. Compensation for Damaged or Lost Property. (a) In 
General.--Any amounts received by the Capitol Police for compensation 
for damage to, loss of, or loss of use of property of the Capitol 
Police (including any insurance payments or payment made by an officer 
or civilian employee of the Capitol Police) shall be credited to the 
account established for the general expenses of the Capitol Police, and 
shall be available to carry out the purposes of such account during the 
fiscal year in which the amounts are received and the following fiscal 
year.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal year 2005 
and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 1004. Participation in Voluntary Transfer of Leave With Other 
Agencies. (a) In General.--The Office of Personnel Management shall 
apply the regulations prescribed under section 6334(c) of title 5, 
United States Code, to the Capitol Police to provide for the 
participation of employees of the Capitol Police in the voluntary 
transfer of leave between employees of different agencies under 
subchapter III of chapter 63 of that title.
    (b) Certification of Leave Accounts.--For purposes of this section, 
the Office of Personnel Management shall accept the certification of 
the Chief of the Capitol Police of the amount of annual leave in the 
annual leave account of any leave donor or leave recipient who is an 
employee of the Capitol Police.
    (c) Regulations.--After consultation with the Chief of the Capitol 
Police, the Office of Personnel Management may prescribe regulations to 
carry out this section.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal year 2005 
and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 1005. 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. 1006. Release of Security Information. (a) Definition.--In 
this section, the term ``security information'' means information 
that--
            (1) is sensitive with respect to the policing, protection, 
        physical security, intelligence, counterterrorism actions, or 
        emergency preparedness and response relating to Congress, any 
        statutory protectee of the Capitol Police, and the Capitol 
        buildings and grounds; and
            (2) is obtained by, on behalf of, or concerning the Capitol 
        Police Board, the Capitol Police, or any incident command 
        relating to emergency response.
    (b) Authority of Board To Determine Conditions of Release.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any security information in 
the possession of the Capitol Police may be released by the Capitol 
Police to another entity, including an individual, only if the Capitol 
Police Board determines in consultation with other appropriate law 
enforcement officials, experts in security preparedness, and 
appropriate committees of Congress, that the release of the security 
information will not compromise the security and safety of the Capitol 
buildings and grounds or any individual whose protection and safety is 
under the jurisdiction of the Capitol Police.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed 
to affect the ability of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
(including any Member, officer, or committee of either House of 
Congress) to obtain information from the Capitol Police regarding the 
operations and activities of the Capitol Police that affect the Senate 
and House of Representatives.
    (d) Regulations.--The Capitol Police Board may promulgate 
regulations to carry out this section, with the approval of the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee 
on House Administration of the House of Representatives.
    (e) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act and apply with respect to--
            (1) any remaining portion of fiscal year 2004, if this Act 
        is enacted before October 1, 2004; and
            (2) fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 1007. Acceptance of Donations of Animals. (a) In General.--The 
Capitol Police may accept the donation of animals to be used in the 
canine or equine units of the Capitol Police.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 1008. Settlement and Payment of Tort Claims. (a) Federal Tort 
Claims Act.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2) with 
        respect to the Senate, the Chief of the Capitol Police, in 
        accordance with regulations prescribed by the Attorney General 
        and any regulations as the Capitol Police Board may prescribe, 
        may consider, ascertain, determine, compromise, adjust, and 
        settle, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 171 of 
        title 28, United States Code, any claim for money damages 
        against the United States for injury or loss of property or 
        personal injury or death caused by the negligent or wrongful 
        act or omission of any employee of the Capitol Police while 
        acting within the scope of his office or employment, under 
        circumstances where the United States, if a private person, 
        would be liable to the claimant in accordance with the law of 
        the place where the act or omission occurred.
            (2) Senate.--
                    (A) In general.--With respect to any claim of a 
                Senator or an employee whose pay is disbursed by the 
                Secretary of the Senate, the Chief of the Capitol 
                Police shall--
                            (i) not later than 14 days after the 
                        receipt of such a claim, notify the Chairman of 
                        the Committee on Rules and Administration of 
                        the receipt of the claim; and
                            (ii) not later than 90 days after the 
                        receipt of such a claim, submit a proposal for 
                        the resolution of such claim which shall be 
                        subject to the approval of the Chairman of the 
                        Committee on Rules and Administration.
                    (B) Extension.--The 90-day period in subparagraph 
                (A)(ii) may be extended, not to exceed 90 days, for 
                good cause by the Chairman of the Committee on Rules 
                and Administration upon the request of the Chief of the 
                Capitol Police.
            (3) Head of agency.--For purposes of section 2672 of title 
        28, United States Code, the Chief of the Capitol Police shall 
        be the head of a Federal agency with respect to the Capitol 
        Police.
            (4) Regulations.--The Capitol Police Board may prescribe 
        regulations to carry out this subsection.
    (b) Claims of Employees of Capitol Police.--
            (1) In general.--The Capitol Police Board may prescribe 
        regulations to apply the provisions of section 3721 of title 
        31, United States Code, for the settlement and payment of a 
        claim against the Capitol Police by an employee of the Capitol 
        Police for damage to, or loss of personal property incident to 
        service.
            (2) Limitation.--No settlement and payment of a claim under 
        regulations prescribed under this subsection may exceed $2,000.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be construed 
to affect--
            (1) any payment under section 1304 of title 31, United 
        States Code, of a final judgement, award, compromise 
        settlement, and interest and costs specified in the judgment 
        based on a claim against the Capitol Police; or
            (2) any authority for any--
                    (A) settlement under section 414 of the 
                Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
                1414); or
                    (B) payment under section 415 of that Act (2 U.S.C. 
                1415).
    (d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal year 2005 
and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 1009. Foreign Travel Authorization. Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law and subject to the approval of the Capitol Police 
Board, the Capitol Police are authorized, in a non-law enforcement 
capacity, to travel with and assist overseas congressional delegations 
in a security advisory and liaison role, including advance security 
liaison preparations for such congressional foreign travel.

                          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), $2,421,000: 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, $34,790,000: 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 representation 
and reception expenses, to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol 
may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation of a 
passenger motor vehicle, $74,063,000, of which $720,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2009.

                            Capitol Building

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Capitol, $24,784,000, of which $8,770,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2009.

                            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, $6,940,000.

                        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, $62,303,000, of which $9,070,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2009.

                         House Office Buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the House office buildings, $65,130,000, of which $27,103,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2009.

                    (3)<DELETED>Capitol Power Plant

<DELETED>    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, $56,139,000, of which $630,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2009: 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 
2005.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>Library Buildings and Grounds</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and 
grounds, $34,783,000, of which $18,110,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2009.</DELETED>

        <DELETED>Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of buildings and grounds of the United States Capitol Police, 
$4,883,000.</DELETED>

                   <DELETED>Botanic Garden</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $5,932,000: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall not be available for construction of the National 
Garden.</DELETED>

   <DELETED>Management and Operation of Capitol Power Plant</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 1201. (a) Contract With Private Entity for Management 
and Operation of the Capitol Power Plant.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the 
        Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
        and Senate notify the Architect of the Capitol that the 
        Committees approve the implementation plan submitted under 
        subsection (b), the Architect shall enter into a contract with 
        a private entity for the management and operation of the 
        Capitol Power Plant.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Requirements for contract.--The contract 
        entered into under this subsection--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) shall be awarded on a competitive 
                basis;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) shall include such terms and 
                conditions as the Architect of the Capitol deems 
                necessary to ensure that the Capitol Power Plant will 
                continue to provide lighting, heating, power, and air 
                conditioning services to the United States Capitol, 
                Senate and House office buildings, the Supreme Court 
                Building, and the other facilities served by the 
                Plant;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) shall be carried out in a manner 
                consistent with the implementation plan submitted under 
                subsection (b), as approved by the Committees on 
                Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
                Senate; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) if the contract is a multiyear 
                contract, shall meet the requirements described in 
                paragraph (3).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Special rules for multiyear contract.--The 
        Architect may enter into a contract under this subsection which 
        is a multiyear contract subject to the following 
        conditions:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) The Architect determines that--
                </DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) the need for the services 
                        provided will continue over the period of the 
                        contract;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) the use of a multiyear 
                        contract will yield substantial cost savings; 
                        and</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) the use of a multiyear 
                        contract will not eliminate the ability of 
                        small businesses to compete for and enter into 
                        the contract.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) For the first fiscal year for which 
                the contract will be in effect, there are sufficient 
                funds available for payments of the costs of the 
                contract during the year, including any termination and 
                cancellation costs. Amounts available for paying 
                termination and cancellation costs shall remain 
                available until the costs associated with the 
                termination and cancellation of the contract are 
                paid.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) The period covered by the contract is 
                not longer than 10 years.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Implementation Plan.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Submission to committees.--Not later than 270 
        days after the date of the enactment of this Act or 270 days 
        after the date of the completion of the West Refrigeration 
        Plant (whichever occurs later), the Architect of the Capitol 
        shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
        of Representatives and Senate an implementation plan for 
        carrying out the requirements of this section.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Contents of plan.--The implementation plan 
        shall include the following elements:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) A description of the steps the 
                Architect shall take to minimize the cost and ensure 
                the effectiveness of the operation of the Capitol Power 
                Plant.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) A description of how the Architect 
                will administer the competition for the contract 
                entered into under subsection (a) for the management 
                and operation of the Capitol Power Plant, including the 
                key logistic milestones that will affect the 
                competition.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) A description of the budgetary impact 
                of the contract and the proposed schedule of the 
                appropriations that will be required to cover the costs 
                of the contract.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) The actions to be taken by the 
                Architect to ensure effective performance of the 
                contractor, including a description of the management 
                systems the Architect will use to monitor and oversee 
                the contractor's efforts, the anticipated performance 
                standards that the contractor will be measured against 
                (including the levels of plant capacity, efficiency of 
                fuel and deliveries of steam and chilled water, and 
                emission levels) and such other standards that in the 
                Architect's judgment are needed to ensure the efficient 
                operation of the Plant.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) The steps to be taken to ensure system 
                operations and reliability by maintaining adequate 
                levels of facility maintenance and staffing.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) The specifications of security 
                measures to be taken to ensure the safety and 
                protection of the Plant, including its utility 
                distribution systems, and the steps that will be taken 
                to coordinate these efforts with the United States 
                Capitol Police.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (G) The steps to be taken to continue the 
                multi-use fuel capability of the Plant.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (H) A description of a plan to manage the 
                transition to the contractor for the management and 
                operation of the facility, including steps to be taken 
                to mitigate the effect of the contract on the Plant's 
                existing employees.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (I) An analysis of the cost and 
                feasibility of incorporating a combined steam and 
                electrical power generation system for the 
                Plant.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section may be 
construed to limit the authority of the Architect of the Capitol to 
procure any services under any other authority.</DELETED>

                 <DELETED>LIBRARY OF CONGRESS</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, 
$373,225,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from 
collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2005, 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 2005 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 $6,350,000: Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $12,481,000 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, 
$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 $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, $11,026,000 shall remain available until expended 
for partial support of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $2,795,000 
shall remain available until expended for the development and 
maintenance of the Alternate Computer Facility.</DELETED>

                  <DELETED>Copyright Office</DELETED>

                <DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$53,518,000, of which not more than $26,981,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be derived from collections credited to this 
appropriation during fiscal year 2005 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 $6,496,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 
2005 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), 1005, and 1316 of 
such title: Provided further, That the total amount available for 
obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 
than $33,477,000: 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.</DELETED>

           <DELETED>Congressional Research Service</DELETED>

                <DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $96,385,000: 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.</DELETED>

   <DELETED>Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped</DELETED>

                <DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act
of March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 
$60,187,000, of which $22,210,000 shall remain available until 
expended.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Administrative Provisions</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 1301. 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 1302. Reimbursable and Revolving Fund Activities. (a) 
In General.--For fiscal year 2005, the obligational authority of the 
Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection (b) may 
not exceed $106,985,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Transfer of Funds.--During fiscal year 2005, 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 1303. National Digital Information Infrastructure and 
Preservation Program. The first proviso under the heading ``LIBRARY OF 
CONGRESS--Salaries and Expenses'' in chapter 9 of division A of the 
Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001, as enacted into law by section 
1(a)(4) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-
554; 114 Stat. 2763A-194), as amended by section 1303 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003, is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking ``other than money'' and inserting 
        ``other than money and pledges''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by striking ``March 31, 2005'' and inserting 
        ``March 31, 2010''.</DELETED>

             <DELETED>GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE</DELETED>

         <DELETED>Congressional Printing and Binding</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $88,800,000: 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.</DELETED>

        <DELETED>Office of Superintendent of Documents</DELETED>

                <DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

            <DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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, $32,524,000: 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 fiscal years 2003 and 2004 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.</DELETED>

      <DELETED>Government Printing Office Revolving Fund</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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 2,889 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: Provided further, That not more than $10,000 may be expended 
from the revolving fund in support of the activities of the Benjamin 
Franklin Tercentenary Commission established under the Benjamin 
Franklin Tercentenary Commission Act (Public Law 107-202).</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Administrative Provision</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 1401. Discount Authority of Superintendent of 
Documents. Section 1708 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
striking ``of not to exceed 25 percent may be allowed to book dealers 
and quantity purchasers'' and inserting ``may be allowed as determined 
by the Superintendent of Documents''.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE</DELETED>

                <DELETED>Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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 sections 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, $473,500,000: Provided, That not more than 
$5,000,000 of payments received under section 782 of title 31, United 
States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 2005: Provided 
further, That not more than $2,500,000 of reimbursements received under 
section 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for 
use in fiscal year 2005: 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.</DELETED>

      <DELETED>PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 
                             FUND</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust 
Fund for financing activities of the Open World Leadership Center, 
$6,750,000.</DELETED>

            <DELETED>TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 202. Fiscal Year Limitation. No part of the funds 
appropriated in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 
fiscal year 2005 unless expressly so provided in this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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 of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay awards and settlements as authorized under such 
subsection.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 207. Landscape Maintenance. 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 208. Transfer of Funds. 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 209. eTravel Service. Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, no entity within the legislative branch shall be 
required to use the eTravel Service established by the Administrator of 
General Services for official travel by officers or employees of the 
entity during fiscal year 2005 or any succeeding fiscal year.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 210. Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments. (a) 
Authority to Offer Payments.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the head of any office in the legislative branch may establish a 
program under which voluntary separation incentive payments may be 
offered to eligible employees of the office to encourage such employees 
to separate from service voluntarily (whether by retirement or 
resignation), in accordance with this section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Amount and Administration of Payments.--A voluntary 
separation incentive payment made under this section--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) shall be paid in a lump sum after the 
        employee's separation;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) shall be equal to the lesser of--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) an amount equal to the amount the 
                employee would be entitled to receive under section 
                5595(c) of title 5, United States Code, if the employee 
                were entitled to payment under such section (without 
                adjustment for any previous payment made); or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) an amount determined by the head of 
                the office involved, not to exceed $25,000;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) may be made only in the case of an employee 
        who voluntarily separates (whether by retirement or 
        resignation) under this section;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) shall not be a basis for payment, and shall 
        not be included in the computation, of any other type of 
        Government benefit;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) shall not be taken into account in determining 
        the amount of any severance pay to which the employee may be 
        entitled under section 5595 of title 5, United States Code, 
        based on any other separation; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) shall be paid from appropriations or funds 
        available for the payment of the basic pay of the 
        employee.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Plan.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) Plan required for making payments.--No 
        voluntary separation incentive payment may be paid under this 
        section with respect to an office unless the head of the office 
        submits a plan described in paragraph (2) to each applicable 
        Committee described in paragraph (3), and each applicable 
        Committee approves the plan.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Contents of plan.--A plan described in this 
        paragraph with respect to an office is a plan containing the 
        following information:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) The specific positions and functions 
                to be reduced or eliminated.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) A description of which categories of 
                employees will be offered incentives.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) The time period during which 
                incentives may be paid.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) The number and amounts of voluntary 
                separation incentive payments to be offered.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) A description of how the office will 
                operate without the eliminated positions and 
                functions.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Applicable committee.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the ``applicable Committee'' with respect to an 
        office means--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) in the case of an office of the House 
                of Representatives, the Committee on House 
                Administration of the House of Representatives; 
                and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) in the case of any other office, the 
                Committee on House Administration of the House of 
                Representatives and the Committee on Rules and 
                Administration of the Senate.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Exclusion of Certain Offices.--This section shall not 
apply--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) to any office of the Senate or to any employee 
        of such an office; or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) to any office which is an Executive agency 
        under section 105 of title 5, United States Code, or any 
        employee of such an office.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Eligible Employee Defined.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--In this section, an ``eligible 
        employee'' is an employee (as defined in section 2105, United 
        States Code) or a Congressional employee (as defined in section 
        2107, United States Code) who--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) is serving under an appointment 
                without time limitation; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) has been currently employed for a 
                continuous period of at least 3 years.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Exclusions.--An ``eligible employee'' does not 
        include any of the following:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) A reemployed annuitant under 
                subchapter III of chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, United 
                States Code, or another retirement system for employees 
                of the Government.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) An employee having a disability on the 
                basis of which such employee is or would be eligible 
                for disability retirement under subchapter III of 
                chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, United States Code, or 
                another retirement system for employees of the 
                Government.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) An employee who is in receipt of a 
                decision notice of involuntary separation for 
                misconduct or unacceptable performance.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) An employee who has previously 
                received any voluntary separation incentive payment 
                from the Federal Government under this section or any 
                other authority.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) An employee covered by statutory 
                reemployment rights who is on transfer employment with 
                another organization.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (F) Any employee who--</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (i) during the 36-month period 
                        preceding the date of separation of that 
                        employee, performed service for which a student 
                        loan repayment benefit was or is to be paid 
                        under section 5379 of title 5, United States 
                        Code, or any other authority;</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (ii) during the 24-month period 
                        preceding the date of separation of that 
                        employee, performed service for which a 
                        recruitment or relocation bonus was or is to be 
                        paid under section 5753 of such title or any 
                        other authority; or</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    (iii) during the 12-month period 
                        preceding the date of separation of that 
                        employee, performed service for which a 
                        retention bonus was or is to be paid under 
                        section 5754 of such title or any other 
                        authority.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Repayment For Individuals Returning to Government 
Employment.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), an 
        employee who has received a voluntary separation incentive 
        payment under this section and accepts employment with the 
        Government of the United States within 5 years after the date 
        of the separation on which the payment is based shall be 
        required to repay the entire amount of the incentive payment to 
        the office that paid the incentive payment.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Waiver for individuals possessing unique 
        abilities.--(A) If the employment is with an Executive agency 
        (as defined by section 105 of title 5, United States Code), the 
        Director of the Office of Personnel Management may, at the 
        request of the head of the agency, waive the repayment required 
        under this subsection if the individual involved possesses 
        unique abilities and is the only qualified applicant available 
        for the position.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (B) If the employment is with an entity in the 
        legislative branch, the head of the entity or the appointing 
        official may waive the repayment required under this subsection 
        if the individual involved possesses unique abilities and is 
        the only qualified applicant available for the 
        position.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (C) If the employment is with the judicial branch, 
        the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States 
        Courts may waive the repayment required under this subsection 
        if the individual involved possesses unique abilities and is 
        the only qualified applicant available for the 
        position.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Treatment of personal services contracts.--For 
        purposes of paragraph (1) (but not paragraph (2)), the term 
        ``employment'' includes employment under a personal services 
        contract with the United States.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (g) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect July 
1, 2005, and shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2005 and each 
succeeding fiscal year.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 211. Compensation Limitation. None of the funds 
contained in this Act or any other Act may be used to pay the salary of 
any officer or employee of the legislative branch during fiscal year 
2005 or any succeeding fiscal year to the extent that the aggregate 
amount of compensation paid to the employee during the year (including 
base salary, performance awards and other bonus payments, and incentive 
payments, but excluding the value of any in-kind benefits and payments) 
exceeds the annual rate of pay for a Member of the House of 
Representatives or a Senator.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 212. Capitol Grounds Enclosure. None of the funds 
contained in this Act may be used to study, design, plan, or otherwise 
further the construction or consideration of a fence to enclose the 
perimeter of the grounds of the United States Capitol.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2005''.</DELETED>

                          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, $60,928,000, of which $2,190,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2009: 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 2005.

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

    For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural 
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds, 
$65,145,000, of which $47,114,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2009.

                  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, 
$7,090,000, of which $1,500,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2009.

                             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, $6,294,000: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall not be available for construction of the National 
Garden.

                          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, $379,648,000, of which 
not more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections credited to 
this appropriation during fiscal year 2005, 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 2005 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 
$6,350,000: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
$11,981,000 shall remain available until expended for the partial 
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, $1,175,000 
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, $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 $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, $15,620,000 shall 
remain available until expended for partial support of the National 
Audio-Visual Conservation Center: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, $2,795,000 shall remain available until expended 
for the development and maintenance of the Alternate Computer Facility: 
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, $500,000 shall be 
used to provide a grant to the Middle Eastern Text Initiative for 
translation and publishing of middle eastern text.

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $53,518,000, of 
which not more than $26,843,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during 
fiscal year 2005 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 $6,496,000 shall be derived from 
collections during fiscal year 2005 under sections 111(d)(2), 
119(b)(2), 802(h), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided further, That 
the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the 
amount by which collections are less than $33,339,000: 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, $96,678,000: 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), $53,937,000, of which 
$15,960,000 shall remain available until expended.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 1101. 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. 1102. Reimbursable and Revolving Fund Activities. (a) In 
General.--For fiscal year 2005, the obligational authority of the 
Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection (b) may 
not exceed $106,985,000.
    (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 2005, 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. 1103. National Digital Information Infrastructure and 
Preservation Program. The Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 
(enacted into law by section 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106-554, 114 Stat. 
2763A-194) is amended in the first proviso under the subheading 
``Salaries and Expenses'' under the heading ``LIBRARY OF CONGRESS'' in 
chapter 9 of division A--
            (1) by inserting ``and pledges'' after ``other than 
        money''; and
            (2) by striking ``March 31, 2005'' and inserting ``March 
        31, 2010''.
    Sec. 1104. Construction of United States Diplomatic Facilities. 
None of the funds in this Act may be used to pay any fee charged by the 
Department of State for the purpose of constructing United States 
diplomatic facilities.
    Sec. 1105. National Film Preservation Board and National Film 
Preservation Foundation. (a) Effective Dates.--Notwithstanding the 
effective date under section 113 of the National Film Preservation Act 
of 1996 (2 U.S.C. 179w), title I of that Act shall be considered to be 
effective through fiscal year 2005.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 151711(a) of title 
36, United States Code, is amended by striking ``2003'' and inserting 
``2005''.

                       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, $88,800,000: 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, $31,935,000: 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 fiscal years 2003 and 2004 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

    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 2,621 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: Provided further, That not more than $10,000 may be expended 
from the revolving fund in support of the activities of the Benjamin 
Franklin Tercentenary Commission established by Public Law 107-202.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 1301. Discounts for Sales Copies. Section 1708 of title 44, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ``of not to exceed 25 
percent may be allowed to book dealers and quantity purchasers'', and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: ``may be allowed as determined 
by the Superintendent of Documents''.

                    GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Government Accountability 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, $470,000,000: Provided, That not more than 
$4,919,000 of payments received under section 782 of title 31, United 
States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 2005: Provided 
further, That not more than $2,500,000 of reimbursements received under 
section 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for 
use in fiscal year 2005: 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. 1401. Reports to the Comptroller General. (a) Limitations on 
Expenditures, Obligations, and Voluntary Services.--Section 1351 of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``A copy of each 
report shall also be transmitted to the Comptroller General on the same 
date the report is transmitted to the President and Congress.'' after 
the first sentence.
    (b) Prohibited Obligations and Expenditures.--Section 1517(b) of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``A copy of each 
report shall also be transmitted to the Comptroller General on the same 
date the report is transmitted to the President and Congress.'' after 
the first sentence.

         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, $13,500,000.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 1501. Expansion of Open World Leadership Countries.--Section 
313(j) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 
1151(j)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) any other country that is designated by the Board, 
        except that the Board shall notify the Committees on 
        Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
        of the designation at least 90 days before the designation is 
        to take effect.''.

                      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 
2005 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.
    Sec. 207. Limitation on Transfers. 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. 208. Voluntary Compliance With Government eTravel Service 
Regulation. (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``agency'' means 
the--
            (1) Architect of the Capitol;
            (2) Congressional Budget Office;
            (3) Government Accountability Office;
            (4) Government Printing Office;
            (5) Library of Congress; and
            (6) Office of Compliance.
    (b) Compliance Election.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, an agency, at the discretion of the head of the agency, may--
            (1) elect to comply with the requirements of parts 300-3, 
        301-50, 301-52, 301-70, and 301-73 of title 41 of the Code of 
        Federal Regulations, or any modification to those requirements, 
        (relating to the Governmentwide eTravel Service); and
            (2) if the head of the agency makes an election to comply 
        under paragraph (1), enter into an agreement with the General 
        Services Administration to modify those requirements, as 
        applicable to that agency, relating to confidentiality of 
        information or other concerns of the head of the agency.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 209. Congressional Recognition for Excellence in Arts 
Education. Section 210 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2003 is amended--
            (1) by striking the first proviso; and
            (2) by striking ``Provide further,'' and inserting 
        ``Provided,''.
    Sec. 210. Transfer of Jurisdiction Over Real Property Near Japanese 
American Patriotism Memorial. (a) Transfer of Jurisdiction.--
            (1) In general.--Jurisdiction over the parcels of Federal 
        real property described under paragraph (2) (over which 
        jurisdiction was transferred under section 514(b)(2)(C) of the 
        Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (40 
        U.S.C. 5102 note; Public Law 104-333)) is transferred to the 
        Architect of the Capitol, without consideration.
            (2) Parcels.--The parcels of Federal real property referred 
        to under paragraph (1) are the following:
                    (A) That portion of New Jersey Avenue, N.W., 
                between the northernmost point of the intersection of 
                New Jersey Avenue, N.W., and D Street, N.W., and the 
                northernmost point of the intersection of New Jersey 
                Avenue, N.W., and Louisiana Avenue, N.W., between 
                squares 631 and W632, which remains Federal property, 
                and whose maintenance and repair shall be the 
                responsibility of the District of Columbia.
                    (B) That portion of D Street, N.W., between its 
                intersection with New Jersey Avenue, N.W., and its 
                intersection with Louisiana Avenue, N.W., between 
                squares 630 and W632, which remains Federal property.
    (b) Miscellaneous.--
            (1) Compliance with other laws.--Compliance with this 
        section shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of all laws 
        otherwise applicable to transfers of jurisdiction over parcels 
        of Federal real property.
            (2) United states capitol grounds.--
                    (A) Definition.--Section 5102 of title 40, United 
                States Code, is amended to include within the 
                definition of the United States Capitol Grounds the 
                parcels of Federal real property described in 
                subsection (a)(2).
                    (B) Jurisdiction of capitol police.--The United 
                States Capitol Police shall have jurisdiction over the 
                parcels of Federal real property described in 
                subsection (a)(2) in accordance with section 9 of the 
                Act entitled ``An Act to define the United States 
                Capitol Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for 
                other purposes'', approved July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 
                1961).
            (3) Effect of transfer.--A person relinquishing 
        jurisdiction over any parcel of Federal real property 
        transferred by subsection (a) shall not retain any interest in 
        the parcel except as specifically provided in this section.
    (c) Effective Date.--This Act shall apply to fiscal year 2005 and 
each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 211. Commission on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship 
Program.--(a) Appropriation.--There are appropriated, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2005, $495,000, for the Commission on the Abraham Lincoln 
Study Abroad Fellowship Program established under section 104 of 
division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 
108-199; 118 Stat. 435).
    (b) Extension of Report and Termination Dates.--Section 104 of 
division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 
108-199; 118 Stat. 435) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (f), by striking ``December 1, 2004'' and 
        inserting ``December 1, 2005''; and
            (2) in subsection (g), by striking ``December 31, 2004'' 
        and inserting ``December 31, 2005''.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2005''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 12, 2004.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.

            Passed the Senate September 21, 2004.

            Attest:

                                             EMILY J. REYNOLDS,

                                                             Secretary.