[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[H.R. 2985 Reported in House (RH)]


                                                  Union Calendar No. 83
109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2985

                          [Report No. 109-139]

 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2006, 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, 2006, and for other purposes, namely:

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                         salaries and expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
$1,092,407,000, as follows:

                        house leadership offices

    For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $19,844,000, 
including: Office of the Speaker, $2,788,000, including $25,000 for 
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$2,089,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,928,000, including 
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $1,797,000, 
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of 
the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$1,345,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Whip; Speaker's Office for Legislative Floor Activities, $482,000; 
Republican Steering Committee, $906,000; Republican Conference, 
$1,548,000; Republican Policy Committee, $307,000; Democratic Steering 
and Policy Committee, $1,945,000; Democratic Caucus, $816,000; nine 
minority employees, $1,445,000; training and program development--
majority, $290,000; training and program development--minority, 
$290,000; Cloakroom Personnel--majority, $434,000; and Cloakroom 
Personnel--minority, $434,000.

                  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, $538,109,000.

                          Committee Employees

                Standing Committees, Special and Select

    For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 
select, authorized by House resolutions, $117,913,000: 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, 
$25,668,000, 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, $167,749,000, 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, $21,911,000; 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, $6,284,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, $116,971,000, of which $3,306,000 shall remain available until 
expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General, $3,991,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Operations, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
General Counsel, $962,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, $161,000; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, 
including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of 
Rules, $1,767,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law 
Revision Counsel of the House, $2,453,000; for salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $6,963,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, 
$720,000; for other authorized employees, $161,000; and for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Historian, $405,000.

                        Allowances and Expenses

    For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or 
law, $223,124,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs 
and Federal tort claims, $4,179,000; 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, $214,422,000; supplies, materials, 
and other costs relating to the House portion of expenses for the 
Capitol Visitor Center, $3,410,000, to remain available until expended; 
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, 
$703,000.

                           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 2006. Any amount 
remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for fiscal 
year 2006 shall be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit 
reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such 
payments have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner 
as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
    (b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations 
to carry out this section.
    (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``Member of the 
House of Representatives'' means a Representative in, or a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.

                              JOINT ITEMS

    For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$4,276,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$8,781,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House of Representatives.
    For other joint items, as follows:

                   Office of the Attending Physician

    For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the 
emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his assistants, 
including: (1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the Attending 
Physician; (2) an allowance of $725 per month each to four medical 
officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) an 
allowance of $725 per month to two assistants and $580 per month each 
not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such 
assistants; and (4) $1,834,000 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, $2,545,000, 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, $4,268,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to employ 
more than 58 individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide 
Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than two 
additional individuals for not more than 120 days each, and not more 
than 10 additional individuals for not more than 6 months each, for the 
Capitol Guide Service.

                      Statements of Appropriations

    For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, of the 
statements for the first session of the 109th 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, $210,350,000, to be 
disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee.

                            general expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including motor 
vehicles, communications and other equipment, security equipment and 
installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training, medical 
services, forensic services, stenographic services, personal and 
professional services, the employee assistance program, the awards 
program, postage, communication services, travel advances, relocation 
of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be expended on the 
certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses, $29,345,000, 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 2006 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security from funds available to the Department of Homeland Security.

                       Administrative Provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 1001. Transfer Authority.--Amounts appropriated for fiscal 
year 2006 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. (a) The United States Capitol Police may not operate a 
mounted horse unit during fiscal year 2006 or any succeeding fiscal 
year.
    (b) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Chief of the Capitol Police shall transfer to the Chief of the 
United States Park Police the horses, equipment, and supplies of the 
Capitol Police mounted horse unit which remain in the possession of the 
Capitol Police as of such date.
    Sec. 1003. (a) Section 103(h)(1)(A)(i)(I) of the Ethics in 
Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 103(h)(1)(A)(i)(I)) is amended by 
inserting ``United States Capitol Police,'' after ``Architect of the 
Capitol,''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect 
to reports filed under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 for 
calendar year 2005 and each succeeding calendar year.
    Sec. 1004. Section 1003 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2004 (Public Law 108-83; 117 Stat. 1021), is hereby repealed, and 
each provision of law amended by such section is hereby restored as if 
such section had not been enacted into law.
    Sec. 1005. (a) During fiscal year 2006 and each succeeding fiscal 
year, the United States Capitol Police may not carry out any 
reprogramming, transfer, or use of funds described in subsection (b) 
unless--
            (1) the Chief of the Capitol Police submits a request for 
        the reprogramming, transfer, or use of funds to the Committees 
        on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate on 
        or before August 1 of the respective year, unless both such 
        Committees agree to accept the request at a later date because 
        of extraordinary and emergency circumstances cited by the 
        Chief;
            (2) the request contains clearly stated and detailed 
        documentation presenting justification for the reprogramming, 
        transfer, or use of funds;
            (3) the request contains a declaration that, as of the date 
        of the request, none of the funds included in the request have 
        been obligated, and none will be obligated, until both 
        Committees have approved the request; and
            (4) both Committees approve the request.
    (b) A reprogramming, transfer, or use of funds described in this 
subsection is any reprogramming or transfer of funds, or use of 
unobligated balances, under which--
            (1) the amount to be shifted to or from any object class, 
        approved budget, or program involved under the request, or the 
        aggregate amount to be shifted to or from any object class, 
        approved budget, or program involved during the fiscal year 
        taking into account the amount contained in the request, is in 
        excess of $250,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, of the 
        object class, approved budget, or program;
            (2) the reprogramming, transfer, or use of funds would 
        result in a major change to the program or item which is 
        different than that presented to and approved by the Committees 
        on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate; 
        or
            (3) the funds involved were earmarked by either of the 
        Committees for a specific activity which is different than the 
        activity proposed under the request, without regard to whether 
        the amount provided in the earmark is less than, equal to, or 
        greater than the amount required to carry out the activity.
    Sec. 1006. (a) Establishment of Office.--There is established in 
the United States Capitol Police the Office of the Inspector General 
(hereafter in this section referred to as the ``Office''), headed by 
the Inspector General of the United States Capitol Police (hereafter in 
this section referred to as the ``Inspector General'').
    (b) Inspector General.--
            (1) Appointment.--The Inspector General shall be appointed 
        by the Capitol Police Board, in consultation with and subject 
        to the approval of the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
        and the President pro tempore of the Senate, acting jointly, 
        and shall be appointed without regard to political affiliation 
        and solely on the basis of integrity and demonstrated ability 
        in accounting, auditing, financial analysis, law, management 
        analysis, public administration, or investigations.
            (2) Term of service.--The Inspector General shall serve for 
        a term of 5 years, and an individual serving as Inspector 
        General may be reappointed for not more than 2 additional 
        terms.
            (3) Removal.--The Inspector General may be removed from 
        office prior to the expiration of his term only by the 
        unanimous vote of all of the members of the Capitol Police 
        Board, and the Board shall communicate the reasons for any such 
        removal to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and 
        President pro tempore of the Senate.
            (4) Salary.--The Inspector General shall be paid at an 
        annual rate equal to $1,000 less than the annual rate of pay in 
        effect for the Chief of the Capitol Police.
            (5) Deadline.--The Capitol Police Board shall appoint the 
        first Inspector General under this section not later than 180 
        days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Duties.--
            (1) Applicability of duties of inspector general of 
        executive branch establishment.--The Inspector General shall 
        carry out the same duties and responsibilities with respect to 
        the United States Capitol Police as an Inspector General of an 
        establishment carries out with respect to an establishment 
        under section 4 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
        App. 4), under the same terms and conditions which apply under 
        such section.
            (2) Semiannual reports.--The Inspector General shall 
        prepare and submit semiannual reports summarizing the 
        activities of the Office in the same manner, and in accordance 
        with the same deadlines, terms, and conditions, as an Inspector 
        General of an establishment under section 5 of the Inspector 
        General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 5). For purposes of applying 
        section 5 of such Act to the Inspector General, the Capitol 
        Police Board shall be considered the head of the establishment, 
        except that the Inspector General shall transmit to the Chief 
        of the Capitol Police a copy of any report submitted to the 
        Board pursuant to this paragraph.
            (3) Investigations of complaints of employees and 
        members.--
                    (A) Authority.--The Inspector General may receive 
                and investigate complaints or information from an 
                employee or member of the Capitol Police concerning the 
                possible existence of an activity constituting a 
                violation of law, rules, or regulations, or 
                mismanagement, gross waste of funds, abuse of 
                authority, or a substantial and specific danger to the 
                public health and safety, including complaints or 
                information the investigation of which is under the 
                jurisdiction of the Internal Affairs Division of the 
                Capitol Police as of the date of the enactment of this 
                Act.
                    (B) Nondisclosure.--The Inspector General shall 
                not, after receipt of a complaint or information from 
                an employee or member, disclose the identity of the 
                employee or member without the consent of the employee 
                or member, unless the Inspector General determines such 
                disclosure is unavoidable during the course of the 
                investigation.
                    (C) Prohibiting retaliation.--An employee or member 
                of the Capitol Police who has authority to take, direct 
                others to take, recommend, or approve any personnel 
                action, shall not, with respect to such authority, take 
                or threaten to take any action against any employee or 
                member as a reprisal for making a complaint or 
                disclosing information to the Inspector General, unless 
                the complaint was made or the information disclosed 
                with the knowledge that it was false or with willful 
                disregard for its truth or falsity.
            (4) Independence in carrying out duties.--Neither the 
        Capitol Police Board, the Chief of the Capitol Police, nor any 
        other member or employee of the Capitol Police may prevent or 
        prohibit the Inspector General from carrying out any of the 
        duties or responsibilities assigned to the Inspector General 
        under this section.
    (d) Powers.--
            (1) In general.--The Inspector General may exercise the 
        same authorities with respect to the United States Capitol 
        Police as an Inspector General of an establishment may exercise 
        with respect to an establishment under section 6(a) of the 
        Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 6(a)), other than 
        paragraphs (7) and (8) of such section.
            (2) Staff.--
                    (A) In general.--The Inspector General may appoint 
                and fix the pay of such personnel as the Inspector 
                General considers appropriate. Such personnel may be 
                appointed without regard to the provisions of title 5, 
                United States Code, regarding appointments in the 
                competitive service, and may be paid without regard to 
                the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
                chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and 
                General Schedule pay rates, except that no personnel of 
                the Office (other than the Inspector General) may be 
                paid at an annual rate greater than $500 less than the 
                annual rate of pay of the Inspector General under 
                subsection (b)(4).
                    (B) Experts and consultants.--The Inspector General 
                may procure temporary and intermittent services under 
                section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, at rates 
                not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate 
                of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
                under section 5315 of such title.
                    (C) Independence in appointing staff.--No 
                individual may carry out any of the duties or 
                responsibilities of the Office unless the individual is 
                appointed by the Inspector General, or provides 
                services procured by the Inspector General, pursuant to 
                this paragraph. Nothing in this subparagraph may be 
                construed to prohibit the Inspector General from 
                entering into a contract or other arrangement for the 
                provision of services under this section.
                    (D) Applicability of capitol police personnel 
                rules.--None of the regulations governing the 
                appointment and pay of employees of the Capitol Police 
                shall apply with respect to the appointment and 
                compensation of the personnel of the Office, except to 
                the extent agreed to by the Inspector General. Nothing 
                in the previous sentence may be construed to affect 
                subparagraphs (A) through (C).
            (3) Equipment and supplies.--The Chief of the Capitol 
        Police shall provide the Office with appropriate and adequate 
        office space, together with such equipment, supplies, and 
        communications facilities and services as may be necessary for 
        the operation of the Office, and shall provide necessary 
        maintenance services for such office space and the equipment 
        and facilities located therein.
    (e) Transfer of Functions.--
            (1) Transfer.--To the extent that any office or entity in 
        the Capitol Police prior to the appointment of the first 
        Inspector General under this section carried out any of the 
        duties and responsibilities assigned to the Inspector General 
        under this section, the functions of such office or entity 
        shall be transferred to the Office upon the appointment of the 
        first Inspector General under this section.
            (2) No reduction in pay or benefits.--The transfer of the 
        functions of an office or entity to the Office under paragraph 
        (1) may not result in a reduction in the pay or benefits of any 
        employee of the office or entity, except to the extent required 
        under subsection (d)(2)(A).
    Sec. 1007. (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the last 
day of each semiannual period, the Chief of the Capitol Police shall 
submit to Congress, with respect to that period, a detailed, itemized 
report of the disbursements for the operations of the United States 
Capitol Police.
    (b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
include--
            (1) the name of each person or entity who receives a 
        payment from the Capitol Police;
            (2) the cost of any item furnished to the Capitol Police;
            (3) a description of any service rendered to the Capitol 
        Police, together with service dates;
            (4) a statement of all amounts appropriated to, or received 
        or expended by, the Capitol Police and any unexpended balances 
        of such amounts for any open fiscal year; and
            (5) such additional information as may be required by 
        regulation of the Committee on House Administration of the 
        House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 
        Administration of the Senate.
    (c) Printing.--Each report under this section shall be printed as a 
House document.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to the 
semiannual periods of October 1 through March 31 and April 1 through 
September 30 of each year, beginning with the semiannual period in 
which this section is enacted.

                          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), $3,112,000, of which $780,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2007: 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: Provided 
further, That not more than $500 may be expended on the certification 
of the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance in connection 
with official representation and reception expenses.

                      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, $35,450,000.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 1100. (a) Permitting Waiver of Claims For Overpayment of Pay 
and Allowances.--Section 5584(g) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (5);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (6) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting immediately after paragraph (6) the 
        following new paragraph:
            ``(7) the Congressional Budget Office.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to fiscal year 2006 and each succeeding fiscal year.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         General Administration

    For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other personal 
services, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and studies in 
connection with activities under the care of the Architect of the 
Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the general and administrative 
support of the operations under the Architect of the Capitol including 
the Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and 
House office buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of 
the Architect of the Capitol; including furnishings and office 
equipment; including not more than $5,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol 
may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation of a 
passenger motor vehicle, $77,002,000, of which $350,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2008.

                            Capitol Building

    For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care, and operation of 
the Capitol, $22,097,000, of which $6,580,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2008.

                            Capitol Grounds

    For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds 
surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, and the 
Capitol Power Plant, $7,723,000, of which $740,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2008.

                         House Office Buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the House office buildings, $59,616,000, of which $20,922,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2008.

                          Capitol Power Plant

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power (including the 
purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer services for the 
Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, Library of Congress 
buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate 
garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in 
any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing Office and 
Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for air 
conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the Union Station complex, 
the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger 
Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed 
upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so received 
shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of this 
appropriation, $58,585,000, of which $1,592,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2008: Provided, That not more than $6,600,000 of 
the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 
provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2006.

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

    For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural 
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds, 
$31,318,000, of which $6,325,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2008.

                  Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of buildings and grounds of the United States Capitol Police, 
$16,830,000, of which $5,500,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2008.

                             Botanic Garden

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, and 
collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction of the 
Joint Committee on the Library, $7,211,000: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall not be available for construction of the National 
Garden: Provided further, That of the amount made available under this 
heading, the Architect may obligate and expend such sums as may be 
necessary for the maintenance, care, and operation of the National 
Garden established under section 307E of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the 
Architect or a duly authorized designee.

                         Capitol Visitor Center

    For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Center project, 
$36,900,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
Architect of the Capitol may not obligate any of the funds which are 
made available for the Capitol Visitor Center project without an 
obligation plan approved by the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and House of Representatives.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 1201. (a) Section 108 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 1849), is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``8 positions'' and 
        inserting ``10 positions''; and
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``4 positions'' and 
        inserting ``2 positions''.
    (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect 
to pay periods beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
    Sec. 1202. (a) Section 905 of the 2002 Supplemental Appropriations 
Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the 
United States (2 U.S.C. 1819) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(d) In the case of a building or facility acquired through 
purchase pursuant to subsection (a), the Architect of the Capitol may 
enter into or assume a lease with another person for the use of any 
portion of the building or facility that the Architect of the Capitol 
determines is not required to be used to carry out the purposes of this 
section, subject to the approval of the entity which approved the 
acquisition of such building or facility under subsection (b).''.
    (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect 
to leases entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
    Sec. 1203. (a) There is hereby established the Capitol Visitor 
Center Governing Board (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
``Governing Board''), consisting of each of the following individuals:
            (1) The Speaker of the House of Representatives, or the 
        Speaker's designee.
            (2) The minority leader of the House of Representatives, or 
        the minority leader's designee.
            (3) The majority leader of the Senate, or the majority 
        leader's designee.
            (4) The minority leader of the Senate, or the minority 
        leader's designee.
            (5) The chairman of the Committee on House Administration 
        of the House of Representatives, who shall serve as co-chairman 
        of the Governing Board.
            (6) The ranking minority member of the Committee on House 
        Administration of the House of Representatives.
            (7) The chairman of the Committee on Rules and 
        Administration of the Senate, who shall serve as co-chairman of 
        the Governing Board.
            (8) The ranking minority member of the Committee on Rules 
        and Administration of the Senate.
    (b) The Governing Board shall be responsible for establishing the 
policies which govern the operations of the Capitol Visitor Center, 
consistent with applicable law.
    (c) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2006 and 
each succeeding fiscal year.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         salaries and expenses

                         (including rescission)

    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, $388,144,000, of which 
not more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections credited to 
this appropriation during fiscal year 2006, 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 2006 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, $13,972,000 
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, $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, $11,078,000 shall remain available until expended for 
partial support of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this heading 
in chapter 9 of division A of the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 
2001 (Public Law 106-554; 114 Stat. 2763A-194), $15,500,000 is 
rescinded.

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $58,601,000, of 
which not more than $30,481,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during 
fiscal year 2006 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 $5,465,000 shall be derived from 
collections during fiscal year 2006 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 $35,946,000: 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: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United States 
Code, any amounts made available under this heading which are 
attributable to royalty fees and payments received by the Copyright 
Office pursuant to sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may 
be used for the costs incurred in the administration of the Copyright 
Royalty Judges program.

                     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, $99,952,000: 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), $54,049,000, of which $15,831,000 shall remain available 
until expended.

                       Administrative Provisions

    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.
    Sec. 1302. Reimbursable and Revolving Fund Activities. (a) In 
General.--For fiscal year 2006, the obligational authority of the 
Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection (b) may 
not exceed $109,943,000.
    (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 2006, 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. 1303. United States Diplomatic Facilities.--Funds made 
available for the Library of Congress under this Act are available for 
transfer to the Department of State as remittance for a fee charged by 
the Department for fiscal year 2006 for the maintenance, upgrade, or 
construction of United States diplomatic facilities only to the extent 
that the amount of the fee so charged is equal to or less than the 
unreimbursed value of the services provided during fiscal year 2006 to 
the Library of Congress on State Department diplomatic facilities.
    Sec. 1304. (a) Section 208 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-53; 109 Stat. 532), is hereby repealed.
    (b) The amendment made by this section shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act or October 1, 2005, whichever occurs 
earlier.

                       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, $88,090,000: 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, $33,337,000: 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 2004 and 2005 to 
depository and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any 
unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts for 
similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the 
Government Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes 
of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.

               Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

    For payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving Fund, 
$1,200,000 for workforce retraining. 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.

                    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 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, $482,395,000: Provided, That not more than 
$5,104,000 of payments received under section 782 of title 31, United 
States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 2006: Provided 
further, That not more than $2,061,000 of reimbursements received under 
section 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for 
use in fiscal year 2006: 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.

         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 under section 
313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 
$14,000,000.

                      TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 201. Maintenance and Care of Private Vehicles.--No part of the 
funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the maintenance or 
care of private vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning 
as may be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities for 
the House of Representatives issued by the Committee on House 
Administration and for the Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and 
Administration.
    Sec. 202. Fiscal Year Limitation.--No part of the funds 
appropriated in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 
fiscal year 2006 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 of 1995 (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. 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.
    Sec. 208. 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. 209. 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 2006 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.

                TITLE III--CONTINUITY IN REPRESENTATION

    Sec. 301. Section 26 of the Revised Statutes of the United States 
(2 U.S.C. 8) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The time'' and inserting ``(a) In 
        General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the time''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(b) Special Rules in Extraordinary Circumstances.--
            ``(1) In general.--In extraordinary circumstances, the 
        executive authority of any State in which a vacancy exists in 
        its representation in the House of Representatives shall issue 
        a writ of election to fill such vacancy by special election.
            ``(2) Timing of special election.--A special election held 
        under this subsection to fill a vacancy shall take place not 
        later than 49 days after the Speaker of the House of 
        Representatives announces that the vacancy exists, unless, 
        during the 75-day period which begins on the date of the 
        announcement of the vacancy--
                    ``(A) a regularly scheduled general election for 
                the office involved is to be held; or
                    ``(B) another special election for the office 
                involved is to be held, pursuant to a writ for a 
                special election issued by the chief executive of the 
                State prior to the date of the announcement of the 
                vacancy.
            ``(3) Nominations by parties.--If a special election is to 
        be held under this subsection, the determination of the 
        candidates who will run in such election shall be made--
                    ``(A) by nominations made not later than 10 days 
                after the Speaker announces that the vacancy exists by 
                the political parties of the State that are authorized 
                by State law to nominate candidates for the election; 
                or
                    ``(B) by any other method the State considers 
                appropriate, including holding primary elections, that 
                will ensure that the State will hold the special 
                election within the deadline required under paragraph 
                (2).
            ``(4) Extraordinary circumstances.--
                    ``(A) In general.--In this subsection, 
                `extraordinary circumstances' occur when the Speaker of 
                the House of Representatives announces that vacancies 
                in the representation from the States in the House 
                exceed 100.
                    ``(B) Judicial review.--If any action is brought 
                for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge an 
                announcement made under subparagraph (A), the following 
                rules shall apply:
                            ``(i) Not later than 2 days after the 
                        announcement, the action shall be filed in the 
                        United States District Court having 
                        jurisdiction in the district of the Member of 
                        the House of Representatives whose seat has 
                        been announced to be vacant and shall be heard 
                        by a 3-judge court convened pursuant to section 
                        2284 of title 28, United States Code.
                            ``(ii) A copy of the complaint shall be 
                        delivered promptly to the Clerk of the House of 
                        Representatives.
                            ``(iii) A final decision in the action 
                        shall be made within 3 days of the filing of 
                        such action and shall not be reviewable.
                            ``(iv) The executive authority of the State 
                        that contains the district of the Member of the 
                        House of Representatives whose seat has been 
                        announced to be vacant shall have the right to 
                        intervene either in support of or opposition to 
                        the position of a party to the case regarding 
                        the announcement of such vacancy.
            ``(5) Protecting ability of absent military and overseas 
        voters to participate in special elections.--
                    ``(A) Deadline for transmittal of absentee 
                ballots.--In conducting a special election held under 
                this subsection to fill a vacancy in its 
                representation, the State shall ensure to the greatest 
                extent practicable (including through the use of 
                electronic means) that absentee ballots for the 
                election are transmitted to absent uniformed services 
                voters and overseas voters (as such terms are defined 
                in the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting 
                Act) not later than 15 days after the Speaker of the 
                House of Representatives announces that the vacancy 
                exists.
                    ``(B) Period for ballot transit time.--
                Notwithstanding the deadlines referred to in paragraphs 
                (2) and (3), in the case of an individual who is an 
                absent uniformed services voter or an overseas voter 
                (as such terms are defined in the Uniformed and 
                Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act), a State shall 
                accept and process any otherwise valid ballot or other 
                election material from the voter so long as the ballot 
                or other material is received by the appropriate State 
                election official not later than 45 days after the 
                State transmits the ballot or other material to the 
                voter.
            ``(6) Application to district of columbia and 
        territories.--This subsection shall apply--
                    ``(A) to a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the 
                Congress in the same manner as it applies to a Member 
                of the House of Representatives; and
                    ``(B) to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
                of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the United 
                States Virgin Islands in the same manner as it applies 
                to a State, except that a vacancy in the representation 
                from any such jurisdiction in the House shall not be 
                taken into account by the Speaker in determining 
                whether vacancies in the representation from the States 
                in the House exceed 100 for purposes of paragraph 
                (4)(A).
            ``(7) Rule of construction regarding federal election 
        laws.--Nothing in this subsection may be construed to affect 
        the application to special elections under this subsection of 
        any Federal law governing the administration of elections for 
        Federal office (including any law providing for the enforcement 
        of any such law), including, but not limited to, the following:
                    ``(A) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 
                et seq.), as amended.
                    ``(B) The Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and 
                Handicapped Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ee et seq.), as amended.
                    ``(C) The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee 
                Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff et seq.), as amended.
                    ``(D) The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 
                (42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.), as amended.
                    ``(E) The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 
                (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), as amended.
                    ``(F) The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 
                et seq.), as amended.
                    ``(G) The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 
                15301 et seq.), as amended.''.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2006''.
                                                  Union Calendar No. 83

109th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2985

                          [Report No. 109-139]

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                                 A BILL

 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes.

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                             June 20, 2005

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