[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2985 Reported in Senate (RS)]


                                                       Calendar No. 138
109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H.R. 2985

                          [Report No. 109-89]


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 24, 2005

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

                             June 24, 2005

                Reported by Mr. Allard, with amendments
  [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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                                 AN ACT


 
 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:

               TITLE I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS

                                 SENATE

                           Expense Allowances

    For expense allowances of the Vice President, $20,000; the 
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $40,000; Majority Leader of the 
Senate, $40,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Majority Whip 
of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; President 
Pro Tempore emeritus, $15,000; 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, $195,000.

    Representation Allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders

    For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority Leaders 
of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all, $30,000.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized 
by law, including agency contributions, $147,120,000, 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, $2,181,000.

                  office of the president pro tempore

    For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $582,000.

              office of the president pro tempore emeritus

    For the Office of the President Pro Tempore emeritus, $290,000.

              offices of the majority and minority leaders

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $4,340,000.

               offices of the majority and minority whips

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $2,644,000.

                      committee on appropriations

    For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $13,758,000.

                         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, $1,470,000 for each such committee; in all, $2,940,000.

 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, $728,000.

                           policy committees

    For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority 
Policy Committee, $1,524,000 for each such committee; in all, 
$3,048,000.

                         office of the chaplain

    For Office of the Chaplain, $354,000.

                        office of the secretary

    For Office of the Secretary, $20,866,000.

             office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

    For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $56,700,000.

        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

    For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, $1,584,000.

               agency contributions and related expenses

    For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by 
law, and related expenses, $37,105,000.

            Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, $5,437,000.

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 
$1,306,000.

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, $119,637,000.

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, 
$1,980,000.

             sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 
of the Senate, $142,000,000, which shall remain available until 
September 30, 2010.

                          miscellaneous items

    For miscellaneous items, $17,000,000, 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, 
$350,000,000.

                          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, 2005, 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, 2005, increased by an additional $50,000 
each.
    Sec. 2. Consultants. With respect to fiscal year 2006, 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 ``2005'' and inserting ``2006''.
    Sec. 4. Senate Commission on Art. Section 3(c)(2) of Public Law 
108-83 (2 U.S.C. 2108(c)(2)) is amended by striking ``and for any 
purposes'' through the period and inserting ``for any purposes for 
which funds from the contingent fund of the Senate may be used under 
section 316(a) of Public Law 101-302 (2 U.S.C. 2107(a)), and for 
expenditures, not to exceed $10,000 in any fiscal year, for meals and 
refreshments in Capitol facilities in connection with official 
activities of the Commission or other authorized programs or 
activities.''.
    Sec. 5. Absences. Section 40 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 39) 
is amended by--
            (1) striking ``Secretary of the Senate and the'';
            (2) striking ``, respectively, shall'' and inserting 
        ``shall'';
            (3) striking ``Senate or''; and
            (4) striking ``, respectively, unless'' and inserting ``, 
        unless''.
    Sec. 6. Modification of Certain Consultant Requirement. Section 
10(a)(5) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 
72d) is amended by inserting ``, except that any approval (and related 
reporting requirement) shall not apply'' after ``May 14, 1975''.

                        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.

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

<DELETED>    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.</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 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.</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, $210,350,000, 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, $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.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Administrative Provisions</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 1002. (a) The United States Capitol Police may not 
operate a mounted horse unit during fiscal year 2006 or any succeeding 
fiscal year.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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,''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the request contains clearly stated and 
        detailed documentation presenting justification for the 
        reprogramming, transfer, or use of funds;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) both Committees approve the request.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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'').</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Inspector General.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Duties.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) Investigations of complaints of employees and 
        members.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Powers.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) Staff.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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).</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (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).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Transfer of Functions.--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
include--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) the name of each person or entity who receives 
        a payment from the Capitol Police;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) the cost of any item furnished to the Capitol 
        Police;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) a description of any service rendered to the 
        Capitol Police, together with service dates;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Printing.--Each report under this section shall be 
printed as a House document.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</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), $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.</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, $35,450,000.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Administrative Provision</DELETED>

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

                  <DELETED>Capitol Building</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</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, $7,723,000, of which $740,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2008.</DELETED>

           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

    For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and Special 
Services Office, $4,098,000, 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, $222,600,000, 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, $42,000,000, 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 2005 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. Capitol Police and Transfer of Library of Congress 
Police. (a) Limitation On Certain Hiring Authority of Capitol Police.--
Section 1006(b)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 
(Public Law 108-83; 117 Stat. 1023), as amended by section 1002 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public 
Law 108-447; 118 Stat. 3179), is further amended by adding after 
subparagraph (D), the following:
                    ``(E) Limitation for fiscal year 2006.--During 
                fiscal year 2006, 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 2005 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 2006.''.
    (b) Memorandum of Understanding.--The Memorandum of Understanding 
between the Library of Congress and the Capitol Police entered into on 
December 12, 2004, shall remain in effect through fiscal year 2006, 
subject to such modifications as may be made in accordance with the 
modification and dispute resolution provisions of the Memorandum of 
Understanding.

                          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.

                      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, $35,853,000.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 1100. Waiver of Certain Claims. Section 5584(g) of title 5, 
United States Code, (relating to the definition of an agency) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (6) as a paragraph (7);
            (2) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (5);
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
            ``(6) the Congressional Budget Office; and''; and
            (4) in the last sentence, by striking ``paragraph (6)'' and 
        inserting ``paragraph (7)''.

                        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, $76,522,000.

                            Capitol Building

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, and operation 
of the Capitol, $25,380,000, of which $10,055,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2010.

                            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, $7,061,000.

                        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, $67,004,000, of which $15,745,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2010.

                         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.

                 <DELETED>Capitol Power Plant</DELETED>

<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, $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.</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, $31,318,000, of which $6,325,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2008.</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, 
$16,830,000, of which $5,500,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2008.</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, $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.</DELETED>

               <DELETED>Capitol Visitor Center</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

              <DELETED>Administrative Provisions</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 1201. (a) Section 108 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 1849), is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``8 positions'' 
        and inserting ``10 positions''; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``4 positions'' 
        and inserting ``2 positions''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
        (e); and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the 
        following new subsection:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(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).''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) The Speaker of the House of Representatives, 
        or the Speaker's designee.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) The minority leader of the House of 
        Representatives, or the minority leader's designee.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) The majority leader of the Senate, or the 
        majority leader's designee.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) The minority leader of the Senate, or the 
        minority leader's designee.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) The chairman of the Committee on House 
        Administration of the House of Representatives, who shall serve 
        as co-chairman of the Governing Board.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) The ranking minority member of the Committee 
        on House Administration of the House of 
        Representatives.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) The chairman of the Committee on Rules and 
        Administration of the Senate, who shall serve as co-chairman of 
        the Governing Board.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) The ranking minority member of the Committee 
        on Rules and Administration of the Senate.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) The Governing Board shall be responsible for 
establishing the policies which govern the operations of the Capitol 
Visitor Center, consistent with applicable law.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2006 and each succeeding fiscal year.</DELETED>

                 <DELETED>LIBRARY OF CONGRESS</DELETED>

                <DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

               <DELETED>(including rescission)</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, 
$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.</DELETED>

                  <DELETED>Copyright Office</DELETED>

                <DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</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, $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.</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), $54,049,000, of which $15,831,000 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 2006, the obligational authority of the 
Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection (b) may 
not exceed $109,943,000.</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 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 1304. (a) Section 208 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-53; 109 Stat. 532), is hereby 
repealed.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</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, $88,090,000 (reduced by 
$5,400,000): 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, $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.</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

          <DELETED>GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE</DELETED>

                <DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</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 under 
section 313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 
U.S.C. 1151), $14,000,000.</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, $58,817,000, of which $1,600,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2010: Provided, That not more than $6,500,000 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, 
$70,948,000, of which $42,950,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2010.

                  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, 
$10,031,000.

                             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, $7,633,000: 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, 
$41,900,000, to remain available until expended, and in addition, 
$2,300,000 for Capitol Visitor Center operation costs: 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 Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate and House of Representatives.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 1201. Executive Director of the Capitol Visitor Center. The 
Architect of the Capitol may appoint an Executive Director of the 
Capitol Visitor Center whose annual rate of pay shall be determined by 
the Architect of the Capitol and shall not exceed $1,500 less than the 
annual rate of pay for the Architect of the Capitol.

                          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, $397,285,000, 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, $4,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for the digital collections and 
school curricula program under section 1305 of this Act: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated, $600,000 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, $12,085,000 
shall remain available until expended for partial support of the 
National Audio-Visual Conservation Center: Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated, $250,000 shall be used to provide a 
grant to the Middle Eastern Text Initiative for translation and 
publishing of middle eastern text: Provided further, That no funds made 
available under this heading may be expended inconsistently with the 
provisions and intent of section 1006 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108-83), as amended, and the 
memorandum of understanding between the Library of Congress and the 
Capitol Police entered into on December 12, 2004.

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office and the new 
Copyright Royalty Judges program, $57,322,000, 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 $4,141,000 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 $34,622,000: 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, $101,755,000: 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), $64,172,000, of which 
$25,667,000 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. 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 by adding at the end ``, except that an amount 
not to exceed $25,000,000 of such additional $75,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended and may be used for competitive grants to 
State governmental entities, without regard to any matching 
contribution requirement, to work cooperatively to collect and preserve 
at-risk digital State and local government information''.
    Sec. 1304. 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. 1305. Incorporation of Digital Collections Into School 
Curricula. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Library 
of Congress Digital Collections and School Curricula Act of 2005''.
    (b) Program.--The Librarian of Congress shall administer a program 
to teach educators and librarians how to incorporate the digital 
collections of the Library of Congress into school curricula.
    (c) Educational Consortium.--In administering the program under 
this section, the Librarian of Congress may--
            (1) establish an educational consortium to support the 
        program; and
            (2) make funds appropriated for the program available to 
        consortium members, educational institutions, and libraries.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out this section for 
fiscal year 2006 and each fiscal year thereafter.

                       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, $33,837,000: 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, 
$5,000,000 for workforce retraining: Provided, That the Government 
Printing Office may make such expenditures, within the limits of funds 
available and in accordance with 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 further, 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 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, $484,383,000: 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.

                OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND

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

   JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

    For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 
Development Trust Fund established under section 116 of the John C. 
Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development Act (2 
U.S.C. 1105), $430,000.

                      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.
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
    Sec. 209. Compensation Limitation. Legislative branch 
appropriations are not available to pay the salary of any officer or 
employee to the extent that the aggregate amount of compensation 
(including base salary, awards, bonus incentives, excluding in-kind 
compensation) exceeds the annual rate for a Senator or Member unless 
the applicable entity head has certified that the entity has a 
performance appraisal system which (as designed and applied) makes 
meaningful distinctions based on relative performance consistent with 
the criteria established pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5307(d)(3)(A). Each 
entity head shall recertify its performance appraisal system (bi-
annually in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5307(d)(3)(B)). Entities with such 
certified appraisal systems may pay total annual compensation up to the 
amounts Executive branch personnel subject to certified performance 
appraisal systems may receive.

       <DELETED>TITLE III--CONTINUITY IN REPRESENTATION</DELETED>

<DELETED>    Sec. 301. Section 26 of the Revised Statutes of the United 
States (2 U.S.C. 8) is amended--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) by striking ``The time'' and inserting ``(a) 
        In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the time''; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) by adding at the end the following new 
        subsection:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(b) Special Rules in Extraordinary Circumstances.--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) a regularly scheduled general 
                election for the office involved is to be held; 
                or</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(4) Extraordinary circumstances.--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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:</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(ii) A copy of the complaint 
                        shall be delivered promptly to the Clerk of the 
                        House of Representatives.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(iii) A final decision in the 
                        action shall be made within 3 days of the 
                        filing of such action and shall not be 
                        reviewable.</DELETED>
                        <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(5) Protecting ability of absent military and 
        overseas voters to participate in special elections.--
        </DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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.</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(6) Application to district of columbia and 
        territories.--This subsection shall apply--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(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).</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(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:</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(A) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 
                U.S.C. 1973 et seq.), as amended.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(B) The Voting Accessibility for the 
                Elderly and Handicapped Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ee et seq.), 
                as amended.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(C) The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 
                Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff et seq.), as 
                amended.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(D) The National Voter Registration Act 
                of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.), as 
                amended.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(E) The Americans With Disabilities Act 
                of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), as 
                amended.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(F) The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 
                U.S.C. 701 et seq.), as amended.</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    ``(G) The Help America Vote Act of 2002 
                (42 U.S.C. 15301 et seq.), as amended.''.</DELETED>
    This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2006''.


                                                       Calendar No. 138

109th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H.R. 2985

                          [Report No. 109-89]

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                                 AN ACT

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

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                             June 24, 2005

  Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

                             June 24, 2005

                        Reported with amendments