[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2918 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 79
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2918
[Report No. 111-160]
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 17, 2009
Ms. Wasserman Schultz, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported
the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2010, 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, 2010, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives,
$1,375,300,000, as follows:
house leadership offices
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $25,881,000,
including: Office of the Speaker, $5,077,000, including $25,000 for
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader,
$2,530,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $4,565,000, including
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $2,194,000,
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of
the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,
$1,690,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority
Whip; Speaker's Office for Legislative Floor Activities, $517,000;
Republican Steering Committee, $981,000; Republican Conference,
$1,748,000; Republican Policy Committee, $362,000; Democratic Steering
and Policy Committee, $1,366,000; Democratic Caucus, $1,725,000; nine
minority employees, $1,552,000; training and program development--
majority, $290,000; training and program development--minority,
$290,000; Cloakroom Personnel--majority, $497,000; and Cloakroom
Personnel--minority, $497,000.
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, $660,000,000.
Committee Employees
Standing Committees, Special and Select
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and
select, authorized by House resolutions, $139,878,000: Provided, That
such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until
December 31, 2010, except that $1,000,000 of such amount shall remain
available until expended for committee room upgrading.
Committee on Appropriations
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations,
$31,300,000, 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, 2010.
Salaries, Officers and Employees
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as
authorized by law, $200,301,000, including: for salaries and expenses
of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than $23,000, of which
not more than $20,000 is for the Family Room, for official
representation and reception expenses, $32,089,000 of which $4,600,000
shall remain available until expended; 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, $9,509,000; for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer
including not more than $3,000 for official representation and
reception expenses, $130,782,000, of which $3,937,000 shall remain
available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Inspector General, $5,045,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Operations, $4,445,000,
to remain available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of General Counsel, $1,415,000; for the Office of the Chaplain,
$179,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 for preparing
the Digest of Rules, and not more than $1,000 for official
representation and reception expenses, $2,060,000; for salaries and
expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House,
$3,258,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative
Counsel of the House, $8,814,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $859,000; for other authorized
employees, $1,249,000; and for salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Historian, including the cost of the House Fellows Program
(including lodging and related expenses for visiting Program
participants), $597,000.
Allowances and Expenses
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or
law, $317,940,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs
and Federal tort claims, $3,948,000; official mail for committees,
leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, $201,000;
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and
other applicable employee benefits, $278,378,000, including employee
tuition assistance benefit payments, $3,500,000, if authorized, and
employee child care benefit payments, $1,000,000, if authorized;
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $27,698,000, of which
$9,000,000 shall remain available until expended; transition activities
for new members and staff, $2,907,000; Wounded Warrior Program,
$2,500,000, to be derived from funding provided for this purpose in
Division G of Public Law 111-8; Office of Congressional Ethics,
$1,548,000; Energy Demonstration Projects, $2,500,000, if authorized,
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, $760,000.
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. 2062), 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 2010. Any amount
remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for fiscal
year 2010 shall be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit
reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such
payments have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner
as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
(b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of the
House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations
to carry out this section.
(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``Member of the
House of Representatives'' means a Representative in, or a Delegate or
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
Sec. 102. Effective with respect to fiscal year 2010 and each
succeeding fiscal year, the aggregate amount otherwise authorized to be
appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-sum allowance for each of
the following offices is increased as follows:
(1) The allowance for the office of the Majority Whip is
increased by $96,000.
(2) The allowance for the office of the Minority Whip is
increased by $96,000.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
Joint Economic Committee
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee,
$4,814,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
Joint Committee on Taxation
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation,
$11,451,000, 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 $1,300 per month to the Senior Medical
Officer; (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three medical
officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; (4) 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 (5) $2,366,000 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, $3,805,000, to be disbursed by
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
Office of Congressional Accessibility Services
salaries and expenses
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional
Accessibility Services, $1,314,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of
the Senate.
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 111th 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, $263,198,000, 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, $61,914,000, 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 2010 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 2010 for the Capitol Police may be transferred between the
headings ``salaries'' and ``general expenses'' upon the approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate.
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), $4,335,000, of which $884,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2011: Provided, That the Executive
Director of the Office of Compliance may, within the limits of
available appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete personal
property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding: Provided
further, That not more than $500 may be expended on the certification
of the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance in connection
with official representation and reception expenses.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of the
Congressional Budget Office, including not more than $6,000 to be
expended on the certification of the Director of the Congressional
Budget Office in connection with official representation and reception
expenses, $45,165,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 1101.--Modifications to Executive Exchange Program.--(a)
Expansion of Number of Participants.--Section 1201(b) of the
Legislative Branch Apropriations Act, 2008 (2 U.S.C. 611 note) is
amended by striking ``3'' each place it appears and inserting ``5''.
(b) Permanent Extension of Program.--Section 1201 of such Act (2
U.S.C. 611 note) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (d) and redesignating subsection
(e) as subsection (d); and
(2) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by strking
``Subject to subsection (d), this section'' and inserting
``This section''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of the Legislatve Branch
Appropriations Act, 2008.
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, $109,392,000, of which $8,950,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2014.
Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund
For a payment to the Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund
established under section 1201, $60,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
Capitol Building
For necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of
the Capitol, $32,800,000, of which $6,241,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2014.
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, $10,920,000, of which $1,410,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2014.
House Office Buildings
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation
of the House office buildings, $100,466,000, of which $53,360,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2014.
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, $125,083,000, of which $31,560,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2014: Provided, That not more than
$8,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this
appropriation as herein provided shall be available for obligation
during fiscal year 2010.
Library Buildings and Grounds
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds,
$41,937,000, of which $15,750,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2014.
Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and Security
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation
of buildings, grounds and security enhancements of the United States
Capitol Police, wherever located, the Alternate Computer Facility, and
AOC security operations, $26,364,000, of which $7,750,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2014.
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, $11,263,000, of which $900,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided, 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 necessary expenses for Capitol Visitor Center operations costs,
$23,166,000.
Administrative Provisions
Sec. 1201. Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund.--(a)
Establishment.--There is hereby established in the Treasury of the
United States, as an account for the Architect of the Capitol, the
Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund (hereafter in this section
referred to as the ``Fund'').
(b) Use of Amounts.--Amounts in the Fund shall be used by the
Architect of the Capitol for the revitalization of the major historical
buildings and assets which the Architect is responsible for maintaining
and preserving, except that the Architect may not obligate any amounts
in the Fund without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and Senate.
(c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to
fiscal year 2010 and each succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 1202.--Any individual who is appointed as the Architect of the
Capitol after the date of the enactment of this Act shall be appointed
in accordance with the applicable laws in effect at the time of
appointment, taking into account any amendments which may be made to
such applicable laws during the One Hundred Eleventh Congress.
Sec. 1203. Support and Maintenance During Emergencies.--(a) During
an emergency involving the safety of human life or the protection of
property, as determined or declared by the Capitol Police Board, the
Architect of the Capitol--
(1) may accept contributions of comfort and other
incidental items and services to support employees of the
Office of the Architect of the Capitol while such employees are
on duty in response to the emergency; and
(2) may incur obligations and make expenditures out of
available appropriations for meals, refreshments, and other
support and maintenance for the Office of the Architect of the
Capitol if, in the judgment of the Architect, such obligations
and expenditures are necessary to respond to the emergency.
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2010 and
each succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 1204. Flexible and Compressed Work Schedules.--(a) Section
6121(1) of title 5, United States Code is amended by inserting after
``military department,'' the following: ``the Architect of the
Capitol,''.
(b) Section 6133(c) of such title is amended by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
``(3) With respect to employees of the Architect of the Capitol
(including employees of the Botanic Garden), the authority granted to
the Office of Personnel Management under this subchapter shall be
exercised by the Architect of the Capitol.''
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to
pay periods beginning or after the later of October 1, 2009, or the
date of the enactment of this Act.
Sec. 1205. Acceptance of Voluntary Student Services.--Section 3111
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding the following new
subsection:
``(e) In this section, the term `agency' includes the Architect of
the Capitol, except that in the case of the Architect of the Capitol,
the authority granted to the Office of Personnel Management under this
section shall be exercised by the Architect of the Capitol.''.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect
to fiscal year 2010 and each such succeeding fiscal year.
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; activities
under the Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009; 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, $450,211,000, of which not
more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections credited to this
appropriation during fiscal year 2010, 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 2010 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, 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, $7,315,000 shall remain available until
expended for the digital collections and educational curricula program:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $750,000 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.
Copyright Office
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $55,476,000, of
which not more than $28,751,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during
fiscal year 2010 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 $5,861,000 shall be derived from
collections during fiscal year 2010 under sections 111(d)(2),
119(b)(2), 803(e), 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 $34,612,000: 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, with the exception of the costs of salaries and
benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff under section
802(e).
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, $112,490,000: 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), $70,182,000, of which
$30,577,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of
the total amount appropriated $650,000 shall be available to contract
to provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped residents at
no cost to the individual.
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 2010, the obligational authority
of the Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection
(b) may not exceed $123,328,000.
(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 2010, 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. Transfer Authority.--
(a) In General.--Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2010 for the
Library of Congress may be transferred during fiscal year 2010 between
any of the headings under the heading ``LIBRARY OF CONGRESS'' upon the
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the
House of Representatives.
(b) Limitation.--Not more than 10 percent of the total amount of
funds appropriated to the account under any heading under the heading
``LIBRARY OF CONGRESS'' for fiscal year 2010 may be transferred from
that account by all transfers made under subsection (a).
Sec. 1304. Classification of Library of Congress Positions Above
GS-15.--Section 5108 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(c) The Librarian of Congress may classify positions in the
Library of Congress above GS-15 pursuant to standards established by
the Office in subsection (a)(2).''.
Sec. 1305. Leave Carryover for Certain Library of Congress
Executive Positions.--(a) Section 6304(f)(1) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; or''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(H) a position in the Library of Congress the
compensation for which is set at a rate equal to the annual
rate of basic pay payable for positions at level III of the
Executive Schedule under section 5314.''.
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect
to annual leave accrued during pay periods beginning after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
Sec. 1306. (a) Section 4(a) of the American Folklife Preservation
Act (20 U.S.C. 2103(a)) is amended by striking ``an American Folklife
Center'' and inserting ``the Archie Green American Folklife Center''.
(b) Any reference to the American Folklife Center in any law, rule,
regulation, or document shall be deemed to be a reference to the Archie
Green American Folklife Center.
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, $93,296,000: 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, $40,911,000: 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 2008 and 2009 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,
$12,000,000 for information technology development and facilities
repair: Provided, That the Government Printing Office is hereby
authorized to 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 $7,500 may be expended on the
certification of the Public Printer in connection with official
representation and reception expenses: Provided further, That the
revolving fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not more
than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures
in connection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the
Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of
title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund
shall be available for temporary or intermittent services under section
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals
not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for
level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title:
Provided further, That activities financed through the revolving fund
may provide information in any format: Provided further, That the
revolving fund and the funds provided under the headings ``Office of
Superintendent of Documents'' and ``Salaries and Expenses'' may not be
used for contracted security services at GPO's passport facility in the
District of Columbia.
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Government Accountability Office,
including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the certification of
the Comptroller General of the United States in connection with
official representation and reception expenses; temporary or
intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States
Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent
of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule
under section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor vehicle;
advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with section 3324
of title 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those payable
under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
(22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by
the Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living quarters
in foreign countries, $558,849,000: Provided, That not more than
$5,449,000 of payments received under section 782 of title 31, United
States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 2010: Provided
further, That not more than $2,350,000 of reimbursements received under
section 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for
use in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That not more than
$7,423,000 of reimbursements received under section 3521 of title 31,
United States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 2010:
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 under section
313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151),
$9,000,000.
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 2010 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, in the irregular
shaped grassy areas bounded by Washington Avenue, SW on the northeast,
Second Street SW on the west, Square 582 on the south, and the
beginning of the I-395 tunnel on the southeast.
Sec. 208. Limitation on Transfers.--None of the funds made
available in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or
instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant to a
transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any
other appropriation Act.
Sec. 209. Guided Tours of the Capitol.--
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds made
available to the Architect of the Capitol in this Act may be used to
eliminate or restrict guided tours of the United States Capitol which
are led by employees and interns of offices of Members of Congress and
other offices of the House of Representatives and Senate.
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or at the
direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the approval of the
Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the United States Capitol which
are led by employees and interns described in subsection (a) may be
suspended temporarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security
or related reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the United
States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the Capitol.
This division may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2010''.
Union Calendar No. 79
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2918
[Report No. 111-160]
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.
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June 17, 2009
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed