[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[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