[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5683 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5683

   To improve certain administrative operations of the Office of the 
           Architect of the Capitol, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 1, 2010

  Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To improve certain administrative operations of the Office of the 
           Architect of the Capitol, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONSOLIDATION OF STAFF POSITIONS.

    (a) Consolidation.--Section 108 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 1849) is amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 108.  The Architect of the Capitol may fix the rate of basic 
pay for not more than 32 positions at a rate not to exceed the highest 
total rate of pay for the Senior Executive Service under subchapter 
VIII of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, for the locality 
involved.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1203(e) of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1805(e)) is amended by 
striking paragraph (3).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to pay periods beginning on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO LONG-TERM LEASES OF REAL PROPERTY.

    (a) Authority.--Section 1202(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2003 (41 U.S.C. 253l-7(a)(2)) is amended by 
striking the period at the end and inserting the following: ``, except 
that in applying such section to the Architect of the Capitol, the term 
`multiyear contract' shall include a lease of real property for more 
than one, but not more than 10, program years.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to contracts entered into on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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