[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6399 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6399

   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

                           November 15, 2010

  Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
           referred to the Committee on House Administration

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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. AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS TO ACQUIRE BUILDING.

    (a) Availability.--The amounts described in subsection (b) shall be 
available to the Architect of the Capitol for the acquisition (through 
purchase, lease, transfer from another Federal entity, or otherwise) of 
real property for the use of the Capitol Police.
    (b) Amounts Described.--The amounts described in this subsection 
are amounts appropriated to, and remaining available for obligation by, 
the Architect of the Capitol under the heading ``Architect of the 
Capitol, Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds'' or under the heading 
``Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and 
Security'' in any Act making appropriations for the legislative branch 
for fiscal years 2007 through 2010.
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