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:
<enum>I</enum>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="idBDC2E9C45C4744478F1AC8DC6446129A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-major commented="no" id="id809B4458FED64624A9E0E87D3B745687"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">SENATE</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idDA10D43492D543F7A7058C23ADAE1D66"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expense allowances</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expense allowances of the Vice
President, $20,000; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $40,000; Majority
Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Majority
Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Chairmen of
the Majority and Minority Conference Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; and
Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $5,000 for each
Chairman; in all, $180,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id88AB09063481483587F609B60764CB56"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Representation allowances for the majority
and minority leaders</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For
representation allowances of the Majority and Minority Leaders of the Senate,
$15,000 for each such Leader; in all,
$30,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idA7C6801026544D51A364FF8E12D495E4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries, officers and
employees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For compensation of
officers, employees, and others as authorized by law, including agency
contributions, $178,982,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation
without regard to the following
limitations:</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idA028D7C1C0FE49DF99677063BACC9719"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the vice president</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Office of the Vice President,
$2,517,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id600B8B7739AE4298ADFA5707C23D3CCD"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the president pro
tempore</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Office of the
President Pro Tempore, $752,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idE21297AE89E94594B97C08E0A6FDB32D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Offices of the majority and minority
leaders</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For Offices of the
Majority and Minority Leaders, $5,212,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idE034588991BC4CEBBB8827B2FFCC44B7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Offices of the majority and minority
whips</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For Offices of the
Majority and Minority Whips, $3,288,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id98DA6BDBE7C341248F6EC6DE2962F646"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Committee on appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For salaries of the Committee on
Appropriations, $15,844,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id07EA39FAFD924B28B196E196CC825005"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conference committees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the Conference of the Majority and the
Conference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the
Chairman of each such committee, $1,726,000 for each such committee; in all,
$3,452,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idFBE80025FA9F46E2AC3CD5D364EE44C5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Offices of the secretaries of the
conference of the majority and the conference of the minority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For Offices of the Secretaries of the
Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the Minority,
$850,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id697309C35879444DA5DB3EC5830D0B0F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Policy committees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For salaries of the Majority Policy
Committee and the Minority Policy Committee, $1,763,000 for each such
committee; in all, $3,526,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idDFFC29E5C7924C388FC59EF5A9798F81"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the chaplain</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For Office of the Chaplain,
$415,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id792B4A49F39F42B3A3DB6B421FCE8C7C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For Office of the Secretary,
$25,790,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id7BCB2B5F0BE44891A97C287FAC0EF27F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the sergeant at arms and
doorkeeper</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For Office of the
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $70,000,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id4E4AB01143324F87AB4F262FE42BB9B3"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Offices of the secretaries for the majority
and minority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For Offices of
the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for the Minority,
$1,836,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id57105FA757DC4EC58DDE1204681C7CE2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agency contributions and related
expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For agency
contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by law, and related
expenses, $45,500,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idD148367FBC7545009F4B87C687D32178"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the legislative counsel of the
senate</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For salaries and
expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate,
$7,154,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idCC67BCE107694A9393B8ADE917D4DEAB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of senate legal
counsel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For salaries and
expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel,
$1,544,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id919C6CDFD6A5405F823FE336E5339809"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expense allowances of the secretary of the
senate, sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate, and secretaries for the
majority and minority of the senate</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expense allowances of the Secretary of
the Senate, $7,500; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $7,500;
Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $7,500; Secretary for the Minority of
the Senate, $7,500; in all, $30,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idE078AA2B2C6B447F8B357B4AD815967B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contingent expenses of the
senate</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id223E350C66D84157BED6CB07EA180BDD"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inquiries and investigations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses of inquiries and investigations
ordered by the Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule XXVI of the
Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of the Supplemental Appropriations
and Rescission Act, 1980 (Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 96th
Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $145,500,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id2920AACA59C04499AEECAB0B01BC1A15"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expenses of the united states senate caucus
on international narcotics control</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses of the United States Senate
Caucus on International Narcotics Control,
$520,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id846E0C3248814EEE99E7BCA8FAC57279"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary of the senate</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses of the Office of the Secretary
of the Senate, $2,000,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id6E363A41860C474AA0037A25B1946529"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the
senate</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses of the
Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $153,601,000,
which shall remain available until September 30,
2014.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idBD13EFFCAE9B4ADC8E78D2729BB9665B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Miscellaneous items</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For miscellaneous items, $19,145,000, of
which up to $500,000 shall be made available for a pilot program for mailings
of postal patron postcards by Senators for the purpose of providing notice of a
town meeting by a Senator in a county (or equivalent unit of local government)
at which the Senator will personally attend: <italic>Provided</italic>, That
any amount allocated to a Senator for such mailing shall not exceed 50 percent
of the cost of the mailing and the remaining cost shall be paid by the Senator
from other funds available to the Senator.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idABE8431264FA463C97CDEE971018D53B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Senators' official personnel and office
expense account</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For Senators'
Official Personnel and Office Expense Account,
$425,000,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id8AC9FEA84F8D42889572897FAC1A4E92"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Official mail costs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For expenses necessary for official mail
costs of the Senate, $300,000.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id182FFA17E3F44A20BA004A1105B05FEB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative
Provision</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id0C675BBC46804CCC8248F5FB045F1F13"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Gross Rate of Compensation in Offices of
Senators</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID059FC7E096524633877F771F0138EE5F" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective on and after October 1, 2009,
each of the dollar amounts contained in the table under section 105(d)(1)(A) of
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–1(d)(1)(A)) shall
be deemed to be the dollar amounts in that table, as adjusted by law and in
effect on September 30, 2009, increased by an additional $50,000 each.</text>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="idAE9D1164537341EDB5F28AD056E2B9DE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Joint items</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For Joint Committees, as
follows:</text>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id78B5AA15AFEE404CAE6E556A52A650A7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Joint economic committee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For salaries and expenses of the Joint
Economic Committee, $4,814,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the
Senate.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id1A0D2EB26E15451BA398B9C90D3F32AE"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Joint committee on taxation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For salaries and expenses of the Joint
Committee on Taxation, $11,327,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative
Officer of the House of Representatives. For other joint items, as
follows:</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id55266F720E404F19BC6453644DE56255"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of the attending
physician</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id09C123F847F245C3949579829A416F80"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of Congressional Accessibility
Services</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idD92B130C896D40E1AA8E95374316466F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For salaries and expenses of the Office of
Congressional Accessibility Services, $1,377,000, to be disbursed by the
Secretary of the Senate.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id5ABA8092DDC249839C98E4240EABD989"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Statements of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-major commented="no" id="idB64ECC11C20842F6A2E106EC98D439E4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">CAPITOL
POLICE</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id4988892488704667AE3762751408D94B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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, $267,203,000, to be
disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his
designee.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id2F4F539B4E9C436C811288CFADE5A46D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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,
$64,354,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his
designee: <italic>Provided,</italic> 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.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id0ECE261DAD27410A98AC087ABF406854"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative
Provision</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idB9650E905158439D9C86D533111BD3DA"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">transfer
authority</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID991C9E8CFD244BB5A3FCB759A092FEEC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1001.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2010
for the Capitol Police may be transferred between the headings
<quote>Salaries</quote> and <quote>General expenses</quote> upon the approval
of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate.</text>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="id44CE1BEAEAEA4CE7801227FA77AD5A8B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">OFFICE OF
COMPLIANCE</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id9E630D6A69E84180A96D383C97394762"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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), $4,418,000, of which $883,990 shall remain
available until September 30, 2011: <italic>Provided,</italic> 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.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id0A4841744E014146BE4739168CCF3FC5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative
provision</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idED0079761BB748C28A9B23262C6E9E56"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disposition of surplus or obsolete personal
property</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD1BF5B25DCA34419B94946C571946B93" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1101.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id52FA8569E51744C2877B9C2AA3D6BEBF"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title III of the Congressional
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) is amended by inserting
after section 305 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEF8638309F7D46299D0CDD3952406795" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E0937CC8FA048D38B42E7FABA7EF9CD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>306.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disposition of surplus or obsolete personal
property</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Executive
Director may, within the limits of available appropriations, dispose of surplus
or obsolete personal property by interagency transfer, donation, or
discarding.</text>
</section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54812A73B3994BA2ABD7BF4672D095BB"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Technical and conforming
amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of
contents for the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 305 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06A7CB73E5184411BED83C4D4B3FCAAF" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 306. Disposition of
surplus or obsolete personal
property.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D00383E23704BE7BCEC6420EBE16761"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2010, and each fiscal year
thereafter.</text>
</subsection></section><appropriations-major commented="no" id="id8CA31C591EB24B20AB5C84005DA1835F"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET
OFFICE</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id62FCAA9C724649A28E70F3C0FE8DD579"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id480A563B0404481B8A4625F9CAB5877A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative
provision</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idE7A04149B2B54673AC328B527C2156F4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Exchange Program for the
Congressional Budget Office</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25478BF845E34123AB9E201A3AF464C7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1201.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1201 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2008 (2 U.S.C. 611 note; Public law 110–161; 121 Stat.
2238) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFCFCA675206849D794C72E9E66A53197"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2DA19B46E6B3487F984654F4B7A3996C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking
<quote>3</quote> and inserting <quote>5</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id321BAD542B614F2D8DBDBA2862CB1EA0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking
<quote>3</quote> and inserting <quote>5</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B9343419E2B4F61909B0803BDB0B30F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (d), and
redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFEB38B8E287B42268BA784297DCD66D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d) (as redesignated by this
section), by striking <quote>Subject to subsection (d), this</quote> and
inserting <quote>This</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><appropriations-major commented="no" id="id4921C792FFE34BE89F6FB154F6C1A60A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">ARCHITECT OF THE
CAPITOL</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idB6CBD297232149B2B30ACDC8FEBB9537"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">General administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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, $106,587,000, of which
$5,400,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2014.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id521364690A734CD7B96A689CC9D85CE1"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Capitol building</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For all necessary expenses for the
maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol, $33,305,000, of which
$6,499,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2014.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id99EA504893344C669BD9FAB52FA58CD4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Capitol grounds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For all necessary expenses for care and
improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office
buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $10,974,000, of which $1,410,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2014.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id73B1DA356F424C429E52632DE01464CB"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Senate office buildings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For all necessary expenses for the
maintenance, care and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and
furnishings to be expended under the control and supervision of the Architect
of the Capitol, $74,392,000, of which $15,390,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2014.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idA050C40952274133A450B4327700B1B1"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Capitol power plant</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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, $118,597,000, of which $25,074,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2014: <italic>Provided,</italic> 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.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idE792AAE399E444138077A5333951FEF4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Library buildings and grounds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For all necessary expenses for the
mechanical and structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library
buildings and grounds, $40,754,000, of which $14,470,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2014.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id5DCDFDFA9E1942E58515DA698FF76EB8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Capitol police buildings, grounds and
security</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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, $26,160,000, of
which $7,050,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2014.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idD5AD163CF0514FB195E00CC93F44CEA2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Botanic
garden</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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, $11,898,000, of which
$1,280,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2014:
<italic>Provided</italic>, 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.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id2EEF18B9B87145B7B34CC5A18FD0BCEC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Capitol visitor center</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For all necessary expenses for the operation
of the Capitol Visitor Center,
$22,756,000.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idB9E3D0B82AE348C4A30A632531B29C62"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative
Provisions</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idB253C30F479A47BB806F91E66B349F43"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disposition of surplus or obsolete personal
property</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD4401ADDA3014C19823A7D6C20F6252B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1301.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id64D033EA905C479DAFBE4D0519556A8D"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Architect of the Capitol shall have the
authority, within the limits of available appropriations, to dispose of surplus
or obsolete personal property by inter-agency transfer, donation, sale,
trade-in, or discarding. Amounts received for the sale or trade-in of personal
property shall be credited to funds available for the operations of the
Architect of the Capitol and be available for the costs of acquiring the same
or similar property. Such funds shall be available for such purposes during the
fiscal year received and the following fiscal year.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96DEEAC6478B4AE798EBADD6CE40FB41"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall apply
with respect to fiscal year 2010, and each fiscal year thereafter.</text>
</subsection></section><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idFA61009D7B7E41D699C91BA6697A5E5A"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Flexible and compressed work
schedules</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7B0D753CB8554E6AAC16EA6D9948717D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1302.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 61 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4E698CD66004118AF6339E71238E5EF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 6121(1) by striking <quote>and
the Library of Congress</quote> and inserting <quote>the Library of Congress,
the Architect of the Capitol, and the Botanic Garden</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23119212018F40C98E9B03479D80BD09"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 6133(c) by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD2CE64C82E547B099834B672995D7F4" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0EF661BE59534AADADF82840E9C094B5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to employees of the Architect
of the Capitol and the Botanic Garden, the authority granted to the Office of
Personnel Management under this subchapter shall be exercised by the Architect
of the
Capitol.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id312289CB32324E368385F273DA102F66"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Disabled veterans; noncompetitive
appointment</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id786DD073B3A441E494491285F75F8B28" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1303.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3112 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id829A73173D584684A32D32C92453ACB4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(a)</quote> before
<quote>Under</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18EB8D613E4347E98F9B06E989941730"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDABBE68180024C9583544DDC4D6C79F1" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4441EFAED4D84313A4AF423C395F1270"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term
<term>agency</term> shall include the Architect of the Capitol and the Botanic
Garden. With respect to the Architect of the Capitol and the Botanic Garden,
the authority granted to the Office of Personnel Management under this section
shall be exercised by the Architect of the
Capitol.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id0F83D77852D64A8788DF66383600F5FA"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acceptance of voluntary student
services</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6EE00EE0C41D4C6A9AD639F257E47A13" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1304.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idDF914741B04441609DCDE989E5FBEF57"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3111 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3BA3D5DFBC2E4155AB8E27B909A23124" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9AEC86B5C374B48A9E92842760C1298"><enum>(e)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section the term
<term>agency</term> shall include the Architect of the Capitol. With respect to
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.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id14F506D406074F9C8EC527EBA72A09BD"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Botanic garden vendor
contracts</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF2D8FF6CD62549B295D87798A213270D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1305.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 307E of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67B745ABDC534D3B878EF0A91383E8B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(1), by striking <quote>an
account entitled <quote>Botanic Garden, Gifts and Donations</quote>.</quote>
and inserting <quote>an account entitled <quote>Botanic Garden, Operations and
Maintenance</quote>.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id931311AA14C44B68972D1E2C7319FE33"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (d) as
subsection (e); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB46D254BC7240C29C096CB41C1FE154"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (c) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2F5961DDAAD4F849892C3ACFED2563C" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9C4BD1A442542819F47013B329985FC"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contracts with vendors</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE5229C8769741778C044E944750A1B3"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Architect of the Capitol may enter into
a commission-based service contract with a vendor who, notwithstanding section
5104(c) of title 40, United States Code, may sell refreshments at the Botanic
Garden and National Garden.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71B6CCFF4E734AC2A9DB112308994B16"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deposit and use of
commissions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any amounts paid
to the Architect of the Capitol as a commission under paragraph (1) shall
be—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38FEB8B6942F4A7EA90A98C66A9F1EA9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">deposited in the account described under
subsection (b); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id032EA0290FAD4D0E98A35CEEF38F73BD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">available for operation and maintenance in
the same manner as provided under subsection
(b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><appropriations-major commented="no" id="id24EEAF90578646BB8A406F97869B9D66"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">LIBRARY OF
CONGRESS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idF3448F0CDCCE4A7D98133A0C3A45A6EC"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For necessary expenses of the Library of
Congress not otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance of
the Library's catalogs; custody and custodial care of the Library buildings;
special clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of
motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and maintenance of the
American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation and distribution of
catalog records and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one
passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund
Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the
Board, $441,033,000, 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: <italic>Provided,</italic> 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: <italic>Provided
further,</italic> That the total amount available for obligation shall be
reduced by the amount by which collections are less than $6,350,000:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That of the
total amount appropriated, $7,315,000 shall remain available until expended for
the digital collections and educational curricula program: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That of the total amount appropriated, $750,000 shall remain
available until expended, and shall be transferred to the Abraham Lincoln
Bicentennial Commission for carrying out the purposes of Public Law 106–173, of
which $10,000 may be used for official representation and reception expenses of
the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: <italic>Provided further,</italic>
That, $200,000 shall remain available until expended for the purpose of
preserving, digitizing and making available historically and culturally
significant materials related to the development of Nebraska and the American
West, which amount shall be transferred to the Durham Museum in Omaha,
Nebraska.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id6652CEF441514028ADE0498C8D1CC3B0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Copyright
Office</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id2669AA65FBB84F00AB860D8C98DFCCD4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided
further</italic>, That the total amount available for obligation shall be
reduced by the amount by which collections are less than $34,612,000:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That not more than $100,000 of the amount
appropriated is available for the maintenance of an <quote>International
Copyright Institute</quote> in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress
for the purpose of training nationals of developing countries in intellectual
property laws and policies: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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).</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id9778A37A04F34999B4C8ED5244FB37FF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional Research
Service</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id6C3BB74128B44B7891FB9181D15C2742"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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, $112,836,000: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id88F603EF900447ED876DCCC09D1CD392"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Books for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id5A31D1A70BB44A78BD80D2EACAB90896"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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:
<italic>Provided,</italic> 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id28EFF1608357467BA4F1ADFDAB7B37A8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative
Provisions</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idC9838B4E1D8B41D3A1D7ACBC0BB6E932"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">reimbursable and revolving fund
activities</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD533FC021391472EA14B65C1F510EBAF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1401.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id936596AF975B4585BDC58C831B88DE5B"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1BB1334816F94DD39EC0D178C2D36F71"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1E9E2E481C4741E88D26F4C5B25C0B83"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfer of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During fiscal year 2010, the Librarian of
Congress may temporarily transfer funds appropriated in this Act, under the
heading <quote>Library of Congress</quote>, under the subheading
<quote>Salaries and Expenses</quote>, 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): <italic>Provided</italic>, That the total amount of
such transfers may not exceed $1,900,000: <italic>Provided further</italic>,
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.</text>
</subsection></section><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id1726C11A933146F8A0B2DA4524D9C529"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">transfer
authority</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6DB0AE30622242DB9154C0BD6FCBC6DC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1402.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id7797607EBF804421944DD235241A4DAD"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 <quote>Library of Congress</quote> upon
the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3035671F73D742EDBECB74AC9FDC9AE7"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 10 percent of the total
amount of funds appropriated to the account under any heading under the heading
<quote>Library of Congress</quote> for fiscal year 2009 may be transferred from
that account by all transfers made under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><appropriations-small commented="no" id="idDE010A2B16C443D39E8C450010B3676C"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Classification of Library of Congress
positions above GS–15</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD426E55648334C209B2157D992F97F9A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1403.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5108 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7AA2FE19BF2A490DB97730999743D2F7" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72C32C02FA1C412F86815CBE3852A44F"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Librarian of Congress may classify
positions in the Library of Congress above GS–15 under standards established by
the Office in subsection
(a)(2).</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
<appropriations-small commented="no" id="id57D2C1BA35C74A1283B4E05BA6A5DDC0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leave carryover for certain Library of
Congress executive positions</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEBF7B24F102D498E864519445FFC4869" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1404.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6304(f)(1) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id258D06C3074844CCA02514F0D9DB9240"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (F), by striking
<quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE0095C8B9FF4F9DB2DAA780276EF06A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (G), by striking the period
and inserting <quote>; or</quote> and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0FC0F0BEEDB2434C97AAB009635A916A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding after subparagraph (G) the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1123116D69141829934F0FF3288AC67" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3BCBD8BD0ED54E7FADF580A89E92B142"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><appropriations-major commented="no" id="id4D6F15C66EFF4C26A5B12921B4A6DCFD"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">GOVERNMENT PRINTING
OFFICE</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id54CC056D3B324DEBA04E5CE655536394"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional Printing and
Binding</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id68383670931B459AA84B3183728EFF75"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That this appropriation shall be available
for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar
purposes for preceding fiscal years: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>,
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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idDAD1CB3E4E69419CBD8B51DB823702D2"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of Superintendent of
Documents</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id0848AD2A9C444D648D9EAB7883915718"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">salaries and
expenses</header>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id12A02FB70EF14F0990598ACA8AE14BF7"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">(including transfer of funds)</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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: <italic>Provided</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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.</text>
</appropriations-small><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="idBB347A8A339F4476BC08484A74F2DF0B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Government printing office revolving
fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For payment to the
Government Printing Office Revolving Fund, $12,782,000 for information
technology development and facilities repair: <italic>Provided,</italic> 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:
<italic>Provided further</italic>, That not more than $7,500 may be expended on
the certification of the Public Printer in connection with official
representation and reception expenses: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That
the revolving fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not more than
12 passenger motor vehicles: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided
further,</italic> That activities financed through the revolving fund may
provide information in any format: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That the
revolving fund and the funds provided under the headings <quote>Office of
Superintendent of Documents</quote> and <quote>Salaries and Expenses</quote>
may not be used for contracted security services at GPO's passport facility in
the District of Columbia.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-major commented="no" id="id027826AF9B2E41C1AE464F09A7BABA99"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
OFFICE</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id7B0BAF923F8040E9B74E8B4E9B06E1D6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salaries and expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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
<act-name parsable-cite="FSA80">Foreign Service Act of 1980</act-name> (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, $553,658,000: <italic>Provided,</italic> 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: <italic>Provided
further,</italic> 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: <italic>Provided further</italic>, 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: <italic>Provided
further,</italic> 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: <italic>Provided further,</italic> That payments
hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation
from which costs involved are initially
financed.</text>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id7E882DF2CF3A40238D9E12180301FED0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative
Provision</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id5C607F446C4C4FCC8854C58F91551E8B"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of certain audits, studies, and
reviews of the Government Accountability Office</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10C06759B0454B64986EFA25E7669E98" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1501.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id2602F25341A64DC28B3E5709666F23FA"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of funds in projects constructed under
projected cost</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 211 of
the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3151) is
amended by striking subsection (d).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdce5952455944dc9b45d654869185268"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Evaluation and audit of national
transportation safety board</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1138 of title 49, United States
Code, is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd1fe73576b06481eab0a672fd31c7df9"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Local educational agency spending
audits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1904 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6574) is
repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2b2690533afc443bbc25d5629f750d86"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Audits of small business participation in
construction of the Alaska natural gas pipeline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 112 of the Alaska Natural Gas
Pipeline Act (15 U.S.C. 720j) is amended by striking subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7c929467f83d43258014f9a9d1791448"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Audits of assistance under compacts of free
association</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104(h) of
the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 1921c(h)) is
amended by striking paragraph (3).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id631F8D5C91E74ABB83932095150B60DB"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Semiannual audits of independent counsel
expenditures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The matter under
the heading <quote>Salaries and Expenses, General Legal Activities</quote>
under the heading <quote>Legal Activities</quote> under title II of the
Department of Justice Appropriation Act of 1988, (28 U.S.C. 591 note; Public
Law 100–202; 101 Stat. 1329, 1329–9) is amended by striking
<quote><proviso><italic>Provided further, </italic></proviso>That the
Comptroller General shall perform semiannual financial reviews of expenditures
from the Independent Counsel permanent indefinite appropriation, and report
their findings to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and
Senate:</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf62b41ee55154dbd8131082f15672e6f"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reports on ambulance service
costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 414 of the
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public
Law 108–173) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3B28F4EEE7A24F01B010CCC271C4FFBC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (f); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D76C919436D49FA93552401D323F86F"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (g) as
subsection (f).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-major commented="no" id="idFC3153D13CAE48759BF25205A85B4A7D"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Open world leadership center trust
fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For a payment to the Open
World Leadership Center Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World
Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), $14,456,000.</text>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate commented="no" id="id87437B6F283849E58E80F018A8BDF6A6"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administrative
Provision</header>
</appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id8F2B02AEF7994296B4C8D8599B0BBB78"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Open World Leadership
Center</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5DB376530E66438A9624DBCD64B48C69" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1601.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idAF92CF9EFF844D7EA6B22C4A7599E387"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Board membership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 313(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151(a)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5C9BCEC6E224A48A1ACF8D181567D19"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking
<quote>members</quote> and inserting <quote>Members of the House of
Representatives</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFB774D6666B0437492C1E5B3A4D48464"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking
<quote>members</quote> and inserting <quote>Senators</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5324D1E502434843880FD0BA9D076D65"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Director</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 313(d) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151(d)) is amended in the first sentence by
striking <quote>The Board shall appoint</quote> and inserting <quote>On behalf
of the Board, the Librarian of Congress shall appoint</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id433A1EB92431468DB9E76334E5046C21"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by
this subsection shall apply with respect to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0C4F8A78A9243F39133651B9739F6BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">appointments made on and after the date of
enactment of this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC40016A72EC2455A81D9245C726E4439"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the remainder of the fiscal year in which
enacted, and each fiscal year thereafter.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><appropriations-major commented="no" id="id46A2425CF7174718A0C783B621A63E5E"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">John c. stennis center for public service
training and development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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.</text>
</appropriations-major><enum>II</enum>
<appropriations-major commented="no" id="id2F0D124F870C40C88C322465BEA0F1A0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">GENERAL
PROVISIONS</header>
</appropriations-major><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id62CC520805B64ED68AD0F82A56745625"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maintenance and Care of Private
Vehicles</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA52A6101B8014C88B88816915B1F3C3E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
<appropriations-small commented="no" id="id1CA491C861B0409787CA72FC2D4641B0"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fiscal Year
Limitation</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEDE926D05CE649D38D7EEFBC9CB62703" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
<appropriations-small commented="no" id="id8191CD88C3084B6FA3DA86D0E0F47F40"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rates of Compensation and
Designation</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9428BE0E4F85430991E5062DF5673FAE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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: <italic>Provided</italic>,
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.</text>
<appropriations-small commented="no" id="id54C7111F2AD6460E8F20EF37F87D59D8"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consulting
Services</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCED47B021D3343D286123928DAD76007" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
<appropriations-small commented="no" id="idE978D7B9BA304E0194B1D4D2677993B5"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Awards and
Settlements</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID07EBF1A9C2BD4060AF0453F4D6E6A290" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>205.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
<appropriations-small commented="no" id="id1C54DF60DACE49F699AF628C0D90CD40"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Costs of
LBFMC</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5E473FF2FEC4408E8804510E56EFBD8A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>206.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
<appropriations-small commented="no" id="idBF70353796F442E7AF38FFCE8FB7EDF4"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation on
Transfers</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID56B9980596D54FC8A59BC95133011BD9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>207.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
<appropriations-small commented="no" id="id159EA07A0E884B8D886E845E13733CFF"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Guided Tours of the
Capitol</header>
</appropriations-small></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5F500D1642994CA9A1AF6AD50F063A96" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>208.</enum><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idED52F4C476704A9C93C92BA3E6B44295"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 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.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB1726772E5EB440DBB8FA548812A2539"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection></section><appropriations-small commented="no" id="id1DEC2D937A064A7A85817823D2E88003"><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compliance date relating to certain
violations of OSHA within the Legislative
Branch</header>
</appropriations-small><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBD3EE9B5078D48DC8993ACB6B444ABF8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>209.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 215(c) of the Congressional
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1341(c)) is amended by striking paragraph
(6).</text>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3DC81A05501941D5B7A7C07C7C89ECD3"><enum></enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the
<quote><short-title>Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
2010</short-title></quote>.</text>
</subsection></section>
June 18, 2009
Read twice and placed on
the calendar