[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4735 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4735

 To establish a working capital fund for the Architect of the Capitol, 
to permit the Architect of the Capitol to use certain funds to operate 
 a shuttle service for Members and employees of Congress to travel to 
      and from the House Office Buildings, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 14, 2016

  Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to 
the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Appropriations, 
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 establish a working capital fund for the Architect of the Capitol, 
to permit the Architect of the Capitol to use certain funds to operate 
 a shuttle service for Members and employees of Congress to travel to 
      and from the House Office Buildings, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Architect of the Capitol 
Administrative Operations Improvement Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. WORKING CAPITAL FUND FOR ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL.

    (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established in the Treasury of 
the United States a working capital fund (hereafter in this section 
referred to as the ``Fund'') for the Architect of the Capitol.
    (b) Availability of Amounts.--Amounts in the Fund shall be 
available to the Architect of the Capitol for such common agency 
services, activities, equipment, and other common costs as the 
Architect determines to be appropriate, efficient, and economical. The 
Fund shall also be available for construction, capital repairs, 
renovations, rehabilitation, maintenance of real property, and similar 
agency expenses, on a reimbursable basis within the Architect of the 
Capitol.
    (c) Contents.--The capital of the Fund consists of--
            (1) amounts appropriated to the Fund;
            (2) the reasonable value of stocks of supplies, equipment, 
        and other assets and inventories on order that the Architect 
        transfers to the fund, less related liabilities and unpaid 
        obligations;
            (3) receipts from the sale or exchange of property held in 
        the Fund;
            (4) all miscellaneous receipts compensating the Architect 
        of the Capitol for loss or damage to any Government property 
        under the Architect's jurisdiction or care, including but not 
        limited to the United States Botanic Garden;
            (5) reimbursements pursuant to subsection (d); and
            (6) amounts transferred to the Fund pursuant to subsection 
        (e).
    (d) Reimbursement.--The Fund shall be reimbursed from available 
accounts of the Architect of the Capitol for supplies, materials, 
services, and related expenses, at rates which will approximate the 
full cost of operations, including--
            (1) accrual of employee leave and benefits;
            (2) depreciation of plant, property, and equipment; and
            (3) overhead.
    (e) Transfers From Other Accounts.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Architect is authorized to transfer amounts from 
other available Architect of the Capitol accounts to the Fund as the 
Architect determines to be appropriate, efficient, and economical.
    (f) Continuing Availability of Funds.--Amounts in the Fund are 
available without regard to fiscal year limitation.

SEC. 3. HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS SHUTTLE SERVICE.

    The Architect of the Capitol may use funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available under the heading ``Architect of the Capitol, 
House Office Buildings'' in any Act making appropriations for the 
legislative branch for a fiscal year for the purchase or rental, 
maintenance, and operation of passenger motor vehicles to provide 
shuttle service for Members and employees of Congress to and from the 
House Office Buildings.

SEC. 4. USE OF EXPIRED FUNDS FOR MAKING UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION 
              PAYMENTS.

    Available balances of expired Architect of the Capitol 
appropriations shall be available to the Architect of the Capitol for 
reimbursing the Secretary of Labor for any amounts paid with respect to 
unemployment compensation payments for former employees of the 
Architect of the Capitol, without regard to the fiscal year for which 
the obligation to make such payments is incurred.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2017 and each 
succeeding fiscal year.
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