[Appendix]
[Detailed Budget Estimates by Agency]
[Legislative Branch]
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                     THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998

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                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

 
                                 SENATE

                           expense allowances

    For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000; the President 
Pro Tempore of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, 
$10,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the 
Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and Chairmen of the 
Majority and Minority Conference Committees, $3,000 for each Chairman; 
in all, $56,000.

                                

     representation allowances for the majority and minority leaders

    For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority Leaders 
of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all, $30,000.

                                

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized by 
law, including agency contributions, [$74,615,000] $79,234,000, which 
shall be paid from this appropriation without regard to the below 
limitations, as follows:

                      office of the vice president

    For the Office of the Vice President, [$1,513,000] $1,581,000.

                   office of the president pro tempore

    For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, [$325,000] $364,000.

              offices of the majority and minority leaders

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, [$2,195,000] 
$2,342,000.

               offices of the majority and minority whips

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, [$1,156,000] 
$1,206,000.

                          conference committees

    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, [$996,000] $1,040,000 for each such committee; in all, 
[$1,992,000] $2,080,000.

  offices of the secretaries of the conference of the majority and the 
                       conference of the minority

    For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority and 
the Conference of the Minority, [$384,000] $400,000.

                            policy committees

    For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority 
Policy Committee, [$965,000] $1,008,000 for each such committee, in all, 
[$1,930,000] $2,016,000.

                         office of the chaplain

    For Office of the Chaplain, [$234,000] $265,000.

                         office of the secretary

    For Office of the Secretary, [$12,714,000] $13,431,000.

              office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

    For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, [$34,037,000] 
$35,126,000.

        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

    For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, [$1,135,000] $1,215,000.

                agency contributions and related expenses

    For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by 
law, and related expenses, [$17,000,000] $19,208,000.

                                

             Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, [$3,447,000] $3,567,000.

                                

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 
[$936,000] $948,000.

                                

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

    For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $3,000; 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for the 
Majority of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for the Minority of the 
Senate, $3,000; in all, $12,000.

                                

                    Contingent Expenses of the Senate

                      inquiries and investigations

    For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, 
or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth 
Congress, as amended, section 112 of Public Law 96-304 and Senate 
Resolution 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, [$69,561,000] $70,800,000.

                                

[expenses of the united states senate caucus on international narcotics 
                                control]

    [For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International 
Narcotics Control, $305,000.]

                                

                         secretary of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$1,511,000.

                                

              sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of 
the Senate, [$65,931,000] $78,163,000.

                                

                           miscellaneous items

    For miscellaneous items, [$6,791,000] $7,905,000.

                                

         senators' official personnel and office expense account

    For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, 
[$208,000,000] $227,536,000.

                                

                       stationery (revolving fund)

    For stationery for the President of the Senate, $4,500, for officers 
of the Senate and the Conference of the Majority and Conference of the 
Minority of the Senate, $8,500; in all, $13,000.

                                

                           official mail costs

    For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate, 
[$10,000,000] $9,000,000.

                                

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                       [administrative provisions]

    [Section 1. Section 195(a) of chapter IX of title I of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1985 (Public Law 99-88; 2 U.S.C. 61g-
7(a)) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting ``or 
with respect to the administration of the affairs of the committee.''.]
    [Sec. 2. Section 105(d)(1) of chapter VI of title I of the Second 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1978 (Public Law 95-355; 2 U.S.C. 
43d(d)(1)) is amended by striking ``and telephone services'' and 
inserting ``, telephone services, and stationery''.]
    [Sec. 3. Section 3(f)(1) under the heading ``administrative 
provisions'' in the appropriation for the Senate in the Legislative 
Branch Appropriation Act, 1975 (2 U.S.C. 59(e)(1)) is amended in the 
second sentence by striking ``one year'' and inserting ``3 years''.]
    [Sec. 4. (a) Section 5 under the heading ``administrative 
provisions'' in the appropriation for the Senate in the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 (2 U.S.C. 58a note) is amended--
         (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``by the Sergeant at Arms 
    and Doorkeeper of the Senate''; and
         (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
         ``(b) As used in subsection (a), the term `user' means a 
    Senator, an Officer of the Senate, and any office, committee, or 
    other entity the funds of which are disbursed by the Secretary of 
    the Senate.''.
     (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on 
October 1, 1996, and shall apply to all payments made on or after such 
date for local and long distance telecommunications service.]
    [Sec. 5. (a) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate may 
directly, or through the General Services Administration, transfer title 
to excess or surplus educationally useful equipment to a public school. 
Any such transfer shall be completed at the lowest possible cost to the 
public school and the Senate.
    (b) The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate shall 
prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
     (c) Receipts from reimbursements for the costs of transfer of 
excess or surplus educationally useful equipment under this section, 
shall be deposited in the United States Treasury for credit to the 
account for the ``Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate'' within 
the contingent fund of the Senate.
     (d) For the purposes of this section:
         (1) The term ``public school'' means a public elementary or 
    secondary school as such terms are defined in section 14101 of the 
    Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801).
         (2) The term ``educationally useful equipment'' means computers 
    and related peripheral tools, including printers, modems, routers, 
    servers, computer keyboards, scanners, and other telecommunications 
    and research equipment, that are appropriate for use in public 
    school education.
     (e) This section shall take effect beginning with fiscal year 1997 
and shall be effective each fiscal year thereafter.]
    [Sec. 6. (a) Notwithstanding section 1345 of title 31, United States 
Code, the Secretary of the Senate may reimburse any individual employed 
by the Senate day care center for the cost of training classes and 
conferences in connection with the provision of child care services and 
for travel, transportation, and subsistence expenses incurred in 
connection with the training classes and conferences.
     (b) The Senate day care center shall certify and provide 
appropriate documentation to the Secretary of the Senate with respect to 
any reimbursement under this section. Reimbursements under this section 
shall be made from the appropriations account ``MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS'' 
within the contingent fund of the Senate on vouchers approved by the 
Secretary of the Senate.
     (c) Reimbursements under this section shall be subject to the 
regulations and limitations prescribed by the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate for travel and related expenses for which 
payment is authorized to be made from the contingent fund of the Senate.
     (d) This section shall be effective on and after October 1, 1996.]
    [Sec. 7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds 
received during fiscal year 1996 by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 
of the Senate in settlement of a contract claim or dispute, but not to 
exceed $1,450,000, shall be deposited into the appropriation account for 
fiscal year 1997 for the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate 
within the contingent fund of the Senate and shall be available in a 
like manner and for the same purposes as are the other funds in that 
account.]
    [Sec. 8. (a) The Secretary of the Senate, with the oversight and 
approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, 
shall oversee the development and implementation of a comprehensive 
Senate legislative information system.
     (b) In carrying out this section, the Secretary of the Senate shall 
consult and work with officers and employees of the House of 
Representatives. Legislative branch agencies and departments and 
agencies of the executive branch shall provide cooperation, 
consultation, and assistance as requested by the Secretary of the Senate 
to carry out this section.
     (c) Any funds that were appropriated under the heading ``Secretary 
of the Senate'' for expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the 
Senate by the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1995, to remain 
available until September 30, 1998, and that the Secretary determines 
are not needed for development of a financial management system for the 
Senate may, with the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate, be used to carry out the provisions of this section, and such 
funds shall be available through September 30, 2000.
     (d) The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate may 
prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the 
provisions of this section.
     (e) This section shall be effective for fiscal years beginning on 
or after October 1, 1996.]
    [Sec. 9. Payment for Unaccrued Leave.--
     (a) In General.--The Financial Clerk of the Senate is authorized to 
accept from an individual whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of 
Senate a payment representing pay for any period of unaccrued annual 
leave used by that individual, as certified by the head of the employing 
office of the individual making the payment.
     (b) Withholding.--The Financial Clerk of the Senate is authorized 
to withhold the amount referred to in subsection (a) from any amount 
which is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and which is due to or 
on behalf of the individual described in subsection (a).
     (c) Deposit.--Any payment accepted under this section shall be 
deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
     (d) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``head of the 
employing office'' means any person with the final authority to appoint, 
hire, discharge, and set the terms, conditions, or privileges of the 
employment of an individual whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of 
the Senate.
     (e) Applicability.--This section shall apply to fiscal year 1996 
and each fiscal year thereafter.] (Congressional Operations 
Appropriations Act, 1997.)

                                


 
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                          Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
[$683,831,000] $752,383,000, as follows:

                        house leadership offices

    For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, [$11,592,000] 
$11,916,000, including: Office of the Speaker, [$1,535,000] $1,625,000, 
including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the 
Majority Floor Leader, [$1,526,000] $1,566,000, including $10,000 for 
official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the Minority Floor 
Leader, [$1,534,000] $1,574,000, including $10,000 for official expenses 
of the Minority Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 
Deputy Majority Whip, [$957,000] $983,000, including $5,000 for official 
expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including 
the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, [$949,000] $975,000, including $5,000 
for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Speaker's Office for 
Legislative Floor Activities, [$376,000] $378,000; Republican Steering 
Committee, [$664,000] $680,000; Republican Conference, [$1,130,000] 
$1,161,000; Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, [$1,191,000] 
$1,222,000; Democratic Caucus, [$603,000] $619,000; and nine minority 
employees, [$1,127,000] $1,133,000.

                  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, [$363,313,000] $405,450,000.

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                           Committee Employees

                 Standing Committees, Special and Select

    For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 
select, authorized by House resolutions, [$80,222,000] $90,310,000.

                       Committee on Appropriations

    For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, 
[$17,580,000] $18,276,000, 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.

                    salaries, officers and employees

    For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, [$86,259,000] $91,770,000, including: for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than $3,500, 
of which not more than $2,500 is for the Family Room, for official 
representation and reception expenses, [$15,074,000] $14,715,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including 
the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more than 
$750 for official representation and reception expenses, [$3,638,000] 
$3,598,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, [$55,209,000] $59,688,000, including salaries, 
expenses and temporary personal services of House Information Resources, 
[$22,577,000] $22,800,000, of which [$16,577,000] $16,800,000 is 
provided herein: Provided, That House Information Resources is 
authorized to receive reimbursement from Members of the House of 
Representatives and other governmental entities for services provided 
and such reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to 
this account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General, [$3,954,000] $4,344,000; Office of the Chaplain, $126,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, including 
the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, 
[$1,036,000] $1,129,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Law Revision Counsel of the House, [$1,767,000] $1,881,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 
[$4,687,000] $4,824,000; for salaries and expenses of the Corrections 
Calendar Office, $441,000; and other authorized employees, [$768,000] 
$1,024,000.

                         allowances and expenses

    For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or 
law, [$124,865,000] $134,661,000, including: supplies, materials, 
administrative costs and Federal tort claims, [$2,374,000] $2,977,000; 
official mail for committees, leadership offices, and administrative 
offices of the House, $1,000,000; document management system, 
$1,500,000; reemployed [annuitants] annuitant reimbursement, $71,000; 
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and 
other applicable employee benefits, [$120,779,000] $128,451,000; 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, [$641,000] 
$662,000.

                            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 (40 
U.S.C. 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget of the 
Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives. (Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1997.)

                              [(rescission)]

    [Immediately upon enactment of this Act, of the funds appropriated 
in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996, for the House of 
Representatives under the heading ``SALARIES AND EXPENSES'', there is 
rescinded $500,000, specified for the following heading and account:
     (1) ``ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES'', $500,000, as follows: (A) 
``Government contributions to employees' life insurance fund, retirement 
funds, Social Security fund, Medicare fund, health benefits fund, and 
worker's and unemployment compensation.''] (Omnibus Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 1997.)

                                

                       Administrative Provision[s]

    [Sec. 101. (a) Section 107A of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1996 (109 Stat. 522) is amended--
         (1) by striking out ``For fiscal year 1996, subject'' and 
    inserting in lieu thereof ``(a) Subject'';
         (2) by striking out ``of the total amount'' and all that 
    follows through ``cost of inventory'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
    the following: ``the amounts deposited in the account specified in 
    subsection (b) from vending operations of the House of 
    Representatives Restaurant System shall be available to pay the cost 
    of goods sold''; and
         (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
         ``(b) The account referred to in subsection (a) is the special 
    deposit account established for the House of Representatives 
    Restaurant by section 208 of the First Supplemental Civil Functions 
    Appropriation Act, 1941 (40 U.S.C. 174k note).''.
     (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect 
to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1996.]
    [Sec. 102. (a) Section 3210(a)(6)(A) of title 39, United States 
Code, is amended--
         (1) in clause (i), by inserting ``(or, in the case of a Member 
    of the House, fewer than 90 days)'' after ``60 days''; and
         (2) in clause (ii), by striking out ``60 days'' and inserting 
    in lieu thereof ``90 days''.
     (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on 
October 1, 1996, and shall apply with respect to any mailing postmarked 
on or after that date.]
    Sec. 101. The provisions of House Resolution 7, One Hundred and 
Fifth Congress, agreed to January 7, 1997, establishing the Corrections 
Calendar Office, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
(Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1997.)

                                


 
                               JOINT ITEMS

    For Joint Committees, as follows:

            [Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 1997]

    [For construction of platform and seating stands and for salaries 
and expenses of conducting the inaugural ceremonies of the President and 
Vice President of the United States, January 20, 1997, in accordance 
with such program as may be adopted by the joint committee authorized by 
Senate Concurrent Resolution 47, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to 
March 20, 1996, and Senate Concurrent Resolution 48, One Hundred Fourth 
Congress, agreed to March 20, 1996, $950,000 to be disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate and to remain available until September 30, 
1997. Such funds shall be available for payment, on a direct or 
reimbursable basis, whether incurred on, before, or after, October 1, 
1996: Provided, That the compensation of any employee of the Committee 
on Rules and Administration of the Senate who has been designated to 
perform service for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural 
Ceremonies shall continue to be paid by the Committee on Rules and 
Administration, but the account from which such staff member is paid may 
be reimbursed for the services of the staff member (including agency 
contributions when appropriate) out of funds made available under this 
heading.]

                                

                        joint economic committee

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$2,750,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                                

                       joint committee on printing

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
[$777,000] $807,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                                

                       joint committee on taxation

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
[$5,470,000] $6,126,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative 
Officer of the House.

                                

    For other joint items, as follows:

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                    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 $1,500 per month to the Attending 
Physician; (2) an allowance of $500 per month each to two medical 
officers while on duty in the Attending Physician's office; (3) an 
allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and $400 per month each to 
not to exceed nine assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such 
assistance; and (4) [$867,000] $893,000 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, [$1,225,000] 
$1,266,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House.

                                

                          Capitol Police Board

                             Capitol Police

                                salaries

    For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers, members, and 
employees of the Capitol Police, including overtime, hazardous duty pay 
differential, clothing allowance of not more than $600 each for members 
required to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for 
health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee 
benefits, [$69,356,000] $73,935,000, of which [$33,437,000] $35,507,000 
is provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to 
be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House, and 
[$35,919,000] $38,428,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate: Provided, That, of the amounts appropriated under this heading, 
such amounts as may be necessary may be transferred between the Sergeant 
at Arms of the House of Representatives and the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon approval of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate. (Congressional Operations Appropriations 
Act, 1997.)

                             [(rescission)]

    [Immediately upon enactment of this Act, of the funds appropriated 
under this heading in Public Law 104-53, $3,000,000 are rescinded.] 
(Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997.)

                            general expenses

    For the Capitol Police Board 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, not more than $2,000 for the awards program, postage, telephone 
service, travel advances, relocation of instructor and liaison personnel 
for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month for 
extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board by an employee of 
the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House of Representatives 
designated by the Chairman of the Board, [$2,782,000] $5,401,000, to be 
disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
Representatives: 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 [1997] 1998 shall be 
paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to the 
Department of the Treasury. (Congressional Operations Appropriations 
Act, 1997.)
    [For an additional amount for the Capitol Police Board for necessary 
expenses for the design and installation of security systems for the 
Capitol buildings and grounds, $3,250,000, which shall remain available 
until expended.] (Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997.)

                                

                        administrative provision

    Sec. [103] 102. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year [1997] 1998 for 
the Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may be transferred 
between the headings ``salaries'' and ``general expenses'' upon the 
approval of--
         (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
    Representatives, in the case of amounts transferred from the 
    appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
    Representatives under the heading ``salaries'';
         (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in the case 
    of amounts transferred from the appropriation provided to the 
    Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate under the heading 
    ``salaries''; and
         (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
    House of Representatives, in the case of other transfers.

                                

            Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

    For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and Special 
Services Office, $1,991,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount be used to employ more 
than forty individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board 
is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than two 
additional individuals for not more than one hundred twenty days each, 
and not more than ten additional individuals for not more than six 
months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.

                                

                      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 [second] first session of the One Hundred [Fourth] 
Fifth 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. (Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1997.)

                                




 
                          OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

                              Federal Funds

General and special funds:

                          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), [$2,609,000] $2,600,000. (Congressional Operations Appropriations 
Act, 1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 09-1600-0-1-801      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
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    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations.................           2           3           3
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    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......           2           3           3
23.95 New obligations...................          -2          -3          -3
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    New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation.....................           2           3           3
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    Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations...................           2           3           3
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............          -2          -3          -3
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    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority           2           3           3
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    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................           2           3           3
90.00 Outlays...........................           2           3           3
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    The Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (CAA) established an 
independent Office of Compliance to apply the rights and protections of 
the following eleven labor and employment statutes to covered employees 
within the legislative branch:

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the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age 
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Family and Medical Leave 
Act of 1993, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, chapter 71 
of title 5 of the U.S. Code (relating to Federal service labor-
management relations), the Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988, 
the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and chapter 43 of title 38 of the U.S. Code 
(relating to veterans' employment and reemployment).

    The Office provides employees with an independent, neutral dispute 
resolution process, as an alternative to the court system, through which 
they may pursue claims under the laws applied by the CAA. The Office is 
headed by a five-member Board of Directors, who are appointed jointly by 
the House and Senate majority and minority leadership.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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11.1  Personnel compensation: Full-time 
        permanent.......................           1           1           1
25.1  Advisory and assistance services..                       1
99.5  Below reporting threshold.........           1           1           2
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............           2           3           3
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                              Personnel Summary

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1011  Total compensable workyears: 
        Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................          18          19          19
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                     OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

                              Federal Funds

General and special funds:

                          Salaries and Expenses

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations.................           5
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......           6
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring......          -1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......           5
23.95 New obligations...................          -5
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation.....................           4
50.00 Reappropriation...................           2
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
70.00   Total new budget authority 
          (gross).......................           6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           2
73.10 New obligations...................           5
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............          -6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority           4
86.93 Outlays from current balances.....           2
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........           6
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................           6
90.00 Outlays...........................           6
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Congressional Office of Technology Assessment was created by 
Public Law 92-484 to equip Congress with new and effective means for 
securing competent, unbiased information concerning the physical, 
biological, economic, social, and political effects of technological 
applications; and to serve as an aid in the legislative assessment of 
matters pending before Congress, particularly in those instances where 
the Federal Government may be called upon to consider support for, or 
management or regulation of, technological applications. Also included 
in this presentation are contributions and donations, which are used in 
furtherance of the general purposes of the Technology Assessment Act of 
1972 (Public Law 92-484; 2 U.S.C. 475(a)(5)).

    The Office of Technology Assessment is not funded beyond February 
1996.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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11.1  Personnel compensation: Full-time 
        permanent.......................           2
13.0  Benefits for former personnel.....           1
23.2  Rental payments to others.........           1
99.5  Below reporting threshold.........           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............           5
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                              Personnel Summary

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1011  Total compensable workyears: 
        Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................          25
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                       CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                              Federal Funds

General and special funds:

                          Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), including not 
more than $2,500 to be expended on the certification of the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses, [$24,532,000] $24,995,000: 
Provided, That no part of such amount may be used for the purchase or 
hire of a passenger motor vehicle. (2 U.S.C. 601 et seq.; Congressional 
Operations Appropriations Act, 1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations.................          22          25          25
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......          24          25          25
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring......          -2
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......          22          25          25
23.95 New obligations...................         -22         -25         -25
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation.....................          24          25          25
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           2           2           2
73.10 New obligations...................          22          25          25
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............         -22         -25         -25
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           2           2           2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority          21          23          23
86.93 Outlays from current balances.....           1           2           2
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........          22          25          25
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................          24          25          25
90.00 Outlays...........................          22          25          25
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    The Congressional Budget Office was created by Title II of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601 
et seq.) to provide assistance to Congress in fulfilling its 
responsibilities to ensure effective congressional control over the 
budgetary process; to determine each year the appropriate level of 
Federal revenues and expenditures; and to establish national budget 
priorities. 

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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11.1  Personnel compensation: Full-time 
        permanent.......................          15          16          17
12.1  Civilian personnel benefits.......           4           4           4
25.2  Other services....................           1           1           1
25.3  Purchases of goods and services 
        from Government accounts........           1           1           1
31.0  Equipment.........................           1           1           1
99.5  Below reporting threshold.........                       2           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............          22          25          25
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                              Personnel Summary

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1011  Total compensable workyears: 
        Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................         227         232         232
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                       [Administrative Provisions]

    [Sec. 104. (a) Any sale or lease of property, supplies, or services 
to the Congressional Budget Office shall be deemed to be a sale or lease 
to the Congress subject to section 903 of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1983 (2 U.S.C. 111b).
    (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal years 
beginning after September 30, 1996.]
    [Sec. 105. (a) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall 
have the authority, within the limits of available appropriations, to 
dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by interagency 
transfer, donation, or discarding.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal years 
beginning after September 30, 1996.]
    [Sec. 106. (a) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall 
have the authority to make lump-sum payments to separated employees of 
the Congressional Budget Office for unused annual leave.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal years 
beginning after September 30, 1996.] (Congressional Operations 
Appropriations Act, 1997.)

                                


 
                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                              Federal Funds

General and special funds:

                [Office of the Architect of the Capitol]

                               [salaries]

    [For the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Architect of the 
Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law, 
$8,454,000.] (5 U.S.C. 5304, 5306, 5318, 5341-5344, 5346, 5349; 40 
U.S.C. 161, 162, 162a, 166a-1, 166b-3b; 105 Stat. 459-460; 108 Stat. 
1443-1447; Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1997.)

                                [travel]

    [Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol 
shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not to 
exceed in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $20,000.] 
(Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations.................           8           8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......           8           8
23.95 New obligations...................          -8          -8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation.....................           8           8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations...................           8           8
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............          -8          -8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority           8           8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................           8           8
90.00 Outlays...........................           8           8
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Note.--The 1998 budget authority for activities previously financed in 
this account is being requested in the ``Capitol buildings, salaries and 
expenses account.''

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------
11.1  Personnel compensation: Full-time 
        permanent.......................           7           7
12.1  Civilian personnel benefits.......           1           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............           8           8
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                              Personnel Summary

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    Total compensable workyears:
1005  Full-time equivalent of overtime 
        and holiday hours...............           3           2
1011  Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................         148         138
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                          [Contingent Expenses]

    [To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make surveys and studies, 
and to meet unforeseen expenses in connection with activities under his 
care, $100,000.] (Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1997.)

                      Capitol Buildings and Grounds

                            capitol buildings

                          salaries and expenses

    [For] For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant 
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 maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and 
electrical substations of the Senate and House office buildings under 
the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings 
and office equipment; including not more than $1,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, to be expended as the Architect 
of the Capitol may approve; purchase or exchange, maintenance and 
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; and attendance, when 
specifically authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or 
conventions in connection with subjects related to work under the 
Architect of the Capitol, [$23,255,000] $42,064,000, of which 
[$2,950,000] $8,400,000 shall remain available until expended. (5 U.S.C. 
5304, 5306, 5318, 5341-5344, 5346, 5349; 40 U.S.C. 161, 162, 162a, 163, 
163a, 166, 166a-1, 166b-2, 166b-3b, 166f; 105 Stat. 459-460; 107 Stat. 
1043-1044; 108 Stat. 1443-1447; Congressional Operations Appropriations 
Act, 1997.)

[[Page 23]]

    [For an additional amount for ``Capitol Buildings and Grounds, 
Capitol Buildings'', $250,000, to remain available until expended, for 
architectural and engineering services related to the design and 
installation of security systems for Capitol buildings and grounds.] 
(Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations.................          22          30          42
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available, 
        start of year: Uninvested 
        balance.........................           8           8           1
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......          23          24          42
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring......          -1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......          30          32          43
23.95 New obligations...................         -22         -30         -42
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end 
        of year: Uninvested balance.....           8           1           1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation.....................          23          24          42
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation          11           8           2
73.10 New obligations...................          22          30          42
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............         -24         -36         -42
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           8           2           3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority          17          21          39
86.93 Outlays from current balances.....           7          15           3
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........          24          36          42
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................          23          24          42
90.00 Outlays...........................          24          36          42
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Note.--Includes $9 million in budget authority in 1998 for activities 
previously financed from ``Office of the Architect of the Capitol: 
Salaries.''

    Included in this presentation are ``Contingent expenses'' and 
``Alterations and improvements, buildings and grounds, to provide 
facilities for the physically handicapped.''

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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      Personnel compensation:

11.1    Full-time permanent.............           6           7          15
11.5    Other personnel compensation....           1           1           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
11.9      Total personnel compensation..           7           8          16
12.1  Civilian personnel benefits.......           4           5           7
13.0  Benefits for former personnel.....           1           1
23.2  Rental payments to others.........           1           1           1
25.4  Operation and maintenance of 
        facilities......................           8          14          17
26.0  Supplies and materials............           1           1           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............          22          30          42
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                              Personnel Summary

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total compensable workyears:
1005  Full-time equivalent of overtime 
        and holiday hours...............          21          16          18
1011  Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................         231         256         394
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                

                             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, [$5,020,000] $6,618,000, of which [$25,000] 
$945,000 shall remain available until expended. (5 U.S.C. 5304, 5306, 
5318, 5341-5344, 5346, 5349; 40 U.S.C. 162, 166a-1, 166b-3b, 184a, 193a, 
223; 108 Stat. 1443-1447; Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 
1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations.................           5           6           7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available, 
        start of year: Uninvested 
        balance.........................           1
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......           5           5           7
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring......          -1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......           5           5           7
23.95 New obligations...................          -5          -6          -7
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end 
        of year: Uninvested balance.....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation.....................           5           5           7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           1           1           1
73.10 New obligations...................           5           6           7
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............          -5          -5          -7
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           1           1           1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority           4           4           6
86.93 Outlays from current balances.....           1           1           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........           5           5           7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................           5           5           7
90.00 Outlays...........................           5           5           7
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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11.1  Personnel compensation: Full-time 
        permanent.......................           3           3           3
12.1  Civilian personnel benefits.......           1           1           1
25.2  Other services....................           1           2           3
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............           5           6           7
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                              Personnel Summary

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total compensable workyears:
1005  Full-time equivalent of overtime 
        and holiday hours...............           8           6           6
1011  Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................          80          77          77
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                

                 capitol complex security enhancements 

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available, 
        start of year: Uninvested 
        balance.........................           4
22.21 Unobligated balance transferred to 
        other accounts..................          -4
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......
23.95 New obligations...................
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end 
        of year: Uninvested balance.....
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays...........................
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                

[[Page 24]]

                         senate office buildings

    For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and operation of 
the Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and furnishings to be 
expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of the 
Capitol, [$39,640,000] $52,021,000, of which [$3,200,000] $13,400,000 
shall remain available until expended. (5 U.S.C. 5304, 5306, 5318, 5341-
5344, 5346, 5349; 40 U.S.C. 166a-1, 166b-2, 166b-3b, 174b, 174b-1, 174c, 
174j-1, 174j-8, 185a; 86 Stat. 443; 88 Stat. 206; 89 Stat. 832-833; 104 
Stat. 2267; 105 Stat. 459-460; 106 Stat. 849-850; 107 Stat. 267-268; 108 
Stat. 1443-1447; Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1997.)
    [Of the funds appropriated under the heading, ``ARCHITECT OF THE 
CAPITOL, Capitol Buildings and Grounds, senate office buildings'' in 
Public Law 104-53, $650,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
1997 for furniture, furnishings, and equipment for the Senate employees' 
child care center.] (Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations.................          38          45          50
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available, 
        start of year: Uninvested 
        balance.........................           5           5
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......          42          40          52
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring......          -3
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......          44          45          52
23.95 New obligations...................         -38         -45         -50
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end 
        of year: Uninvested balance.....           5                       2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation.....................          42          40          52
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation          12          15           5
73.10 New obligations...................          38          45          50
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............         -40         -55         -50
73.40 Adjustments in expired accounts...           3
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation          15           5           5
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority          33          35          45
86.93 Outlays from current balances.....           7          20           5
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........          40          55          49
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................          42          40          52
90.00 Outlays...........................          40          55          49
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    This presentation includes the Senate restaurant fund.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------

      Personnel compensation:

11.1    Full-time permanent.............          16          18          18
11.5    Other personnel compensation....           2           2           3
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
11.9      Total personnel compensation..          18          20          21
12.1  Civilian personnel benefits.......           4           4           5
23.3  Communications, utilities, and 
        miscellaneous charges...........           7           7           7
25.4  Operation and maintenance of 
        facilities......................           6          11          15
26.0  Supplies and materials............           1           1           1
31.0  Equipment.........................           2           2           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............          38          45          50
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                              Personnel Summary

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total compensable workyears:
1005  Full-time equivalent of overtime 
        and holiday hours...............          43          32          32
1011  Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................         662         609         609
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                

                         house office buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the House office buildings, [$32,556,000] $39,403,000, of which 
[$4,825,000] $8,957,000 shall remain available until expended. (5 U.S.C. 
5304, 5306, 5318, 5341-5344, 5346, 5349; 40 U.S.C. 166a-1, 166b-2, 166b-
3b, 174k, 175; 45 Stat. 1071-1072; 69 Stat. 41-42; 86 Stat. 222; 87 
Stat. 1079; 89 Stat. 12; 95 Stat. 64; 102 Stat. 2170; 105 Stat. 460; 108 
Stat. 1443-1447; Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations.................          31          37          39
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available, 
        start of year: Uninvested 
        balance.........................           4           6           1
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......          33          33          39
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring......          -1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......          36          39          40
23.95 New obligations...................         -31         -37         -39
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end 
        of year: Uninvested balance.....           6           1           2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation.....................          33          33          39
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           9          10           3
73.10 New obligations...................          31          37          39
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............         -30         -44         -38
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation          10           3           3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority          26          29          34
86.93 Outlays from current balances.....           4          15           4
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........          30          44          38
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................          33          33          39
90.00 Outlays...........................          30          44          38
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    This presentation includes the House of Representatives gymnasium 
fund.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------

      Personnel compensation:

11.1    Full-time permanent.............          17          18          19
11.5    Other personnel compensation....           3           2           2
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
11.9      Total personnel compensation..          20          20          21
12.1  Civilian personnel benefits.......           4           5           5
25.4  Operation and maintenance of 
        facilities......................           6          11          12
26.0  Supplies and materials............           1           1           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............          31          37          39
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                              Personnel Summary

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total compensable workyears:
1005  Full-time equivalent of overtime 
        and holiday hours...............          41          31          31

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1011  Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................         722         658         658
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                           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, Union Station complex, 
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, 
[$30,749,000] $33,771,000, of which $1,650,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That not more than $4,000,000 of the funds 
credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided 
shall be available for obligation during fiscal year [1997] 1998. (5 
U.S.C. 5304, 5306, 5341-5344, 5346, 5349; 40 U.S.C. 166a-1, 185; 33 
Stat. 479; 34 Stat. 36; 42 Stat. 767-768; 44 Stat. 1262; 45 Stat. 1071-
1072; 45 Stat. 1694-1696; 46 Stat. 51; 46 Stat. 583-584; 50 Stat. 9-10; 
52 Stat. 392; 62 Stat. 1028-1029; 63 Stat. 933-934; 68 Stat. 803; 69 
Stat. 41; 79 Stat. 987; 85 Stat. 637; 86 Stat. 1510; 91 Stat. 1374; 95 
Stat. 1672; 102 Stat. 2170, 2331; 103 Stat. 1280-1282; 108 Stat. 1443-
1447; Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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    Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct program....................          31          32          34
01.01 Reimbursable program..............           4           4           4
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
10.00   Total obligations...............          35          36          38
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    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available, 
        start of year: Uninvested 
        balance.........................           2           1
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......          36          35          38
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring......          -2
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......          36          36          38
23.95 New obligations...................         -35         -36         -38
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end 
        of year: Uninvested balance.....           1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
      Current:

40.00   Appropriation...................          32          31          34
      Permanent:

68.00   Spending authority from 
          offsetting collections: 
          Offsetting collections (cash).           4           4           4
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
70.00   Total new budget authority 
          (gross).......................          36          35          38
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    Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           3           4           4
73.10 New obligations...................          35          36          38
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............         -32         -35         -37
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           4           4           4
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    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority          27          27          30
86.93 Outlays from current balances.....           1           5           3
86.97 Outlays from new permanent 
        authority.......................                       3           3
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances...           4                       1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........          32          35          37
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Offsets:
      Against gross budget authority and outlays:

88.00   Offsetting collections (cash) 
          from: Federal sources.........          -4          -4          -4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................          32          31          34
90.00 Outlays...........................          30          31          33
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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      Direct obligations:

11.1    Personnel compensation: Full-
          time permanent................           3           3           3
12.1    Civilian personnel benefits.....           1           1           1
23.3    Communications, utilities, and 
          miscellaneous charges.........          22          23          24
25.4    Operation and maintenance of 
          facilities....................           2           2           3
26.0    Supplies and materials..........           3           3           3
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.0      Subtotal, direct obligations..          31          32          34
99.0  Reimbursable obligations..........           4           4           4
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............          35          36          38
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                              Personnel Summary

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    Direct:
      Total compensable workyears:

1005    Full-time equivalent of overtime 
          and holiday hours.............           3           2           2
1011    Exempt Full-time equivalent 
          employment....................          82          79          79
    Reimbursable:
2011  Total compensable workyears: 
        Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................          20          20          20
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                      Library Buildings and Grounds

                     structural and mechanical care

    For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural 
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds, 
[$9,753,000] $15,755,000, of which [$1,310,000] $3,010,000 shall remain 
available until expended. (2 U.S.C. 141; 5 U.S.C. 5304, 5306, 5341-5344, 
5346, 5349; 40 U.S.C. 166a-1; 46 Stat. 583-584; 79 Stat. 987; 105 Stat. 
459-460; 107 Stat. 1043-1044; 108 Stat. 1443-1447; Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations.................          16          15          17
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    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available, 
        start of year: Uninvested 
        balance.........................          10           7           1
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......          13          10          16
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......          23          17          17
23.95 New obligations...................         -16         -15         -17
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end 
        of year: Uninvested balance.....           7           1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation.....................          13          10          16
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           8          12           1
73.10 New obligations...................          16          15          17
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............         -13         -26         -16
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation          12           1           2
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    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority           8           8          14
86.93 Outlays from current balances.....           5          18           2
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........          13          26          16
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    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................          13          10          16
90.00 Outlays...........................          13          26          16
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               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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      Personnel compensation:

11.1    Full-time permanent.............           5           5           5
11.5    Other personnel compensation....           1           1           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
11.9      Total personnel compensation..           6           6           6
12.1  Civilian personnel benefits.......           1           1           1
25.4  Operation and maintenance of 
        facilities......................           8           7           9
26.0  Supplies and materials............           1           1           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............          16          15          17
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                              Personnel Summary

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    Total compensable workyears:
1005  Full-time equivalent of overtime 
        and holiday hours...............          16          12          12
1011  Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................         154         146         146
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Intragovernmental funds:

        Judiciary Office Building Development and Operations Fund

          (technical adjustment to legislative branch request)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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    Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Project management................           5           5           6
00.02 Interest..........................          16          16          15
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
10.00   Total obligations...............          21          21          21
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    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available, 
        start of year: Uninvested 
        balance.........................         517         517         517
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......          21          21          21
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......         538         538         538
23.95 New obligations...................         -21         -21         -21
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end 
        of year: Uninvested balance.....         517         517         517
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
      Spending authority from offsetting 
          collections:

68.00   Offsetting collections (cash)...          22          23          23
68.47   Portion applied to debt 
          reduction.....................          -1          -2          -2
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
68.90     Spending authority from 
            offsetting collections 
            (total).....................          21          21          21
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
70.00   Total new budget authority 
          (gross).......................          21          21          21
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations...................          21          21          21
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............         -21         -21         -21
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent 
        authority.......................          21          21          21
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Offsets:
      Against gross budget authority and outlays:

        Offsetting collections (cash) 
            from:
          Federal sources:
88.00       Federal sources--Lease 
              Payment...................         -17         -17         -17
88.00       Federal sources--Project 
              Management................          -5          -6          -6
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
88.90       Total, offsetting 
              collections (cash)........         -22         -23         -23
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................          -1          -2          -2
90.00 Outlays...........................          -3          -2          -2
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    The Judiciary Office Building Development Act, Public Law 100-480, 
among other purposes, authorizes the Architect of the Capitol to 
contract for the design and construction of a building adjacent to Union 
Station in the District of Columbia to be leased to the Judicial Branch 
of the United States. This schedule reflects the costs associated with 
the construction of the building. Costs of construction were financed by 
an initial $125 million of Federal agency debt (sales price less 
unamortized discount) issued in 1989.

    Estimates prepared by the Legislative Branch assumed the financial 
arrangements to be a lease-purchase, which would distribute outlays 
associated with acquisition of the building over a period of thirty 
years. However, the arrangements involve federally guaranteed financing 
and other characteristics that make them substantively the same as 
direct federal construction, financed by direct federal borrowing. 
Because estimated expenditures of the Legislative Branch are required to 
be included in the budget as submitted and without change, this separate 
schedule is included as an adjustment to reflect direct construction 
costs and associated interest costs, consistent with standard budget 
concepts and scoring conventions.

    Estimates shown are consistent with the requirements of the Budget 
Enforcement Act and are presented with the agreement of the Budget and 
Appropriations Committees.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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25.2  Other services....................           5           5           6
43.0  Interest and dividends............          16          16          15
99.0  Subtotal, reimbursable obligations          21          21          21
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............          21          21          21
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                             BOTANIC GARDEN

                              Federal Funds

General and special funds:

                          Salaries and Expenses

    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, [$2,902,000] $11,662,000, of which 
$8,300,000 shall remain available until expended. (5 U.S.C. 5304, 5306, 
5341-5344, 5346, 5349; 40 U.S.C. 166a-1, 216, 216b, 216c; 108 Stat. 
1443-1447; Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations.................           3           3          11
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available, 
        start of year: Uninvested 
        balance.........................
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......           3           3          12
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......           3           3          12
23.95 New obligations...................          -3          -3         -11
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end 
        of year: Uninvested balance.....                                   1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation.....................           3           3          12
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           1           1
73.10 New obligations...................           3           3          11

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73.20 Total outlays (gross).............          -3          -3         -11
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority           3           3          11
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................           3           3          12
90.00 Outlays...........................           3           3          11
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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11.1  Personnel compensation: Full-time 
        permanent.......................           2           2           2
12.1  Civilian personnel benefits.......           1           1           1
25.2  Other services....................                                   8
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............           3           3          11
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                              Personnel Summary

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total compensable workyears:
1005  Full-time equivalent of overtime 
        and holiday hours...............           4           3           3
1011  Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................          52          51          51
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                               Trust Funds

                           Gifts and Donations

              Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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    Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............
    Receipts:
02.01 Botanic Garden....................                       1           8
    Appropriation:
05.01 Botanic Garden: Gifts and 
        donations.......................                      -1          -8
07.99 Total balance, end of year........
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               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class 
        25.2)...........................                       1           8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......                       1           8
23.95 New obligations...................                      -1          -8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.27 Appropriation (trust fund, 
        indefinite).....................                       1           8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations...................                       1           8
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............                      -1          -8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent 
        authority.......................                       1           8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................                       1           8
90.00 Outlays...........................                       1           8
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    Pursuant to 40 U.S.C. 216c, as amended, the Architect of the 
Capitol, subject to the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, 
is authorized to construct a National Garden and to solicit and accept 
certain gifts on behalf of the United States Botanic Garden for the 
purpose of constructing the National Garden or for the general benefit 
of the Botanic Garden and for the renovation of the Botanic Garden 
conservatory, to deposit such gift funds in the Treasury of the United 
States and, subject to approval in appropriations Acts, to obligate and 
expend such sums.

                                


 
                           LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                              Federal Funds

General and special funds:

                          Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not otherwise 
provided for, including development and maintenance of the Union 
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 [cards] 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, [$216,007,000] 
$232,058,000, of which not more than $7,869,000 shall be derived from 
collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year [1997] 
1998, and shall remain available until expended, under the Act of June 
28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150): 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 the 
$7,869,000: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
[$8,458,000] $9,619,000 is to remain available until expended for 
acquisition of books, periodicals, and newspapers, and all other 
materials including subscriptions for bibliographic services for the 
Library, including $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when 
specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials 
for additions to the collections[: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, $928,800 shall be for the operation and maintenance 
of the American Folklife Center in the Library]. (2 U.S.C. 131-179; 5 
U.S.C. 5102, 5305, 5318, 7901-7903; 17 U.S.C. 201-205; 20 U.S.C. 91, 
2101-2107; 28 U.S.C. 2672; 36 U.S.C. 5701-5708; 44 U.S.C. 1718, 1719; 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Obligations by program activity:
      Direct program:

00.01   Library services................         127         130         137
00.02   Law library.....................           6           6           6
00.03   Management support services.....          71          72          81
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
00.91     Total direct program..........         204         208         224
01.01 Reimbursable program..............          68         109          97
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
10.00   Total obligations...............         272         317         321
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available, 
        start of year: Uninvested 
        balance.........................           5           5           5
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......         275         317         321
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring......          -1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......         279         322         326
23.95 New obligations...................        -272        -317        -321
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end 
        of year: Uninvested balance.....           5           5           5
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
      Current:

40.00   Appropriation...................         204         208         224
      Permanent:

68.00   Spending authority from 
          offsetting collections: 
          Offsetting collections (cash).          71         109          97
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
70.00   Total new budget authority 
          (gross).......................         275         317         321
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
      Unpaid obligations, start of year:

72.40   Obligated balance: Appropriation          73          74          67
72.95   Orders on hand from Federal 
          sources.......................          39          39          39
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
72.99     Total unpaid obligations, 
            start of year...............         112         113         106
73.10 New obligations...................         272         317         321
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............        -272        -324        -316

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      Unpaid obligations, end of year:

74.40   Obligated balance: Appropriation          74          67          73
74.95   Orders on hand from Federal 
          sources.......................          39          39          39
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
74.99     Total unpaid obligations, end 
            of year.....................         113         106         112
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    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority         156         175         186
86.93 Outlays from current balances.....          45          57          36
86.97 Outlays from new permanent 
        authority.......................          47          92          82
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances...          24                      12
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........         272         324         316
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Offsets:
      Against gross budget authority and outlays:

        Offsetting collections (cash) 
            from:
88.00     Federal sources...............         -65        -101         -89
88.40     Non-Federal sources...........          -6          -8          -8
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
88.90       Total, offsetting 
              collections (cash)........         -71        -109         -97
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................         204         208         224
90.00 Outlays...........................         201         215         219
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Personal services and necessary expenses to provide support for the 
basic operations of the Library are financed from this appropriation.

    Library services.--Library Services has as its mission the 
acquisition of materials; the cataloging, classification, and 
preparation of materials for use; serving the public and maintaining and 
managing the Library's universal collections, which are the largest in 
the world; and the preservation of materials for use now and in the 
future. It also develops, produces, markets, and distributes the printed 
catalog cards, cataloging data in machine-readable form, book catalogs, 
technical publications and selected bibliographies made available from 
the automated data bases. It contributes directly to the nation's 
educational intellectual life through programs that interpret the 
Library's resources and promote the use of its unparalleled collections. 
Library Services provides many basic technical services to the Library 
of Congress as well as the world's research and library communities. 
Finally, this program coordinates Federal library and information 
resources.

    Law library.--The Law Library is responsible for the custody, 
development, and service of the law collection of the Library of 
Congress and functions as the foreign and international law research arm 
of the United States Congress.

    Management support services.--This activity supports the executive 
staff of the Office of the Librarian: budget and finance; human 
resources; contracts and logistics; buildings management; automation; 
and other centralized services. It also includes rental of space off 
Capitol Hill.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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      Direct obligations:

        Personnel compensation:
11.1      Full-time permanent...........         124         128         135
11.3      Other than full-time permanent           2           1           1
11.5      Other personnel compensation..           2           1           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
11.9        Total personnel compensation         128         130         137
12.1    Civilian personnel benefits.....          23          25          26
13.0    Benefits for former personnel...                                   1
21.0    Travel and transportation of 
          persons.......................           1           1           1
22.0    Transportation of things........           1           1           1
23.1    Rental payments to GSA..........           2           3           3
23.3    Communications, utilities, and 
          miscellaneous charges.........           4           5           5
24.0    Printing and reproduction.......           3           4           5
25.1    Advisory and assistance services           2           3           4
25.2    Other services..................           7           7           8
25.3    Purchases of goods and services 
          from Government accounts......           2           3           3
25.4    Operation and maintenance of 
          facilities....................           3           3           3
25.7    Operation and maintenance of 
          equipment.....................           4           4           4
26.0    Supplies and materials..........           2           2           2
31.0    Equipment.......................          21          17          21
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.0      Subtotal, direct obligations..         203         208         224
99.0  Reimbursable obligations..........          68         108          96
99.5  Below reporting threshold.........           1           1           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............         272         317         321
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                              Personnel Summary

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Direct:
      Total compensable workyears:

1005    Full-time equivalent of overtime 
          and holiday hours.............          26          13          13
1011    Exempt Full-time equivalent 
          employment....................       2,760       2,729       2,775
    Reimbursable:
      Total compensable workyears:

2005    Full-time equivalent of overtime 
          and holiday hours.............           2           2           2
2011    Exempt Full-time equivalent 
          employment....................         140         140         140
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                            Copyright Office

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including 
publication of the decisions of the United States courts involving 
copyrights, [$33,402,000] $35,787,000, of which not more than 
$17,340,000 shall be derived from collections credited to this 
appropriation during fiscal year [1997] 1998 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), and 
not more than [$4,929,000] $5,167,000 shall be derived from collections 
during fiscal year [1997] 1998 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 
802(h), and 1005: Provided, That the total amount available for 
obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 
than [$22,269,000] $22,507,000: 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 $2,250 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. (17 U.S.C. 101-710, 801-803, 901-914; 5 U.S.C. 5305; 2 U.S.C. 
169; Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 03-0102-0-1-376      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Registration, recordation, 
        cataloging, acquisitions, and 
        public reference................          25          28          31
00.02 Licensing.........................           2           3           3
00.03 Arbitration royalty panels........           1           2           2
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
10.00   Total obligations...............          28          33          36
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    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......          29          33          36
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring......          -1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......          28          33          36
23.95 New obligations...................         -28         -33         -36
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    New budget authority (gross), detail:
      Current:

40.00   Appropriation...................          11          11          13
      Permanent:

68.00   Spending authority from 
          offsetting collections: 
          Offsetting collections (cash).          18          22          23
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
70.00   Total new budget authority 
          (gross).......................          29          33          36
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    Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           2           2           2

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73.10 New obligations...................          28          33          36
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............         -28         -33         -36
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           2           2           2
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    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority           8          10          12
86.93 Outlays from current balances.....           2           1           1
86.97 Outlays from new permanent 
        authority.......................          18          22          23
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........          28          33          36
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    Offsets:
      Against gross budget authority and outlays:

88.40   Offsetting collections (cash) 
          from: Non-Federal sources.....         -18         -22         -23
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    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................          11          11          13
90.00 Outlays...........................          10          11          13
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    The Office is conducted for the most part on a self-sustaining 
basis. The amount requested is substantially counterbalanced by fees 
received for services rendered and the value of books and other library 
materials deposited in accordance with the Copyright Act and transferred 
to the Library of Congress. The income and obligations for 1996, and 
estimates for 1997 and 1998 are as follows:

                                     1996 actual  1997 est.   1998 est.
Income:
  Gross receipts.................... $17,590,729 $22,269,000 $22,507,000
  Estimated value of materials 
    deposited and transferred to the 
    Library of Congress.............  20,157,815  20,000,000  20,000,000
                                    ------------------------------------
      Total income.................. $37,748,544 $42,269,000 $42,507,000
                                    ====================================
Obligations......................... $27,943,787 $33,402,000 $35,787,000

    Registration, recordation, cataloging, acquisitions, and public 
reference.--The Copyright Office is responsible for registering and 
recording copyright claims, assignments, and renewals, for supplying 
copyright information to the public, for collecting and accounting for 
copyright fees, and for publishing complete and indexed catalogs for 
each class of copyright entries. These activities are predicated on an 
estimated 560,000 copyright registrations during 1998, an estimated 
560,000 during 1997, and registrations of 550,422 during 1996.

    Licensing Division.--The Licensing Division performs the 
responsibilities connected with the licensing activities of cable 
television stations and satellite carriers and the licensing of digital 
audio recording devices and media.

    Arbitration Royalty panels.--This activity shares with the 
Register's Office the responsibilities formerly entrusted to the 
Copyright Royalty Tribunal and now administered by the Copyright Office 
and the Library of Congress; this involves the convening of arbitration 
panels for rate making and distribution of royalties under various 
compulsory licenses of the copyright law.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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11.1  Personnel compensation: Full-time 
        permanent.......................          20          21          23
12.1  Civilian personnel benefits.......           4           4           5
23.3  Communications, utilities, and 
        miscellaneous charges...........           1           1           1
24.0  Printing and reproduction.........                       2           2
25.1  Advisory and assistance services..                       1           1
25.2  Other services....................                       2           2
25.3  Purchases of goods and services 
        from Government accounts........           2           1           1
31.0  Equipment.........................           1           1           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............          28          33          36
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                              Personnel Summary

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    Total compensable workyears:
1005  Full-time equivalent of overtime 
        and holiday hours...............           6           4           4
1011  Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................         501         510         535
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                     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, 
[$62,641,000] $66,830,000: 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 Oversight 
of the House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the compensation of the Director of the 
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, shall be at an 
annual rate which is equal to the annual rate of basic pay for positions 
at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, 
United States Code. (2 U.S.C. 166, 168-168d, 169; 5 U.S.C. 5305, 5318; 
Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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    Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Policy analysis and research......          36          38          41
00.02 Information and legislative 
        documentation...................          15          16          17
00.03 Executive direction and support...           9           9           9
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
10.00   Total obligations...............          60          63          67
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    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......          60          63          67
23.95 New obligations...................         -60         -63         -67
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation.....................          60          63          67
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           7           7           7
73.10 New obligations...................          60          63          67
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............         -60         -63         -66
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           7           7           8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority          54          57          61
86.93 Outlays from current balances.....           6           6           5
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........          60          63          66
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................          60          63          67
90.00 Outlays...........................          60          63          66
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    The Congressional Research Service works exclusively and directly 
for all Members and committees of Congress in support of their 
legislative, oversight, and representative functions. The Service 
provides research, analysis, and informational services that are timely, 
objective, nonpartisan, and confidential. The CRS staff responds to and 
anticipates congressional needs and addresses policy issues in an 
interdisciplinary, integrative manner. The Service maintains close ties 
with the Congress and, consistent with its broad congressional mandate, 
provides a wide variety of services with the goal of contributing to an 
informed national legislature.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 03-0127-0-1-801      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
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      Personnel compensation:

11.1    Full-time permanent.............          44          46          49
11.3    Other than full-time permanent..           1           1           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------

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11.9      Total personnel compensation..          45          47          50
12.1  Civilian personnel benefits.......           8           9          10
23.3  Communications, utilities, and 
        miscellaneous charges...........           1           2           2
25.1  Advisory and assistance services..           1
25.2  Other services....................           1           2           2
26.0  Supplies and materials............           1           1           1
31.0  Equipment.........................           3           2           2
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............          60          63          67
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                              Personnel Summary

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Identification code 03-0127-0-1-801      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
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    Total compensable workyears:
1005  Full-time equivalent of overtime 
        and holiday hours...............                       2           2
1011  Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................         729         747         772
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             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), [$44,964,000] $48,025,000, 
of which [$11,694,000] $14,194,000 shall remain available until 
expended. (2 U.S.C. 135a, 135a-1, 135b, 169; 5 U.S.C. 5305; Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 03-0141-0-1-503      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
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    Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Direct service to users...........          36          36          39
00.02 Support services..................           9           9           9
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
10.00   Total obligations...............          45          45          48
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    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......          45          45          48
23.95 New obligations...................         -45         -45         -48
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation.....................          45          45          48
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation          32          29          28
73.10 New obligations...................          45          45          48
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............         -47         -48         -51
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation          29          28          25
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority          20          22          23
86.93 Outlays from current balances.....          27          26          28
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........          47          48          51
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................          45          45          48
90.00 Outlays...........................          47          48          51
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically 
Handicapped (NLS) is responsible for administering a national program to 
provide reading material for blind and physically handicapped residents 
of the United States and its outlying areas and for U.S. citizens 
residing abroad.

    Direct service to users.--During the past 5-year period, 1992-96, 
the blind and physically handicapped readership throughout the country 
has grown from 761,300 to 777,500 and circulation from approximately 
21,284,200 units (volumes and containers) to almost 23,100,000.

    Support services.--A variety of professional, technical, and 
clerical functions are performed by NLS's staff. A combined total of 
19,000 interlibrary loan searches and requests for information 
concerning library and related services available to the blind and to 
other physically handicapped persons were received in 1996.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 03-0141-0-1-503      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
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11.1  Personnel compensation: Full-time 
        permanent.......................           5           6           6
12.1  Civilian personnel benefits.......           1           1           1
23.1  Rental payments to GSA............           2           2           2
24.0  Printing and reproduction.........           1           1           1
25.2  Other services....................           2           2           2
25.5  Research and development contracts           1
26.0  Supplies and materials............           2           2           2
31.0  Equipment.........................          30          30          32
99.5  Below reporting threshold.........           1           1           2
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............          45          45          48
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                              Personnel Summary

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Identification code 03-0141-0-1-503      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
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1011  Total compensable workyears: 
        Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................         124         121         121
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                        Furniture and Furnishings

    For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair of furniture, 
furnishings, office and library equipment, $4,882,000. (2 U.S.C. 141, 
169; Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 03-0146-0-1-503      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
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    Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Replacement furniture and 
        furnishings.....................           4           5           5
00.02 Jefferson and Adams Buildings, 
        furniture and furnishings.......           1           3           3
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
10.00   Total obligations...............           5           8           8
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    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available, 
        start of year: Uninvested 
        balance.........................           6           6           5
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......           5           5           5
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......          11          11          10
23.95 New obligations...................          -5          -8          -8
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end 
        of year: Uninvested balance.....           6           5           4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation.....................           5           5           5
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           3           4           5
73.10 New obligations...................           5           8           8
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............          -4          -6          -8
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           4           5           4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority           2           3           3
86.93 Outlays from current balances.....           2           3           5
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........           4           6           8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................           5           5           5
90.00 Outlays...........................           4           6           8
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    This activity provides for the purchase and repair of furniture, 
furnishings, and equipment to support Library operations.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 03-0146-0-1-503      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
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      Equipment:

31.0    Annual furniture and equipment..           4           5           5
31.0    Furnishings in Jefferson and 
          Adams Buildings...............           1           3           3
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............           5           8           8
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                      Payments to Copyright Owners

              Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 03-5175-0-2-376      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
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    Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............
    Receipts:
02.01 Fees from jukebox and cable 
        television, Copyright Office....         198         206         214
02.02 Interest on investments in public 
        debt securities, Copyright 
        Office..........................          25          37          31
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
02.99   Total receipts..................         223         243         245
    Appropriation:
05.01 Payments to copyright owners......        -223        -243        -245
07.99 Total balance, end of year........
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               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 03-5175-0-2-376      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
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    Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Licensing costs...................           2           3           3
00.02 Arbitration royalty panels........           1           2           2
00.03 Payments to copyright owners......           2         175         273
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
10.00   Total obligations...............           5         180         278
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    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
      Unobligated balance available, start of year:

21.40   Treasury balance................                       1           1
        U.S. Securities:
21.41     Par value.....................         424         641         704
21.42     Unrealized discounts..........          -4          -3          -3
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
21.99     Total unobligated balance, 
            start of year...............         420         639         702
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......         223         243         245
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......         643         882         947
23.95 New obligations...................          -5        -180        -278
      Unobligated balance available, end of year:

24.40   Treasury balance................           1           1           1
        U.S. Securities:
24.41     Par value.....................         641         704         669
24.42     Unrealized discounts..........          -3          -3          -3
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
24.99   Total unobligated balance, end 
          of year.......................         639         702         667
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    New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.25 Appropriation (special fund, 
        indefinite).....................         223         243         245
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations...................           5         180         278
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............          -5        -180        -278
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent 
        authority.......................           3           5           5
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances...           2         175         273
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........           5         180         278
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................         223         243         245
90.00 Outlays...........................           5         180         278
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The receipts from cable television stations, jukebox licenses, 
satellite carriers, and digital audio devices are disbursed to the 
copyright owners through this appropriation after deduction of 
administrative costs for the Copyright Office Licensing Division. 
Disbursements are made in accordance with the schedule established in 
Public Law 94-553, as amended.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 03-5175-0-2-376      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
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25.2  Other services....................           3           5           5
41.0  Grants, subsidies, and 
        contributions...................           2         175         273
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............           5         180         278
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                               Trust Funds

                      Gift and Trust Fund Accounts

              Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 03-9971-0-7-503      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
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    Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............
    Receipts:
02.02 Contributions to Library of 
        Congress gift fund..............           4           4           4
02.03 Contributions, Library of Congress 
        permanent loan account..........           8           9          10
02.04 Interest, Library of Congress 
        permanent loan account..........           2           2           2
02.05 Income from donated securities....           5
02.06 Deposits, service fees, Library of 
        Congress........................           8           9           9
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
02.99   Total receipts..................          27          24          25
    Appropriation:
05.01 Gift and trust fund accounts......         -27         -24         -25
07.99 Total balance, end of year........
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               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 03-9971-0-7-503      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
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    Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Acquisition of library materials..           2           6           6
00.02 Research, reader and reference 
        services........................          12          14          15
00.03 Organization and control of the 
        collections.....................           1           1           1
00.04 Public programs...................           7           6           6
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
10.00   Total obligations...............          22          27          28
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    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
      Unobligated balance available, start of year:

21.40   Uninvested balance..............          18          16          13
21.41   U.S. Securities: Par value......          13          18          18
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
21.99     Total unobligated balance, 
            start of year...............          31          34          31
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......          27          24          25
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......          58          58          56
23.95 New obligations...................         -22         -27         -28
      Unobligated balance available, end of year:

24.40   Uninvested balance..............          16          13          10
24.41   U.S. Securities: Par value......          18          18          18
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
24.99   Total unobligated balance, end 
          of year.......................          34          31          28
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.27 Appropriation (trust fund, 
        indefinite).....................          27          24          25
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           4           6           9
73.10 New obligations...................          22          27          28
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............         -22         -26         -26
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           6           9          11
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent 
        authority.......................          18          23          23
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances...           4           3           3
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........          22          26          26
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    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................          27          24          25

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90.00 Outlays...........................          22          26          26
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Distribution of budget authority by 
    account:
  Library of Congress trust funds.......          15          11          12
  Library of Congress gift fund.........           4           4           4
  Service fees..........................           8           9           9
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Distribution of outlays by account:
  Library of Congress trust funds.......          10          13          13
  Library of Congress gift fund.........           5           5           5
  Service fees..........................           7           8           8
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    This schedule covers (1) funds received as gifts for immediate 
expenditure, and receipts from the sale of recordings, publications, 
photoduplication and other materials financed from capital originally 
received as gifts, (2) income from investments held by or for the 
Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, and (3) interest paid by the 
Treasury on the principal funds deposited therewith as described under 
``Library of Congress Trust Fund, Principal Accounts''.

    Acquisition of library materials.--This includes the procurement of 
manuscripts, maps, fine prints, rare books and other library materials 
for the Library of Congress, and the acquisition and distribution of 
Government documents for the Library of Congress and cooperating 
libraries. It also includes the acquisition of foreign research 
materials for participating libraries through the Library's overseas 
offices.

    Research, reader and reference services.--These services include 
research services for the Congress, the preparation of bibliographies, 
indexes, digests, and checklists; surveys of bibliographic services; and 
providing photocopies, photographs, microfilm, and other forms of 
photoduplication, to other Government agencies, libraries and other 
institutions, and to the general public.

    Organization and control of the collections.--This includes the 
ongoing updating of the Library of Congress Classification System and 
the Dewey Decimal Classification System, and the organization of several 
specialized collections.

    Public programs.--The Library sponsors lectures; poetry readings; 
musical concerts; the furtherance of musical research, composition, 
performance and appreciation; and the preparation of sound recordings of 
music and literature. This program also covers the distribution of 
recordings of the Library's literary programs and concerts to radio 
stations for public service broadcasts.

    This presentation also includes the Foreign Service National 
Separation Liability Trust Fund, which was established in accordance 
with Section 151 of Public Law 102-138. This account funds the lump-sum 
separation payments (earned under the applicable country's law during an 
employee's career) of Foreign Service Nationals employed by Library of 
Congress overseas field offices.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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11.1  Personnel compensation: Full-time 
        permanent.......................           6           8           8
12.1  Civilian personnel benefits.......           1           2           2
21.0  Travel and transportation of 
        persons.........................                       1           1
23.3  Communications, utilities, and 
        miscellaneous charges...........           1           1           1
24.0  Printing and reproduction.........           1           1           1
25.1  Advisory and assistance services..           1           1           1
25.2  Other services....................           4           4           5
25.3  Purchases of goods and services 
        from Government accounts........                       1           1
25.7  Operation and maintenance of 
        equipment.......................           1           1           1
26.0  Supplies and materials............           2           2           2
31.0  Equipment.........................           4           5           5
99.5  Below reporting threshold.........           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............          22          27          28
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                              Personnel Summary

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Identification code 03-9971-0-7-503      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
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1011  Total compensable workyears: 
        Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................         170         200         200
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                        Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of 
Congress shall be available, in an amount of not more than [$194,290] 
$207,690, of which [$58,100] $62,400 is for the Congressional Research 
Service, when specifically authorized by the Librarian, for attendance 
at meetings concerned with the function or activity for which the 
appropriation is made.
    Sec. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used by the Library of Congress to administer any flexible or compressed 
work schedule which--
         (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the 
    grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-15; and
         (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to not be at 
    work for all or a portion of a workday because of time worked by the 
    manager or supervisor on another workday.
    (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``manager or supervisor'' 
means any management official or supervisor, as such terms are defined 
in section 7103(a) (10) and (11) of title 5, United States Code.
    Sec. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library of Congress 
from other Federal agencies to cover general and administrative overhead 
costs generated by performing reimbursable work for other agencies under 
the authority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used to employ 
more than 65 employees and may be expended or obligated--
     (1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such extent or in such 
amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts; or
     (2) in the case of an advance payment, only--
         (A) to pay for such general or administrative overhead costs as 
    are attributable to the work performed for such agency; or
         (B) to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in 
    appropriations Acts, with respect to any purpose not allowable under 
    subparagraph (A).
    Sec. 204. 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. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library of Congress in 
this Act, 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.
    Sec. 206. (a) For fiscal year [1997] 1998, the obligational 
authority of the Library of Congress for the activities described in 
subsection (b) may not exceed [$108,275,000] $97,490,000.
    (b) 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.
    [Sec. 207. (a)(1) Subject to subsection (b), for fiscal year 1997, 
the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the activities 
described in paragraph (2) may not exceed $2,000,000.
    (2) The activities referred to in paragraph (1) are non-expenditure 
transfer activities in support of parliamentary development that are 
funded from sources other than appropriations to the Library in 
appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.
    (b) The obligational authority under subsection (a)--
        (1) shall be available only with respect to Russia, Ukraine, 
    Albania, Slovakia, and Romania; and
        (2) shall expire on December 31, 1996.]
    [Sec. 208. From and after October 1, 1996, the Disbursing Officer of 
the Library of Congress is authorized to disburse funds appropriated for 
the Office of Compliance, and the Library of Congress shall provide 
financial management support to the Office of Compliance as may be 
required and mutually agreed to by the Librarian of Congress and the 
Executive Director of the Office of Compliance. The Library of Congress 
is further authorized to compute and dis

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burse the basic pay of all personnel of the Office of Compliance 
pursuant to the provisions of section 5504 of title 5.
    All vouchers certified for payment by duly authorized certifying 
officers of the Library of Congress shall be supported with a 
certification by an officer or employee of the Office of Compliance duly 
authorized in writing by the Executive Director of the Office of 
Compliance to certify payments from appropriations of the Office of 
Compliance. The Office of Compliance certifying officers shall (1) be 
held responsible for the existence and correctness of the facts recited 
in the certificate or otherwise stated on the voucher or its supporting 
paper and the legality of the proposed payment under the appropriation 
or fund involved, (2) be held responsible and accountable for the 
correctness of the computations of certifications made, and (3) be held 
accountable for and required to make good to the United States the 
amount of any illegal, improper, or incorrect payment resulting from any 
false, inaccurate, or misleading certificate made by them, as well as 
for any payment prohibited by law which did not represent a legal 
obligation under the appropriation or fund involved: Provided, That the 
Comptroller General of the United States may, at his discretion, relieve 
such certifying officer or employee of liability for any payment 
otherwise proper whenever he finds (1) that the certification was based 
on official records and that such certifying officer or employee did not 
know, and by reasonable diligence and inquiry could not have ascertained 
the actual facts, or (2) that the obligation was incurred in good faith, 
that the payment was not contrary to any statutory provision 
specifically prohibiting payments of the character involved, and the 
United States has received value for such payment: Provided further, 
That the Comptroller General shall relieve such certifying officer or 
employee of liability for an overpayment for transportation services 
made to any common carrier covered by section 3726 of title 31, whenever 
he finds that the overpayment occurred solely because the administrative 
examination made prior to payment of the transportation bill did not 
include a verification of transportation rates, freight classifications, 
or land grant deductions.
    The Disbursing Officer of the Library of Congress shall not be held 
accountable or responsible for any illegal, improper, or incorrect 
payment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or misleading certificate, 
the responsibility for which is imposed upon a certifying officer or 
employee of the Office of Compliance.]
    [Sec. 209. Section 8 of the American Folklife Preservation Act (20 
U.S.C. 2107) is amended to read as follows:
    ``SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to the Center to carry out 
this Act such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1997 
and 1998.''.] (Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997.)

                                


 
                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                              Federal Funds

General and special funds:

                   Congressional Printing and Binding

    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 (44 U.S.C. 902); 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, 
[$81,669,000] $84,025,000: 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 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for the payment of 
obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for 
preceding fiscal years. (1 U.S.C. 205, 208, 211, 212; 44 U.S.C. 501, 
701-704, 706, 708, 709, 711-13, 715-17, 719-21, 723, 724, 727-28, 733-
35, 737, 901, 902, 906, 907, 1107, 1301, 1713, 1714, 1717, 1718, 1908; 
Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class 
        24.0)...........................          84          82          84
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    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......          84          82          84
23.95 New obligations...................         -84         -82         -84
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    New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation.....................          84          82          84
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    Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation          42          44          41
73.10 New obligations...................          84          82          84
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............         -82         -85         -85
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation          44          41          40
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    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority          60          59          61
86.93 Outlays from current balances.....          22          26          24
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........          82          85          85
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    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................          84          82          84
90.00 Outlays...........................          82          85          85
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    This appropriation covers all authorized printing and binding for 
the Congress and the Architect of the Capitol and for printing and 
binding of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed 
to Members of Congress. Also, this appropriation includes funding for 
printing, binding, and distribution of Government publications 
authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the recipients.

                                

                  Office of Superintendent of Documents

                          salaries and expenses

    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, [$29,077,000] $30,477,000: 
Provided, That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the 
Depository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed 
$150,000: Provided further, 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 [1995 and] 1996 and 1997 to depository and other designated 
libraries. (44 U.S.C. 305, 1702-04, 1710, 1711, 1719, 1902, 1903, 1909; 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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    Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Distribution for other Government 
        agencies and Members of Congress                                   1
00.02 Depository library distribution...          26          25          26
00.03 Cataloging and indexing...........           4           3           3
00.04 International exchange............                       1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
10.00   Total obligations...............          30          29          30
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    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......          30          29          30
23.95 New obligations...................         -30         -29         -30
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation.....................          30          29          30
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    Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation          24          24          18

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73.10 New obligations...................          30          29          30
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............         -30         -35         -29
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation          24          18          19
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    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority          19          18          18
86.93 Outlays from current balances.....          11          17          11
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........          30          35          29
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    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................          30          29          30
90.00 Outlays...........................          30          35          29
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    The Office of the Superintendent of Documents operates under a 
separate appropriation, which provides funds for: (1) the mailing for 
Members of Congress and other Government agencies of certain Government 
publications, as authorized by law; (2) the distribution of Government 
publications to designated depository libraries, including cost-
effective methods of electronic dissemination to depository libraries 
such as CD-ROMS, and on-demand delivery of full text or image files; (3) 
the compilation of catalogs and indexes of Government publications; and 
(4) the distribution of Government publications in the International 
Exchange Program. These four functions are related to the publication 
activity of other agencies and to the demands of the public, Members of 
Congress, and depository libraries. Consequently, the Office of the 
Superintendent of Documents can exercise little control over the volume 
of work which it may be called upon to perform. A description of these 
four functions follows:

    Distribution for other Government agencies and Members of 
Congress.--The Office of Superintendent of Documents maintains mailing 
lists and mails, at the request of Government agencies and Members of 
Congress, certain publications specified by public law.

    Depository library distribution.--As required, Government 
publications are supplied to libraries which are designated as 
depositories for Government publications. This includes cost-effective 
methods of electronic dissemination to depository libraries such as CD-
ROMS, and on-demand delivery of full text or image files.

    Cataloging and indexing.--The Office of Superintendent of Documents 
is charged with preparing catalogs and indexes of all publications 
issued by the Federal Government. The principal publication is the 
``Monthly Catalog of U.S. Government Publications.''

    International exchange.--The Office of Superintendent of Documents 
distributes Government publications to foreign governments which agree, 
as indicated by the Library of Congress, to send to the United States 
similar publications of their governments for delivery to the Library of 
Congress.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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11.1  Personnel compensation: Full-time 
        permanent.......................           4           5           5
12.1  Civilian personnel benefits.......           1           1           1
22.0  Transportation of things..........           1           1           1
23.3  Communications, utilities, and 
        miscellaneous charges...........           1           1           1
24.0  Printing and reproduction.........          17          11          11
25.2  Other services....................           6          10          11
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............          30          29          30
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                              Personnel Summary

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    Total compensable workyears:
1005  Full-time equivalent of overtime 
        and holiday hours...............           1           1           1
1011  Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................         118         117         115
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Intragovernmental funds:

                Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

    The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in accord with 
the 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, That not more than 
$2,500 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 twelve 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 the revolving fund 
and the funds provided under the headings ``Office of Superintendent of 
Documents'' and ``salaries and expenses'' together may not be available 
for the full-time equivalent employment of more than [3,600] 3,550 
workyears by the end of fiscal year [1997] 1998: Provided further, That 
activities financed through the revolving fund may provide information 
in any format: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall not be 
used to administer any flexible or compressed work schedule which 
applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of 
which is equal to or higher than GS-15: Provided further, That expenses 
for attendance at meetings shall not exceed $75,000. (31 U.S.C. 1343(b), 
9104; 44 U.S.C. 301, 309, 1502, 1504, 1509, 1510; Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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    Obligations by program activity:
00.01 Printing and binding..............         731         752         753
00.02 Sales of publications.............          76          73          76
00.03 Agency distribution...............           5           5           5
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
00.91   Subtotal........................         812         830         834
01.01 Capital investment................           4           2           3
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
10.00   Total obligations...............         816         832         837
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    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.90 Unobligated balance available, 
        start of year: Fund balance.....          35          50          57
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......         831         839         840
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......         866         889         897
23.95 New obligations...................        -816        -832        -837
24.90 Unobligated balance available, end 
        of year: Fund balance...........          50          57          60
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    New budget authority (gross), detail:
      Spending authority from offsetting 
          collections:

68.00   Offsetting collections (cash)...         831         843         851
68.10   Change in orders on hand from 
          Federal sources...............                      -4         -11
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
68.90     Spending authority from 
            offsetting collections 
            (total).....................         831         839         840
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
70.00   Total new budget authority 
          (gross).......................         831         839         840
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    Change in unpaid obligations:
      Unpaid obligations, start of year:

72.90   Obligated balance: Fund balance.         170         162         165

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72.95   Orders on hand from Federal 
          sources.......................          45          45          41
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
72.99     Total unpaid obligations, 
            start of year...............         215         207         206
73.10 New obligations...................         816         832         837
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............        -824        -833        -848
      Unpaid obligations, end of year:

74.90   Obligated balance: Fund balance.         162         165         165
74.95   Orders on hand from Federal 
          sources.......................          45          41          30
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
74.99     Total unpaid obligations, end 
            of year.....................         207         206         195
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    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent 
        authority.......................         817         827         840
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances...           7           6           8
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........         824         833         848
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    Offsets:
      Against gross budget authority and outlays:

        Offsetting collections (cash) 
            from:
88.00     Federal sources...............        -770        -776        -771
88.40     Non-Federal sources...........         -61         -67         -80
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
88.90       Total, offsetting 
              collections (cash)........        -831        -843        -851
88.95 Change in orders on hand from 
        Federal sources.................                       4          11
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    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays...........................          -7         -10          -3
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    The Government Printing Office executes orders for printing, 
binding, and blankbook work, CD-ROM's and electronic formats, placed by 
Congress and the various agencies of the Federal Government, and 
furnishes on order, blank paper, inks, and similar supplies. The 
Government Printing Office also sells publications to the public through 
its sales of publications program, provides a locater service for 
government electronic data bases, provides on-line access to electronic 
data bases, and distributes publications to the public for other 
Government agencies.

    All such work is financed through the Government Printing Office 
revolving fund (44 U.S.C. 309). The fund is reimbursed by the customer 
agencies and receipts from sales of publications to the general public.

                    STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENSES

                     PRINTING AND BINDING OPERATIONS

                        [In millions of dollars]

                                     1996 actual  1997 est.   1998 est.

Total revenue.......................         756         760         766
                                    ====================================
Expenses:
  Personnel compensation............         139         140         140
  Personnel benefits................          32          29          29
  Transportation of things..........           3           3           2
  Rental payments to GSA............           1           1           1
  Rental payments to others.........           2           2           2
  Communications, utilities, and 
    miscellaneous charges...........          15           7           8
  Printing and reproduction.........         513         518         522
  Other services....................           6           6           6
  Supplies and materials............          47          46          47
  Depreciation......................           6           8           9
                                    ------------------------------------
      Total expenses................         764         760         766
                                    ====================================
      Net operating income or loss 
        (-).........................          -8
                                    ====================================

                    SALES OF PUBLICATIONS OPERATIONS

                        [In millions of dollars]

                                     1996 actual  1997 est.   1998 est.

Total revenue.......................          71          78          80
                                    ====================================
Expenses:
  Cost of publications sold.........          22          19          18
  Postage for sales copies mailed...           9           8           8
  Surplus publications..............           9           5           5
                                    ------------------------------------
      Subtotal......................          40          32          31
                                    ====================================
      Gross profit..................          31          46          49
                                    ====================================
General and administrative:
  Personnel compensation............          17          18          19
  Personnel benefits................           3           4           4
  Transportation of things..........           2           2           2
  Rental Payments to GSA............           1           1           1
  Rental payments to others.........           2           2           2
  Communications, utilities, and 
    miscellaneous charges...........                       1           1
  Printing and reproduction.........                       1           1
  Other services....................          13          13          15
  Supplies and materials............           1           1           1
                                    ------------------------------------
      Subtotal......................          39          43          46
                                    ====================================
      Total expenses................          79          75          77
                                    ====================================
      Net earnings..................          -8           3           3
                                    ====================================

                       AGENCY DISTRIBUTION SERVICE

                        [In millions of dollars]

                                     1996 actual  1997 est.   1998 est.

Total revenue.......................           4           5           5
                                    ====================================
Expenses:
  Personnel compensation............           2           2           2
  Personnel benefits................                       1           1
  Communications, utilities, and 
    miscellaneous charges...........           1           1           1
  Other services....................           1           1           1
                                    ------------------------------------
    Total expenses..................           4           5           5
                                    ====================================
Net operating loss (-)..............
                                    ====================================

                        Statement of Operations (in millions of dollars)

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0121  Revenue...........................         778            756           760            766
0122  Expense...........................        -784           -764          -760           -766
                                        ------------ --------------  ------------  -------------
0129  Net income or loss (-)............          -6             -8
0131  Revenue...........................          80             71            78             80
0132  Expense...........................         -77            -79           -75            -77
                                        ------------ --------------  ------------  -------------
0139  Net income or loss (-)............           3             -8             3              3
0141  Revenue...........................           5              4             5              5
0142  Expense...........................          -5             -4            -5             -5
                                        ------------ --------------  ------------  -------------
0149  Net income or loss (-)............
                                        ------------ --------------  ------------  -------------
0191  Total revenues....................         863            831           843            851
                                        ------------ --------------  ------------  -------------
0192  Total expenses....................        -866           -847          -840           -848
                                        ------------ --------------  ------------  -------------
0199  Net income or loss................          -3            -16             3              3
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                             Balance Sheet (in millions of dollars)

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    ASSETS:
      Federal assets:

1101    Fund balances with Treasury.....          82             90           100            103
        Investments in US securities:
1106      Receivables, net..............         175            164           157            155
1206  Non-Federal assets: Receivables, 
        net.............................           4              3             3              3
      Other Federal assets:

1802    Inventories and related 
          properties....................          33             26            26             26
1803    Property, plant and equipment, 
          net...........................          75             71            69             72
                                        ------------ --------------  ------------  -------------
1999    Total assets....................         369            354           355            359
    LIABILITIES:
      Federal liabilities:

2101    Accounts payable................          48             31            34             37
2104    Resources payable to Treasury...           1              1             1              1
      Non-Federal liabilities:

2201    Accounts payable................          59             54            50             49
2207    Other...........................          52             76            75             74
                                        ------------ --------------  ------------  -------------
2999    Total liabilities...............         160            162           160            161
    NET POSITION:
3100  Appropriated capital..............         109            100           100            100
3300  Cumulative results of operations..         100             92            95             98
                                        ------------ --------------  ------------  -------------
3999    Total net position..............         209            192           195            198
                                        ------------ --------------  ------------  -------------

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4999  Total liabilities and net position         369            354           355            359
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               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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      Personnel compensation:

11.1    Full-time permanent.............         143         146         146
11.5    Other personnel compensation....          15          14          14
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
11.9      Total personnel compensation..         158         160         160
12.1  Civilian personnel benefits.......          35          33          33
22.0  Transportation of things..........           4           5           5
23.1  Rental payments to GSA............           3           2           2
23.2  Rental payments to others.........           4           4           4
23.3  Communications, utilities, and 
        miscellaneous charges...........          26          18          18
24.0  Printing and reproduction.........         516         540         542
25.2  Other services....................          18          20          22
26.0  Supplies and materials............          48          48          49
31.0  Equipment.........................           4           2           2
99.0  Subtotal, reimbursable obligations         816         832         837
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............         816         832         837
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                              Personnel Summary

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    Total compensable workyears:
2005  Full-time equivalent of overtime 
        and holiday hours...............         346         331         321
2011  Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................       3,702       3,559       3,460
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                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 207. The Government Printing Office shall be considered an 
agency for the purposes of the election in section 801(b)(2)(B) of the 
National Energy Conservation Policy Act and the Public Printer shall be 
considered the head of the agency for purposes of subsection (b)(2)(C) 
of such section.

                                


 
                        GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                              Federal Funds

General and special funds:

                          Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including 
not more than $7,000 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 31 U.S.C. 3324; 
benefits comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), 901(6) and 
901(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6) 
and 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller 
General of the United States, rental of living quarters in foreign 
countries; [$332,520,000] $361,424,000: Provided, That not more than 
[$100,000] $1,000,000 of reimbursements received incident to the 
operation of the General Accounting Office Building shall be available 
for use in fiscal year [1997] 1998: Provided further, That an additional 
amount of $4,404,000 shall be made available by transfer from funds 
previously deposited in the special account established pursuant to 31 
U.S.C. 782: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 
hereafter amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller General pursuant to that 
section shall be deposited to the appropriation of the General 
Accounting Office then available and remain available until expended, 
and not more than [$5,805,000] $2,000,000 of such funds shall be 
available for use in fiscal year [1997] 1998: Provided further, That 
this appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any 
other department or agency which is a member of the Joint Financial 
Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an 
appropriate share of JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, including 
the salary of the Executive Director and secretarial support: 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 Forum 
costs as determined by the Forum, including necessary travel expenses of 
non-Federal participants. Payments hereunder to either the Forum or the 
JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation from which 
costs involved are initially financed: Provided further, That to the 
extent that funds are otherwise available for obligation, agreements or 
contracts for the removal of asbestos, and renovation of the building 
and building systems (including the heating, ventilation and air 
conditioning system, electrical system and other major building systems) 
of the General Accounting Office Building may be made for periods not 
exceeding five years: Provided further, That this appropriation and 
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department or 
agency which is a member of the American Consortium on International 
Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an 
appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including 
any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the International 
Institute of Administrative Sciences. (Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1997.)

              Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)

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    Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............           6           6           6
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
03.00 Offsetting Collections............           4           1
04.00 Total: Balances and collections...          10           7           6
    Appropriation:
05.01 Salaries and expenses.............          -4          -1
07.99 Total balance, end of year........           6           6           6
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               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 05-0107-0-1-801      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Obligations by program activity:
      Direct program:

00.01   Top Management..................           3           2           3
00.02   General Government Division.....          27          26          27
00.03   Health, Education and Human 
          Services Division.............          25          24          26
00.04   National Security and 
          International Affairs Division          34          34          36
00.05   Resources, Community and 
          Economic Development Division.          30          30          32
00.06   Accounting and Information 
          Management Division...........          36          40          43
00.07   Office of the Chief Economist...           1           1           1
00.08   Office of the General Counsel...          18          16          18
00.09   Office of Special Investigations           3           3           3
00.10   Field Offices...................          81          79          84
00.11   Mission Support.................         104          78          85
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
00.91     Total direct program..........         362         333         358
01.01 Reimbursable program..............           6           6           7
02.01 Capital investment................          11                       3
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
10.00   Total obligations...............         379         339         368
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......         379         339         368
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring......          -1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......         378         339         368
23.95 New obligations...................        -379        -339        -368
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
      Current:

40.00   Appropriation...................         374         333         361
41.00   Transferred to other accounts...          -1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
43.00     Appropriation (total).........         373         333         361
      Permanent:

        Spending authority from 
            offsetting collections:
68.00     Offsetting collections (cash).           6           6           7
68.26     Offsetting collections 
            (unavailable balances)......           4           1

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68.45     Portion not available for 
            obligation (limitation on 
            obligations)................          -4          -1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
68.90       Spending authority from 
              offsetting collections 
              (total)...................           6           6           7
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
70.00   Total new budget authority 
          (gross).......................         379         339         368
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation          80          54          47
73.10 New obligations...................         379         339         368
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............        -405        -345        -366
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation          54          47          49
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    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority         343         315         341
86.93 Outlays from current balances.....          62          24          18
86.97 Outlays from new permanent 
        authority.......................                       6           7
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........         405         345         366
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Offsets:
      Against gross budget authority and outlays:

88.00   Offsetting collections (cash) 
          from: Federal sources.........          -6          -6          -7
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................         373         333         361
90.00 Outlays...........................         401         339         359
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The General Accounting Office's mission is to improve government 
operations by providing timely and reliable information and advice to 
Congress, by determining the legality of public expenditures, and by 
providing guidance on financial management matters. 

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 05-0107-0-1-801      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
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      Direct obligations:

11.1    Personnel compensation: Full-
          time permanent................         240         235         252
12.1    Civilian personnel benefits.....          43          42          45
13.0    Benefits for former personnel...           5           1           1
21.0    Travel and transportation of 
          persons.......................          10           9           9
23.1    Rental payments to GSA..........          17          10           9
23.2    Rental payments to others.......           1           2           2
23.3    Communications, utilities, and 
          miscellaneous charges.........           5           4           4
24.0    Printing and reproduction.......           1           1           1
25.1    Advisory and assistance services           4           3           3
25.2    Other services..................          18          18          18
25.3    Purchases of goods and services 
          from Government accounts......           5           3           3
25.4    Operation and maintenance of 
          facilities....................          11           4          10
26.0    Supplies and materials..........           2           1           1
31.0    Equipment.......................           3                       3
32.0    Land and structures.............           8
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.0      Subtotal, direct obligations..         373         333         361
99.0  Reimbursable obligations..........           6           6           7
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............         379         339         368
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                              Personnel Summary

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 05-0107-0-1-801      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
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1011  Total compensable workyears: 
        Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................       3,677       3,500       3,500
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                         UNITED STATES TAX COURT

                              Federal Funds

General and special funds:

                          Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; [$33,781,000] $34,293,000: 
Provided, That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the 
written certificate of the judge. (Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 23-0100-0-1-752      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations.................          32          34          34
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......          33          34          34
22.30 Unobligated balance expiring......          -1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......          33          34          34
23.95 New obligations...................         -32         -34         -34
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation.....................          33          34          34
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           4           4           4
73.10 New obligations...................          32          34          34
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............         -32         -34         -34
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           4           4           4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority          30          30          30
86.93 Outlays from current balances.....           2           4           4
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........          32          34          34
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................          33          34          34
90.00 Outlays...........................          32          34          34
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The bulk of the Court's work is the trial and adjudication of 
controversies involving deficiencies in income, estate, and gift taxes. 
The Court also has jurisdiction to redetermine deficiencies in certain 
excise taxes; to issue declaratory judgments in the areas of 
qualification of retirement plans, exemption of charitable organizations 
and the status of certain governmental obligations; and to decide 
certain cases involving disclosure of tax information by the 
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.

    Additional jurisdiction was conferred on the Court by the Taxpayer 
Bill of Rights in 1988. The Court is authorized to hear and decide 
appeals by taxpayers from decisions by the Internal Revenue Service 
denying awards for reasonable administrative costs incurred in 
connection with administrative proceedings within the Internal Revenue 
Service. In addition, if a timely petition for the redetermination of a 
deficiency is pending before the Court, the Court is authorized to 
restrain the premature assessment and collection of the disputed tax, to 
review certain jeopardy assessments and jeopardy levies, and to review 
the Commissioner's determination that certain seized property may be 
sold notwithstanding the pendency of the deficiency action. Finally, the 
Court is authorized to enforce its decisions determining overpayments in 
taxpayers' favor, to resolve disputes involving interest on deficiencies 
which were previously the subject of disputes before the Court, and to 
modify decisions in estate tax cases involving certain payment 
extensions.

    For 1998, the Court proposes a trial program of 340 weeks consisting 
of 150 weeks of regular trial sessions, 90 weeks of small tax case 
sessions, and 100 weeks of lengthy special sessions. Trials are held in 
approximately 80 cities throughout the United States.

    Statistics on the actual and estimated number of cases before the 
court are presented in the following tabulation:

                                     1996 actual  1997 est.   1998 est.
Pending, beginning year.............      29,678      29,281      26,781
Docketed during year................      27,892      27,000      28,000
Adjustments during year.............       1,240

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Disposed of during year.............      29,529      29,500      29,500
Pending, end of year................      29,281      26,781      25,281

    This presentation includes the ``Tax Court independent counsel'' 
fund. This fund is established pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 7475. The fund is 
used by the Tax Court to employ independent counsel to pursue 
disciplinary matters involving practitioners admitted to practice before 
the Court.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 23-0100-0-1-752      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
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11.1  Personnel compensation: Full-time 
        permanent.......................          16          17          17
12.1  Civilian personnel benefits.......           3           3           3
13.0  Benefits for former personnel.....           1           1           1
21.0  Travel and transportation of 
        persons.........................           1           1           1
23.1  Rental payments to GSA............           7           7           7
25.2  Other services....................           2           3           3
26.0  Supplies and materials............           1           1           1
31.0  Equipment.........................           1           1           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............          32          34          34
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                              Personnel Summary

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 23-0100-0-1-752      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Total compensable workyears:
1005  Full-time equivalent of overtime 
        and holiday hours...............           2           2           2
1011  Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................         350         350         350
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                               Trust Funds

                 Tax Court Judges Survivors Annuity Fund

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 23-8115-0-7-602      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.41 Unobligated balance available, 
        start of year: U.S. Securities: 
        Par value.......................           5           5           5
23.95 New obligations...................
24.41 Unobligated balance available, end 
        of year: U.S. Securities: Par 
        value...........................           5           5           5
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.27 Appropriation (trust fund, 
        indefinite).....................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays...........................
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    This fund, established pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 7448, is used to pay 
survivorship benefits to eligible surviving spouses and dependent 
children of deceased judges of the U.S. Tax Court. Participating judges 
pay 3.5 percent of their salaries or retired pay into the fund to cover 
creditable service for which payment is required. Additional funds, as 
are needed, are provided through the annual appropriation to the U.S. 
Tax Court.

    On September 30, 1996, 26 judges of the court were participating in 
the fund, and 1 eligible dependent and 6 eligible widows were receiving 
survivorship annuity payments.

                                


 
                    OTHER LEGISLATIVE BRANCH AGENCIES

                              Federal Funds

General and special funds:

                Prospective Payment Assessment Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary to carry out section 1886(e) of the Social 
Security Act, [$3,263,000] $3,579,000, to be transferred to this 
appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance and the Federal 
Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds. (Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 95-3400-0-1-551      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations.................           3           3           4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......           3           3           4
23.95 New obligations...................          -3          -3          -4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting 
        collections (gross): Offsetting 
        collections (cash)..............           3           3           4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           1
73.10 New obligations...................           3           3           4
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............          -4          -3          -4
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent 
        authority.......................           3           3           4
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances...           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........           4           3           4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Offsets:
      Against gross budget authority and outlays:

88.00   Offsetting collections (cash) 
          from: Federal sources.........          -3          -3          -4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays...........................
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Prospective Payment Assessment Commission was authorized by 
Public Law 98-21, section 1886(e) of the Social Security Act Amendments 
of 1983, to advise and assist the Secretary of the Department of Health 
and Human Services and Congress on maintaining and updating the Medicare 
prospective payment system. The Commission's mandate has been expanded 
to include inpatient and outpatient payments to hospitals and excluded 
facilities, skilled nursing facilities, renal disease services, home 
health services and issues related to Medicaid and the American health 
care system.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 95-3400-0-1-551      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
99.0  Reimbursable obligations: 
        Subtotal, reimbursable 
        obligations.....................           2           2           2
99.5  Below reporting threshold.........           1           1           2
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............           3           3           4
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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                              Personnel Summary

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 95-3400-0-1-551      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2011  Total compensable workyears: 
        Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................          17          27          27
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                   Physician Payment Review Commission

                          salaries and expenses

    For expenses necessary to carry out section 1845(a) of the Social 
Security Act, [$3,263,000] $3,577,646, to be transferred to this 
appropriation from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust 
Fund. (Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 95-1000-0-1-801      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations.................           3           3           4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......           3           3           4
23.95 New obligations...................          -3          -3          -4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
68.00 Spending authority from offsetting 
        collections (gross): Offsetting 
        collections (cash)..............           3           3           4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           2           1
73.10 New obligations...................           3           3           4
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............          -4          -4          -4
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent 
        authority.......................           3           3           4
86.98 Outlays from permanent balances...           1           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........           4           4           4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Offsets:
      Against gross budget authority and outlays:

88.00   Offsetting collections (cash) 
          from: Federal sources.........          -3          -3          -4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................
90.00 Outlays...........................           1           1
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Physician Payment Review Commission was established in 1986 
(P.L. 99-272) as an independent legislative agency to advise Congress on 
the design and refinement of physician payment methods under the 
Medicare program and related policies affecting the broader health care 
system. The Commission, comprised of 26 fulltime staff and 13 appointed 
members, reports to Congress annually on physician payment reform, 
monitoring the effectiveness of the Medicare Fee Schedule, the supply 
and specialty distribution of physicians and financing of graduate 
medical education; access to and quality of health care, medical 
malpractice reform, and other related issues.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 95-1000-0-1-801      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
99.0  Reimbursable obligations: 
        Subtotal, reimbursable 
        obligations.....................           2           2           2
99.5  Below reporting threshold.........           1           1           2
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............           3           3           4
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                              Personnel Summary

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 95-1000-0-1-801      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2011  Total compensable workyears: 
        Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................          18          27          27
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                

                    Gambling Impact Study Commission

                         [salaries and expenses]

    [For necessary expenses of the National Gambling Impact Study 
Commission, $4,000,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That these funds will be available only upon enactment of an 
authorization for this Commission.] (Departments of Commerce, Justice, 
and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1997.)

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 48-2101-0-1-801      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class 
        25.1)...........................                                   1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.90 Unobligated balance available, 
        start of year: Fund balance.....                                   4
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......                       4
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......                       4           4
23.95 New obligations...................                                  -1
24.90 Unobligated balance available, end 
        of year: Fund balance...........                       4           3
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation.....................                       4
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations...................                                   1
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............                                  -1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.93 Outlays from current balances.....                                   1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................                       4
90.00 Outlays...........................                                   1
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The Gambling Impact Study Commission was established by Public Law 
104-169 to conduct a comprehensive legal and factual study of the social 
and economic impacts of gambling in the United States.

                                


 
             OTHER LEGISLATIVE BRANCH BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

            Commission on Security and Cooperation In Europe

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Commission on Security and Cooperation 
in Europe, as authorized by Public Law 94-304, $1,090,000, to remain 
available until expended as authorized by section 3 of Public Law 99-7. 
(Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997.)

                    Commission on Immigration Reform

                          salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Commission on Immigration Reform 
pursuant to section 141(f) of the Immigration Act of 1990, [$2,196,000] 
$500,000, to remain available until expended. (Departments of Commerce, 
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 1997.)

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               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 09-9911-0-1-999      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations.................           4           4           2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.40 Unobligated balance available, 
        start of year: Uninvested 
        balance.........................           2           1
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......           3           3           2
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......           5           4           2
23.95 New obligations...................          -4          -4          -2
24.40 Unobligated balance available, end 
        of year: Uninvested balance.....           1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    New budget authority (gross), detail:
40.00 Appropriation.....................           3           3           2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Change in unpaid obligations:
72.40 Unpaid obligations, start of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           1           1
73.10 New obligations...................           4           4           2
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............          -4          -5          -2
74.40 Unpaid obligations, end of year: 
        Obligated balance: Appropriation           1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.90 Outlays from new current authority           2           3           2
86.93 Outlays from current balances.....           2           2
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
87.00   Total outlays (gross)...........           4           5           2
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................           3           3           2
90.00 Outlays...........................           4           5           2
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    This presentation includes a number of accounts that had previously 
been displayed separately including the following: Oliver Wendell Holmes 
Devise Fund; Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; 
Competitiveness Policy Council; International Conferences and 
Contingencies; Copyright Royalty Tribunal; National Commission on 
Manufactured Housing; Commission on Immigration Reform; National 
Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality; National Commission on Children; 
and Gifts and donations, National Commission on Children.

    Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise Fund.--The Oliver Wendell Holmes Devise 
Fund and the permanent committee for the Oliver Wendell Holmes devise to 
administer it were created by an act of Congress, approved August 5, 
1955 (69 Stat. 533).

    The current program is devoted primarily to the preparation of a 
History of the Supreme Court of the United States, of which the first 
two volumes were published by the Macmillan Co. in 1972. The third, 
fourth and fifth volumes were published in August 1974, September 1981, 
and August 1985, respectively. The sixth and seventh volumes were 
published in 1988. The eighth volume was published in 1993. Additional 
volumes are nearing completion.

    Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe.--The Commission on 
Security and Cooperation in Europe is authorized and directed to monitor 
the acts of the signatories which reflect compliance with or violation 
of the articles of the Final Act of the Conference on Security and 
Cooperation in Europe, with particular regard to the provisions relating 
to Cooperation in Humanitarian Fields. The law establishing the 
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe also mandated it to 
monitor and encourage U.S. Government and private activities designed to 
expand East-West trade and the exchange of people and ideas. The 
Commission will receive semiannual reports from the President on the 
signatories' compliance with the Final Act and on U.S. activities in 
trade and cultural/humanitarian exchange and it will itself make 
advisory reports to the Congress on the progress of implementation.

    The Commission is made up of nine Senators, nine Members of the 
House of Representatives and one Commissioner each from the Departments 
of State, Defense, and Commerce.

    International Conferences and Contingencies.--The International 
Conferences and Contingencies account provides funds to cover the 
expenses of House and Senate participants in international meetings.

    Copyright Royalty Tribunal.--Under Public Law 94-553, the general 
revision of the copyright law, an independent Copyright Royalty Tribunal 
was created in the Legislative Branch. The Tribunal is composed of three 
commissioners appointed by the President with the advice and consent of 
the Senate for staggered terms of 7 years each.

    The Tribunal's statutory responsibilities are: (a) to make 
determinations concerning copyright royalty rates (1) in the area of 
cable television (17 U.S.C. 111), (2) for phonorecords (17 U.S.C. 115), 
(3) for coin-operated phonorecord players (jukeboxes) (17 U.S.C. 116), 
(4) for non-commercial broadcasting (17 U.S.C. 118), and (5) for digital 
audio devices (17 U.S.C. 1004); and (b) to distribute cable television, 
satellite carrier, jukebox, and digital audio devices and media 
royalties deposited with the Register of Copyrights (17 U.S.C. 111, 116, 
119, 1005, and 1007).

    Public Law 103-198 abolished the Copyright Royalty Tribunal and 
created a Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel System administered by the 
Library of Congress Copyright Office.

    National Commission on Manufactured Housing.--The National 
Commission on Manufactured Housing was established by Public Law 101-
625, section 943. The 16-member commission submitted its final report in 
August, 1994 and terminated in September, 1994.

    Commission on Immigration Reform.--The Commission on Immigration 
Reform was established under Section 141 of the Immigration Act of 1990. 
The mandate of the Commission is to review and evaluate the 
implementation and impact of the U.S. immigration policy and to transmit 
to the Congress not later than September 30, 1997, a final report of its 
findings and recommendations for additional changes that should be made 
with respect to immigration into the United States. The commission 
submitted its second interim report in September 1995. The Commission 
expires January 1998.

    National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality.--The National 
Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality terminated its activities in 
1994.

               Object Classification (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 09-9911-0-1-999      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
11.1  Personnel compensation: Full-time 
        permanent.......................           2           2           1
25.1  Advisory and assistance services..           1           1
99.5  Below reporting threshold.........           1           1           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
99.9    Total obligations...............           4           4           2
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                              Personnel Summary

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 09-9911-0-1-999      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1011  Total compensable workyears: 
        Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................          35          33          22
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                

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                               Trust Funds

                  U.S. Capitol Preservation Commission

              Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 09-8300-0-7-801      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............
    Receipts:
02.02 Interest on investments, U.S. 
        Capitol Preservation Commission.           1           1           1
    Appropriation:
05.01 Capitol Preservation Commission 
        trust fund......................          -1          -1          -1
07.99 Total balance, end of year........
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Identification code 09-8300-0-7-801      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.41 Unobligated balance available, 
        start of year: U.S. Securities: 
        Par value.......................          23          24          24
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......           1           1           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......          24          25          25
23.95 New obligations...................
      Unobligated balance available, end of year:

        U.S. Securities:
24.41     Par value.....................          24          24          24
24.42     Unrealized discounts..........          -1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
24.99   Total unobligated balance, end 
          of year.......................          23          24          24
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    New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.27 Appropriation (trust fund, 
        indefinite).....................           1           1           1
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    Change in unpaid obligations:
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............
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    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................           1           1           1
90.00 Outlays...........................
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   John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development

              Unavailable Collections (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 09-8275-0-7-801      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
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    Balance, start of year:
01.99 Balance, start of year............
    Receipts:
02.01 Interest..........................           1           1           1
    Appropriation:
05.01 John C. Stennis Center for Public 
        Service Development trust fund..          -1          -1          -1
07.99 Total balance, end of year........
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               Program and Financing (in millions of dollars)

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Identification code 09-8275-0-7-801      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
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    Obligations by program activity:
10.00 Total obligations (object class 
        99.5)...........................           1           1           1
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    Budgetary resources available for obligation:
21.41 Unobligated balance available, 
        start of year: U.S. Securities: 
        Par value.......................           8           8           8
22.00 New budget authority (gross)......           1           1           1
                                           ---------   ---------  ----------
23.90   Total budgetary resources 
          available for obligation......           9           9           9
23.95 New obligations...................          -1          -1          -1
24.41 Unobligated balance available, end 
        of year: U.S. Securities: Par 
        value...........................           8           8           8
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    New budget authority (gross), detail:
60.27 Appropriation (trust fund, 
        indefinite).....................           1           1           1
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    Change in unpaid obligations:
73.10 New obligations...................           1           1           1
73.20 Total outlays (gross).............          -1          -1          -1
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    Outlays (gross), detail:
86.97 Outlays from new permanent 
        authority.......................           1           1           1
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    Net budget authority and outlays:
89.00 Budget authority..................           1           1           1
90.00 Outlays...........................           1           1           1
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    The principal for this fund was established by the transfer of 
$7,500,000 from the appropriation ``Payment to the John C. Stennis 
Center''.

                              Personnel Summary

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Identification code 09-8275-0-7-801      1996 actual   1997 est.   1998 est.
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1011  Total compensable workyears: 
        Exempt Full-time equivalent 
        employment......................           5           5           5
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                      TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 301. 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 Oversight and for the Senate issued by the 
Committee on Rules and Administration.
    Sec. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain 
available for obligation beyond fiscal year [1997] 1998 unless expressly 
so provided in this Act.
    Sec. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position not 
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 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. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 3109, 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 pursuant to existing law.
    [Sec. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest 
extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds made 
available in this Act should be American-made.
    (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any 
contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act, the 
head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall 
provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made in 
subsection (a) by the Congress.
    (c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency 
that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made in 
America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any 
product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the 
United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any contract 
or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, pursuant 
to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in 
section 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.]
    [Sec. 306. During fiscal year 1997 and fiscal years thereafter, 
amounts appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol (including amounts 
relating to the Botanic Garden) may be transferred among accounts 
available to the Architect of the Capitol upon the approval of--
         (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
    Representatives, in the case of amounts transferred from the 
    appropriation for Capitol buildings and grounds under the heading 
    ``house office buildings'';
         (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in the case 
    of amounts transferred from the appropriation for Capitol buildings 
    and grounds under the heading ``senate office buildings''; and

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         (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
    House of Representatives, in the case of amounts transferred from 
    any other appropriation.]
    [Sec. 307. (a) Upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives, and in accordance with conditions 
determined by the Committee on House Oversight, positions in connection 
with House public address sound system activities and related funding 
shall be transferred from the appropriation for the Architect of the 
Capitol for Capitol buildings and grounds under the heading ``capitol 
buildings'' to the appropriation for salaries and expenses of the House 
of Representatives for the Office of the Clerk under the heading 
``salaries, officers and employees''.
     (b) For purposes of section 8339(m) of title 5, United States Code, 
the days of unused sick leave to the credit of any such employee as of 
the date such employee is transferred under subsection (a) shall be 
included in the total service of such employee in connection with the 
computation of any annuity under subsections (a) through (e) and (o) of 
such section.
     (c) In the case of days of annual leave to the credit of any such 
employee as of the date such employee is transferred under subsection 
(a), the Architect of the Capitol is authorized to make a lump sum 
payment to each such employee for that annual leave. No such payment 
shall be considered a payment or compensation within the meaning of any 
law relating to dual compensation.]
    [Sec. 308. (a) Effective October 1, 1996, the responsibility for 
maintenance of security systems for the Capitol buildings and grounds is 
transferred from the Architect of the Capitol to the Capitol Police 
Board. Such maintenance shall be carried out under the direction of the 
Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. On and after 
October 1, 1996, any alteration to a structural, mechanical, or 
architectural feature of the Capitol buildings and grounds that is 
required for security system maintenance under the preceding sentence 
may be carried out only with the approval of the Architect of the 
Capitol.
    (b)(1) Effective October 1, 1996, all positions specified in 
paragraph (2) and each individual holding any such position (on a 
permanent basis) immediately before that date, as identified by the 
Architect of the Capitol, shall be transferred to the Capitol Police.
    (2) The positions referred to in paragraph (1) are those positions 
which, immediately before October 1, 1996, are--
         (A) under the Architect of the Capitol;
         (B) within the Electronics Engineering Division of the Office 
    of the Architect of the Capitol; and
         (C) related to the maintenance of security systems for the 
    Capitol buildings and grounds.
     (3) All annual leave and sick leave standing to the credit of an 
individual immediately before such individual is transferred under 
paragraph (1) shall be credited to such individual, without adjustment, 
in the new position of the individual.]
    Sec. [309] 305. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated to 
the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of Public Law 
104-1 to pay awards and settlements as authorized under such subsection.
    [Sec. 310. Any amount appropriated in this Act for ``HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--Members' Representational 
Allowances'' shall be available only for fiscal year 1997. Any amount 
remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for such 
fiscal year shall be deposited in the Treasury, to be used for deficit 
reduction.]
    [Sec. 311. (a) Each mass mailing sent by a Member of the House of 
Representatives shall bear in a prominent place on its face, or on the 
envelope or outside cover or wrapper in which the mail matter is sent, 
the following notice: ``THIS MAILING WAS PREPARED, PUBLISHED, AND MAILED 
AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE.'', or a notice to the same effect in words which 
may be prescribed under subsection (c). The notice shall be printed in a 
type size not smaller than 7-point.
    (b)(1) There shall be published in the itemized report of 
disbursements of the House of Representatives as required by law, a 
summary tabulation setting forth, for the office of each Member of the 
House of Representatives, the total number of pieces of mass mail mailed 
during the period involved and the total cost of those mass mailings.
    (2) Each such tabulation shall also include--
         (A) the total cost (as referred to in paragraph (1)) divided by 
    the number (as determined by the Postmaster General) of addresses 
    (other than business possible delivery stops) in the Congressional 
    district from which the Member was elected (as such addresses are 
    described in section 3210(d)(7)(B) of title 39, United States Code); 
    and
         (B) the total number of pieces of mass mail (as referred to in 
    paragraph (1)) divided by the number (as determined by the 
    Postmaster General) of addresses (other than business possible 
    delivery stops) in the Congressional district from which the Member 
    was elected (as such addresses are described in section 
    3210(d)(7)(B) of title 39, United States Code).
     (c) The Committee on House Oversight shall prescribe such rules and 
regulations and shall take such other action as the Committee considers 
necessary and proper for Members to conform to the provisions of this 
subsection and applicable rules and regulations.
     (d) For purposes of this section--
         (1) the term ``Member of the House of Representatives'' means a 
    Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the 
    Congress; and
         (2) the term ``mass mailing'' has the meaning given such term 
    by section 3210(a)(6)(E) of title 39, United States Code.
     (e) This section shall apply with respect to sessions of Congress 
beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.]
    [Sec. 312. (a) Section 203(a)(3) of Public Law 104-1 (2 U.S.C. 
1313(a)(3)) is amended by inserting ``and in subsection (c)(4)'' after 
``(c)(3)''.
     (b) Section 203(c) of Public Law 104-1 (2 U.S.C. 1313(c)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following paragraph:
         ``(4) Law enforcement.--Law enforcement personnel of the 
    Capitol Police who are subject to the exemption under section 7(k) 
    of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207(k)) may elect 
    to receive compensatory time off in lieu of overtime compensation 
    for hours worked in excess of the maximum for their work period.''.]
    Sec. [313] 306. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 is amended in the 
first sentence of subsection (a) by striking [``1996''] ``1997'' and 
inserting [``1997''] ``1998''.
    [Sec. 314. (a) Upon enactment into law of this Act, there shall be 
established a program for providing the widest possible exchange of 
information among legislative branch agencies with the long-range goal 
of improving information technology planning and evaluation. The 
Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate are requested to 
determine the structure and operation of this program and to provide 
appropriate oversight. All of the appropriate offices and agencies of 
the legislative branch as defined below shall participate in this 
program for information exchange, and shall report annually on the 
extent and nature of their participation in their budget submissions to 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
     (b) As used in this section--
         (1) the term ``offices and agencies of the legislative branch'' 
    means, the office of the Clerk of the House, the office of the 
    Secretary of the Senate, the office of the Architect of the Capitol, 
    the General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office, the 
    Library of Congress, the Congressional Research Service, the 
    Congressional Budget Office, the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
    House of Representatives, and the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate; 
    and
         (2) the term ``technology'' refers to any form of computer 
    hardware and software; computer-based systems, services, and support 
    for the creation, processing, exchange, and delivery of information; 
    and telecommunications systems, and the associated hardware and 
    software, that provide for voice, data, or image communication.]
    [Sec. 315. (a) In General.--Section 3303 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
        ``Sec.  3303. Competitive service; recommendations of Senators 
    or Representatives
        ``An individual concerned in examining an applicant for or 
    appointing him in the competitive service may not receive or 
    consider a recommendation of the applicant by a Senator or 
    Representative, except as to the character or residence of the 
    applicant.''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--(1) The table of sections 
for chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by amending 
the item relating to section 3303 to read as follows:
``3303. Competitive service; recommendations of Senators or 
Representatives.''.
     (2) Section 2302(b)(2) of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
         ``(2) solicit or consider any recommendation or statement, oral 
    or written, with respect to any individual who requests or is under

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    consideration for any personnel action unless such recommendation or 
    statement is based on the personal knowledge or records of the 
    person furnishing it and consists of--
             ``(A) an evaluation of the work performance, ability, 
        aptitude, or general qualifications of such individual; or
             ``(B) an evaluation of the character, loyalty, or 
        suitability of such individual;''.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.]
    [Sec. 316. Limitation on Exclusive Copyrights for Literary Works in 
Specialized Format for the Blind and Disabled.--
    (a) In General.--Chapter 1 of title 17, United States Code, is 
amended by adding after section 120 the following new section:
        ``Sec. 121. Limitations on exclusive rights: reproduction for 
    blind or other people with disabilities
         ``(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 710, 
    it is not an infringement of copyright for an authorized entity to 
    reproduce or to distribute copies or phonorecords of a previously 
    published, nondramatic literary work if such copies or phonorecords 
    are reproduced or distributed in specialized formats exclusively for 
    use by blind or other persons with disabilities.
         ``(b)(1) Copies or phonorecords to which this section applies 
    shall--
             ``(A) not be reproduced or distributed in a format other 
        than a specialized format exclusively for use by blind or other 
        persons with disabilities;
             ``(B) bear a notice that any further reproduction or 
        distribution in a format other than a specialized format is an 
        infringement; and
             ``(C) include a copyright notice identifying the copyright 
        owner and the date of the original publication.
         ``(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to 
    standardized, secure, or norm-referenced tests and related testing 
    material, or to computer programs, except the portions thereof that 
    are in conventional human language (including descriptions of 
    pictorial works) and displayed to users in the ordinary course of 
    using the computer programs.
         ``(c) For purposes of this section, the term--
             ``(1) `authorized entity' means a nonprofit organization or 
        a governmental agency that has a primary mission to provide 
        specialized services relating to training, education, or 
        adaptive reading or information access needs of blind or other 
        persons with disabilities;
             ``(2) `blind or other persons with disabilities' means 
        individuals who are eligible or who may qualify in accordance 
        with the Act entitled ``An Act to provide books for the adult 
        blind'', approved March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a; 46 Stat. 1487) 
        to receive books and other publications produced in specialized 
        formats; and
             ``(3) `specialized formats' means braille, audio, or 
        digital text which is exclusively for use by blind or other 
        persons with disabilities.''.
     (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for 
chapter 1 of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding after 
the item relating to section 120 the following:
        ``121. Limitations on exclusive rights: reproduction for blind 
    or other people with disabilities.''.]
    [Sec. 317. For payment to Jo Ann Emerson, widow of Bill Emerson, 
late a Representative from the State of Missouri, $133,600.] 
(Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997.)

              [congressional award act amendments of 1996]

    [Sec. 5401. (a) Extension of Requirements Regarding Financial 
Operations of Congressional Award Program; Noncompliance With 
Requirements.--Section 5(c)(2)(A) of the Congressional Award Act (2 
U.S.C. 804(c)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``and 1994'' and inserting 
``1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998''.
    (b) Termination.--Section 9 of the Congressional Award Act (2 U.S.C. 
808) is amended by striking ``October 1, 1995'' and inserting ``October 
1, 1999''.
    (c) Savings Provisions.--During the period of October 1, 1995, 
through the date of the enactment of this section, all actions and 
functions of the Congressional Award Board under the Congressional Award 
Act shall have the same effect as though no lapse or termination of the 
Congressional Award Board ever occurred.]

     [bill emerson hall in the house of representatives page school]

    [Sec. 5402. The Founders Hall instructional area in the House of 
Representatives Page School, located in the Thomas Jefferson Building of 
the Library of Congress, shall be known and designated as ``Bill Emerson 
Hall''.] (Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997.)