[JPRT, 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                 [House Appropriations Committee Print]

                    Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009

                     (H.R. 1105; Public Law 111-8)


 
        DIVISION G--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009

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                          CONTENTS, DIVISION G

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Legislative Text:
    Title I--Legislative Branch Appropriations...................  1739
    Title II--General Provisions.................................  1757
Explanatory Statement:
    Title I--Legislative Branch Appropriations...................  1761
    Title II--General Provisions.................................  1772
    [Clerk's note: Five sections which precede division G in 
the Omnibus Appropriations Act apply to all divisions of the 
Act, including this one. The text of these sections is as 
follows:

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Omnibus Appropriations Act, 
2009''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    [Text omitted for purposes of this note]

SEC. 3. REFERENCES.

    Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to 
``this Act'' contained in any division of this Act shall be 
treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.

SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT.

    The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed in 
the House of Representatives section of the Congressional 
Record on or about February 23, 2009 by the Chairman of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House, shall have the same 
effect with respect to the allocation of funds and 
implementation of this Act as if it were a joint explanatory 
statement of a committee of conference.

SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2009.
    Reproduced below is the text of division G of the Omnibus 
Appropriations Act, 2009 (H.R. 1105; P.L. 111-8) as presented 
to the President for signature.]
        DIVISION G--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009

                                TITLE I

                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                                 SENATE

                           Expense Allowances

    For expense allowances of the Vice President, $20,000; the 
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $40,000; Majority Leader 
of the Senate, $40,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $40,000; 
Majority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Whip of the 
Senate, $10,000; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority 
Conference Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen 
of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $5,000 for each 
Chairman; in all, $180,000.

    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, 
$171,699,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 
without regard to the following limitations:

                      OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

    For the Office of the Vice President, $2,413,000.

                  OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

    For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $720,000.

              OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS

    For the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emeritus, 
$100,000.

              OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 
$4,998,000.

               OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $3,096,000.

                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

    For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$15,200,000.

                         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, $1,655,000 for each such 
committee; in all, $3,310,000.

 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, $814,000.

                           POLICY COMMITTEES

    For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
Minority Policy Committee, $1,690,000 for each such committee; 
in all, $3,380,000.

                         OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

    For Office of the Chaplain, $397,000.

                        OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

    For Office of the Secretary, $24,020,000.

             OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

    For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 
$66,800,000.

        OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY

    For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 
Secretary for the Minority, $1,758,000.

               AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

    For agency contributions for employee benefits, as 
authorized by law, and related expenses, $44,693,000.

            Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative 
Counsel of the Senate, $6,743,000.

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 
Counsel, $1,484,000.

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, 
$7,500; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $7,500; 
Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $7,500; Secretary for 
the Minority of the Senate, $7,500; in all, $30,000.

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate

                      INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

    For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the 
Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule XXVI of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of the Supplemental 
Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 (Public Law 96-304), 
and Senate Resolution 281, 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 
1980, $137,400,000.

EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS 
                                CONTROL

    For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 
International Narcotics Control, $520,000.

                        SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

    For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$2,000,000.

             SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

    For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, $153,601,000, which shall remain 
available until September 30, 2013.

                          MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

    For miscellaneous items, $21,043,000, of which up to 
$500,000 shall be made available for a pilot program for 
mailings of postal patron postcards by Senators for the purpose 
of providing notice of a town meeting by a Senator in a county 
(or equivalent unit of local government) at which the Senator 
will personally attend: Provided, That any amount allocated to 
a Senator for such mailing shall not exceed 50 percent of the 
cost of the mailing and the remaining cost shall be paid by the 
Senator from other funds available to the Senator.

        SENATORS' OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT

    For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense 
Account, $400,000,000.

                          OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

    For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 
Senate, $300,000.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 1. Gross Rate of Compensation in Offices of Senators.  
 Effective on and after October 1, 2008, each of the dollar 
amounts contained in the table under section 105(d)(1)(A) of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61-
1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to be the dollar amounts in that 
table, as adjusted by law and in effect on September 30, 2008, 
increased by an additional $50,000 each.
    Sec. 2. Consultants. (a) In General.--
            (1) The first sentence of section 101(a) of the 
        Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h-
        6(a)) is amended by striking ``eight individual 
        consultants'' and inserting ``nine individual 
        consultants''.
            (2) The second sentence of section 101(a) of the 
        Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h-
        6(a)) is amended by striking ``two individual 
        consultants'' and inserting ``three individual 
        consultants''.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the 
date of enactment of this Act and shall apply to fiscal year 
2009 and each fiscal year thereafter.

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
$1,301,267,000, as follows:

                        HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

    For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$25,113,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $4,879,000, 
including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office 
of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,436,000, including $10,000 for 
official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the 
Minority Floor Leader, $4,390,000, including $10,000 for 
official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 
$2,115,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief 
Deputy Minority Whip, $1,630,000, including $5,000 for official 
expenses of the Minority Whip; Speaker's Office for Legislative 
Floor Activities, $501,000; Republican Steering Committee, 
$950,000; Republican Conference, $1,777,000; Republican Policy 
Committee, $337,000; Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, 
$1,315,000; Democratic Caucus, $1,749,000; nine minority 
employees, $1,502,000; training and program development--
majority, $290,000; training and program development--minority, 
$290,000; Cloakroom Personnel--majority, $476,000; and 
Cloakroom Personnel--minority, $476,000.

  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, 
$609,000,000.

                          Committee Employees

                Standing Committees, Special and Select

    For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special 
and select, authorized by House resolutions, $154,000,000: 
Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such 
salaries and expenses until December 31, 2010, except that 
$9,500,000 of such amount shall remain available until expended 
for committee room upgrading.

                      Committee on Appropriations

    For salaries and expenses of the Committee on 
Appropriations, $31,300,000, 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: Provided, 
That such amount shall remain available for such salaries and 
expenses until December 31, 2010.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $187,954,000, including: for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than 
$23,000, of which not more than $20,000 is for the Family Room, 
for official representation and reception expenses, 
$27,457,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available until 
December 31, 2010 and $2,060,000 shall remain available until 
expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Sergeant at Arms, including the position of Superintendent of 
Garages, and including not more than $3,000 for official 
representation and reception expenses, $8,355,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, 
including not more than $3,000 for official representation and 
reception expenses, $125,838,000, of which $7,057,000 shall 
remain available until expended; for salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Inspector General, $4,945,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness 
and Operations, $3,974,000, to remain available until expended; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, 
$1,357,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, $173,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, 
including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 for preparing the Digest 
of Rules, and not more than $1,000 for official representation 
and reception expenses, $2,007,000; for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, 
$3,057,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Legislative Counsel of the House, $8,337,000; for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $777,000; 
for other authorized employees, $1,158,000; and for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Historian, including the 
costs of the House Fellows Program (including lodging and 
related expenses for visiting Program participants), $519,000.

                        Allowances and Expenses

    For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $293,900,000, including: supplies, 
materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$11,656,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain available until 
expended; official mail for committees, leadership offices, and 
administrative offices of the House, $201,000; Government 
contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and 
other applicable employee benefits, $260,703,000; supplies, 
materials, and other costs relating to the House portion of 
expenses for the Capitol Visitor Center, $1,900,000, to remain 
available until expended; Business Continuity and Disaster 
Recovery, $18,698,000, of which $6,260,000 shall remain 
available until expended; 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, $742,000.

                           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 (2 U.S.C. 2062), subject to the level 
specified in the budget of the Center, as submitted to the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 101. (a) Requiring Amounts Remaining in Members' 
Representational Allowances To Be Used for Deficit Reduction or 
To Reduce the Federal Debt.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
``HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--Members' 
Representational Allowances'' shall be available only for 
fiscal year 2009. Any amount remaining after all payments are 
made under such allowances for fiscal year 2009 shall be 
deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, 
if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments 
have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner 
as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
    (b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of 
the House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe 
regulations to carry out this section.
    (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``Member 
of the House of Representatives'' means a Representative in, or 
a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
    Sec. 102. (a) The Chief Administrative Officer of the House 
of Representatives shall deposit all amounts received as 
promotional rebates and incentives on credit card purchases, 
balances, and payments into the House Services Revolving Fund 
under section 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2005.
    (b) Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 117m(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) The collection of promotional rebates and 
        incentives on credit card purchases, balances, and 
        payments.''.
    (c) The amendments made by this section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 103. (a) Section 101 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the 
House of Representatives under the heading `Allowances and 
Expenses' may be transferred to the Architect of the Capitol 
and made available under the heading `House Office Buildings', 
subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives.''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 104. (a) Effective with respect to fiscal year 2008 
and each succeeding fiscal year, the aggregate amount otherwise 
authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-
sum allowance for each of the following offices is increased as 
follows:
            (1) The allowance for the office of the Majority 
        Floor Leader is increased by $200,000.
            (2) The allowance for the office of the Minority 
        Floor Leader is increased by $200,000.
    (b) Effective with respect to fiscal year 2009 and each 
succeeding fiscal year, the aggregate amount otherwise 
authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-
sum allowance for each of the following offices is increased as 
follows:
            (1) The allowance for the office of the Majority 
        Whip is increased by $72,000.
            (2) The allowance for the office of the Minority 
        Whip is increased by $72,000.
    Sec. 105. (a) Section 101 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b) is amended by striking 
``transferred among'' each place it appears in subsections (a), 
(b), and (c)(1) and inserting ``transferred among and merged 
with''.
    (b) Section 101(c)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 95b(c)) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(2) The headings referred to in paragraph (1) are `House 
Leadership Offices', `Members' Representational Allowances', 
`Committee Employees', `Salaries, Officers and Employees', and 
`Allowances and Expenses'.''.
    (c) The amendments made by this section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 106. Permitting House Child Care Center To Offer 
Services for School-Age Children.--Section 312(a)(1) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 
2062(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``pre-school child care'' 
and inserting the following: ``pre-school child care and 
(subject to the approval of regulations by the Committee on 
House Administration) child care for school age children other 
than during the course of the ordinary school day''.

                              JOINT ITEMS

    For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$4,626,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $10,719,000, to be disbursed by the Chief 
Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
    For other joint items, as follows:

                   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 $2,175 per month to 
the Attending Physician; (2) an allowance of $1,300 per month 
to one Senior Medical Officer; (3) an allowance of $725 per 
month each to three medical officers while on duty in the 
Office of the Attending Physician; (4) an allowance of $725 per 
month to two assistants and $580 per month each not to exceed 
11 assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such 
assistants; and (5) $2,223,000 for reimbursement to the 
Department of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 
equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physician, 
which shall be advanced and credited to the applicable 
appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries, 
allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be 
available for all the purposes thereof, $3,105,000, to be 
disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
Representatives.

             Office of Congressional Accessibility Services

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional 
Accessibility Services, $800,000, to be disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate.

           CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service, 
$9,940,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and 
Special Services Office.

                      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 session of 
the 110th 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.

                             CAPITOL POLICE

                                Salaries

    For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including 
overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Government 
contributions for health, retirement, social security, 
professional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 
benefits, $248,000,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the 
Capitol Police or his designee.

                            General Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 
motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, security 
equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, 
materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 
stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 
employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 
communication services, travel advances, relocation of 
instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be 
expended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol 
Police in connection with official representation and reception 
expenses, $57,750,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the 
Capitol Police or his designee: 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 2009 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security from funds available to the Department of Homeland 
Security.

                        Administrative Provision

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Sec. 1001. Transfer Authority.--Amounts appropriated for 
fiscal year 2009 for the Capitol Police may be transferred 
between the headings ``salaries'' and ``general expenses'' upon 
the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate.

                          OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

                         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), $4,072,000, of which $800,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That 
the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance may, within 
the limits of available appropriations, dispose of surplus or 
obsolete personal property by interagency transfer, donation, 
or discarding: Provided further, That not more than $500 may be 
expended on the certification of the Executive Director of the 
Office of Compliance in connection with official representation 
and reception expenses.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of the 
Congressional Budget Office, including not more than $6,000 to 
be expended on the certification of the Director of the 
Congressional Budget Office in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses, $44,082,000.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         General Administration

    For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 
personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys 
and studies in connection with activities under the care of the 
Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the 
general and administrative support of the operations under the 
Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic Garden; 
electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and House office 
buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the 
Architect of the Capitol; including furnishings and office 
equipment; including not more than $5,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, to be expended as the 
Architect of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or exchange, 
maintenance, and operation of a passenger motor vehicle, 
$90,659,000, of which $1,505,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2013.

                            Capitol Building

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the Capitol, $35,840,000, of which $10,681,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2013.

                            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, $9,649,000, of which 
$340,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2013.

                        Senate Office Buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 
furnishings to be expended under the control and supervision of 
the Architect of the Capitol, $69,359,000, of which $9,743,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2013.

                         House Office Buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the House office buildings, $65,814,000, of which 
$19,603,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2013.

                          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, the Union 
Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary 
Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which 
shall be advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect 
of the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into 
the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, $149,042,000, 
of which $63,570,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2013: Provided, That not more than $8,000,000 of the funds 
credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 
provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 
2009.

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

    For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
buildings and grounds, $39,094,000, of which $13,640,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2013.

             Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and Security

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of buildings, grounds and security enhancements of 
the United States Capitol Police, wherever located, the 
Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security operations, 
$18,996,000, of which $3,497,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2013.

                             Botanic Garden

    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, $10,906,000, of which $2,055,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2013: Provided, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, the Architect may 
obligate and expend such sums as may be necessary for the 
maintenance, care and operation of the National Garden 
established under section 307E of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers 
approved by the Architect or a duly authorized designee.

                         Capitol Visitor Center

    For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Center 
project, $31,124,000, to remain available until expended, and 
in addition, $9,103,000 for Capitol Visitor Center operations 
costs: Provided, That the Architect of the Capitol may not 
obligate any of the funds which are made available for the 
Capitol Visitor Center project without an obligation plan 
approved by the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
House of Representatives.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 1101. (a) Collection and Sale of Recyclable 
Materials.--
            (1) Establishment of program.--The Architect of the 
        Capitol shall establish a program for the collection 
        and sale of recyclable materials collected from or on 
        the Capitol buildings and grounds, in accordance with 
        the procedures applicable under subchapter III of 
        chapter 5 of subtitle I of title 40, United States Code 
        to the sale of surplus property by an executive agency.
            (2) Exclusion of materials subject to other 
        programs.--The program established under this section 
        shall not apply with respect to any materials which are 
        subject to collection and sale under--
                    (A) the third undesignated paragraph under 
                the center heading ``MISCELLANEOUS'' in the 
                first section of the Act entitled ``An Act 
                making appropriations for sundry civil expenses 
                of the government for the fiscal year ending 
                June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-
                three, and for other purposes'', approved 
                August 7, 1882 (2 U.S.C. 117);
                    (B) section 104(a) of the Legislative 
                Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 (as enacted by 
                reference in identical form by section 101(j) 
                of Public Law 99-500 and Public Law 99-591) (2 
                U.S.C. 117e);
                    (C) the Senate waste recycling program 
                referred to in section 4 of the Legislative 
                Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 
                121f); or
                    (D) any other authorized program for the 
                collection and sale of recyclable materials.
    (b) Revolving Fund.--
            (1) In general.--There is established in the 
        Treasury a revolving fund for the Office of the 
        Architect of the Capitol, which shall consist of--
                    (A) proceeds from the sale of recyclable 
                materials under the program established under 
                this section; and
                    (B) such amounts as may be appropriated 
                under law.
            (2) Use of fund.--Amounts in the revolving fund 
        established under paragraph (1) shall be available 
        without fiscal year limitation to the Architect of the 
        Capitol, subject to the Architect providing prior 
        notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
        of Representatives and Senate--
                    (A) to carry out the program established 
                under this section;
                    (B) to carry out authorized programs and 
                activities of the Architect to improve the 
                environment; and
                    (C) to carry out authorized programs and 
                activities of the Architect to promote energy 
                savings.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect 
to each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013.
    Sec. 1102. (a) Permitting Leasing of Space.--Subject to the 
availability of funds, the Architect of the Capitol may acquire 
real property by lease for the use of the Library of Congress 
in any State or the District of Columbia if--
            (1) the Architect of the Capitol and the Librarian 
        of Congress submit a joint request for the Architect to 
        lease the property to the Joint Committee on the 
        Library and to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
        House of Representatives and Senate; and
            (2) the Joint Committee on the Library and the 
        Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and Senate each approve the request.
    (b) Transfer of Funds.--Subject to the approval of the 
Joint Committee on the Library and the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
the Architect of the Capitol and the Librarian of Congress may 
transfer between themselves appropriations or other available 
funds to pay the costs incurred in acquiring real property 
pursuant to the authority of this section and the costs of 
necessary expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition 
of the property.
    (c) Limit on Obligations.--No obligation entered into 
pursuant to the authority of this section shall be in advance 
of, or in excess of, available appropriations.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect 
to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 
otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance 
of the Library's catalogs; custody and custodial care of the 
Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and 
repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the 
custody of the Library; operation and maintenance of the 
American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation and 
distribution of catalog records and other publications of the 
Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; and 
expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not 
properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the 
Board, $419,030,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall be 
derived from collections credited to this appropriation during 
fiscal year 2009, and shall remain available until expended, 
under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 
U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from 
collections during fiscal year 2009 and shall remain available 
until expended for the development and maintenance of an 
international legal information database and activities related 
thereto: 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 
$6,350,000: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $17,959,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2011 for the partial acquisition of books, 
periodicals, 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, 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: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated, $7,170,000 
shall remain available until expended for the digital 
collections and educational curricula program: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated, $1,495,000 
shall remain available until expended, and shall be transferred 
to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for carrying out 
the purposes of Public Law 106-173, of which $10,000 may be 
used for official representation and reception expenses of the 
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Provided further, That 
of the total amount appropriated, $560,000 shall be transferred 
to the Federal Library and Information Center's FEDLINK 
Program: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $190,000 shall be used to provide a grant to the 
New York Historical Society for the digitization of its 
collection: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $95,000 shall be used to provide a grant to the 
University of Florida for development of a library of original 
case studies.

                            Copyright Office

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$51,592,000, of which not more than $28,751,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be derived from collections 
credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2009 under 
section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Provided, That 
the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any funds 
derived from collections under such section, in excess of the 
amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in 
appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not more than 
$4,564,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 
2009 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 803(e), 1005, and 
1316 of such title: Provided further, That the total amount 
available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by 
which collections are less than $33,315,000: 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 $4,250 may be expended, on the certification 
of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses for activities of the 
International Copyright Institute and for copyright 
delegations, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United 
States Code, any amounts made available under this heading 
which are attributable to royalty fees and payments received by 
the Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 119, and chapter 
10 of such title may be used for the costs incurred in the 
administration of the Copyright Royalty Judges program, with 
the exception of the costs of salaries and benefits for the 
Copyright Royalty Judges and staff under section 802(e).

                     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, $107,323,000: 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 
Administration of the House of Representatives or the Committee 
on Rules and Administration of the Senate.

             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), $68,816,000, 
of which $30,155,000 shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, $650,000 shall 
be available to contract to provide newspapers to blind and 
physically handicapped residents at no cost to the individual.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 1201. Incentive Awards Program.--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. 1202. Reimbursable and Revolving Fund Activities. (a) 
In General.--For fiscal year 2009, the obligational authority 
of the Library of Congress for the activities described in 
subsection (b) may not exceed $134,212,000.
    (b) Activities.--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.
    (c) Transfer of Funds.--During fiscal year 2009, the 
Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 
appropriated in this Act, under the heading ``Library of 
Congress'', under the subheading ``Salaries and expenses'', to 
the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal 
Research Program established under section 103 of the Library 
of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public 
Law 106-481; 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount of 
such transfers may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, 
That the appropriate revolving fund account shall reimburse the 
Library for any amounts transferred to it before the period of 
availability of the Library appropriation expires.
    Sec. 1203. Transfer Authority. (a) In General.--Amounts 
appropriated for fiscal year 2009 for the Library of Congress 
may be transferred during fiscal year 2009 between any of the 
headings under the heading ``Library of Congress'' upon the 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives.
    (b) Limitation.--Not more than 10 percent of the total 
amount of funds appropriated to the account under any heading 
under the heading ``Library of Congress'' for fiscal year 2009 
may be transferred from that account by all transfers made 
under subsection (a).
    Sec. 1204. Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. Section 
5(d) of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission Act (36 
U.S.C. note prec. 101; Public Law 106-173) is amended by 
striking ``that member may continue to serve on the Commission 
for not longer than the 30-day period beginning on the date 
that member ceases to be a Member of Congress'' and inserting 
``that member may continue to serve on the Commission for the 
life of the Commission''.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                   Congressional Printing and Binding

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and 
the distribution of Congressional information in any format; 
printing and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses 
necessary for preparing the semimonthly and session index to 
the Congressional Record, as authorized by law (section 902 of 
title 44, United States Code); printing and binding of 
Government publications authorized by law to be distributed to 
Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and distribution of 
Government publications authorized by law to be distributed 
without charge to the recipient, $96,828,000: 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 section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
for the payment of obligations incurred under the 
appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation 
under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of the 
funds appropriated or made available under this Act or any 
other Act for printing and binding and related services 
provided to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States 
Code, may be expended to print a document, report, or 
publication after the 27-month period beginning on the date 
that such document, report, or publication is authorized by 
Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such 
printing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United 
States Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or 
unexpended balances in this account or accounts for similar 
purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the 
Government Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the 
purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and Senate.

                 Office of Superintendent of Documents

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    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, $38,744,000: Provided, That amounts of not more than 
$2,000,000 from current year appropriations are authorized for 
producing and disseminating Congressional serial sets and other 
related publications for fiscal years 2007 and 2008 to 
depository and other designated libraries: Provided further, 
That any unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or 
accounts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be 
transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving fund 
for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate.

               Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

    For payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving 
Fund, $4,995,000 for information technology development and 
facilities repair: Provided, That the Government Printing 
Office is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within 
the limits of funds available and in accordance with law, and 
to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, 
United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the 
programs and purposes set forth in the budget for the current 
fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving fund: 
Provided further, That not more than $5,000 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 12 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 
activities financed through the revolving fund may provide 
information in any format: Provided further, That the revolving 
fund and the funds provided under the headings ``Office of 
Superintendent of Documents'' and ``Salaries and Expenses'' may 
not be used for contracted security services at GPO's passport 
facility in the District of Columbia.

                    GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For necessary expenses of the Government Accountability 
Office, including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the 
certification of the Comptroller General of the United States 
in connection with official representation and reception 
expenses; temporary or intermittent services under section 
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual 
rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under 
section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor 
vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance 
with section 3324 of title 31, United States Code; benefits 
comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and 
(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller 
General of the United States, rental of living quarters in 
foreign countries, $531,000,000: Provided, That not more than 
$5,375,000 of payments received under section 782 of title 31, 
United States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 
2009: Provided further, That not more than $2,260,000 of 
reimbursements received under section 9105 of title 31, United 
States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 2009: 
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 either Forum's costs as 
determined by the respective Forum, including necessary travel 
expenses of non-Federal participants: Provided further, That 
payments hereunder to the Forum may be credited as 
reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs involved 
are initially financed.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 1301. Repeal and Modification of Certain Reporting 
Requirements. (a) Spectrum Relocation Fund Transfers.--Section 
118(e)(1)(B) of the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration Organization Act (47 U.S.C. 928(e)(1)(B)) is 
amended--
            (1) in clause (ii) by adding ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in clause (iii) by striking ``; and'' and 
        inserting a period; and
            (3) by striking clause (iv).
    (b) Use of Funds in Projects Constructed Under Projected 
Cost.--Section 211(d) of the Public Works and Economic 
Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3151(d)) is amended by 
striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:
    ``(d) Review by Comptroller General.--The Comptroller 
General of the United States shall regularly review the 
implementation of this section.''.
    (c) GAO Study and Report on Impact of Safe Harbor on 
Medigap Policies.--Section 5201(b)(2) of title V of division J 
of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277; 42 U.S.C. 1320a-
7a note) is repealed.
    (d) GAO Report on Date Rape Drug Campaign.--Section 7(b)(3) 
of the Hillary J. Farias and Samantha Reid Date-Rape Drug 
Prohibition Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-172; 21 U.S.C. 801 
note) is repealed.
    (e) Inspector General Audit and GAO Report on Enrollees 
Eligible for Medicaid.--Section 2108(d) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1397hh(d)) is amended--
            (1) in the heading by striking ``and GAO Report''; 
        and
            (2) by striking paragraph (3).
    (f) GAO Report on MA Regional Plan Stabilization Fund.--
Section 1858(e)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-
27a(e)(7)) is repealed.
    (g) Breast Implants; Study by Comptroller General.--Section 
214 of the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 
2002 (Public Law 107-250; 42 U.S.C. 289g-3 note) is repealed.
    (h) Disposition of Rights.--Section 202(b) of title 35, 
United States Code is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (3); and
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph 
        (3).

                OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND

    For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust 
Fund for financing activities of the Open World Leadership 
Center under section 313 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), $13,900,000.

   JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

    For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public 
Service Development Trust Fund established under section 116 of 
the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and 
Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000.

                                TITLE II

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 201. Maintenance and Care of Private Vehicles. No part 
of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the 
maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for emergency 
assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations 
relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives 
issued by the Committee on House Administration and for the 
Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
    Sec. 202. Fiscal Year Limitation. No part of the funds 
appropriated in this Act shall remain available for obligation 
beyond fiscal year 2009 unless expressly so provided in this 
Act.
    Sec. 203. Rates of Compensation and Designation. Whenever 
in this Act any office or position not specifically established 
by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is 
appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designation of 
any office or position appropriated for is different from that 
specifically established by such Act, the rate of compensation 
and the designation in this Act shall be the permanent law with 
respect thereto: 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. 204. Consulting Services. The expenditure of any 
appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through 
procurement contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for 
public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued under 
existing law.
    Sec. 205. Awards and Settlements. Such sums as may be 
necessary are appropriated to the account described in 
subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congressional 
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay awards and 
settlements as authorized under such subsection.
    Sec. 206. Costs of LBFMC. Amounts available for 
administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity which 
participates in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers 
Council (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 
be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs as 
determined by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to 
be shared among all participating legislative branch entities 
(in such allocations among the entities as the entities may 
determine) may not exceed $2,000.
    Sec. 207. Landscape Maintenance. The Architect of the 
Capitol, in consultation with the District of Columbia, is 
authorized to maintain and improve the landscape features, 
excluding streets in the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded 
by Washington Avenue SW on the northeast, Second Street SW on 
the west, Square 582 on the south, and the beginning of the I-
395 tunnel on the southeast.
    Sec. 208. Limitation on Transfers. None of the funds made 
available in this Act may be transferred to any department, 
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, 
except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority 
provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
    Sec. 209. Guided Tours of the Capitol. (a) Except as 
provided in subsection (b), none of the funds made available to 
the Architect of the Capitol in this Act may be used to 
eliminate guided tours of the United States Capitol which are 
led by employees and interns of offices of Members of Congress 
and other offices of the House of Representatives and Senate.
    (b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or at the 
direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the approval of 
the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the United States 
Capitol which are led by employees and interns described in 
subsection (a) may be suspended temporarily or otherwise 
subject to restriction for security or related reasons to the 
same extent as guided tours of the United States Capitol which 
are led by the Architect of the Capitol.
    Sec. 210. Limitation on Certain Inspectors General 
Authority To Use Firearms. None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used by the Inspector General of the Architect 
of the Capitol or the Inspector General of the Library of 
Congress to purchase, maintain, or carry any firearm.
    This division may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2009''.
        DIVISION G--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009

                                TITLE I

    Diversity in Hiring and Advancement.--While many 
Legislative Branch agencies have achieved reasonable diversity 
at the lower wage tiers, diversity levels are sharply lower 
among managers and executives. More can be done to maximize 
diversity in the workplace, especially in the executive ranks. 
All Legislative Branch agencies who have not done so are 
directed to adopt by May 31, 2009 a formal written policy, in 
accordance with all applicable Federal laws, to develop and 
institute an affirmative action plan with specific goals and 
objectives to further the ability of women, minorities, and 
individuals with disabilities to achieve balanced 
representation within the Legislative Branch workforce and 
management.

                                 SENATE

    The bill includes $895,030,000 for Senate operations. This 
amount is $63,334,000 above the current level and is 
$45,867,000 below the budget request.

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

    The bill includes $1,301,267,000 for House operations. This 
amount is $118,432,000 above the current level and is 
$32,594,000 below the budget request.
    Electronic Access to Hearing Documents.--To reduce costs 
and reduce the carbon footprint of the operations of the House 
of Representatives and expand public access to congressional 
information, committees of the House are encouraged to post 
their hearings online on the Government Printing Office web 
site, GPO Access. Online posting of hearings can help reduce 
the need for printing and storage of paper copies of hearing 
records and facilitate accessibility for congressional staff 
and the general public.
    Expanded Hours for the House Fitness Center.--The physical 
and mental health of House staff is important. The Chief 
Administrative Officer of the House is asked to review the 
``extended hours'' pilot program and if appropriate explore the 
possibilities of further extending the hours of operation of 
the fitness facility.
    Expanded Hours for the Child Care Center.--Expanded hours 
of operation at the House Child Care Center need to be 
considered to accommodate employees who must work late hours. 
The Chief Administrative Officer of the House is asked to study 
the feasibility and costs associated with extending the hours 
of operation beyond the standard work day. This study should be 
completed and provided to the House Committee on Appropriations 
no later than June 30, 2009.
    Child Care Center Playground.--The current playground at 
the House Child Care Center frequently overheats in the summer, 
uses space inefficiently, and lacks many child development 
tools that would benefit children at the Center. The Architect 
of the Capitol (AOC) and the Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer (CAO) of the House should make the project a priority 
and develop a plan to ensure that the playground is ready by 
summer 2009. Accordingly, AOC and the CAO are asked to submit a 
report to the House Committee on Appropriations on the status 
of the playground within 30 days of enactment of this Act. The 
report should include a detailed work plan with specific dates 
of when the planning, design, and construction of the 
playground will be complete as well as the actions being taken 
to ensure that the playground is open by summer 2009.
    Congressional Technology Coordination.--The House of 
Representatives needs a strategic and coordinated plan that 
will prepare for the future technology needs of the 
institution. A 2006 report commissioned by the Chief 
Administrative Officer and the Committee on House 
Administration, entitled Strategic Technology Road Map for the 
Ten Year Vision of Technology in the House of Representatives, 
provided a suggested structure for Information Technology 
evaluation and decision making. The Chief Administrative 
Officer, the Clerk, and the Sergeant at Arms are asked to 
prepare a report by June 30, 2009 on their efforts or plans to 
develop House-wide data-sharing standards; implement standard 
legislative document formats; address the increasing resource 
challenges of Member offices; and identify disparate systems 
throughout the institution that prevent it from taking 
advantage of economies of scale.

                              JOINT ITEMS

                        Joint Economic Committee

    The bill provides $4,626,000 for the Joint Economic 
Committee. This amount is $228,000 above the current level and 
is the same as the budget request.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

    The bill provides $10,719,000 for the Joint Committee on 
Taxation. This amount is $1,522,000 above the current level and 
is $420,000 below the budget request.

                   OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

    The bill provides $3,105,000 for the Office of the 
Attending Physician. This amount is $314,000 above the current 
level and is $7,000 above the budget request. The amount above 
the budget request provides an allowance for a Senior Medical 
Officer.

             OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

    The bill provides $800,000 for the Office of Congressional 
Accessibility Services. This is a successor office to the 
Special Services Office following enactment of the Capitol 
Visitor Center Act of 2008.

           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

    The bill provides $9,940,000 for the Capitol Guide Service. 
This amount is available for the Architect of the Capitol to 
use as part of the Capitol Visitor Center appropriation due to 
the transfer of the Capitol Guide Service to the Architect of 
the Capitol following enactment of the Capitol Visitor Center 
Act of 2008.

                      Statements of Appropriations

    The bill provides $30,000 for Statements of Appropriations. 
This amount is the same as the current level and is also the 
same as the budget request.

                             CAPITOL POLICE

                                Salaries

    The bill provides $248,000,000 for salaries and benefits of 
the Capitol Police. This amount is $15,782,000 above the 
current level and is $21,223,000 below the budget request. The 
Capitol Police are expected to proceed with filling vacancies 
on the basis of management-determined priorities, and to 
provide the Committees on Appropriations notification of such 
determinations on a regular basis.
    This level of funding will support the current staffing 
level of 1702 sworn and 414 civilian FTEs. In addition, 
increases in FTEs have been provided which are associated with 
the Library of Congress Police Merger for fiscal year 2009: 73 
sworn, 24 sworn attrition, and 4 civilian support staff. An 
additional 10 sworn FTE have been funded related to maintaining 
the operations in the Cannon and Russell tunnels with the 
opening of the Capitol Visitor Center. The total authorized 
FTEs for fiscal year 2009 are 1799 sworn and 418 civilian.
    It is noted that there is confusion and inconsistency 
concerning whether Capitol Police staffing authorization and 
utilization are reported as positions or FTEs. It is expected 
that budget submissions and agency reports use FTEs consistent 
with the OMB definition.

                            General Expenses

    The bill provides $57,750,000 for general expenses of the 
Capitol Police. This amount is $8,972,000 above the current 
level and is $6,681,000 below the budget request. It includes 
$2,750,000 for the Capitol Police to begin migrating accounting 
services to the Library of Congress as part of an effort to 
move towards financial management cross-servicing for as many 
Legislative Branch agencies as practicable in order to achieve 
cost savings through the elimination of duplicative systems.
    Vehicle Fleet.--There is concern about the size of the 
Capitol Police's overall vehicle fleet. The Capitol Police 
shall submit a vehicle analysis by April 30, 2009 justifying 
the overall size of its fleet, including motorcycles, and 
showing a detailed five year plan to manage the fleet. This 
plan should include an analysis of Home-To-Work vehicles, 
including justifications for this use, and an update on the 
Department's effort to utilize more energy efficient vehicles. 
The Department shall refrain from purchasing, leasing or 
acquiring vehicles without notifying the Committees on 
Appropriations until the Committees have reviewed the detailed 
five year plan.

                        Administrative Provision

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Section 1001 authorizes transfers between the Salaries and 
General Expenses accounts upon the approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations.

                          OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    The bill provides $4,072,000 for salaries and expenses of 
the Office of Compliance. This amount is $730,000 above the 
current level and is $236,000 below the budget request. It 
provides for 21 FTEs.
    The Office of Compliance (OOC) should operate in a 
consistent, well-documented manner when dealing with regulated 
agencies, balancing compliance assistance with enforcement 
responsibilities. However, the OOC has not established clear 
documentation of the processes and criteria for issuing 
findings or citations, or for accepting agencies' proposed 
abatement plans. Furthermore, OOC has failed to establish a 
process for dispute resolution mechanisms for citations or 
technical disagreements. It is expected that the Office will 
act to establish documented procedures and continue to work to 
improve its communication with the regulated community. A 
report to the Committees on Appropriations is due within 60 
days of enactment of this Act.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    The bill provides $44,082,000 for salaries and expenses of 
the Congressional Budget Office. This amount is $6,776,000 
above the current level and is $1,342,000 above the budget 
request. It will fund an additional 15 FTEs required for health 
care analysis and other congressional priorities as well as 
fund the Congressional Budget Office's new responsibilities 
under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         General Administration

    The bill includes $90,659,000, of which $1,505,000 will 
remain available until September 30, 2013, for General 
Administration. This amount is $10,962,000 above the current 
level and is $8,452,000 below the budget request.
    It is expected that the Architect of the Capitol will be 
part of the cross-servicing approach being developed within the 
Legislative Branch. The Architect of the Capitol is directed to 
suspend efforts to pursue an independent effort.
    With respect to operations and projects:

Operating Budget........................................    $ 89,154,000
Project Budget:
        1. Constant Volume Systems Conv. To VAV, Energy 
          (Study).......................................         350,000
        2. Daylight Harvesting Study, Energy (Study)....         300,000
        3. Domestic Water Process Survey, Energy (Study)          30,000
        4. Electrical Sub-Metering, Energy (Study)......         100,000
        5. Existing Motor Premium, Energy (Study).......         100,000
        6. Retro-Commission HVAC Systems, Phase II, 
          Energy (Study)................................         500,000
        7. Server/HVAC, GA, Energy (Study)..............         125,000
            Total, General Administration...............     $90,659,000

                            Capitol Building

    The bill includes $35,840,000, of which $10,681,000 will 
remain available until September 30, 2013, for the operation 
and maintenance of the Capitol building. This amount is 
$11,810,000 above the current level and is $1,800,000 below the 
budget request.
    With respect to operations and projects:

Operating Budget:.......................................     $25,159,000
Project Budget:
        1. Conservation of Wall Paintings...............         499,000
        2. Smoke Control System, Grand Stairs, House & 
          Senate........................................       7,190,000
        3. Minor Construction...........................       2,992,000
            Total, Capitol Building.....................     $35,840,000

                            Capitol Grounds

    The bill includes $9,649,000, of which $340,000 will remain 
available until September 30, 2013, for the care and 
improvement of the grounds surrounding the Capitol, the House 
and Senate office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant. This 
amount is $416,000 less than the current level and is $340,000 
above the budget request.
    With respect to operations and projects:

Operating Budget:.......................................      $9,309,000
Project Budget:
        1. Summer House Restoration (Design)............         340,000
            Total, Capitol Grounds......................      $9,649,000

                        Senate Office Buildings

    The bill includes $69,359,000, of which $9,743,000 will 
remain available until September 30, 2013, for the maintenance, 
care and operation of the Senate office buildings. This amount 
is $748,000 below the current level and is $4,579,000 above the 
budget request.
    With respect to operations and projects:

Operating Budget........................................     $59,616,000
Project Budget:
        1. Sprinkler System Installation, SUG...........       1,530,000
        2. Replace Modular Furniture, HSOB..............       2,993,000
        3. Panelboard and Step Down Transformer 
          Replacement, HSOB.............................         160,000
        4. Minor Construction...........................       5,060,000
            Total, Senate Office Buildings..............     $69,359,000

                         House Office Buildings

    The bill includes $65,814,000, of which $19,603,000 will 
remain available until September 30, 2013, for the maintenance, 
care and operation of the House office buildings. This amount 
is $343,000 above the current level and is $13,873,000 below 
the budget request.
    With respect to operations and projects:

Operating Budget........................................     $46,211,000
Project Budget:
        1. CAO Project Support..........................       6,503,000
        2. Prescriptive Egress Improvements, LHOB.......       5,500,000
        3. Minor Construction...........................       7,505,000
        4. Jacksonville Bandstand.......................          95,000
            Total, House Office Buildings...............     $65,814,000

                          Capitol Power Plant

    In addition to the $8,000,000 made available from receipts 
credited as reimbursements to this appropriation, the bill 
includes $149,042,000 for maintenance, care and operation of 
the Capitol Power Plant. Of this amount, $63,570,000 will 
remain available until September 30, 2013. This amount is 
$63,945,000 above the current level and is $70,250,000 below 
the budget request.
    With respect to operations and projects:

Operating Budget (net)..................................     $85,472,000
Project Budget:
        1. Chiller Replacement, PPWP (Design)...........       1,720,000
        2. ERP Chiller Relocation, Phase II, PPEP 
          (Design)......................................       1,000,000
        3. Tunnel Program...............................      56,400,000
        4. Wickes Boiler Modernization and Controls 
          Replacement, CPP (Design).....................         450,000
        5. Minor Construction...........................       4,000,000
            Total, Capitol Power Plant (net)............    $149,042,000

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

    The bill includes $39,094,000 for structural and mechanical 
care of Library buildings and grounds. Of this amount, 
$13,640,000 will remain available until September 30, 2013. 
This amount is $11,610,000 above the current level and is 
$14,177,000 below the budget request.
    With respect to operations and projects:

Operating Budget........................................     $25,454,000
Project Budget:
        1. Cellar Egress Exit Stair, JAB................         380,000
        2. Egress Improvements, LOC (Design)............       1,000,000
        3. Emergency Generator Replacement, LOC (Design)         660,000
        4. Garage Structural Repairs and Entry 
          Improvements, JAB (Design)....................       1,000,000
        5. High Voltage Switchgear Replacement, JMMB....       1,890,000
        6. High Voltage Switchgear Replacement, TJB.....       1,660,000
        7. North Egress Exit, JAB.......................         880,000
        8. Smoke Detector Upgrades, JAB.................       3,990,000
        9. South Egress Exit, JAB.......................         180,000
        10. Minor Construction..........................       2,000,000
            Total, Library Buildings and Grounds........     $39,094,000

             Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and Security

    The bill includes $18,996,000, of which $3,497,000 will 
remain available until September 30, 2013, for Capitol Police 
buildings, grounds and security. This amount is $4,067,000 
above the current level and is $5,930,000 below the budget 
request.
    With respect to operations and projects:

Operating Budget........................................     $15,499,000
Project Budget:
        1. USCP Fiber Connectivity, CPBG&S..............       1,500,000
        2. Vehicle Barrier Vault Upgrades, CPBG&S.......       1,000,000
        3. Minor Construction...........................         997,000
            Total, Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and 
              Security..................................     $18,996,000

                             Botanic Garden

    The bill includes $10,906,000, of which $2,055,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2013, for the Botanic 
Garden. This amount is $2,120,000 above the current level and 
is $805,000 above the budget request.
    With respect to operations and projects:

Operating Budget........................................      $8,851,000
Project Budget:
        1. Fountain Vault and Utility Feed Upgrade, 
          Phase III, BGBF...............................       1,050,000
        2. Botanic Garden Administration Building 
          Repairs.......................................       1,005,000
            Total, Botanic Garden.......................     $10,906,000

                         Capitol Visitor Center

    The bill includes $40,227,000 for the Capitol Visitor 
Center, of which $31,124,000 will be available until expended 
for the purpose of completing construction of the Center and 
$9,103,000 is available for operations. The total amount is 
$11,546,000 above the current level and is $4,320,000 below the 
budget request.
    In addition, funds included under the Capitol Guide Service 
account are available to the Architect of the Capitol for the 
Capitol Visitor Center due to the transfer of the Capitol Guide 
Service to the Architect of the Capitol as part of the Capitol 
Visitor Center Act of 2008.
    It is expected that any reprogramming of funds from the 
program, project and activity levels agreed to within this 
account by the Committees on Appropriations shall be subject to 
the normal reprogramming requirements.
    Staff Tour Training.--Concerns have been raised about the 
quality and consistency of the training program for staff-led 
tours, known as the Congressional Historical Interpretive 
Training Program (CHIP). It is expected that improvements will 
be made to ensure this program is meeting expectations to 
enhance staff-led tours. The Chief Executive Officer for 
Visitor Services is directed to present within 30 days of 
enactment of this Act proposals for improving the program, 
without an increase in budgetary resources.
    Hispanic and Asian American Exhibits.--There is continuing 
concern about the lack of representation of Hispanic and Asian 
American groups in the CVC, as well as African Americans, 
women, and Pacific Islanders. The Architect of the Capitol and 
the Chief Executive Officer for Visitor Services are directed 
to prepare a report within 90 days after enactment of this Act 
on the options and costs associated to remedy these omissions.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Section 1101 provides for proceeds from certain recycling 
programs being applied to other environmentally friendly 
efforts. Section 1102 provides for the leasing of space for the 
Library of Congress by the Architect of the Capitol.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS


                         Salaries and Expenses

    The bill includes $412,680,000 for salaries and expenses of 
the Library of Congress, plus $6,350,000 in offsetting 
receipts. This amount is $24,219,000 above the current level 
and is $932,000 above the budget request. The bill includes 
specific amounts for designated purposes and provides 
$7,511,000 in support of the National Digital Information and 
Infrastructure Preservation Program (NDIIPP).
    The Inspectors General of the Legislative Branch 
participating in a financial system cross-servicing agreement 
with the Library's Office of the Chief Financial Officer are 
directed to select a single independent auditing firm to 
conduct the annual financial statement audits for the 
participating agencies. The Inspectors General of these 
agencies shall form a committee, chaired by the Library's 
Inspector General or their appointee, to facilitate the effort 
to select a common auditor.
    Asian American and Pacific Islander Collection.--It is 
encouraging that the Library of Congress has committed to 
establish an Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) 
Collection within the Asian Division. The goal of the AAPI 
collection would not only be to finally collect and catalogue 
the numerous materials already within the Library, but also to 
expand to a nationally coordinated effort to catalogue and 
build upon the resources from other collections. The AAPI 
Collection will be a valuable national resource to libraries, 
museums, archives, organizations and studies programs 
interested in the histories and cultures of the AAPI 
communities. Since the AAPI Collection is in its infancy, there 
are concerns about its future growth. The Library of Congress 
is directed to provide to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House and Senate, no later than April 30, 2009, a detailed 
strategy for the development of the AAPI Collection, including 
expected timelines and funding proposals.
    Child Care Center.--There is interest in ensuring access 
for low-income families to the Library's child care center. The 
Library of Congress is requested to work with the Library of 
Congress Child Care Association to review whether revenues and 
costs are aligned to provide for the lowest possible tuition 
operationally feasible. This review and a report should be 
provided to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and 
Senate by May 31, 2009.
    Franklin Collection.--There continues to be support for the 
goal of bringing the Library's extensive 3,000 text collection 
of American books that were translated into Arabic, Persian, 
Pashtu, and Indonesian online in a digital format. To further 
the availability and use of this collection, the Library of 
Congress, Library Services is directed to devote the required 
resources to obtain copyright permission and bring this 
collection online in a digital format.
    American Folklife Center.--The work of the American 
Folklife Center (AFC) of the Library of Congress is to preserve 
and present the cultural legacy of the nation. Central to this 
mission is its role in safekeeping major collections such as 
the Alan Lomax Collection. No less precious are other private 
collections recently acquired by the AFC that, taking up where 
Lomax left off, document America's folk, tribal and ethnic 
musical traditions from the 1960s forward to the present. A 
half century from now, such collections will be considered as 
important, and be as cherished by a new generation of 
Americans, as the Lomax recordings are today. The AFC is 
currently working to complete the preservation and digital 
conversion of these newer collections, which are essential to 
providing the nation with a complete and unbroken record of 
America's cultural and musical heritage. These efforts will 
provide American citizens with access to major cornerstones of 
twentieth century American folk music documentation that 
collectively define the essence of America's cultural legacy to 
the world. Once the digital conversions are completed, the AFC 
will showcase these new collections and their accessibility to 
the nation through a series of activities including scholarly 
symposium focused on the new collections and on the history and 
legacy of the folk arts organizations that created them; 
musical performances by great folk artists documented in the 
collections; the creation of a traveling exhibit; and audio/
video website enhancements to showcase portions of the new 
collections and publicize their arrival at the AFC. It is 
anticipated that the cost of this effort will be $350,000.

                            Copyright Office


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The bill includes $18,277,000, and an additional 
$33,315,000 made available from receipts, for salaries and 
expenses of the Copyright Office. This amount is $12,956,000 
above the current level and is the same as the budget request.
    Pre-1972 Sound Recordings.--The Register of Copyrights is 
directed to conduct a study on the desirability of and means 
for bringing sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, 
under federal jurisdiction. The study is to cover the effect of 
federal coverage on the preservation of such sound recordings, 
the effect on public access to those recordings, and the 
economic impact of federal coverage on rights holders. The 
study is also to examine the means for accomplishing such 
coverage. As part of this effort, the Register of Copyrights 
should publish notice of the study and provide a period during 
which interested persons may submit comments. The Register of 
Copyrights is to submit a report on the results of this study 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate no 
later than two years after the enactment of this Act. The 
report should include any recommendations that the Register 
considers appropriate.

                     Congressional Research Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The bill includes $107,323,000 for salaries and expenses of 
the Congressional Research Service within the Library of 
Congress. This is $4,979,000 above the current level and is the 
same as the budget request.
    Public Access to Legislative Data.--There is support for 
enhancing public access to legislative documents, bill status, 
summary information, and other legislative data through more 
direct methods such as bulk data downloads and other means of 
no-charge digital access to legislative databases. The Library 
of Congress, Congressional Research Service, and Government 
Printing Office and the appropriate entities of the House of 
Representatives are directed to prepare a report on the 
feasibility of providing advanced search capabilities. This 
report is to be provided to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House and Senate within 120 days of the release of 
Legislative Information System 2.0.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The bill includes $68,816,000 for the salaries and expenses 
of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically 
Handicapped. This amount is $1,893,000 above the current level 
and is the same as the budget request. It is noted that the 
contract award for Digital Talking Books came back at a 
significantly lower cost than anticipated while still allowing 
the project to move forward on its expected timeline and 
providing more players and titles than originally planned.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Section 1201 provides for expenses related to official 
representation for the incentive awards program. Section 1202 
provides obligation authority for various Library programs. 
Section 1203 provides authority to transfer funds between 
Library accounts. Section 1204 provides authority for members 
of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission to serve through 
the life of the Commission.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE


                   Congressional Printing and Binding


                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The bill includes $96,828,000 for printing and binding of 
congressional documents at the Government Printing Office. This 
amount is $7,053,000 above the current level and is $1,100,000 
below the budget request. It will provide the funding required 
to pay the FY 2007 and FY 2008 shortfall as well as fund the FY 
2009 revised estimate for congressional printing.

                 Office of Superintendent of Documents


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    The bill includes $38,744,000 for the salaries and expenses 
of the Superintendent of Documents. This amount is $3,831,000 
above the current level and is $4,682,000 below the budget 
request.

               Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

    The bill provides $4,995,000 for the Government Printing 
Office Revolving Fund. This is $4,995,000 above the current 
level and is $28,005,000 below the budget request.

                    GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The bill includes $531,000,000 in direct appropriations for 
the Government Accountability Office (GAO), plus $7,635,000 in 
offsetting collections derived from reimbursements for 
conducting financial audits of government corporations and 
rental of space in the GAO building. This amount is $31,252,000 
above the current level and is $7,152,000 below the budget 
request.
    Technology Assessment Studies.--Funding continues to be 
provided for GAO to conduct technology assessment studies that 
provide early indications of the probable beneficial and 
adverse impacts of the application of technology and develop 
other related information that may assist the Congress during 
deliberations on pending legislation. GAO is reminded that for 
the assessments to be of benefit to the Congress, GAO must 
reach out and work with both bodies of Congress regarding these 
studies.
    Comptroller General Annuity.--The lifetime salary annuity 
provided to the Comptroller General after completion of a 15-
year term is extravagant, particularly in the current economic 
climate. GAO is directed to contract with the National Academy 
of Public Administration for the latter to conduct an 
independent review of the structure and compensation of the 
position and determine whether the existing lifetime salary 
annuity is necessary to preserve the Comptroller General's 
independence. The review should include a comparison of the 
Comptroller General annuity to the retirement benefits offered 
for other federal positions of a similar character where 
independence is a key concern, and explain whether the 
Comptroller General's position truly requires a full-salary 
annuity benefit to preserve independence if other positions of 
a similar character do not. The results of this review are to 
be provided to the Committees on Appropriations no later than 
July 31, 2009.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Section 1301 repeals a number of outmoded Congressional 
mandates for GAO audits.

                OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND

    The bill includes $13,900,000 for payment to the Open World 
Leadership Center Trust Fund. This is $4,922,000 above the 
current level and is the same as the budget request.
    Open World Funding.--A large portion of the Open World 
program is devoted to judicial issues, issues of interest to 
the State Department, and issues related to the legislative 
process. The strain on Legislative Branch resources from 
continuing to fund this program is difficult to sustain. Since 
significant emphasis is being placed on judicial issues and on 
issues of interest to the State Department, a shared funding 
for this program would be appropriate. Therefore, the Open 
World Leadership Center Board of Trustees is directed to work 
with the Department of State and the Judiciary to assess the 
feasibility of shared funding for this program. The Board of 
Trustees is expected to pursue this avenue of potential shared 
funding and report back to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House and Senate no later than May 30, 2009.

   JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

    The bill includes $430,000 for the John C. Stennis Center 
for Public Service Training and Development. This amount is 
$1,000 more than the current level and is the same as the 
budget request.

                      TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    The bill includes nine general provisions carried in prior 
fiscal years. Section 210 prohibits Inspectors General of the 
Library of Congress and the Architect of the Capitol from using 
appropriated funds to purchase, maintain, or carry firearms.

   DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS AND CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING ITEMS

    Following is a list of congressional earmarks and 
congressionally directed spending items (as defined in clause 9 
of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives and 
rule XLIV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, respectively) 
included in the bill or this explanatory statement, along with 
the name of each Senator, House Member, Delegate, or Resident 
Commissioner who submitted a request to the Committee of 
jurisdiction for each item so identified. Neither the bill nor 
the explanatory statement contains any limited tax benefits or 
limited tariff benefits as defined in the applicable House and 
Senate rules.

                                                                   LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
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                                                                                                             Amount (in
             Agency                          Account                               Project                    dollars)             Requester(s)
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Architect of the Capitol         House Office Buildings           Renovation of the Jacksonville Bandstand       $95,000  LaHood, Ray
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Library of Congress              Salaries & Expenses              Bob Graham Center for Public Service           $95,000  Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
                                                                   Studies in Participatory Citizenship
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Library of Congress              Salaries & Expenses              Digitization of New York Historical           $190,000  Schumer, Charles
                                                                   Society Collection
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