[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7593-S7602]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1998

  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, the Legislative Branch bill provides 
$1,537,827,000 in new obligational authority, exclusive of House items, 
for fiscal year 1998. This is $64,947,000 below the President's request 
and $51,600,000 above the fiscal year 1997 level.
  The majority of the increases in the bill account for cost of living 
adjustments.
  Mr. President, I wish to correct an impression that is being 
circulated throughout the press. There is no provision in this bill for 
a pay increase for Members of Congress. That is the issue that is taken 
care of in other bills.
  The Senate items include provisions to reduce the appropriation for 
official mail from $10 million to $8 million in fiscal year 1998 and 
combine the franking allowance with the official personnel and office 
expense allowance--this will reduce paperwork and provide flexibility 
for offices to meet their needs.
  The bill eliminates the disparity in staff salaries of Senate 
employees versus all other Federal employees (including those of the 
House.) This disparity was caused by the Senate employees not receiving 
the 2-percent COLA in 1996, which as provided to all other Federal 
employees.
  Approximately 80 percent of the Architect's request for capital 
projects to ensure that certain repairs and maintenance are not 
delayed. If this maintenance is taken care of now, it should pay off in 
substantial cost savings in the future.
  The GAO is provided $346.75 million, which conforms to the commitment 
to stabilize the GAO budget and staff level (3,500 employees) after a 
2-year reduction of 25 percent. This recommendation provides sufficient 
funds for mandatory cost increases, including the COLA.
  I want to take the opportunity now before presenting the bill to 
thank Senator Dorgan, the ranking member on the Legislative Branch 
Subcommittee, for his cooperation and his work on the bill. I have 
enjoyed my experience as the chairman of the subcommittee, and Senator 
Dorgan's cooperative spirit has been a large part of that enjoyment. I 
pay tribute to him and to his staff for the professional way in which 
they have handled this responsibility.
  Mr. President, I believe this bill continues the legislative branch's 
contributions toward deficit reduction and the goal of the balanced 
budget by the year 2002.
  Mr. President, I now ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to 
the consideration of Calendar No. 110, S. 1019, the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations bill, and, further, the managers' amendment, which is at 
the desk, be considered as read and agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                           Amendment No. 920

       (Purpose: To provide funds for a pilot program of studies 
     of scientific and technological issues to assist the Congress 
     in anticipating, understanding and considering such issues in 
     the course of determining public policy on existing and 
     emerging national problems)
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Utah [Mr. Bennett], for Mr. Bingaman, 
     proposes an amendment numbered 920.

  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of 
the amendment be dispensed with.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

       On page 38, line 2, insert before the period the following: 
     ``: Provided further, That $500,000 shall be available only 
     for expenditure on studies and assessments, to be carried out 
     by not-for-profit scientific, technological, or educational 
     institutions, of the matters described in section 472(c) of 
     title 2, United States Code: Provided further, That topics 
     for studies and assessments under the previous proviso, and 
     the institutions designated to carry out the studies and 
     assessments, shall be selected by the voting members of the 
     Technology Assessment Board under section 473 of title 2, 
     United States Code, from among topics requested pursuant to 
     paragraph (1) or (2) of section 472(d) of such title''.

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, this amendment addresses an important 
need of the Congress created by the demise, two years ago, of the 
Office of Technology Assessment. That need is for authoritative and in-
depth studies of scientific and technological issues that are at the 
root of many of the problems that we are called on to address through 
legislation.
  Over the 23 years of its existence, from 1972 to 1995, the Office of 
Technology Assessment functioned as our in-house brain trust. It was a 
competent, timely, and impartial source of scientific and technical 
advice on a wide range of issues. In early 1995, the decision was made 
to end the existence of the Office of Technology Assessment by zeroing 
out its appropriation. The judgment of the Congress at that time was 
that it needed to demonstrate to the American people that it was 
willing to downsize its own operations. I miss the OTA, and I know that 
a lot of my colleagues in the Senate and in the House do too. I am not 
proposing today to reverse what we did 2 years ago by recreating new 
offices in the Congress or by hiring new permanent staff. I believe 
that there are other, more flexible ways for Congress to gain direct 
access to high-quality and timely advice and insight on cutting edge 
science and technology relevant to our legislative duties.
  My amendment attempts to use the existing legislative authorities for 
oversight of the old OTA to oversee a new pilot experiment. Members 
should realize that while we terminated the OTA by ending its 
appropriation, the underlying authorities governing the OTA are still 
on the books. For example, there is continuing legislative authority in 
title 2 of the United States Code to have a Technology Assessment Board 
of 12 members: 6 from the House and 6 from the Senate, with each 
chamber's representation evenly divided between the parties and 
appointed by the respective leadership. This is an excellent group to 
decide on which topics should be studied using the funds that would be 
provided by my amendment. The old OTA authorities also provided that 
topics for OTA studies be suggested by chairs of committees, ranking 
members, or numerical majorities of committees, or by the Technology 
Assessment Board. That is a sound procedure for identifying potential 
study topics. My amendment uses both of these authorities, but contains 
a crucial difference in how the studies are executed. In place of a 
permanent, continuing organization to undertake studies, my amendment 
provides for selection of external scientific, technological, or 
educational institutions to carry out the studies that would be funded 
under my amendment. Think of it as a ``virtual OTA'' or, if you prefer,

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an ``outsourced'' one. The contractual arrangements with these 
institutions would be handled by the GAO, which already has a wide 
network of similar contracting arrangements with accounting firms all 
over the country. Thus, there is no institutional mortgage associated 
with my amendment, and no new Congressional organization. I think that 
every member who reluctantly voted to terminate the OTA, because of the 
need to downsize our operations, can support my amendment with a clear 
conscience. We aren't bringing back a big bureaucracy. We are giving 
ourselves access, on topics that Members themselves determine are the 
most pressing to have authoritative scientific and technical insight, 
to the analytical capabilities of our best not-for-profit and 
educational institutions.
  Let me reiterate the key points behind my amendment. I am proposing a 
way for Congress to acquire better scientific and technological advice 
without an institutional mortgage. My amendment puts 12 members, 
selected by the bipartisan leadership of the Senate and the House, 
directly in charge of deciding how the funds under this amendment will 
be spent and what will be studied. My amendment allows all Committees 
of Congress to nominate topics worthy of study and to propose which 
not-for-profit institution would be most suitable to engage in their 
study. Contracting would be handled through the General Accounting 
Office, which routinely contracts to external sources for expert advice 
and assistance in its own audits.
  I am proposing an experiment of limited scope, only $500,000, which 
probably translates to somewhere between two and five studies. The 
offsetting funds of $500,000 come from the budget of the General 
Accounting Office, which is receiving over $354 million in 
appropriations in this Act. That is less than three-tenths of 1 percent 
of the GAO budget for this experiment. The contracting burden for GAO 
under my amendment is hardly crushing--an additional 2 to 5 contracts 
won't stretch their resources. I will also note that the Appropriations 
Committee's own report for this bill voices concern that GAO may have 
given priority to audits initiated under its own authority over those 
requested by committees and Members of Congress. My amendment 
represents a use of funds that is 100 percent directed to Member and 
Committee requests, and overseen by a bipartisan group appointed by the 
leadership.
  I believe that this is a sensible request and I urge the adoption of 
my amendment.
  The amendment (No. 920) was agreed to.
  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I rise in support of S. 1019, the fiscal 
year 1998 legislative branch appropriation bill, and applaud the 
chairman of the subcommittee, Senator Bennett, for the work he has done 
in reporting this bill to the Senate. This bill, as recommended by the 
committee, provides $1,537,827,000 in budget authority, exclusive of 
House items. This total is $64,947,000 below the President's request 
and $51,600,000 above the fiscal year 1997 enacted level. As I 
indicated, these figures do not include spending by the House of 
Representatives, as each body normally defers to the other body to set 
its own budget. To date, the full House has not yet acted on the 
legislative branch appropriation bill for fiscal year 1998.
  S. 1019 includes not only funding for the salaries and expenses for 
offices and committees of the Senate, but also includes the budgets of 
a number of outside agencies that provide important services to the 
Senate, including the General Accounting Office, the Government 
Printing Office, the Congressional Budget Office, the Library of 
Congress, the Capitol Police, and the Architect of the Capitol.
  Mr. President, the subcommittee chairman has done an excellent job of 
highlighting the major provisions in this bill, so I will take just a 
minute to draw attention to what I believe to be an important issue.
  For the General Accounting Office, the committee provides an 
appropriation that is an increase of $14 million over the fiscal year 
1997 enacted level. This amount provides sufficient funding to 
stabilize the workforce of 3,500 employees and to pay for mandatory 
cost increases to support the men and women who work for GAO, in 
keeping with the agreement reached last Congress between GAO and 
appropriators to reduce GAO's budget by 25 percent over 2 years . As 
part of the commitment, appropriators committed to provide funding 
stability for the GAO once the 2-year, 25 percent reduction was 
achieved. I believe that it is important to note that the Senate has 
lived up to its commitment to the GAO and I, for one, will work 
diligently to keep a level of funding that is worked out in our 
conference with the House that is consistent with this commitment.
  Mr. President, let me close by again commending the subcommittee 
chairman, Senator Bennett. In his first year as chairman of the 
legislative branch subcommittee, he has proven himself to be a very 
capable leader, who has worked with me on a bipartisan basis. I also 
wish to express my thanks to the subcommittee staff--Jim English, Mary 
Dewald, and Christine Ciccone--for their fine work, and also to 
recognize the excellent support we had from Mary Hawkins, of my staff, 
and Chip Yost, of Senator Bennett's staff.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, in February 1987 the Senate and House passed 
S. Con. Res. 18 (100th Congress) authorizing the printing as a Senate 
document of ``The Senate 1789-1989.'' A compilation of some 80 
addresses that I had delivered during the 1980's on the history of the 
United States Senate, the book formed part of Congress' commemoration 
of its bicentennial. Between 1988 and 1993, the publication appeared in 
four volumes: two volumes of the addresses, together with a volume of 
classic Senate speeches and a statistical appendix. Printed in a large 
format with attractive historical illustrations, these books received 
favorable reviews. Volume I was awarded a prize by the Society for 
History in the Federal Government and commended by the American Library 
Association. Additional printing industry awards went to several of the 
Government Printing Office contractors involved in the books' 
manufacture.
  Through the Government Printing Office, copies of these volumes were 
distributed to government depository libraries throughout the country. 
The printing resolution stipulated that ``in addition to the usual 
number of copies, there shall be printed with suitable binding 5,000 
additional copies for use by the Secretary of the Senate.'' These 
copies have been and continue to be distributed to educational 
institutions and other appropriate recipients. In addition, the 
Superintendent of Documents purchased for sale 4,600 copies of Volume 
I; 2,300 of Volume II; and 1,000 each of Volumes III and IV. Reflecting 
the superior quality of the books, the Government Printing Office 
offered these volumes at an average price of $56.
  In April of this year, my office inquired of the Government Printing 
Office, as we do periodically, how many of each volume had been sold 
and how many remained on hand. This time, we were astonished to learn 
that the number of volumes remaining was a total of 3,260 less than it 
should have been when we subtracted the number of copies sold since our 
last inquiry from the number that had remained at that time. When we 
asked GPO about the fate of these other copies, we were informed that 
there had been a ``stock reduction''--apparently meaning that 3,260 of 
these beautiful valuable volumes were disposed of.
  On April 23, I wrote to Michael DiMario, the Public Printer, to 
request an explanation. On May 6, he responded that there had indeed 
been such a stock reduction in order to save storage costs and 
streamline sales operations. He further stated that, if additional 
copies of these volumes were ever needed, they could of course be 
reprinted. No one who has seen these beautifully crafted books could 
possibly believe that it would be cost effective to destroy more than 
3,000 copies and reprint them later, rather than simply paying for 
lower-cost off-site storage until they should be needed. If such a 
reduction was in fact necessary, I cannot fathom the distorted thinking 
that would destroy books of such long-term value without at the very 
least informing the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, or my 
office, and giving us the opportunity to acquire these copies to make 
them available to various educational entities. When I expressed these 
further concerns to Mr. DiMario, I did at last receive an apology and 
an acknowledgement that it

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had in fact been an error to dispose of the books without prior 
notification.
  What of our nation's libraries? I have in mind those at the public 
and community college level that may lie outside the depository 
program. Would they not welcome surplus copies of selected government 
documents once thought worthy of being included in the Government 
Printing Office's sales program? Are we so distorted in our priorities 
that we prefer to shred such useful information rather than to 
disseminate it?
  I continue to be gravely concerned about this unfortunate incident, 
which demonstrates a major flaw in the procedures of the Superintendent 
of Documents and the Government Printing Office. Perhaps this was 
simply an unfortunate exception. Or perhaps it reveals a pattern of 
inattention, carelessness, or even malfeasance. What other titles in 
the Superintendent of Documents' inventory may have received similar 
treatment in the name of ``stock reduction?'' I, for one, would like an 
answer.
  Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a memorandum to me from 
the Senate Historian, Dr. Richard Baker, on this subject, dated April 
23, 1997, together with an exchange of correspondence between myself 
and the Public Printer, Michael DiMario, be included in the record at 
this point. This correspondence includes my letters to Mr. DiMario 
dated April 23, 1997, and June 17, 1997, and his responses to me dated 
May 6, 1997, and July 11, 1997.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:

                                                       U.S. Senate


                                      Office of the Secretary,

                                   Washington, DC, April 23, 1997.

                               Memorandum

     To: Senator Robert C. Byrd.
     From: Dick Baker.
     Re: GPO sales copies of ``The Senate, 1789-1989.''

       Yesterday, at your request, we asked GPO how many copies of 
     each volume they had sold. When they supplied the 
     information, we discovered some disturbing information. In 
     early 1995, the Superintendent of Documents reported having 
     on hand the following numbers of copies:
       Volume I--1,618.
       Volume II--1,260.
       Volume III--963.
       Volume IV--855.
       After selling only a few hundred more copies of each, GPO 
     reported yesterday that it had the following numbers of each 
     on hand:
       Volume I--299 (131 sold since 1995 should leave 1,489).
       Volume II--271 (69 sold since 1995 should leave 1,191).
       Volume III--137 (166 sold since 1995 should leave 797).
       Volume IV--279 (84 sold since 1995 should leave 771).
       These figures leave 3,260 volumes not accounted for:
       Volume I--1,188.
       Volume II--920.
       Volume III--660.
       Volume IV--492.
       When we asked about the fate of these other copies, we were 
     informed that there had been a ``stock reduction.'' As far as 
     we can determine, this means that 3,260 books were disposed 
     of.
       Attached is the draft of a possible letter you may wish to 
     send to the Public Printer requesting and explanation of this 
     decision.
                                                                    ____

                                                    April 23 1997.
     Mr. Michael F. DiMario,
     Public Printer, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. DiMario: It has come to my attention that the 
     sales inventory of all four volumes of ``The Senate, 1789-
     1989'' has been drastically reduced. Perhaps this action is 
     in line with the Superintendent of Documents' standard 
     policy, but I find it most distressing because these books 
     were designed to have long-term value.
       I would appreciate receiving an explanation of this 
     decision.
       With all good wishes, I am
           Sincerely yours,
                                                   Robert C. Byrd.
                                  U.S. Government Printing Office,


                                 Office of the Public Printer,

                                      Washington, DC, May 6, 1997.
     Hon. Robert C. Byrd,
     U.S. Senate, Hart Office Building,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Senator Byrd: This is in response to your letter dated 
     April 23, 1997, inquiring about the sales inventory of the 
     four volumes of ``The Senate, 1789-1989.'' Let me assure you 
     that we recognize the historical value of this series and 
     have designated all four volumes as titles which shall remain 
     in print and available through our sales program 
     indefinitely.
       In September 1996, the Superintendent of Documents took a 
     number of steps to reduce costs in the sales program and to 
     provide more efficient service to the public. After 
     conducting a study, it was determined that it was more cost-
     effective to maintain an adequate inventory of sales titles 
     based on their projected life cycle and to reprint, if 
     necessary.
       This policy recognizes, however, that some publications 
     such as The Senate will have a much longer life cycle than 
     the ordinary book. Based on current projections, we have on 
     hand an average supply of 9 years for the four volumes. The 
     life cycle for most books is 18 months. The Superintendent of 
     Documents' staff frequently reviews the sales history of each 
     publication. Because of the importance of The Senate, we are 
     prepared to reprint at any time. The sales program pays all 
     costs when we go back to press.
       As you know, our sales program must recover all expenses 
     from revenues. The program has come under increasing 
     financial pressure recently with some agencies withdrawing 
     titles traditionally sold by the Government Printing Office 
     (GPO) in favor of exclusive arrangements with the National 
     Technical Information Service or other partners. This is 
     causing needless duplication of effort, confusion to those 
     who wish to purchase Government information products, and a 
     substantial loss of revenue to the GPO sales program. In this 
     difficult environment, it is our goal to streamline our 
     operations, improve customer service, and keep prices as low 
     as possible, while at the same time ensuring long-term 
     availability of valuable publications such as The Senate.
           Sincerely,
                                               Michael F. DiMario,
     Public Printer.
                                                                    ____

                                                    June 17, 1997.
     Mr. Michael F. DiMario,
     Public Printer, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. DiMario: Your response to my April 23, 1997, 
     letter leaves several questions unanswered.
       I understand the need to manage the inventory of 
     publications that have a limited shelf life. Printing on 
     demand makes a great deal of sense for bills, reports, and 
     other routine documents. The wisdom of that policy is far 
     less apparent for a ``Level 1'' publication such as ``The 
     Senate 1789-1989.'' I find it difficult to believe that off-
     site storage costs for this four-volume work would have been 
     greater over a nine-year period than reprinting costs.
       Your letter does not explain why the Government Printing 
     Office did not contact my office, or the Office of the 
     Secretary of the Senate, to offer to transfer copies deemed 
     to be in excess of projected demand requirements. I am unable 
     to comprehend this lack of communication in the light of the 
     close working relationship this project has inspired over the 
     past decade between the Senate and GPO.
       When a commercial publisher or university press decides to 
     unload an unwanted title, it is a matter of standard practice 
     and common courtesy to give the author the opportunity to 
     acquire copies. Had we been afforded that opportunity, it 
     would have advanced our plans to make these works widely 
     available to educational entities, both in this country and 
     abroad, and would have quickly absorbed your ``surplus.'' Had 
     someone within the Superintendent of Documents' office 
     bothered to make a single phone call, he or she could have 
     aided a useful project and avoided a needless waste of 
     resources.
           Sincerely yours,
     Robert C. Byrd.
                                                                    ____

                                  U.S. Government Printing Office,


                                 Office of the Public Printer,

                                    Washington, DC, July 11, 1997.
     Hon. Robert C. Byrd,
     U.S. Senate, The Capitol,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Senator Byrd: This letter is in response to your 
     letter of June 17, 1997, concerning ``The Senate 1789-1989.''
       I apologize both officially and personally for the 
     unfortunate unilateral reduction of the Superintendent of 
     Documents sales inventory of this publication. I was not 
     aware of the reduction until I received your letter of April 
     23, 1997. Nevertheless, I recognize that full responsibility 
     for this action rests with me and no one else.
       My regrets are keenly felt since as Assistant Public 
     Printer for Operations and Procurement at the time of the 
     printing of Volume I, I had personal knowledge of your direct 
     participation in the selection of appropriate paper, binding, 
     and font style. Moreover, having family roots in West 
     Virginia, as a history major at Davis and Elkins College, and 
     as a member of its Board of Trustees, I have a keen awareness 
     of and great admiration for your love of the Senate as well 
     as your extraordinary scholarship and sense of the importance 
     of history, both ancient and modern, and I understand how our 
     unthinking actions must have hurt you deeply. I am truly 
     sorry.
       In fact, it is our policy to contact the publisher of a 
     book when we are reducing inventory, and to offer publishers 
     the excess copies at no charge. This policy was not followed 
     with respect to ``The Senate 1789-1989'' during the major 
     inventory reduction that occurred in the latter part of FY 
     1996, which was undertaken to reverse a trend of financial 
     losses. The Superintendent of Documents instructed sales 
     program staff to move quickly to restore the sales program to 
     financial soundness by the beginning of FY 1997. Because of 
     the short deadline and the large number of titles and copies 
     involved, they did not follow standard policy to contact 
     publishers. Both the management and staff of the sales 
     program are deeply chagrined by this error, and the 
     Superintendent

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     of Documents has assured me that steps have been taken to 
     ensure our policy on notification of publishers will be 
     strictly followed when making future inventory reductions.
       As you say in your letter, the Senate and the Government 
     Printing Office (GPO) have maintained a close working 
     relationship during the past decade on ``The Senate 1789-
     1989.'' We have distributed all four volumes to the 1,380 
     Federal depository libraries throughout the Nation, and in 
     June 1997 we provided 60 copies of each volume to the United 
     States Information Agency for use in their libraries abroad.
       Again, both personally and in my capacity as Public 
     Printer, and on behalf of all the employees of GPO for whom 
     you have been a greatly honored customer and friend, I 
     apologize for the haste with which the inventory reduction 
     was made and for our failure to inform your office. We have 
     taken steps to ensure that this does not happen again, and I 
     look forward to continuing to work with you in the future.
           Sincerely,
                                               Michael F. DiMario,
                                                   Public Printer.

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I rise in support of S. 1019, the Fiscal 
Year 1998 Legislative Branch Appropriation bill. This is the first year 
that the distinguished Senator from Utah [Mr. Bennett] and the very 
able Senator from North Dakota [Mr. Dorgan] have served as chairman and 
ranking member, respectively, and they are to be congratulated for the 
expeditious manner with which they have brought this prudent 
legislation to the floor. Both Senators are to be commended for the 
efforts that they have made to ensure that the Legislative Branch of 
the Government is funded in a fiscally sound and responsible way.
  S. 1019, as recommended by the committee, provides $1,537,827,000 in 
budget authority, to fund salaries and expenses of the Senate and those 
agencies that provide important services to this institution, such as 
the General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office, the 
Congressional Budget Office, the Library of Congress, the Capitol 
Police, and the Architect of the Capitol. In addition, S. 1019 is well 
within its 602(b) subcommittee allocation. This bill does not provide 
funding for House items, as the full House has not yet acted on the 
Legislative Branch Appropriation bill for fiscal year 1998 as it is 
customary that each body defers to the other body to set its own 
budget.
  Mr. President, I again commend the chairman and ranking member of the 
Legislative Branch Subcommittee for their outstanding work. I also 
thank the committee staff who have worked hard on this bill: Jim 
English, Mary Dewald, and Christine Ciccone.
  This is a good bill and deserves the support of the Senate. I yield 
the floor.
  Mr. BENNETT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill be 
considered as read a third time and passed, as amended, the motion to 
reconsider be laid upon the table with any statements related to the 
bill appear at the appropriate point in the Record.
  The bill (S. 1019), as amended, was passed, as follows:

                                S. 1019

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
     following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the legislative 
     branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and for 
     other purposes, namely:

                   TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

                                 SENATE

                           expense allowances

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

    representation allowances for the majority and minority leaders

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

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

       For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 
     authorized by law, including agency contributions, 
     $77,254,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 
     without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

                      office of the vice president

       For the Office of the Vice President, $1,612,000.

                  office of the president pro tempore

       For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $371,000.

              offices of the majority and minority leaders

       For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 
     $2,388,000.

               offices of the majority and minority whips

       For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $1,221,000.

                         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, $1,061,000 for each such 
     committee; in all, $2,122,000.

 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, $409,000.

                           policy committees

       For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
     Minority Policy Committee, $1,077,500 for each such 
     committee, in all, $2,155,000.

                         office of the chaplain

       For Office of the Chaplain, $260,000.

                        office of the secretary

       For Office of the Secretary, $13,306,000.

             office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

       For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 
     $33,037,000.

        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

       For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 
     Secretary for the Minority, $1,165,000.

               agency contributions and related expenses

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

            Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

       For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative 
     Counsel of the Senate, $3,605,000.

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

       For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 
     Counsel, $966,000.

Expense Allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secretaries for the Majority and Minority 
                             of the Senate

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

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate

                      inquiries and investigations

       For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the 
     Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 
     601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, section 112 of 
     Public Law 96-304 and Senate Resolution 281, agreed to March 
     11, 1980, $75,600,000.


expenses of the united states senate caucus on international narcotics 
                                control

       For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 
     International Narcotics Control, $370,000.

                        secretary of the senate

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

             sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

       For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 
     Doorkeeper of the Senate, $64,400,000, of which $7,000,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 1999.

                          miscellaneous items

       For miscellaneous items, $7,905,000.

        senators' official personnel and office expense account

       For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense 
     Account, $228,600,000.

                      stationery (revolving fund)

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

                          official mail costs

       For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 
     Senate, $300,000, to remain available until September 30, 
     1999.

                       administrative provisions

       Section 1. (a) For fiscal year 1998, and each fiscal year 
     thereafter, the Secretary of the Senate is authorized to make 
     advance payments under a contract or other agreement to 
     provide a service or deliver an article for the United States 
     Government without regard to the provisions of section 3324 
     of title 31, United States Code.
       (b) An advance payment authorized by subsection (a) shall 
     be made in accordance with regulations issued by the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
       (c) The authority granted by subsection (a) shall not take 
     effect until regulations are issued pursuant to subsection 
     (b).
       Sec. 2. (a) Upon the written request of the Majority or 
     Minority Whip of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate 
     shall transfer during any fiscal year, from the 
     appropriations account appropriated under the headings 
     ``Salaries, Officers and Employees'' and ``Offices of the 
     Majority and Minority Whips'', such amount as either whip 
     shall specify to the appropriations account, within the 
     contingent fund of the Senate, ``Miscellaneous Items''.

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       (b) The Majority and Minority Whips of the Senate are each 
     authorized to incur such expenses as may be necessary or 
     appropriate. Expenses incurred by either such whip shall be 
     paid from the amount transferred pursuant to subsection (a) 
     by such whip and upon vouchers approved by such whip.
       (c) The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to advance 
     such sums as may be necessary to defray expenses incurred in 
     carrying out subsections (a) and (b).
       Sec. 3. (a) Effective in the case of any fiscal year which 
     begins on or after October 1, 1997, clause (iii) of paragraph 
     (3)(A) of section 506(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations 
     Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(b)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(iii) subject to subparagraph (B), in case the Senator 
     represents Alabama, $182,567, Alaska, $251,901, Arizona, 
     $197,079, Arkansas, $168,282, California, $468,724, Colorado, 
     $186,350, Connecticut, $160,903, Delaware, $127,198, Florida, 
     $299,746, Georgia, $210,214, Hawaii, $279,512, Idaho, 
     $163,335, Illinois, $266,248, Indiana, $194,770, Iowa, 
     $170,565, Kansas, $168,177, Kentucky, $177,338, Louisiana, 
     $185,647, Maine, $147,746, Maryland, $173,020, Massachusetts, 
     $195,799, Michigan, $236,459, Minnesota, $187,702, 
     Mississippi, $168,103, Missouri, $197,941, Montana, $161,725, 
     Nebraska, $160,361, Nevada, $171,096, New Hampshire, 
     $142,394, New Jersey, $206,260, New Mexico, $166,140, New 
     York, $327,955, North Carolina, $210,946, North Dakota, 
     $149,824, Ohio, $259,452, Oklahoma, $181,761, Oregon, 
     $189,345, Pennsylvania, $266,148, Rhode Island, $138,582, 
     South Carolina, $170,451, South Dakota, $151,450, Tennessee, 
     $191,954, Texas, $348,681, Utah, $168,632, Vermont, $135,925, 
     Virginia, $193,467, Washington, $214,694, West Virginia, 
     $147,772, Wisconsin, $191,569, Wyoming, $152,438, plus''.
       (b) Subsection (a) of the first section of Public Law 100-
     137 (2 U.S.C. 58c) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(6) Effective on and after October 1, 1997, the Senators' 
     Account shall be available for the payment of franked mail 
     expenses of Senators.''.
       (c)(1) Section 12 of Public Law 101-520 is repealed.
       (2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall be effective 
     on and after October 1, 1997.
       (d) Nothing in this section affects the authority of the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate to 
     prescribe regulations relating to the frank by Senators and 
     officers of the Senate.
       Sec. 4. (a) The aggregate amount authorized by Senate 
     Resolution 54, agreed to February 13, 1997, is increased--
       (1) by $401,635 for the period March 1, 1997, through 
     September 30, 1998, and
       (2) by $994,150 for the period March 1, 1998, through 
     February 28, 1999.
       (b) This section is effective on and after October 1, 1997.
       Sec. 5. Effective on and after October 1, 1997, each of the 
     dollar amounts contained in the table under section 105(d)(1) 
     of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C 
     61-1) shall be deemed to be the dollar amounts in that table 
     on December 31, 1995, increased by 2 percent on January 1, 
     1996, and by 2.3 percent on January 1, 1997.
       Sec. 6. (a) The aggregate amount authorized by Senate 
     Resolution 54, agreed to February 13, 1997, is increased--
       (1) by $125,000 for the period March 1, 1997, through 
     September 30, 1998; and
       (2) by $175,000 for the period March 1, 1998, through 
     February 28, 1999.
       (b) Funds in the account, within the contingent fund of the 
     Senate, available for the expenses of inquiries and 
     investigations shall be available for franked mail expenses 
     incurred by committees of the Senate the other expenses of 
     which are paid from that account.
       (c) This section is effective for fiscal years beginning on 
     and after October 1, 1997.
       Sec. 7. Section 1101 of Public Law 85-58 (2 U.S.C. 46a-1) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following: 
     ``Disbursements from the fund shall be made upon vouchers 
     approved by the Secretary of the Senate, or his designee.''.

                              JOINT ITEMS

       For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

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

                      Joint Committee on Printing

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

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

       For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
     Taxation, $5,724,000, to be disbursed by the Chief 
     Administrative Officer of the House: Provided, That $100,000 
     of the funds in this Act shall not be available for 
     expenditure except for staff designated to provide Members of 
     Congress, not on the Tax Committees, assistance in securing 
     revenue estimates for legislation with the assumptions used 
     in determining the revenue estimate prepared by the Joint 
     Committee for that Member of Congress.
       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 $1,500 per month to 
     the Attending Physician; (2) an allowance of $500 per month 
     each to two medical officers while on duty in the Attending 
     Physician's office; (3) an allowance of $500 per month to one 
     assistant and $400 per month each to not to exceed nine 
     assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such 
     assistance; and (4) $893,000 for reimbursement to the 
     Department of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 
     equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physician, 
     which shall be advanced and credited to the applicable 
     appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries, 
     allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be 
     available for all the purposes thereof, $1,266,000, to be 
     disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.

                          Capitol Police Board

                             Capitol Police


                                salaries

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

                            general expenses

       For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses of the 
     Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, communications and 
     other equipment, security equipment and installation, 
     uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training, medical 
     services, forensic services, stenographic services, personal 
     and professional services, the employee assistance program, 
     not more than $2,000 for the awards program, postage, 
     telephone service, travel advances, relocation of instructor 
     and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Center, and $85 per month for extra services 
     performed for the Capitol Police Board by an employee of the 
     Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House of 
     Representatives designated by the Chairman of the Board, 
     $5,401,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative 
     Officer of the House of Representatives: Provided, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic 
     training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law 
     Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 1998 shall be 
     paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to 
     the Department of the Treasury.

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 101. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1998 for the 
     Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may be 
     transferred between the headings ``salaries'' and ``general 
     expenses'' upon the approval of--
       (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives, in the case of amounts transferred from the 
     appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House 
     of Representatives under the heading ``salaries'';
       (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in the 
     case of amounts transferred from the appropriation provided 
     to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate under 
     the heading ``salaries''; and
       (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
     House of Representatives, in the case of other transfers.
       Sec. 102. (a)(1) The Capitol Police Board shall establish 
     and maintain unified schedules of rates of basic pay for 
     members and civilian employees of the Capitol Police which 
     shall apply to both Members and employees whose appointing 
     authority is an officer of the Senate and Members and 
     employees whose appointing authority is an officer of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (2) The Capitol Police Board may, from time to time, adjust 
     any schedule established under paragraph (1) to the extent 
     that the Board determines appropriate to reflect changes in 
     the cost of living and to maintain pay comparability.
       (3) A schedule established or revised under paragraph (1) 
     or (2) shall take effect only upon approval by the Committee 
     on House Oversight of the House of Representatives and the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
       (4) A schedule approved under paragraph (3) shall have the 
     force and effect of law.
       (b)(1) The Capitol Police Board shall prescribe, by 
     regulation, a unified leave system for members and civilian 
     employees of the Capitol Police which shall apply to both 
     Members and employees whose appointing authority is an 
     officer of the Senate and Members and employees whose 
     appointing authority is an officer of the House of 
     Representatives. The leave system shall include provisions 
     for--
       (A) annual leave, based on years of service;
       (B) sick leave;
       (C) administrative leave;
       (D) leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 
     (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.);
       (E) leave without pay and leave with reduced pay, including 
     provisions relating to contribution for benefits for any 
     period of such leave;
       (F) approval of all leave by the Chief or the designee of 
     the Chief;

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       (G) the order in which categories of leave shall be used;
       (H) use, accrual, and carryover rules and limitations, 
     including rules and limitations for any period of active duty 
     in the Armed Forces;
       (I) advance of annual leave or sick leave after a member or 
     civilian employee has used all such accrued leave;
       (J) buy back of annual leave or sick leave used during an 
     extended recovery period in the case of an injury in the 
     performance of duty;
       (K) the use of accrued leave before termination of the 
     employment as a member or civilian employee of the Capitol 
     Police, with provision for lump sum payment for unused annual 
     leave; and
       (L) a leave sharing program.
       (2) The leave system under this section may not provide for 
     the accrual of either annual or sick leave for any period of 
     leave without pay or leave with reduced pay.
       (3) All provisions of the leave system established under 
     this subsection shall be subject to the approval of the 
     Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives 
     and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 
     All regulations approved under this subsection shall have the 
     force and effect of law.
       (c)(1) Upon the approval of the Capitol Police Board, a 
     member or civilian employee of the Capitol Police who is 
     separated from service, may be paid a lump sum payment for 
     the accrued annual leave of the member or civilian employee.
       (2) The lump sum payment under paragraph (1)--
       (A) shall equal the pay the member or civilian employee 
     would have received had such member or employee remained in 
     the service until the expiration of the period of annual 
     leave;
       (B) shall be paid from amounts appropriated to the Capitol 
     Police;
       (C) shall be based on the rate of basic pay in effect with 
     respect to the member or civilian employee on the last day of 
     service of the member or civilian employee;
       (D) shall not be calculated on the basis of extending the 
     period of leave described under subparagraph (A) by any 
     holiday occurring after the date of separation from service;
       (E) shall be considered pay for taxation purposes only; and
       (F) shall be paid only after the Chairman of the Capitol 
     Police Board certifies the applicable period of leave to the 
     Secretary of the Senate or the Chief Administrative Officer 
     of the House of Representatives, as appropriate.
       (3) A member or civilian employee of the Capitol Police who 
     enters active duty in the armed forces may--
       (A) receive a lump sum payment for accrued annual leave in 
     accordance with this subsection, in addition to any pay or 
     allowance payable from the armed forces; or
       (B) elect to have the leave remain to the credit of such 
     member or civilian employee until such member or civilian 
     employee returns from active duty.
       (4) The Capitol Police Board may prescribe regulations to 
     carry out this subsection. No lump sum payment may be paid 
     under this subsection until such regulations are approved by 
     the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and 
     the Committee on House Oversight of the House of 
     Representatives. All regulations approved under this 
     subsection shall have the force and effect of law.
       (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to effect 
     the appointing authority of any officer of the Senate or the 
     House of Representatives.

           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

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

                      Statements of Appropriations

       For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives, of the statements for the first session of 
     the One Hundred Fifth Congress, showing appropriations made, 
     indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together 
     with a chronological history of the regular appropriations 
     bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons 
     designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise 
     the work.

                          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), $2,600,000.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

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

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                     Capitol Buildings and Grounds


                           capitol buildings

                         salaries and expenses

       For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the 
     Assistant Architect of the Capitol, and other personal 
     services, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and 
     studies in connection with activities under the care of the 
     Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the 
     maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and electrical 
     substations of the Senate and House office buildings under 
     the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including 
     furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 
     $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to 
     be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; 
     purchase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a 
     passenger motor vehicle; and not to exceed $20,000 for 
     attendance, when specifically authorized by the Architect of 
     the Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connection with 
     subjects related to work under the Architect of the Capitol, 
     $39,554,000, of which $7,500,000 shall remain available until 
     expended.


                            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, $6,203,000, of which 
     $745,000 shall remain available until expended.

                        senate office buildings

       For all necessary expenses for 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, $50,922,000, of which 
     $13,200,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That appropriations under this heading for management 
     personnel and miscellaneous restaurant expenses hereafter 
     shall be transferred at the beginning of each fiscal year to 
     the special deposit account in the United States Treasury 
     established under Public Law 87-82, approved July 6, 1961, as 
     amended (40 U.S.C. 174j-4), and effective October 1, 1997, 
     all management personnel of the Senate Restaurant facilities 
     shall be paid from the special deposit account. Management 
     personnel transferred hereunder shall be paid at the same 
     rates of pay applicable immediately prior to the date of 
     transfer, and annual and sick leave balances shall be 
     credited to leave accounts of such personnel in the Senate 
     Restaurants.

                          capitol power plant

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, 
     power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and water 
     and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House office 
     buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds 
     about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and air 
     conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of 
     such buildings; heating the Government Printing Office and 
     Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water 
     for air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, Union 
     Station complex, Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 
     and the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall 
     be advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 
     the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into 
     the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 
     $33,645,000, of which $1,650,000 shall remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That not more than $4,000,000 of the 
     funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as 
     herein provided shall be available for obligation during 
     fiscal year 1998.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                     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, $65,134,000: 
     Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay any 
     salary or expense in connection with any publication, or 
     preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public 
     General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress 
     unless such publication has obtained prior approval of either 
     the Committee on House Oversight of the House of 
     Representatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration 
     of the Senate: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, the compensation of the Director of 
     the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 
     shall be at an annual rate which is equal to the annual rate 
     of basic pay for positions at level IV of the Executive 
     Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                   Congressional Printing and Binding

       For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and 
     the distribution of Congressional information in any format; 
     printing and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; 
     expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and session 
     index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by law (44

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     U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Government publications 
     authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; 
     and printing, binding, and distribution of Government 
     publications authorized by law to be distributed without 
     charge to the recipient, $82,269,000: Provided, That this 
     appropriation shall not be available for paper copies of the 
     permanent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 
     Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates 
     authorized under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That none 
     of the funds appropriated or made available under this Act 
     may be expended for printing and binding and related services 
     provided to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United 
     States Code, unless such printing and binding and related 
     services are provided during fiscal year 1998 and the billing 
     of such printing and binding and related services occurs not 
     later than December 31, 1998.
       This title may be cited as the ``Congressional Operations 
     Appropriations Act, 1998''.

                        TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES

                             BOTANIC GARDEN

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, 
     grounds, and collections; and purchase and exchange, 
     maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor 
     vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on 
     the Library, $3,228,000.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 
     otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance 
     of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial care of the 
     Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and 
     repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the 
     custody of the Library; operation and maintenance of the 
     American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation and 
     distribution of catalog 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, $229,904,000, of which not more than $7,869,000 
     shall be derived from collections credited to this 
     appropriation during fiscal year 1998, and shall remain 
     available until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 
     (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150): Provided, That 
     the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend any funds 
     derived from collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, in 
     excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure 
     in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the total 
     amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the 
     amount by which collections are less than the $7,869,000: 
     Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
     $9,619,000 is to remain available until expended for 
     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, $5,584,000 is to remain available until 
     expended for the acquisition and partial support for 
     implementation of an integrated library system (ILS).

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including 
     publication of the decisions of the United States courts 
     involving copyrights, $34,567,000, of which not more than 
     $17,340,000 shall be derived from collections credited to 
     this appropriation during fiscal year 1998 under 17 U.S.C. 
     708(d), and not more than $5,086,000 shall be derived from 
     collections during fiscal year 1998 under 17 U.S.C. 
     111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005: Provided, That the 
     total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the 
     amount by which collections are less than $22,426,000: 
     Provided further, That not more than $100,000 of the amount 
     appropriated is available for the maintenance of an 
     ``International Copyright Institute'' in the Copyright Office 
     of the Library of Congress for the purpose of training 
     nationals of developing countries in intellectual property 
     laws and policies: Provided further, That not more than 
     $2,250 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian 
     of Congress, in connection with official representation and 
     reception expenses for activities of the International 
     Copyright Institute.

             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), 
     $47,870,000, of which $14,194,000 shall remain available 
     until expended.

                       Furniture and Furnishings

       For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation, and 
     repair of furniture, furnishings, office and library 
     equipment, $4,178,000.

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the 
     Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount of not 
     more than $194,290, of which $58,100 is for the Congressional 
     Research Service, when specifically authorized by the 
     Librarian, for attendance at meetings concerned with the 
     function or activity for which the appropriation is made.
       Sec. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
     shall be used by the Library of Congress to administer any 
     flexible or compressed work schedule which--
       (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the 
     grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-15; and
       (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to not be 
     at work for all or a portion of a workday because of time 
     worked by the manager or supervisor on another workday.
       (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``manager or 
     supervisor'' means any management official or supervisor, as 
     such terms are defined in section 7103(a) (10) and (11) of 
     title 5, United States Code.
       Sec. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library of 
     Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general and 
     administrative overhead costs generated by performing 
     reimbursable work for other agencies under the authority of 
     31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used to employ more than 
     65 employees and may be expended or obligated--
       (1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such extent or 
     in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts; or
       (2) in the case of an advance payment, only--
       (A) to pay for such general or administrative overhead 
     costs as are attributable to the work performed for such 
     agency; or
       (B) to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in 
     appropriations Acts, with respect to any purpose not 
     allowable under subparagraph (A).
       Sec. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Library of 
     Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, 
     on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in 
     connection with official representation and reception 
     expenses for the incentive awards program.
       Sec. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library of 
     Congress in this Act, not more than $12,000 may be expended, 
     on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in 
     connection with official representation and reception 
     expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.
       Sec. 206. (a) For fiscal year 1998, the obligational 
     authority of the Library of Congress for the activities 
     described in subsection (b) may not exceed $100,490,000.
       (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are 
     reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded 
     from sources other than appropriations to the Library in 
     appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.
       Sec. 207. (a) Establishment.--Effective October 1, 1997, 
     there is established in the Treasury of the United States a 
     revolving fund to be known as the Cooperative Acquisitions 
     Program Revolving Fund (in this section referred to as the 
     ``revolving fund''). Moneys in the revolving fund shall be 
     available to the Librarian of Congress, without fiscal year 
     limitation, for financing the cooperative acquisitions 
     program (in this section referred to as the ``program'') 
     under which the Library acquires foreign publications and 
     research materials on behalf of participating institutions on 
     a cost-recovery basis. Obligations under the revolving fund 
     are limited to amounts specified in the appropriations Act 
     for that purpose for any fiscal year.
       (b) Amounts Deposited.--The revolving fund shall consist 
     of--
       (1) any amounts appropriated by law for the purposes of the 
     revolving fund;
       (2) any amounts held by the Librarian as of October 1, 1997 
     or the date of enactment, whichever is later, that were 
     collected as payment for the Library's indirect costs of the 
     program; and
       (3) the difference between (A) the total value of the 
     supplies, equipment, gift fund balances, and other assets of 
     the program, and (B) the total value of the liabilities 
     (including unfunded liabilities such as the value of accrued 
     annual leave of employees) of the program.
       (c) Credits to the Revolving Fund.--The revolving fund 
     shall be credited with all advances and amounts received as 
     payment for purchases under the program and services and 
     supplies furnished to program participants, at rates 
     estimated by the Librarian to be adequate to recover the full 
     direct and indirect costs of the program to the Library over 
     a reasonable period of time.
       (d) Unobligated Balances.--Any unobligated and unexpended 
     balances in the revolving fund that the Librarian determines 
     to be in excess of amounts needed for activities financed by 
     the revolving fund, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the 
     United States as miscellaneous receipts. Amounts needed for 
     activities financed by the revolving fund means the direct 
     and indirect costs of the program, including the costs of 
     purchasing, shipping, binding of books and other library 
     materials; supplies, materials, equipment and services needed 
     in support of the program; salaries and benefits; general 
     overhead; and travel.
       (e) Annual Report.--Not later than March 31 of each year, 
     the Librarian of Congress shall prepare and submit to 
     Congress an audited financial statement for the revolving 
     fund for the preceding fiscal year. The audit shall be 
     conducted in accordance with Government Auditing Standards 
     for financial audits issued by the Comptroller General of the 
     United States.
       Sec. 208. Authority of the Board to Invest Gift Funds.--
     Section 4 of the Act entitled ``An Act to create a Library of 
     Congress Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes'', approved 
     March 3, 1925 (2 U.S.C. 160), is

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     amended by adding at the end the following new undesignated 
     paragraph:
       ``Upon agreement by the Librarian of Congress and the 
     board, a gift or bequest accepted by the Librarian under the 
     first paragraph of this section may be invested or reinvested 
     in the same manner as provided for trust funds under the 
     second paragraph of section 2.''.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                     Library Buildings and Grounds


                     structural and mechanical care

       For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
     structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
     buildings and grounds, $14,699,000, of which $3,910,000 shall 
     remain available until expended.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                 Office of Superintendent of Documents


                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents 
     necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of 
     Government publications and their distribution to the public, 
     Members of Congress, other Government agencies, and 
     designated depository and international exchange libraries as 
     authorized by law, $29,077,000: Provided, That travel 
     expenses, including travel expenses of the Depository Library 
     Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed $150,000: 
     Provided further, That amounts of not more than $2,000,000, 
     from current year appropriations are authorized for producing 
     and disseminating Congressional serial sets and other related 
     publications for 1996 and 1997 to depository and other 
     designated libraries.

               Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

       The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make 
     such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 
     in accord with the law, and to make such contracts and 
     commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
     provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as 
     may be necessary in carrying out the programs and purposes 
     set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for the 
     Government Printing Office revolving fund: Provided, That not 
     more than $2,500 may be expended on the certification of the 
     Public Printer in connection with official representation and 
     reception expenses: Provided further, That the revolving fund 
     shall be available for the hire or purchase of not more than 
     twelve passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, That 
     expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the 
     advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed 
     necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United 
     States Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall 
     be available for temporary or intermittent services under 
     section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 
     for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the 
     annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive 
     Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided further, 
     That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the 
     headings ``Office of Superintendent of Documents'' and 
     ``salaries and expenses'' together may not be available for 
     the full-time equivalent employment of more than 3,550 
     workyears by the end of fiscal year 1998: Provided further, 
     That activities financed through the revolving fund may 
     provide information in any format: Provided further, That the 
     revolving fund shall not be used to administer any flexible 
     or compressed work schedule which applies to any manager or 
     supervisor in a position the grade or level of which is equal 
     to or higher than GS-15: Provided further, That expenses for 
     attendance at meetings shall not exceed $75,000: Provided 
     further, That, $1,500,000 may be expended on the 
     certification of the Public Printer, for reimbursement to the 
     General Accounting Office, for a management audit.

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, 
     including not more than $7,000 to be expended on the 
     certification of the Comptroller General of the United States 
     in connection with official representation and reception 
     expenses; temporary or intermittent services under section 
     3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
     individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual 
     rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
     under section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor 
     vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance 
     with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits comparable to those payable 
     under sections 901(5), 901(6) and 901(8) of the Foreign 
     Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6) and 4081(8)); 
     and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller General 
     of the United States, rental of living quarters in foreign 
     countries; $346,751,000: Provided, That not more than 
     $1,000,000 of reimbursements received incident to the 
     operation of the General Accounting Office Building shall be 
     available for use in fiscal year 1998: Provided further, That 
     an additional amount of $4,404,000 shall be available by 
     transfer from funds previously deposited in the special 
     account established pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 782: Provided 
     further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter 
     amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller General pursuant to 
     that section shall be deposited to the appropriation of the 
     General Accounting Office then available and remain available 
     until expended, and not more than $2,000,000 of such funds 
     shall be available for use in fiscal year 1998: Provided 
     further, That this appropriation and appropriations for 
     administrative expenses of any other department or agency 
     which is a member of the Joint Financial Management 
     Improvement Program (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an 
     appropriate share of JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, 
     including the salary of the Executive Director and 
     secretarial support: Provided further, That this 
     appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses 
     of any other department or agency which is a member of the 
     National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional 
     Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to finance 
     an appropriate share of either Forum's costs as determined by 
     the respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of 
     non-Federal participants. Payments hereunder to either the 
     Forum or the JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements to any 
     appropriation from which costs involved are initially 
     financed: Provided further, That this appropriation and 
     appropriations for administrative expenses of any other 
     department or agency which is a member of the American 
     Consortium on International Public Administration (ACIPA) 
     shall be available to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA 
     costs as determined by the ACIPA, including any expenses 
     attributable to membership of ACIPA in the International 
     Institute of Administrative Sciences: Provided further, That 
     $500,000 shall be available only for expenditure on studies 
     and assessments, to be carried out by not-for-profit 
     scientific, technological, or educational institutions, of 
     the matters described in section 472(c) of title 2, United 
     States Code: Provided further, That topics for studies and 
     assessments under the previous proviso, and the institutions 
     designated to carry out the studies and assessments, shall be 
     selected by the voting members of the Technology Assessment 
     Board under section 473 of title 2, United States Code, from 
     among topics requested pursuant to paragraphs (1) or (2) of 
     section 472(d) of such title.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
     shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 
     vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may 
     be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities 
     for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee on 
     House Oversight and for the Senate issued by the Committee on 
     Rules and Administration.
       Sec. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
     shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 1997 
     unless expressly so provided in this Act.
       Sec. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position not 
     specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 
     is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or 
     designation of any office or position appropriated for is 
     different from that specifically established by such Act, the 
     rate of compensation and the designation in this Act shall be 
     the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, That the 
     provisions in this Act for the various items of official 
     expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate 
     and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and 
     Members of the House of Representatives shall be the 
     permanent law with respect thereto.
       Sec. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those 
     contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
     record and available for public inspection, except where 
     otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
     Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
       Sec. 305. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated to 
     the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of 
     Public Law 104-1 to pay awards and settlements as authorized 
     under such subsection.
       Sec. 306. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 is amended in 
     the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking ``1997'' and 
     inserting ``1998''.
       Sec. 307. The Government Printing Office shall be 
     considered an agency for the purposes of the election in 
     section 801(b)(2)(B) of the National Energy Conservation 
     Policy Act and the Public Printer shall be considered the 
     head of the agency for purposes of subsection (b)(2)(C) of 
     such section.
       Sec. 308. Residence of Members of Congress.--Section 113 of 
     title 4, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in the section heading by striking ``for State income 
     tax laws''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following 
     new subsections:
       ``(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Member 
     of Congress and the Member's spouse, dependents, and staff 
     shall be treated as permanent residents and domiciliaries of 
     the State or district which the Member represents, 
     notwithstanding that the Member and the Member's spouse, 
     dependents, and staff may be absent from, or may maintain a 
     place of abode outside of, such State. A Member of Congress 
     and the Member's spouse, dependents, and staff shall be 
     entitled to the same rights, privileges, immunities, and 
     benefits and shall be subject to the same responsibilities, 
     taxation, and liabilities as other residents and 
     domiciliaries who physically reside in such State, including 
     maintaining a State driver's license, registering vehicles in 
     such State (without regard to whether such vehicle is 
     physically located in such State), registering to vote in

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     such State, and qualifying for benefits, loans, or other 
     programs that such State may make available to other 
     residents and domiciliaries who physically reside in such 
     State.
       ``(c) For the purposes of this section--
       ``(1) the term `Member of Congress' includes the delegates 
     from the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, 
     and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico;
       ``(2) the term `State' includes the District of Columbia; 
     and
       ``(3) the term `dependents' includes any person--
       ``(A) who derives his or her support from a Member of 
     Congress; and
       ``(B)(i) is a child of such Member who is age 23 or 
     younger; or
       ``(ii) is a ward of such Member; and
       ``(4) the term `staff' means any person who--
       ``(A) is in the employ of the Member of Congress for the 
     purpose of assisting the Member in the performance of 
     official duties; and
       ``(B) was resident and domiciliary of the State or district 
     which the Member represents when such person entered the 
     employ of the Member.
       ``(d) This section shall not apply to any spouse, 
     dependent, or staff of a Member of Congress who claims 
     residency or a domicile in a State other than the State which 
     the Member represents or in which the Member's district is 
     located.''.
       (b) The chapter analysis for chapter 4 of title 4, United 
     States Code, is amended in the item for section 113 by 
     striking ``for State income tax laws''.
       Sec. 309. (a) Severance Pay.--Section 5595 of title 5, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
       (A) in subparagraph (D) by striking ``and'' after the 
     semicolon; and
       (B) by adding after subparagraph (E) the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(F) the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, but only 
     with respect to the United States Senate Restaurants; and'';
       (2) in subsection (a)(2)--
       (A) in clause (vii) by striking ``or'' after the semicolon;
       (B) by redesignating clause (viii) as clause (ix) and 
     inserting after clause (vii) the following:
       ``(viii) an employee of the United States Senate 
     Restaurants of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, 
     who is employed on a temporary when actually employed basis; 
     or''; and
       (3) in subsection (b) by adding at the end the following: 
     ``The Architect of the Capitol may prescribe regulations to 
     effect the application and operation of this section to the 
     agency specified in subsection (a)(1)(F) of this section.''.
       (b) Early Retirement.--(1) This subsection applies to an 
     employee of the United States Senate Restaurants of the 
     Office of the Architect of the Capitol who--
       (A) voluntarily separates from service on or after the date 
     of enactment of this Act and before October 1, 1999; and
       (B) on such date of separation--
       (i) has completed 25 years of service as defined under 
     section 8331(12) or 8401(26) of title 5, United States Code; 
     or
       (ii) has completed 20 years of such service and is at least 
     50 years of age.
       (2) Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 83 or 84 of 
     title 5, United States Code, an employee described under 
     paragraph (1) is entitled to an annuity which shall be 
     computed consistent with the provisions of law applicable to 
     annuities under section 8336(d) or 8414(b) of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       (c) Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments.--(1) In this 
     subsection, the term ``employee'' means an employee of the 
     United States Senate Restaurants of the Office of the 
     Architect of the Capitol, serving without limitation, who has 
     been currently employed for a continuous period of at least 
     12 months, except that such term shall not include--
       (A) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of chapter 
     83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, or another 
     retirement system for employees of the Government;
       (B) an employee having a disability on the basis of which 
     such employee is or would be eligible for disability 
     retirement under any of the retirement systems referred to in 
     subparagraph (A); or
       (C) an employee who is employed on a temporary when 
     actually employed basis.
       (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to 
     avoid or minimize the need for involuntary separations due to 
     a reduction in force, reorganization, transfer of function, 
     or other similar action affecting the agency, the Architect 
     of the Capitol shall establish a program under which 
     voluntary separation incentive payments may be offered to 
     encourage not more than 50 eligible employees to separate 
     from service voluntarily (whether by retirement or 
     resignation) during the period beginning on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act through September 30, 1999.
       (3) Such voluntary separation incentive payments shall be 
     paid in accordance with the provisions of section 5597(d) of 
     title 5, United States Code. Any such payment shall not be a 
     basis of payment, and shall not be included in the 
     computation, of any other type of Government benefit.
       (4)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), an employee who has 
     received a voluntary separation incentive payment under this 
     section and accepts employment with the Government of the 
     United States within 5 years after the date of the separation 
     on which the payment is based shall be required to repay the 
     entire amount of the incentive payment to the agency that 
     paid the incentive payment.
       (B)(i) If the employment is with an Executive agency (as 
     defined by section 105 of title 5, United State Code), the 
     Director of the Office of Personnel Management may, at the 
     request of the head of the agency, waive the repayment if the 
     individual involved possesses unique abilities and is the 
     only qualified applicant available for the position.
       (ii) If the employment is with an entity in the legislative 
     branch, the head of the entity or the appointing official may 
     waive the repayment if the individual involved possesses 
     unique abilities and is the only qualified applicant 
     available for the position.
       (iii) If the employment is with the judicial branch, the 
     Director of the Administrative Office of the United States 
     Courts may waive the repayment if the individual involved 
     possesses unique abilities and is the only qualified 
     applicant available for the position.
       (C) For purposes of subparagraph (A) (but not subparagraph 
     (B)), the term ``employment'' includes employment under a 
     personal services contract with the United States.
       (5) The Architect of the Capitol may prescribe regulations 
     to carry out this subsection.
       (d) Competitive Service Treatment for Certain Employees.--
     (1) This subsection applies to any employee of the United 
     States Senate Restaurants of the Office of the Architect of 
     the Capitol who--
       (A) is involuntarily separated from service on or after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act and before October 1, 1999 
     (except by removal for cause on charges of misconduct or 
     delinquency); and
       (B) has performed any period of service employed in the 
     Office of the Architect of the Capitol (including the United 
     States Senate Restaurants) in a position in the excepted 
     service as defined under section 2103 of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       (2) For purposes of applying for employment for any 
     position in the executive branch (including for purposes of 
     the administration of chapter 33 of title 5, United States 
     Code, with respect to such employment application), any 
     period of service described under paragraph (1)(B) of this 
     subsection shall be deemed a period of service in the 
     competitive service as defined under section 2102 of title 5, 
     United States Code.
       (3) This subsection shall--
       (A) take effect on the date of enactment of this Act; and
       (B) apply only to an employment application submitted by an 
     employee during the 2-year period beginning on the date of 
     such employee's separation from service described under 
     paragraph (1)(A).
       (e) Retraining, Job Placement, and Counseling Services.--
     (1) In this subsection, the term ``employee''--
       (A) means an employee of the United States Senate 
     Restaurants of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; 
     and
       (B) shall not include--
       (i) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of chapter 
     83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, or another 
     retirement system for employees of the Government; or
       (ii) an employee who is employed on a temporary when 
     actually employed basis.
       (2) The Architect of the Capitol may establish a program to 
     provide retraining, job placement, and counseling services to 
     employees and former employees.
       (3) A former employee may not participate in a program 
     established under this subsection, if--
       (A) the former employee was separated from service with the 
     United States Senate Restaurants of the Office of the 
     Architect of the Capitol for more than 1 year; or
       (B) the separation was by removal for cause on charges of 
     misconduct or delinquency.
       (4) Retraining costs for the program established under this 
     subsection may not exceed $5,000 for each employee or former 
     employee.
       (f) Administrative Provisions.--(1) The Architect of the 
     Capitol--
       (A) may use employees of the Office of the Architect of the 
     Capitol to establish and administer programs and carry out 
     the provisions of this section; and
       (B) may procure temporary and intermittent services under 
     section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, to carry out 
     such provisions--
       (i) not subject to the 1 year of service limitation under 
     such section 3109(b); and
       (ii) at rates for individuals which do not exceed the daily 
     equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for 
     level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such 
     title.
       (2) Funds to carry out subsections (a) and (c) may be 
     expended only from funds available for the basic pay of the 
     employee who is receiving the applicable payment.
       (3) Funds to carry out subsection (e) may be expended from 
     any funds made available to the Architect of the Capitol.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 1998''.

  Mr. BENNETT. I further ask unanimous consent that the bill not be 
engrossed, that it remain at the desk pending receipt of the House 
companion measure.
  I further ask unanimous consent that when the House companion measure 
is

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received in the Senate, all after the enacting clause be stricken, 
except appropriations for the House of Representatives and House Office 
Buildings, and that the text of S. 1019, as passed, be inserted in lieu 
thereof, the Senate insist on its amendments, and request a conference 
with the House; and, finally, the Chair be authorized to appoint 
conferees on the part of the Senate.
  I further ask unanimous consent that when the House bill is passed, 
pursuant to the previous order, the passage of S. 1019 be vitiated, and 
that S. 1019 be indefinitely postponed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Hearing no objection, so ordered.
  I thank the Chair.

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