[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 85 (Thursday, June 25, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H5332-H5352]
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              LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 489 and rule 
XXIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill, H.R. 4112.

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                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 4112) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes, with Mr. 
Hansen in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as having 
been read the first time.

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  Under the rule, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Walsh) and the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Serrano) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New York (Mr. Walsh).
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 4112, the 
Legislative Branch appropriations bill for fiscal year 1999. This is a 
good bill for the House, a balanced piece of legislation representing 
the views of every member of our subcommittee, and, most importantly, 
provides for the needs of the House to conduct its business here in a 
responsible and effective manner.
  Before I present a general overview, Mr. Chairman, I want to thank 
the gentleman from New York (Mr. Serrano), the ranking member of the 
subcommittee. Never let it be said that upstate and downstate New York 
cannot work together. I would like to thank him for his tremendous help 
and hard work in producing this legislation. Working with the gentleman 
from New York for me is a personal pleasure and one I consider a 
distinct honor. This bipartisan legislation is the result of our close 
working relationship, and I thank him for all that help. I would also 
like to extend a personal thanks to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. 
Young), the gentleman from California (Mr. Cunningham), the gentleman 
from Iowa (Mr. Latham) and the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Wamp) on 
the majority side and the gentleman from California (Mr. Fazio) and the 
gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer) on the minority for their time and 
effort in producing this legislation. Also, Mr. Livingston, the 
chairman of the committee, and Mr. Obey, the ranking member of the full 
committee, participated heartily, and I thank them.
  Mr. Chairman, the House and in particular this subcommittee, is 
losing one of its key Members at the conclusion of the 105th Congress. 
The gentleman from California (Mr. Fazio) has been an outstanding 
member of our subcommittee. He formerly chaired the Subcommittee on the 
Legislative Branch and has always had the overall interest of the House 
first and foremost on his mind. I have benefited from his wisdom and 
his counsel this year and last, and I want to publicly thank him for 
all the help and guidance that he has provided. The gentleman has been 
a great defender of this institution and we will miss him very much.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. WALSH. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. First of all I want to thank the gentleman 
for those very kind comments. I want to say that I was born a Red Sox 
fan and have been one my entire 55 years. It grates me greatly to have 
to praise two Yankee fans who have worked so well together, but I say 
regardless of the issues that come before this committee and however 
anyone may vote on this bill, the two of them have established their 
own tradition and done an outstanding job on behalf of the institution. 
I think all Members of both parties need to recognize their 
contribution and appreciate the great work that the two of them have 
done for the House of Representatives.
  Mr. WALSH. I thank the gentleman very much for his kind words. I 
would just suggest to him that I too am a Red Sox fan, although I am 
very deeply a Yankees fan. I had a great uncle play baseball for the 
Red Sox back about 60 years ago, actually about 80 years ago, and was 
with them the last time they won the world series in, I believe it was 
1918. He played with Babe Ruth and then the Babe, as we know, went to 
New York. The rest is, as they say, history.
  Again, I thank the gentleman for all his help in this bill and for 
the work that he has done.
  Mr. Chairman, a bill like this is not prepared without yeoman effort 
on the part of staff. My personal thanks to Ed Lombard for his help and 
guidance throughout this process. I think that almost every Member of 
the House recognizes Ed's dedication to the Legislative Branch and to 
this process each year. He truly is the gem of this bill. Lucy Hand of 
the gentleman from New York's staff has again contributed greatly to 
the product brought forward here today and I thank her for all of her 
help. Tom Martin, on loan to us from the Library of Congress, and 
Johanna Kenny of my staff also deserve special recognition for their 
hard work.
  Mr. Chairman, let me also restate something I mentioned last year 
when bringing the Legislative Branch appropriations bill before the 
floor. We the members are fortunate to have some of the most loyal and 
dedicated people in the world working here with us on a daily basis. 
Both those who help maintain our facilities here in the House and those 
who work with many of the offices connected to the House deserve the 
thanks of every Member who serves here.
  Mr. Chairman, just to provide a few specifics about this bill. First 
of all, the appropriation level is $1.8 billion for fiscal year 1999. 
Compared to last year we are just about $30 million above. I would 
remind those who are not familiar with this bill that these are not 
funds just for the House of Representatives. This funds the Library of 
Congress, the Architect of the Capitol, the General Accounting Office, 
the Congressional Budget Office, the Government Printing Office, the 
Botanic Garden, the Capitol Hill Police and other agencies. So it is a 
rather extensive bill.
  What we have provided for is about a 1.7 percent increase in the 
budget over last year. I think it is important to note that since all 
of our employees will be getting a 3 percent plus, about 3.1 percent 
increase, cost of living allowance, that to bring this bill in under 2 
percent with a 3 percent across-the-board increase for staff was a real 
challenge and I am very proud of the work product.
  The outlays is an increase of about $7 million in net outlays, that 
is only .45 percent above last year. The savings, if I might, since the 
104th Congress when our party became the majority party, is $78 million 
below the level that this Legislative Branch was funded at in 1994. 
Including the 1999 bill, the cumulative Legislative appropriations 
savings have been over a half billion dollars.
  Mr. Chairman, I think that people would expect us to lead by our 
example in this government downsizing, rightsizing, and I think that we 
have done that. I think that this budget, the Legislative Branch 
budget, has done more to show leadership in reducing the size of 
government, making it more effective, everyone is working faster and 
smarter and harder, so I think this is a real tribute to the efforts 
and it has been tough. It has been very difficult to get those numbers 
down. Because we are talking about people and we are talking about 
service to people.
  The employment levels. This bill cuts another 438 full-time 
equivalent positions, down some 2 percent from last year. Overall since 
1994, we are down over 15 percent below 1994 levels of employment. No 
other branch of the Federal Government has made that sort of a 
commitment to downsizing. What we have done is we have given the 
Architect of the Capitol and the Government Printing Office the 
opportunity and the statutory ability to manage that downsizing through 
a buyout program which gives employees something when they leave office 
and it also gives the management some tools to manage that downsizing 
to make sure that services continue, or improve even.

  Lastly, let me just point out that there are two or three other 
aspects that I think are important. One is that the Joint Committee on 
Printing is only funded for 3 more months in this bill. The House and 
the Senate chairs of the Joint Committee on Printing have asked us to 
do that because they are going to eliminate this joint committee. Again 
the idea of downsizing government. Again I mentioned the buyout 
programs.
  One interesting feature of this bill will be that we will provide 
funding for the Congressional Cemetery which really has no connection 
with this body other than a number of members are buried there along 
with many other very famous Americans, including the great American 
musician and legend John Phillips Sousa is buried there. That has been 
declared a historic preservation site. We provide a million dollars of 
taxpayers' money to be matched by the Foundation for the National 
Historic Trust for Historic Preservation, they will help raise a 
million dollars together with the Cemetery Association, and that will 
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perpetuity of that beautiful old cemetery right here in the city of 
Washington.
  I would like to credit Jim Oliver who is the chairman of the board of 
the Congressional Cemetery who works right here on the floor of the 
House for the work that he has done, using volunteer help, catch as 
catch can, to keep that cemetery up in a proper manner. This, Mr. 
Chairman, I think, is an effort, a one-shot deal. We will do this and 
then we will get out of it. The Architect will stay involved as a 
member of the board of trustees to keep our oversight interest in front 
of that board, but then we are finished with it. I would like to thank 
again all the people who helped to put this bill together, in 
particular the gentleman from New York (Mr. Serrano).
  Mr. Chairman, I submit the following details and tabular material for 
the Record:

              Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill, 1999


                  recommendations for fiscal year 1998

       $1.8 billion ($1,804,689,700) in New Obligational authority 
     of which $1.113 billion ($1,113,521,700) if for Congressional 
     operations exclusive of Senate items. The balance of the 
     bill, $691 million ($691,168,000) is for the operations of 
     the other legislative branch agencies.
       Reduction: $129.6 million ($129,592,900) under the budget 
     reuqest, a 6.7% reduction.
       Above 1998 appropriations: $29.8 million ($29,813,900) 
     above the current fiscal year--1.68%.
       Above 1998 Outlays: An increase of $7 million in net 
     outlays from new budget authority above the amount provided 
     in FY1998. That's only 4/10ths of 1 percent. Outlays from 
     prior year authority (which we have no control of in this 
     bill-- are up $44 million.


                         components of increase

       Mandatory: There is an increase of $45.6 million 
     ($45,126,500) primarily because of the 3.1% staff cola 
     projected for 1999.
       Price Level: $4 million ($4,089,000) for price increases 
     (travel, utilities, etc.); agencies were held to a 2% 
     increase.
       Program changes: A reduction of $19.4 million ($19,401,600) 
     in programs--
       House is up a net of $2.3 million in program changes 
     ($2,272,400), including $2.8 million primarily to finance 
     year 2000 fixes and to makeup lost revenue due to migration 
     of the HIR mainframe to a client/server architecture.
       A net $360,000 reduction in program costs of joint items.
       Office of compliance: A net $279,000 reduction in program 
     costs due to a diminished workload.
       CBO: A $325,000 reduction in program costs.
       Architect of the Capital: A $20,556,000 reduction in 
     program costs.
       Government Printing Office: A $7,204,000 savings generated 
     by an investment in new technology.
       The Library of Congress: A $1,253,000 program increase to 
     finance the installation of the integrated library system 
     (ILS) and to bring the library's computers into compliance 
     with the year 2000.
       GAO: A $5,404,000 increase, to makeup for a loss of 
     building rental receipts.


                        major items in the bill

       House of Representatives--$734,107,000.
       Increase of $5,490,000 for staff COLA's in Members' 
     Offices.
       Increase of $4,572,000 for COLA's for committee staff.
       Increase of $5,635,000 for the offices of the House.
       Clerk's budget reduced $362,000 due to lower costs for 
     closed captioning and stenographic reporting contracts.
       Sergeant at Arms reduced in supplies and equipment, 
     reflecting one-time purchases in FY 1998.
       CAO's operation reduced by 18 FTE's; overall increase of 
     $6,484,000 relfects increase to cover lost computer time 
     reimbursements and equipment and furniture purchases for 
     first session of 106th Congress.
       Inspector general and other offices of the House held to 
     COLA increases.
       Allowances and expenses, an increase of $8,712,000, 97% of 
     it due to increased costs for staff benefits.
       Joint Economic Committee--funded at request level, an 
     increase of $46,000 for committee staff COLA's.
       Joint Committee on Printing--three months' funding at 
     request of Chairman Warner and Vice Chairman Thomas; 
     provision for additional amount for the Committee on House 
     Oversight, if legislation increases that committee's 
     jurisdiction over the Government Printing Office.
       Joint Committee on Taxation--$6,018,000, the amount 
     requested for current programs and to pay for staff COLA's
       Attending physician--$1,383,000, current programs plus COLA 
     costs.
       Capitol police--$76,381,000, including $72,615,000 for 
     salaries (COLA's and ``comparability'' funded) and $3,766,000 
     for expenses including travel, communications equipment and a 
     hazardous materials training program ($260,000). All other 
     expense items held to a 2% increase.
       Guides and special services office--$2,110,000, providing 
     for staff COLA costs. Request for three additional FTE's not 
     provided.
       Office of Compliance--$2,086,000, providing for a lower 
     staff level. Committee report directs budget formulation for 
     FY2000 should reflect lowered level of activity, not that the 
     intensive startup costs for this office are no longer needed.
       Congressional Budget Office--$25,671,000, an increase of 
     $874,000 to pay for staff COLA's. The committee report 
     directs CBO to report to House and Senate committees--the 
     earlier of August 30 or before conference on this bill--on 
     variances between CBO estimates and actual outcomes for 
     revenue, deficit and expenditure forecasts.
       Architect of the Capitol--$136,399,000, a decrease of $18.3 
     million (18,325,000) from FY1998. Operating budget increase 
     of $4,808,000 to cover staff COLA's and overall 2% increase 
     in non-personnel costs. Capital budget at $22,133,000 lower 
     than FY1998 due to one time costs for urgent work on the 
     Capitol dome and security for the Capitol square perimeter 
     which were funded in a fiscal year 1998 supplemental.
       Congressional cemetery: Grant provided to establish 
     permanent endowment, to be matched by private donations, to 
     cover annual maintenance.
       Power plant: Provision included (sec. 308) to provide 
     authority for architect to use energy savings performance 
     contracts to refit the east plant chiller.
       Audio Visual Conservation Center: Provision to limit 
     expenditures for capital costs at this new library building 
     in Culpeper, Virginia and to specify that expenditures shall 
     be at a 3:1 ratio, private-to-public.
       Employeee buyout program: Section 309--authority given to 
     the Architect of the Capitol to establish a retirement 
     incentive payment (buyout) program through FY2001. The 
     Architect will use this program to realign operations, to 
     eliminate duplicative operations and for other efficiencies.
       Congressional Research Service--$66,688,000, providing for 
     mandatory pay costs for current FTE level of 747. CRS 
     requested funds for 20 additional staff to be repeated each 
     year for five years to bring on apprentice staff for 
     mentoring before the aging workforce retires. At the time of 
     the hearings (February) and continuing to today, the 
     committee believes there are ample vacancies at CRS to 
     carryout this program.
       Library of Congress (except CRS)--$291,701,000. This 
     provides funds for the current employment level, modest (2% 
     overall) increases in nonpersonnel costs. Funds are provided 
     to comply with the year 2000 problem and for the integrated 
     library system.
       Routine administrative provisions plus new provision (sec. 
     207) providing authority for the Library to receive and 
     credit funds from entities involved with the Global Legal 
     Information Network (GLIN) program in the law library.
       Provides funds for additional 3,766 playback machines for 
     blind and physically handicapped readers, an increase of 18% 
     over the past two years.
       Government Printing Office--$103,729,000 and 3,416 FTE's, a 
     decrease of $7,017,000 and 134 FTE's.
       Congressional printing and binding--$74,465,000, a decrease 
     of $7,204,000.
       Superintendent of Documents--$29,264,000, an increase of 
     $187,000 for staff COLA's.
       GPO costs too high: GAO management review (Booz-Allen & 
     Hamilton contract) found costs and staffing levels at 
     the plant, in the printing procurement program and sales 
     program too high. They also found a higher percentage of 
     the workforce eligible to retire than elsewhere in 
     Government.
       GPO employee buyout: The bill includes a provision (sec. 
     310) providing Public Printer authority to establish a 
     retirement incentive (buyout) and early out programs to 
     reduce personnel costs at GPO.
       General Accounting Office--$354,238,000 plus authority to 
     spend $2,000,000 in receipts for audits, an increase of 
     $14,739,000. This includes $5,404,000 to make up for no 
     longer available building rental receipts.
       Provides funds, including COLA's, for 3,225 FTE's, a slight 
     increase in the level projected for FY 1998.
       Committee report directs GAO to train staff in contract 
     management skills to increase the agency's ability to utilize 
     consulting firms and other experts in lieu of internal staff.
       General and administrative provisions: Several housekeeping 
     provisions:
       Sec. 101--Remove the Architect from the House page board.
       Sec. 102--Increase the authorization for interparliamentary 
     receptions to $80,000.
       Sec. 103--Authorization for training and program 
     development programs for House leadership offices.
       Sec. 104--Technical amendment to conform statutes to 
     current structure of the Members' representational allowance.
       Sec. 105--Provision requested by chairman and ranking 
     minority member of Ethics Committee to postpone identifying, 
     in the CAO's statement of disbursements, witnesses appearing 
     in executive session before the committee.
       Sec. 106--Provision authorizing Committee on House 
     Oversight to prescribe conditions appropriate to non-official 
     business use of supplies and equipment.
       Sec. 107--A provision authorizing 1 consultant each for 
     Speaker and two leaders and limiting rate of payment to per 
     diem of committee staff.
       Sec. 108--Provision authorizing a transit subsidy program 
     for staff of the House.
       Sec. 109--Provision carried as general provision in last 
     year's act that provides that

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     unspent MRA funds shall be used for deficit reduction.
       Routine administration provisions for the Capitol Police 
     and Library of Congress have been included as well as the new 
     provision mentioned earlier for the Library and the two 
     provisions mentioned earlier for the Architect.


                        interesting comparisons

       The 1.68 percent increase is less than inflation.
       Outlays for spending in the bill increase $7 million--an 
     increase of \4/10\ of one percent.
       FTE's are reduced by 438. Since 1994, the legislative 
     branch employment base will be down over 4,300 FTE's. That's 
     a 15.7 percent reduction.


                                summary

       BA compared to:
       1998 operating level: +$29.8 million (+1.68 percent).
       1999 request: -$129.6 million (-6.7 percent).
       302b: -$17.3 million reduction under our 302b's (Senate 
     excluded).
       Outlays compared to:
       1998 operating level: +$51 million (+2.9 percent) increase. 
     $44 million are in prior year outlays over which we have no 
     control.
       1999 request: -$96 million (5.1 percent decrease).
       302b: -$25 million (-1.4 percent) reduction under pro rata 
     share (Senate excluded).

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  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 4112. To repeat what I said 
at the full committee and before the committee, it has been a great 
personal pleasure for me to work on this bill with the gentleman from 
New York (Mr. Walsh), our chairman. The gentleman from New York is a 
friend of mine and I am a longtime fan of his. In fact, the sad part of 
this week's baseball game, congressional baseball game, was that since 
he and I retired for one year, no one wore that illustrious uniform of 
the New York Yankees at this game, something we will take care of when 
he gets back in shape and plays next year.

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  The other: The gentleman from New York (Mr. Walsh) has been very kind 
to all the Members. He has been very fair, bipartisan. He is a very 
knowledgeable chairman, Mr. Chairman, and he is just the kind of person 
that I am glad to work with, and one of the main reasons why I support 
this bill the way I do was because whatever shortcomings the bill may 
have, I know that there are issues that he wanted to deal with and 
perhaps fell short in trying to make the perfect bill that he would 
have wanted.
  The other members of the subcommittee, too, have worked well 
together: the gentleman from California (Mr. Fazio), the gentleman from 
Maryland (Mr. Hoyer) on our side, whose combined knowledge of the 
legislative branch is staggering, along with the gentleman from Florida 
(Mr. Young), the gentleman from California (Mr. Cunningham), the 
gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Wamp), the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. 
Latham), and the chairman and ranking Democrat of the full committee, 
the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Livingston) and the gentleman from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Obey).
  Once again I will do what so many people have done, but I think it 
merits mentioning every so often, and that is the fact that this 
institution and all of us are going to miss the gentleman from 
California (Vic Fazio) very much. Other Members have talked about his 
many talents and qualities, his experience, his insight, his wisdom, 
his fairness. Let me add that no one has been more consistently devoted 
to this place or had more knowledge of its inner workings than the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Fazio). His retirement will leave an 
enormous gap that we must struggle to fill.
  And of course we could not have this bill here before us today if it 
was not for the very able staff that we all have. Few can match Ed 
Lombard's experience and knowledge or Greg Dahlberg's skill and 
expertise. Tom Martin has provided valuable service to the subcommittee 
and each Member's own staff, and I would like to take this opportunity 
to commend my own staff member, Lucy Hand, for the work that she always 
does for the committee.
  The gentleman from New York (Mr. Walsh), the other Members and I 
share a belief and commitment to the House as an institution. This is 
the People's House where we carry out the governmental roles of 
enacting the Nation's laws, overseeing and investigating Federal 
programs, and, yes, checking and balancing the executive and judicial 
branches. In these historic surroundings and in the presence of the 
public, people come to us to petition their government and to see how 
their laws are made. Tourists visit the inspiring Capitol building 
which is a symbol of our democracy as well as our own workplace.
  Mr. Chairman, the congressional complex has been compared to a small 
city. It has an infrastructure of buildings and roads, water and sewer, 
phones and cables. It offers amenities such as visitors' tours, health 
care and public safety. A huge number and variety of people work here 
or come to visit. We all want to ensure that the House operates 
efficiently to protect and enhance the Capitol and the other buildings 
and grounds and to protect the health, safety and security of all.
  We must in this bill provide resources sufficient to run an 
enterprise of this size and complexity.
  Mr. Chairman, this is on balance a good bill, given the constraints 
the committee is working under this year and for the last couple of 
years. The gentleman from New York (Mr. Walsh) has explained the bill 
in detail, but I will add a couple of comments:
  First of all, the increase of 1.7 is really above last year, is 
really less than the expected rate of inflation and less than the 
likely 3.1 percent cost of living adjustment. I think that this merits 
the respect of the House because it is not easy to come up with this 
kind of a bill and still only increase it by the amount we have.
  This covers the operations of the House Member and committee offices, 
administrative offices and the legislative support activities of the 
Congressional Budget Office, Congressional Research Service and the 
Architect of the Capitol. The bill also includes dollars for the 
Library of Congress, the General Accounting Office and the Government 
Printing Office.
  And while the bill continues to reduce staffing levels, it provides 
buyout authority to the Architect and the GPO so they can manage staff 
reductions and restructuring. Buyouts are less expensive, less 
disruptive and less harmful to the affected workers than the 
alternative reductions in work force.
  I repeat that this is a good bill, and I will continue to speak for 
the bill, Mr. Chairman, during this debate. I hope that at the end of 
it, it will have bipartisan support and that the work that the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Walsh) and our committee has done will be 
appreciated by all Members.
  This covers the operations of House Member and Committee offices, 
administrative offices, and the legislative support activities of the 
Congressional Budget Office, Congressional Research Service, and the 
Architect of the Capitol.
  The bill also includes $691 for other agencies such as the Library of 
Congress, General Accounting Office, and Government Printing Office.
  While the bill continues to reduce staffing levels, it provides 
buyout authority to the Architect and the GPO so they can manage staff 
reductions and restructuring. Buyouts are less expensive, less 
disruptive, and less harmful to the affected workers than the 
alternative, reductions-in-force.
  Mr. Speaker, I repeat that this is a good bill. However, there are 
concerns on our side that must be expressed.
  First, however modest the increase in total spending over last year 
is--and I believe 1.7% is modest--it is still an increase. Other 
appropriations bills contain drastic cuts and even terminations in 
programs of great importance to the American people, especially the 
most vulnerable Americans.
  Second, the bill provides funding for only one quarter for the Joint 
Committee on Printing. This was at the request of the Chairmen of the 
House Oversight and Senate Rules Committees and assumes that Title 44 
reform, including disposition of JCP's functions, will be completed by 
the end of 1998. However, there are not many legislative days left in 
this session and no legislation has been introduced, so completing 
reform seems unlikely.
  Third, spending in the 105th Congress out of the Speaker's ``reserve 
fund for unanticipated expenses of committees'' was included in the 
base used to calculate the fiscal year 1999 ``Committee Employees'' 
appropriation. We understand that whether there is a slush fund in the 
106th Congress will be decided when the new Congress adopts its rules 
and its Committee Funding Resolution. And that is the way funds should 
be allocated among Committees--by a vote of the House. They should not 
be held in reserve to be distributed at the whim of one party's 
leadership through a Committee strongly weighted toward that party.
  I supported Mr. Hoyer's attempt to have an amendment made in order 
that would limit funds available for the disbursements from the reserve 
fund.
  Sadly, the amendment was not made in order under the rule, and the 
House is denied the opportunity to vote on how Committee funds should 
be allocated.
  I am also sorry that Rules did not waive points of order against 
Section 108, as it did for every other provision subject to a point of 
order. Section 108 was a Hoyer amendment adopted in Committee, based on 
a resolution by Mr. Blumenauer.
  The amendment would have required the Oversight Committee to 
institute a program through which employing offices, including Members, 
could offer transit subsidies to employees who do not have parking 
spaces or belong to car pools. It is past time for the House to join 
the Senate, the Architect's office, the executive branch, and much of 
the private sector.
  More than half the Members of the House, of the Appropriations 
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House Oversight Committee, are cosponsors of Mr. Blumenauer's bill, so 
I would have thought a clean vote on whether or not to strike the 
provision would have been fair, but as it is, the provision can be 
stricken on a point of order.
  Other problems facing the bill are not due to the bill itself but to 
the atmosphere in the House.
  There are numerous ongoing, duplicative, highly partisan 
investigations. The Democratic Leader recently released a report that 
found that more than $17 million in taxpayers' dollars has been spent 
to date on more than 50 investigations involving 15 of the 20 standing 
committees of the House.
  This is just too much. Congress is wasting time and money on witch 
hunts when the business the people expect us to do is undone.
  There is also a general disregard for the rights of the minority.
  While some of the more egregious offenses I mentioned last year--like 
denying Ranking Democrats the right to offer amendments to their 
bills--have subsided, there are constant irritations, such as the 
uneven division of suspensions between the parties.
  And overall, there is a general lack of civility and respect.
  Still, Mr. Speaker, Chairman Walsh has done a good job and this is a 
good bill. I will vote for it and I urge my colleagues to do the same.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Cunningham) a member of the subcommittee.
  Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank the gentleman 
from New York (Mr. Walsh) and I would like to thank my good friend, the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Serrano). I serve on another committee, on 
the Committee on National Security, and it is a pleasure because of the 
bipartisanship. Does not mean that we do not have disagreements from 
time to time, but the atmosphere, the friendliness, the working, and 
their willingness not to continue with the, as my colleagues know, 
bigger government and tax and spend, but to serve by example to reduce 
the size to useful government; and the fact that good government does 
not have to be an oxymoron. I would like to thank the gentleman from 
New York (Mr. Serrano) and I would like to thank the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Walsh) for delivering on those kind of promises and making it 
a very desirable committee to serve on.
  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Doggett).
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Chairman, I appreciate very much the bipartisan 
spirit with which this piece of legislation is brought to the floor, 
but I regret to inform the House, as I did during the rule debate, that 
a bipartisan effort to try to get some attention on the tons of paper 
and bottles and cans that go through this building and to see that they 
are addressed with the same amount of environmental sensitivity that 
families across this country use and that many businesses use in having 
a competent recycling program has been totally missing from this House 
in the last 3\1/2\ years.
  Let me recite the facts:
  For 3 of the last 3\1/2\ years that this House has been under 
Republican control, there has been no recycling coordinator in this 
Congress. Indeed there is no recycling coordinator today. As we debate 
today this bill, there is no recycling plan in place. As we debate this 
bill there is no recycling of mixed paper in this House; indeed that is 
zero, zip, nada, being done with reference to recycling of mixed paper.
  Why is that particularly important? Because since there is no 
recycling coordinator and no real recycling effort, most people, even 
if they have the best of intent with regard to recycling, do not have 
correct information about how to recycle in a way that will be 
effective, and that is reflected in other facts.
  When the House did recycle, it earned 30 cents per ton on the paper 
that it recycled. Compare that with the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development which earned $60 per ton because it did it properly. From 
October 1996 to September 1997 the House did not earn a penny because 
its recycling was done in such a poor, incomplete, and contaminated 
way.
  Since the Republicans have been in charge of this House, the amount 
of bottle recycling has gone down 83 percent. The amount of can 
recycling has gone down 73 percent. If they just put the cans and the 
bottles out here on the sidewalk for the homeless to collect, we could 
have done better than has been done by the House leadership with 
reference to this recycling program.
  Look at the number of trees around this country that are cut down 
with the flow of paper through this building. We are talking about 
whole forests that go down to generate the tons of paper that go 
through this building. As best I can estimate, just the Washington Post 
alone delivers 15,000 pounds of newsprint here every week. Most of it 
is going right into the landfill instead of being recycled in the way 
that so many American families realize is best for the future of this 
country.
  I believe there is some bipartisan interest in this issue, as was 
voiced earlier, and I appreciate the willingness to accept the 
amendment of the gentleman from California (Mr. Farr). But it is going 
to take far more than a few dollars. It is going to require a 
significant change in attitude by the leadership of this House if we 
are going to reverse this very serious environmental problem here in 
the Congress.
  This Congress ought to be leading the way, it ought to be following 
the businesses and the schoolchildren and the millions of families 
across this country that recycle. Instead the performance of this House 
represents a national disgrace on this issue, and it needs to be 
corrected immediately.
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I really have to rise again and respond to my colleague 
from Texas (Mr. Doggett) regarding the recycling program. There is no 
question that we are not perfect. But I would submit that we are 
probably doing better than a lot of other communities around this 
country, and there really is an effort on the part of this committee 
and on the part of the Republican leadership to do a better job at 
recycling.
  I cannot understand for the life of me how anyone can make this a 
partisan issue. We are all united, Republicans, Democrats, and the 
Independent Member of the Congress are all united in this. What it 
requires is some leadership on the part of each Member to sit down with 
their staff and say, as my colleagues know, this is mixed paper, this 
is fine paper, and this is wet waste, and put labels on the trash cans 
and implement this.
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. WALSH. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. DOGGETT. I guess the reason that it becomes an issue that relates 
to whether there is a commitment by the Republican leadership to 
address this, is our inability to get a recycling coordinator in place 
and our inability to even get a copy of the report.
  Mr. WALSH. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, the gentleman takes 
issue with the fact that there is not a coordinator in place, and 
apparently there is a labor dispute between that individual and the 
Office of Compliance, and so it has been tied up. But the fact of the 
matter is the Architect's Office is responsible for this.
  I have a letter here that I would enter into the Record, but 
basically it says it is addressed to me from Architect Alan Hantman:

       I am writing with respect to the office waste recycling 
     program in the House. I want to reassure the committee of my 
     personal commitment to the success of this worthy program. I 
     want to thank you and the committee for assuring that 
     sufficient funds and other resources have been made available 
     to carry out the recycling program over the past several 
     years,

et cetera, et cetera.
  The letter in its entirety is as follows:


                                 The Architect of the Capitol,

                                    Washington, DC, June 24, 1998.
     Hon. James T. Walsh,
     Chairman, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch Appropriations, 
         Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, 
         Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Chairman: I am writing with respect to the office 
     waste recycling program in the House office buildings. I want 
     to reassure the Committee of my personal commitment to the 
     success of this worthy program. Further, I want to thank you 
     and the Committee for assuring that sufficient funds and 
     other resources have been made available to carry out the 
     recycling program over the

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     past several years. It is clearly the responsibility of this 
     office to assure that those resources are used expeditiously 
     and continuously to make certain the recycling program is a 
     success.
       Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any 
     questions on this matter.
           Sincerely,
                                             Alan M. Hantman, AIA,
                                         Architect of the Capitol.

  Now we have accepted the gentleman from California's amendment (Mr. 
Farr). We are about to accept it. And we will do that, but it is a 
friendly amendment. Again, it is not a partisan issue. We are working 
together to try to resolve these things, and the gentleman from Texas, 
I think, misstated or misquoted the facts when he said that we are not 
doing anything to recycle waste. In fact, we generated 3,400 tons of 
office waste last year, and we recycled almost 2,000 of those. Almost 
60 percent of the office waste was recycled. Of the overall waste 
stream, we are recycling at least 25 percent. That is as good, if not 
better, than most communities in America.
  So, as my colleagues know, we are trying to do the best we can. We 
can do better, but it is going to require that we all work together in 
this, we should not make it a partisan issue. Let us work together, and 
I think we can do a better job.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. 
Camp).
  Mr. CAMP. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding this time 
to me and for his leadership.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this bill and for its provision 
which would require that Members' unspent office funds go back to the 
Treasury to be used to reduce the national debt.
  The fiscal year 1999 legislative branch appropriations bill continues 
our assault on the national debt and reduces spending by 77 million 
over 1995 levels. This majority has achieved in 3 years what has eluded 
the Congress for 3 decades, a balanced budget, and we must not rest. We 
must remain committed to maintaining a balanced budget and continue 
working toward reducing the national debt.
  This bill with a provision in it offered by the Representative from 
Indiana (Mr. Roemer) and myself will ensure that Members of Congress 
can demonstrate their personal commitment to a balanced budget. This 
provision requires Members' unspent office funds be used for debt 
reduction.
  This measure has been proposed for the last 8 years. It was first 
adopted by the new majority with a large bipartisan vote 3 years ago, 
and for the first time ever has been included in the chairman's draft, 
and I thank the chairman for his leadership on this issue.
  Requiring unspent office funds for debt reduction allows us to 
demonstrate our personal commitment to a truly debt-free Nation by 
running our offices in a efficient and frugal manner. What better 
example can we set in returning our unspent office funds to the 
American people? As taxpayers and Members of Congress, we should do our 
part to reduce the debt.
  I thank the gentleman again, and I thank the gentleman from Indiana 
for his leadership and work on this important provision.
  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Indiana (Mr. Roemer).
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Indiana (Mr. Roemer).
  The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Roemer) is recognized 
for 3 minutes.

                              {time}  1430

  Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from New York for yielding 
me this time.
  Mr. Chairman, I rise on an historic day when we will reform the IRS 
for the first time in 46 years. We will follow up on a capital gains 
tax cut for the American people, and for the first time, in the 
underlying bill, we will give Members of Congress a direct opportunity 
to return money from their office accounts directly to deficit and/or 
debt reduction. This is something that I want to commend the gentleman 
from New York (Mr. Walsh) and the gentleman from New York (Mr. Serrano) 
on.
  In previous years I offered this amendment and Committee on Rules 
would not allow it to be brought forward. It was called the ``Speaker's 
slush fund'' under Democrats and Republicans that this money went to. 
Finally, and I give accolades to the Republican majority, we offered 
this as an amendment on the House floor and we successfully attached it 
to the bill. Three years ago, two years ago, last year, and this year, 
for the first time, the very first time, it is included on page 10.
  So I am very happy to work with my good friend, the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Camp). The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Camp) and I have 
sponsored this legislation through the years and, slowly but surely, 
convinced our colleagues that this is a good thing.
  I have returned $915,000, close to $1 million, out of my office 
funds. I do not think that money should go toward Capitol repair or an 
elevator floor made out of marble. I think that money should go to debt 
reduction. I think that money should go back to the U.S. Treasury. I do 
not think that money should be respent on something here in Washington, 
D.C.
  So, with that, I would ask the distinguished chairman, the gentleman 
from New York (Mr. Walsh), if he would engage in a very short colloquy.
  Mr. Chairman, as we have been discussing through the years, the 
language on page 10 reads that ``Members' representational allowances 
shall be allowable only for fiscal year 1999. Any amount remaining 
after all payments are made under such allowances for such fiscal years 
shall be deposited in the Treasury to be used for deficit reduction.''
  Now, this is good strong language because I think, regardless, it 
remains in the Treasury under this language. But if in fact, Mr. 
Chairman, we have a surplus this year, which it appears we will, and 
there is not a deficit, we want to make sure this money goes toward 
debt reduction.
  Is it the gentleman's interpretation and intention in conference to 
clarify this language to include debt reduction?
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. ROEMER. I yield to the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. WALSH. The gentleman is correct. It is our understanding, 
regardless of the situation presented by the economy or by the budget, 
a deficit or surplus, and we have the happy confluence of this 
amendment being passed at the same time that we do have a surplus, that 
that money stays in the Treasury.
  Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I thank the chairman 
for that clarification and for that dedication to helping continue in a 
bipartisan way, to save the taxpayer money.
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman will yield further, I would 
like to thank the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Roemer) and the gentleman 
from Michigan (Mr. Camp) for their persistence on this issue. I am 
happy to include it in the bill.
  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Chairman, I yield two minutes to the gentleman from 
Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer).
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Chairman, I thank my colleague for yielding me 
time.
  Mr. Chairman, I have been disappointed as a Member of this body to 
discover that, unlike most other Federal agencies, unlike what we have 
done for thousands of employees in private corporations around America, 
that we are unable to extend a transit benefit to our employees. It has 
been Federal policy since the early 1990s that we encourage this 
balanced approach to transportation. It has been occurring in the 
Senate since 1992.
  I was pleased when I found that the Committee on Appropriations had 
added the provisions of House Resolution 37 that would have extended 
this program that were amended into the bill. Evidently there may be 
some procedural problem or point of order that is raised that would 
pull this item from the bill.
  I would hope that it would be possible for the House leadership to 
come together to make sure that we ultimately have provisions that have 
already been supported by over 230 Members of the House that have 
cosponsored the legislation. I would hope that at a time when we are 
talking about spending billions of dollars to try and somehow 
resuscitate the Washington,

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D.C., area and to fight the congestion in the second-most congested 
area in the United States, I would hope that we would be able to adopt 
this simple program that is already available to most of the employees 
on the Hill, because it is good for the environment, because it is good 
for reducing congestion, but, most important, because it extends an 
important benefit to some of our lowest-paid employees who want to do 
the right thing.
  Mr. Chairman, I would hope that my colleagues would join with me, in 
the event it is not part of this proposal, that we could make sure that 
this is fixed before we adjourn for the year.
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Chairman, I yield two minutes to the distinguished 
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Traficant) for the purpose of colloquy.
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Chairman, since I have come here, I have seen what 
I believe to be a shortfall in the way we treat our Capitol Police, and 
I do not think there is any Member that does not support our Capitol 
Police. Number one, we never see any headlines, and that is the biggest 
compliment we can pay them, and they do guard and secure our Nation's 
treasures as well as our human resources.
  In that regard, Mr. Chairman, they are not paid at a commensurate 
level of other law enforcement entities in our Federal Government, 
number one, and, number two, after the extreme background checks and 
training and all the money we put into them, they are prime targets to 
be recruited by other surrounding law enforcement agencies because they 
are, in fact, some of the world's finest and the Nation's finest.
  Mr. Chairman, I have sponsored legislation to bring them up to par 
with some of these other law enforcement entities, and that would have 
required a 7 percent increase in their compensation. I want to thank 
and compliment the gentleman from New York (Mr. Walsh) and the 
gentleman from New York (Mr. Serrano) who did give and include a 3 
percent raise. But that still falls $5 million short of compensating 
our police at a level commensurate with other similar types of 
enforcement entities.
  I want to know under what conditions and if the two gentlemen would 
work with me to try and bring our Capitol Police up to that level which 
I think would ensure they would be retained here after the tremendous 
investment of training and background expenditures we make, and that 
would keep our morale up in that department, as it should be.
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume to 
respond to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Traficant).
  Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for his comments and concern. 
Obviously the gentleman speaks for most Members in his affection and 
support of the Capitol Hill Police. They do a marvelous job here.
  We in our deliberations have provided the Capitol Hill Police with 
funding for a similar increase that other Federal employees will 
receive. It is our understanding there is a collective bargaining 
process ongoing. If there is indeed a collective bargaining agreement, 
the process is then that it would have to be reviewed by the Committee 
on House Oversight, chaired by the gentleman from California (Mr. 
Thomas), and, before that, by the Police Board. Once those two hurdles 
are cleared, if these three occurrences came within the period from now 
and when we go to conference, I believe we could deal with that issue 
when we got to the conference.
  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. WALSH. I yield to the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Chairman, I just wanted to reassure the gentleman, 
both the chairman and the ranking member and members of the committee 
want to do everything possible to make sure that we do take care of the 
Capitol Police. That is our intent. We obviously recognize that there 
are contractual obligations and proceedings that have to take place, 
but the gentleman can rest assured that it is our intent that they get 
the best and the fairest deal possible.
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Chairman, if the gentleman will yield, here is the 
only real issue that I see. Everybody here will take care of them, and 
I think the gentleman from California (Mr. Thomas) has been a great 
friend to the police as well, but our Capitol Police are compensated at 
a level lower than other Federal law enforcement entities that we fund.
  Even though we are talking about these particular elements of 
collective bargaining now, we are bargaining over the same type of pay 
raise that exists for all. The only point I am making is there is a 
discrepancy in that they are, in my opinion, undercompensated, and I 
believe that wrong should be righted.
  So I would be willing to meet with any and all groups. I know that 
the gentleman from California (Mr. Thomas) has been a fierce supporter 
of the Capitol Police, but I want some assurances that we understand, 
that it is on the record here, that I believe they are underpaid, 
undercompensated for work similar to other Federal law enforcement 
agencies, and I think that is wrong and should be corrected.
  Mr. Chairman, with that, I want to thank the gentleman from New York 
(Chairman Walsh).
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I thank the gentleman 
for his comments. We will be happy to work with the gentleman if that 
series of events occurs.
  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Chairman, I have no further requests for time, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Chairman, I again would ask for support for this bill 
in a bipartisan manner.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN. All time for general debate has expired.
  Pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered read for amendment under 
the 5-minute rule.
  The text of H.R. 4112 is as follows:

                               H.R. 4112

       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, 1999, and for 
     other purposes, namely:

                   TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

      Payments to Widows and Heirs of Deceased Members of Congress

       For payment to Marcia S. Schiff, widow of Steven H. Schiff, 
     late a Representative from the State of New Mexico, $136,700.

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
     $733,971,000, as follows:


                        house leadership offices

       For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
     $13,117,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $1,686,000, 
     including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; 
     Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,652,000, including 
     $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office 
     of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,675,000, including $10,000 
     for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
     Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 
     $1,043,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
     Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the 
     Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,020,000, including $5,000 for 
     official expenses of the Minority Whip; Speaker's Office for 
     Legislative Floor Activities, $397,000; Republican Steering 
     Committee, $738,000; Republican Conference, $1,199,000; 
     Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,295,000; 
     Democratic Caucus, $642,000; nine minority employees, 
     $1,190,000; training and program development--majority, 
     $290,000; and training and program development--minority, 
     $290,000.

                  Members' Representational Allowances

                Including Members' Clerk Hire, Official

                 Expenses of Members, and Official Mail

       For Members' representational allowances, including 
     Members' clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 
     $385,279,000.

                          Committee Employees

                Standing Committees, Special and Select

       For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special 
     and select, authorized by House resolutions, $89,743,000: 
     Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such 
     salaries and expenses until December 31, 2000.

                      Committee on Appropriations

       For salaries and expenses of the Committee on 
     Appropriations, $19,373,000, including studies and 
     examinations of executive agencies and temporary personal 
     services for such committee, to be expended in accordance 
     with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
     1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies for 
     services performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
     available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 
     2000.


                    salaries, officers and employees

       For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
     authorized by law, $89,991,000, including: for salaries and 
     expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including

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     not more than $3,500, of which not more than $2,500 is for 
     the Family Room, for official representation and reception 
     expenses, $15,365,000; for salaries and expenses of the 
     Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position of 
     Superintendent of Garages, and including not more than $750 
     for official representation and reception expenses, 
     $3,501,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Chief Administrative Officer, $57,211,000, including 
     $24,282,000 for salaries, expenses and temporary personal 
     services of House Information Resources, of which $23,074,000 
     is provided herein: Provided, That of the amount provided for 
     House Information Resources, $7,130,000 shall be for net 
     expenses of telecommunications: Provided further, That House 
     Information Resources is authorized to receive reimbursement 
     from Members of the House of Representatives and other 
     governmental entities for services provided and such 
     reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit 
     to this account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
     the Inspector General, $3,953,000; for salaries and expenses 
     of the Office of General Counsel, $840,000; for the Office of 
     the Chaplain, $133,000; for salaries and expenses of the 
     Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian 
     and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,106,000; for 
     salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision 
     Counsel of the House, $1,912,000; for salaries and expenses 
     of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 
     $4,980,000; for salaries and expenses of the Corrections 
     Calendar Office, $799,000; and for other authorized 
     employees, $191,000.


                        allowances and expenses

       For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
     resolution or law, $136,468,000, including: supplies, 
     materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
     $2,575,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 
     and administrative offices of the House, $410,000; Government 
     contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and 
     other applicable employee benefits, $132,832,000; and 
     miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, 
     maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, 
     interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of 
     deceased employees of the House, $651,000.


                           child care center

       For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives 
     Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the 
     account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative 
     Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g(d)(1)), 
     subject to the level specified in the budget of the Center, 
     as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives.

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 101. (a) Section 2(a) of House Resolution 611, Ninety-
     seventh Congress, agreed to November 30, 1982, as enacted 
     into permanent law by section 127 of Public Law 97-377 (2 
     U.S.C. 88b-3), is amended--
       (1) by adding ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
       (2) by striking ``; and'' at the end of paragraph (2) and 
     inserting a period; and
       (3) by striking paragraph (3).
       (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
     respect to the One Hundred Sixth Congress and each succeeding 
     Congress.
       Sec. 102. Subsection (b) of the first section of House 
     Resolution 1047, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to April 4, 
     1978, as enacted into permanent law by section 111 of the 
     Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 130-
     1(b)), is amended by striking ``$55,000'' and inserting 
     ``$80,000''.
       Sec. 103. (a) There is hereby established an account in the 
     House of Representatives for purposes of carrying out 
     training and program development activities of the Republican 
     Conference and the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee.
       (b) Subject to the allocation described in subsection (c), 
     funds in the account established under subsection (a) shall 
     be paid--
       (1) for activities of the Republican Conference in such 
     amounts, at such times, and under such terms and conditions 
     as the Speaker of the House of Representatives may direct; 
     and
       (2) for activities of the Democratic Steering and Policy 
     Committee in such amounts, at such times, and under such 
     terms and conditions as the Minority Leader of the House of 
     Representatives may direct.
       (c) Of the total amount in the account established under 
     subsection (a)--
       (1) 50 percent shall be allocated to the Speaker for 
     payments for activities of the Republican Conference; and
       (2) 50 percent shall be allocated to the Minority Leader 
     for payments for activities of the Democratic Steering and 
     Policy Committee.
       (d) There are authorized to be appropriated to the account 
     under this section for fiscal year 1999 and each succeeding 
     fiscal year such sums as may be necessary for training and 
     program development activities of the Republican Conference 
     and the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee during the 
     fiscal year.
       Sec. 104. (a) Section 311(e)(2) of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59(e)(2)) is amended--
       (1) by adding ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (B);
       (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a period; and
       (3) by striking subparagraph (D).
       (b) Section 311(e) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 59e(e)) is amended 
     by striking paragraph (4).
       Sec. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any 
     other rule or regulation, any information on payments made by 
     the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House 
     of Representatives to an individual for attendance as a 
     witness before the Committee in executive session during a 
     Congress shall be reported not later than the second 
     semiannual report filed under section 106 of the House of 
     Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections 
     Act (2 U.S.C. 104b) in the following Congress.
       Sec. 106. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the Committee on House Oversight may prescribe by regulation 
     appropriate conditions for the incidental use, for other than 
     official business, of equipment and supplies owned or leased 
     by, or the cost of which is reimbursed by, the House of 
     Representatives.
       (b) The authority of the Committee on House Oversight to 
     prescribe regulations pursuant to subsection (a) shall apply 
     with respect to fiscal year 1999 and each succeeding fiscal 
     year.
       Sec. 107. (a) The Speaker, Majority Leader, and Minority 
     Leader of the House of Representatives are each authorized to 
     appoint and fix the compensation of 1 consultant, on a 
     temporary or intermittent basis, at a daily rate of 
     compensation not in excess of the per diem equivalent of the 
     highest gross rate of annual compensation which may be paid 
     to employees of a standing committee of the House.
       (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
     1999 and each succeeding fiscal year.
       Sec. 108. (a) The House of Representatives shall 
     participate in State and local government transit programs to 
     encourage employees of the House to use public transportation 
     pursuant to section 7905 of title 5, United States Code.
       (b) The Committee on House Oversight shall issue 
     regulations pertaining to the participation of the House of 
     Representatives in State and local government transit 
     programs through, and at the discretion of, its Members, 
     committees, officers, and officials.
       Sec. 109. Any amount appropriated in this Act for ``HOUSE 
     OF REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--Members' 
     Representational Allowances'' shall be available only for 
     fiscal year 1999. Any amount remaining after all payments are 
     made under such allowances for such fiscal year shall be 
     deposited in the Treasury, to be used for deficit reduction.

                              JOINT ITEMS

       For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

       For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
     $2,796,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Printing

       For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
     Printing, $202,000, together with an additional amount of 
     $150,000 if there is enacted into law legislation which 
     transfers the legislative and oversight responsibilities of 
     the Joint Committee on Printing to the Committee on House 
     Oversight of the House of Representatives: Provided, That 
     such additional amount shall be transferred to the Committee 
     on House Oversight of the House of Representatives and made 
     available beginning January 1, 1999.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

       For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
     Taxation, $6,018,000, to be disbursed by the Chief 
     Administrative Officer of the House.
       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 
     Office of the Attending Physician; (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 assistants; 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, $1,383,000, 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, $72,615,000, of which $35,022,000 is provided to 
     the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be 
     disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House, 
     and $37,593,000 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

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     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, 
     $3,766,000, 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 1999 shall be 
     paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to 
     the Department of the Treasury.

                        Administrative Provision

       Sec. 110. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1999 for the 
     Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may be 
     transferred between the headings ``salaries'' and ``general 
     expenses'' upon the approval of--
       (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives, in the case of amounts transferred from the 
     appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House 
     of Representatives under the heading ``salaries'';
       (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in the 
     case of amounts transferred from the appropriation provided 
     to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate under 
     the heading ``salaries''; and
       (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
     House of Representatives, in the case of other transfers.

           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

       For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and 
     Special Services Office, $2,110,000, 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 second 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), $2,086,000.

                      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, $25,671,000: 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; for 
     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, 
     $40,347,000, of which $6,425,000 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, $5,803,000, of which 
     $325,000 shall remain available until expended.


                         house office buildings

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the House office buildings, $42,139,000, of 
     which $11,449,000 shall remain available until expended.


                          capitol power plant

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, 
     power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and water 
     and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House office 
     buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds 
     about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and air 
     conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of 
     such buildings; heating the Government Printing Office and 
     Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water 
     for air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the 
     Union Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal 
     Judiciary Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, 
     expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed upon 
     request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so 
     received shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit 
     of this appropriation, $37,145,000, of which $100,000 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 1999.

                          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, $66,688,000: 
     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 
     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, $74,465,000: Provided, That this 
     appropriation shall not be available for paper copies of the 
     permanent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 
     Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates 
     authorized under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this 
     appropriation shall be available for the payment of 
     obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar 
     purposes for preceding fiscal years.


                        administrative provision

       Sec. 111. (a) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
     1998 (Public Law 105-55; 111 Stat. 1191) is amended in the 
     item relating to ``congressional printing and binding'' under 
     the heading ``GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE'' by striking 
     ``$81,669,000'' and all that follows through ``Provided,'' 
     and inserting the following: ``$70,652,000: Provided, That an 
     additional amount of not more than $11,017,000 may be derived 
     by transfer from the Government Printing Office revolving 
     fund under section 309 of title 44, United States Code: 
     Provided further,''.
       (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 
     as if included in the enactment of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 1998.
       This title may be cited as the ``Congressional Operations 
     Appropriations Act, 1999''.

                        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, $3,032,000.

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                          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, $234,822,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 
     shall be derived from collections credited to this 
     appropriation during fiscal year 1999, and shall remain 
     available until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 
     (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than 
     $350,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 
     1999 and shall remain available until expended for the 
     development and maintenance of an international legal 
     information database and activities related thereto: 
     Provided, That the Library of Congress may not obligate or 
     expend any funds derived from collections under the Act of 
     June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for 
     obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided 
     further, That the total amount available for obligation shall 
     be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than 
     the $6,850,000: Provided further, That of the total amount 
     appropriated, $9,869,000 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, 
     $3,544,000 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, 
     $33,897,000, of which not more than $16,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be derived from collections 
     credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1999 under 
     17 U.S.C. 708(d): Provided, That the Copyright Office may not 
     obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under 
     17 U.S.C. 708(d), in excess of the amount authorized for 
     obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided 
     further, That not more than $5,170,000 shall be derived from 
     collections during fiscal year 1999 under 17 U.S.C. 
     111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005: Provided further, 
     That the total amount available for obligation shall be 
     reduced by the amount by which collections are less than 
     $21,170,000: 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), 
     $46,824,000, of which $13,744,000 shall remain available 
     until expended.

                       Furniture and Furnishings

       For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation, 
     maintenance, 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 1999, the obligational 
     authority of the Library of Congress for the activities 
     described in subsection (b) may not exceed $99,765,100.
       (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. Effective October 1, 1998, the Library of 
     Congress is authorized to receive funds from participants in 
     and sponsors of an international legal information database 
     led by the Law Library of Congress, and to credit any such 
     funds to the Library of Congress appropriations, up to the 
     extent authorized in appropriations Acts, for the development 
     and maintenance of the database.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         Congressional Cemetery

       For a grant for the perpetual care and maintenance of the 
     historic Congressional Cemetery, $1,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended.

                     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, $11,933,000, of which $910,000 shall 
     remain available until expended.


                       administrative provisions

       Sec. 208. (a) Grant for Care and Maintenance of 
     Congressional Cemetery.--In order to assist in the perpetual 
     care and maintenance of the historic Congressional Cemetery, 
     the Architect of the Capitol shall make a grant to the 
     National Trust for Historic Preservation (hereafter in this 
     section referred to as the ``National Trust'') in accordance 
     with an agreement entered into by the Architect of the 
     Capitol with the National Trust and the Association for the 
     Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery (hereafter in 
     this section referred to as the ``Association'') which 
     contains the terms and conditions described in subsection (b) 
     and such other provisions as the Architect may deem necessary 
     or desirable for the implementation of this section or for 
     the protection of the interests of the Federal government.
       (b) Terms and Conditions of Agreement.--The terms and 
     conditions described in this subsection are as follows:
       (1) Upon receipt of the amounts provided under the grant 
     made under subsection (a), the National Trust shall deposit 
     the amounts in a permanently restricted account in its 
     endowment and shall administer, invest, and manage such grant 
     funds in the same manner as other National Trust endowment 
     funds.
       (2) The National Trust shall make distributions to the 
     Association from the amounts deposited in the endowment 
     pursuant to paragraph (1), in accordance with its regularly 
     established spending rate, for the care and maintenance of 
     the Cemetery (other than the cost of personnel), except that 
     the National Trust may only make such distributions 
     incrementally and proportionately upon receipt by the 
     National Trust of contributions from the Association which 
     incrementally match the amounts provided under the grant made 
     under subsection (a) and which are to be added to the 
     permanently restricted account described in paragraph (1).
       (3) The Association shall use such distributions from the 
     endowment and the match for the care and maintenance of 
     Congressional Cemetery, except that the Association may not 
     use such distributions for nonroutine restoration or capital 
     projects.
       (4) The Association, or any successor thereto, shall 
     maintain adequate records and accounts of all financial 
     transactions and operations carried out with such 
     distributions, and such records shall be available at all 
     times for audit and investigation by the Architect of the 
     Capitol and the Comptroller General.
       (c) No Title in United States.--Nothing in this section 
     shall be construed to vest title to the Congressional 
     Cemetery in the United States.
       Sec. 209. (a) For fiscal year 1999, the amount available 
     for expenditure by the Architect of the Capitol from the fund 
     established under section 4 of the Act entitled

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     ``An Act to authorize acquisition of certain real property 
     for the Library of Congress, and for other purposes'', 
     approved December 15, 1997 (Public Law 105-144; 111 Stat. 
     2688), may not exceed $2,500,000.
       (b) The portion of the appropriated funds made available to 
     the Architect of the Capitol for fiscal year 1999 which the 
     Architect may expend for improvements to the National Audio 
     Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper, Virginia (not 
     including any funds made available from the fund described in 
     subsection (a)) may not exceed an amount equal to one third 
     of the amount of funds appropriated from the fund described 
     in subsection (a) for the fiscal year, except that the 
     Architect may expend a greater amount for such purposes with 
     the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
     of Representatives and the Senate.

                       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, $29,264,000: 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 1997 and 1998 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 3,416 
     workyears: 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.

                       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; $354,238,000: Provided, 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 1999: 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 Forum 
     or to 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.

                     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 1999 
     unless expressly so provided in this Act.
       Sec. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position not 
     specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 
     is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or 
     designation of any office or position appropriated for is 
     different from that specifically established by such Act, the 
     rate of compensation and the designation in this Act shall be 
     the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, That the 
     provisions in this Act for the various items of official 
     expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate 
     and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and 
     Members of the House of Representatives shall be the 
     permanent law with respect thereto.
       Sec. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those 
     contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
     record and available for public inspection, except where 
     otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
     Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
       Sec. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the 
     greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products 
     purchased with funds made available in this Act should be 
     American-made.
       (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into 
     any contract with, any entity using funds made available in 
     this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest 
     extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice 
     describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the 
     Congress.
       (c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal 
     agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing 
     a ``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with 
     the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the 
     United States that is not made in the United States, such 
     person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or 
     subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, 
     pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
     procedures described in section 9.400 through 9.409 of 
     title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 306. 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. 307. Amounts available for administrative expenses of 
     any legislative branch entity which participates in the 
     Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) 
     established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available 
     to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs as determined 
     by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared 
     among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 
     allocations among the entities as the entities may determine) 
     may not exceed $1,500.
       Sec. 308. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     hereafter the Architect of the Capitol is authorized to enter 
     into energy savings performance contracts for energy savings 
     projects in the Capitol Complex under the following 
     conditions:
       (1) the Architect of the Capitol shall obtain the approval 
     of the Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate 
     prior to entering into such contracts;
       (2) contracts shall conform to the requirements of 42 
     U.S.C. 8287(a);
       (3) the Architect of the Capitol shall compete such 
     contracts to the extent practicable among energy service 
     contractors meeting the standards for qualification developed 
     by the Secretary of Energy under 42 U.S.C. 8287(b);
       (4) services offered by the Department of Energy in 
     connection with energy savings performance contracts shall be 
     made available to the Architect of the Capitol upon request 
     to carry out the authority granted under this section; and,
       (5) if payment would be required for furnishing similar 
     services to an executive

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     agency, payment therefor shall be made by the Architect by 
     reimbursement; such payment may be credited to the applicable 
     appropriations of the Secretary of Energy.
       Sec. 309. (a) Severance Pay for All Employees of the 
     Architect of the Capitol.--Section 5595(a) of title 5, United 
     States Code, as amended by section 310 of the Legislative 
     Branch Appropriations Act, 1998, is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)(F), by striking ``, but only with 
     respect to the United States Senate Restaurants''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2), in clause (viii) in the matter 
     following subparagraph (B), by striking ``of the United 
     States Senate Restaurants''.
       (b) Early Retirement for All Employees of the Architect of 
     the Capitol.--Section 310(b)(1) of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 1998 (40 U.S.C. 174j-1(b)(1)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``of the United States Senate Restaurants''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``1999;'' and 
     inserting ``1999 (or, in the case of an individual who is not 
     an employee of the United States Senate Restaurants, on or 
     after the date of the enactment of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 1999 and before October 1, 2001);''.
       (c) Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments for All 
     Employees of the Architect of the Capitol.--Section 310(c) of 
     the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 (40 U.S.C. 
     174j-1(c)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``of the United States 
     Senate Restaurants''; and
       (2) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) by striking ``not more than 50'',
       (B) by striking ``1999'' and inserting ``1999 (or, in the 
     case of an individual who is not an employee of the United 
     States Senate Restaurants, on or after the date of the 
     enactment of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 
     and before October 1, 2001)'', and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``The 
     number of employees of the United States Senate Restaurants 
     to whom voluntary separation incentive payments may be 
     offered under the program established under the previous 
     sentence may not exceed 50.''.
       (d) Retraining, Job Placement, and Counseling Services for 
     All Employees of the Architect of the Capitol.--Section 
     310(e) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 (40 
     U.S.C. 174j-1(e)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``of the United States 
     Senate Restaurants''; and
       (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``the United States 
     Senate Restaurants of ''.
       Sec. 310. (a) Severance Pay.--Section 5595 of title 5, 
     United States Code, as amended by section 310 of the 
     Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(2)--
       (A) in clause (viii), by striking ``or'' after the 
     semicolon;
       (B) by redesignating clause (ix) as clause (x) and 
     inserting after clause (viii) the following new clause:
       ``(ix) an employee of the Government Printing Office, who 
     is employed on a temporary when actually employed basis; 
     or''; and
       (2) in subsection (b) by adding at the end the following: 
     ``The Public Printer may prescribe regulations to effect the 
     application and operation of this section to the agency 
     specified in subsection (a)(1)(G) of this section.''.
       (b) Early Retirement.--(1) This subsection applies to an 
     employee of the Government Printing Office who--
       (A) voluntarily separates from service on or after the date 
     of enactment of this Act and before October 1, 2001; 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 
     Government Printing Office, 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 Public 
     Printer shall establish a program under which voluntary 
     separation incentive payments may be offered to encourage 
     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, 2001.
       (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 States 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 Public Printer may prescribe regulations to carry 
     out this subsection.
       (d) Retraining, Job Placement, and Counseling Services.--
     (1) In this subsection, the term ``employee''--
       (A) means an employee of the Government Printing Office; 
     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 Public Printer 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 
     Government Printing Office 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.
       (e) Administrative Provisions.--(1) The Public Printer--
       (A) may use employees of the Government Printing Office 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 (d) may be expended from 
     any funds made available to the Public Printer.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 1999''.

  The CHAIRMAN. No amendment is in order unless printed in House Report 
105-601. Each amendment may be offered only in the order printed, may 
be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be 
considered read, debatable for the time specified in the report, 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and 
shall not be subject to an amendment.
  The chairman of the Committee of the Whole may postpone a request for 
recorded vote on any amendment and may reduce to a minimum of 5 minutes 
the time for voting on any postponed question that immediately follows 
another vote, provided that the time for voting on the first question 
shall be a minimum of 15 minutes.
  Are there any points of order?


                             Point of Order

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Chairman, I raise a point of order against section 
108 on page 10, lines 1 through 10 of H.R. 4112, on the ground that 
this provision violates clause 2 of House rule XXI because it is in 
fact legislation included in a general appropriations bill.

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  The CHAIRMAN. Are there any other Members who wish to be heard on the 
point of order?
  Section 108 clearly constitutes legislation on an appropriation bill 
in violation of clause 2 of rule XXI by requiring the Committee on 
House Oversight to issue regulations .
  The Chair sustains the point of order. The section is stricken.
  It is now in order to consider Amendment No. 1 printed in House 
Report 105-601.


           Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mr. Farr of California

  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:
  Amendment No. 1 offered by Mr. Farr of California:
       In the item relating to ``HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS'' under 
     the heading ``ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL--Capitol Buildings and 
     Grounds'', strike the period at the end and insert the 
     following: ``: Provided, That of the total amount provided 
     under this heading, not less than $100,000 shall be used 
     exclusively for waste recycling programs.''.

  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 489, the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Farr) and a Member opposed will each control 5 minutes.
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Chairman, I support the gentleman's amendment, and, if 
no Member seeks time in opposition, I ask unanimous consent that I be 
allocated the time the rule allows reserved for a Member in opposition.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
New York?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  (Mr. FARR of California asked and was given permission to revise and 
extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. Walsh), the 
chairman of the Subcommittee on Legislative, and the gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Serrano), the ranking member.
  I think in the dialogue we have heard here today what we recognize is 
we do have a serious trash problem here in the United States Congress, 
and trash is trash. It is not Republican trash or Democratic trash or 
Independent trash, it is something that we have just got to get our 
hands on and clean up.

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  This amendment I think allows the House to do that. It simply 
dictates that of the money in this bill that goes to pay for the 
operation and maintenance of the House buildings, $100,000 of that 
shall be bracketed, shall be made available to underwrite the recycling 
program and only the recycling program.
  The amendment, by earmarking specific funds for this program, sets 
recycling as a priority for the House. I offer this amendment because 
recycling is a program that has been neglected, and consequently has 
had very limited success.
  Most of the Members of the House do recycle. They support this. But 
the level and type of recycling varies from office to office, leaving a 
doubt in the end results of those efforts because the program itself is 
in such a disarray. The amendment will guarantee that the House has all 
the resources that we need to jumpstart this program into high gear.
  I am not offering this amendment to fulfill some sort of ecowarrior's 
dream to save trees, I am offering this amendment because it is a way 
to earn money for the House and for the government by avoiding landfill 
costs and by earning revenue on high-grade recyclable material. It is a 
way to reduce our dependency on the landfills and take trash out of the 
community. It is a way to make the House a good corporate citizen of 
the D.C. community, and yes, it is a way to conserve resources.
  I urge Members to support my amendment and give the House a chance to 
get recycling right.
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. FARR of California. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Chairman, until the gentleman offered his amendment, 
despite the months the gentleman has spent in a bipartisan effort to 
try to get this disastrous program reshaped, there was not any money 
allocated specifically for this purpose in this appropriations bill by 
the Republican majority; is that correct?
  Mr. FARR of California. Not specifically. The problem is that the 
program is broken. It needs a commitment. The gentleman from New York 
(Mr. Walsh) certainly has given his commitment to it. I believe that he 
is sincere, but we need to get it off the ground.
  Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Chairman, I commend the gentleman's leadership. I 
think it would be really helpful in focusing on what is a disgrace for 
the Congress, and perhaps with the adoption of the gentleman's 
amendment we can begin to correct this blunder.
  Mr. FARR of California. I thank the gentleman. The gentleman from New 
York (Mr. Walsh) and I were talking at lunch today, talking about 
recycling in our own homes. We said it is our daughters that remind us, 
they are sort of the recycling cop in our houses, telling us that you 
have to recycle this and that. What this House needs, I think what 
every office needs, is a 13-year-old daughter or son to say, put this 
in the right place.
  Frankly, that is leadership, and it is going to require the Architect 
of the Capitol to really get tough with our offices and remind us that 
this is a responsibility of each office.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I certainly have no problem. In fact, I support the 
gentleman's amendment.
  There are two things that we agree on, bipartisanly. One is that we 
are committed to recycling. The second is that we do whatever our 
daughters tell us when it comes to recycling, and probably some other 
things at home.
  This is a friendly amendment. This is a good amendment. I know that 
the gentleman from California (Mr. Farr) has been a supporter of this 
effort. We have, too. We have conducted hearings and several meetings 
with the Architect. The gentleman from New York (Mr. Serrano) is 
committed to this. This issue has been raised in great detail. The 
Architect has the message. It is now up to him, with the cooperation of 
all House offices, to make this program work more efficiently. We have 
done this in concert with the gentleman and his staff. I commend him 
for his interest.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman 
from New York (Mr. Serrano), the distinguished ranking member of the 
subcommittee.
  Mr. SERRANO. I thank the gentleman from New York, Mr. Chairman. In 
spite of the fact that I was not invited to lunch to discuss this 
amendment, I do think it is a great amendment. I think it speaks to a 
very important issue, certainly one that the gentleman from California 
has been working on very diligently. I support it wholeheartedly, and 
hope that we can accept it today.
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume, 
in order to say that we accept the amendment.
  Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Chairman, I believe the U.S. House of 
Representatives has a great opportunity to save the American taxpayer 
money. From the General Services Administration's FY96 Waste Management 
Report we have learned the U.S. House of Representatives recycled over 
three million pounds of paper and earned $761. The same reports shows:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  Recycled
                     1996                          (lb.)        Earned
------------------------------------------------------------------------
USDA..........................................    1,020,000      $29,730
DOE...........................................      754,000       15,992
HUD...........................................      746,000       22,413
NRC...........................................      458,000       10,728
U.S. House of Representatives.................    3,460,000          761
------------------------------------------------------------------------

  The House earned less money because the paper collected from offices 
which voluntarily participate in recycling becomes contaminated after 
it is collected by the custodial staff. Many Congressional employees 
who work late at night can attest that the custodial staff who collect 
the waste are not properly equipped with receptors to keep the waste 
sorted.
  I understand that the House has been trying to implement a voluntary 
recycling program since the late 1970's and suggest that perhaps there 
needs to be more support and oversight from the committee to implement 
the program effectively. With proper oversight and direction the U.S. 
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will not only save money by making money when it recycles, but it will 
save money by avoiding the dumping fees on waste that is sent to the 
landfills.
  Unfortunately, the preliminary indications for FY97 are even worse. 
The preliminary numbers being complied by GSA suggest that the House 
earned only $7.51 for recycling 4,400,000 pounds of paper.
  Congressman Sam Farr's amendment makes the necessary steps to help 
solve the recycling problems in the House. I support his efforts and 
hope my colleagues will do the same.
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I 
may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I urge the adoption of the amendment, and after hearing 
the analogy of the gentleman from New York (Mr. Serrano) of this being 
a city on the Hill, I accept the support of the mayor and the vice-
mayor, here.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Farr).
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The CHAIRMAN. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 2 printed 
in House report 105-601.


                Amendment No. 2 offered by Mr. Gutierrez

  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment.
  The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment.
  The text of the amendment is as follows:

       Amendment No. 2 printed in House Report 105-601 offered by 
     Mr. Gutierrez:
       In Title III--General Provisions--after the last section 
     insert the following new section:
       Sec. 310. The Architect of the Capitol--
       (1) shall develop and implement a cost-effective energy 
     conservation strategy for all facilities currently 
     administered by Congress to achieve a net reduction of 20 
     percent in energy consumption on the congressional campus 
     compared to fiscal year 1991 consumption levels on a Btu-per-
     gross-square-foot basis not later than 7 years after the 
     adoption of this resolution;
       (2) shall submit to Congress no later than 10 months after 
     the adoption of this resolution a comprehensive energy 
     conservation and management plan which includes life cycle 
     costs methods to determine the cost-effectiveness of proposed 
     energy efficiency projects;
       (3) shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations in the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives a request for the 
     amount of appropriations necessary to carry out this 
     resolution;
       (4) shall present to Congress annually a report on 
     congressional energy management and conservation programs 
     which details energy expenditures for each facility, energy 
     management and conservation projects, and future priorities 
     to ensure compliance with the requirements of this 
     resolution.
       (5) shall perform energy surveys of all congressional 
     buildings and update such surveys as needed;
       (6) shall use such surveys to determine the cost and 
     payback period of energy and water conservation measures 
     likely to achieve the required energy consumption levels;
       (7) shall install energy and water conservation measures 
     that will achieve the requirements through previously 
     determined life cycle cost methods and procedures;
       (8) may contract with nongovernmental entities and employ 
     private sector capital to finance energy conservation 
     projects and achieve energy consumption target;
       (9) may develop innovative contracting methods that will 
     attract private sector funding for the installation of 
     energy-efficient and renewable energy technology to meet the 
     requirements of this resolution;
       (10) may participate in the Department of Energy's 
     Financing Renewable Energy and Efficiency (FREE Savings) 
     contracts program for Federal Government facilities; and
       (11) shall produce information packages and ``how-to'' 
     guides for each Member and employing authority of the 
     Congress that detail simple, cost-effective methods to save 
     energy and taxpayer dollars.

  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 489, the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Gutierrez) and a Member opposed will control 5 minutes 
each.
  For what purpose does the gentleman from New York rise?
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Chairman, I support the gentleman's amendment, and if 
no Member seeks time in opposition, I ask unanimous consent that I be 
allocated the time under the rule otherwise reserved to a Member in 
position.
  The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from 
New York?
  There was no objection.
  The CHAIRMAN. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. 
Gutierrez).
  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I first want to commend the gentleman from New York 
(Mr. Walsh) and the gentleman from New York (Mr. Jose E. Serrano), the 
ranking minority member, for their fine work on the legislation 
currently being considered by the House. As we all know, making 
Congress work is no easy task. Their efforts, however, have made it 
easier for all of us to work more effectively for our constituents.
  I would also like to thank the gentleman from New York (Chairman 
Solomon) and the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Moakley) for their 
support in the Committee on Rules for my amendment. I am encouraged to 
see Members of both parties committed to making Congress a model of 
efficiency and innovation.
  When the Republicans took control of this institution in 1995, a 
number of promises were made regarding the manner in which government 
would work and serve the American people. We Democrats had some 
agreements with some of them. Nevertheless, we were able to work 
together in many important ways to reform congressional practices. 
Together, Members of both parties supported and passed the 
Congressional Accountability Act, to bring Congress under the laws 
mandated for the American people and Federal agencies.
  Today I ask for Members' support so we can build on that bipartisan 
accord. My amendment would simply oblige Congress to adhere to energy 
conservation standards that Congress has required for all Federal 
departments. By requiring the development and implementation of a 
comprehensive energy conservation plan for the buildings under our 
jurisdiction, we would be demonstrating to our people how government 
can function more efficiently and save taxpayers a million dollars, 
which would be illustrating the benefits of new and cleaner 
technologies, innovative contracting agreements, and cooperation 
between private and not-for-profit sectors.
  The Federal agencies have made significant progress in these areas. 
Since President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 1992, Federal 
agencies have made significant progress in these areas. Federal 
agencies have saved taxpayers, and I want to underscore this, more than 
$2.5 billion since 1985. This equates to a decrease in energy costs of 
44 percent in constant 1995 dollars from $14.5 billion in 1985 to $8 
billion in the year 1995. That means that between 1994 and 1995, $286 
million was saved. Why should Congress not follow these steps?
  While Federal agencies have significantly reduced energy 
expenditures, Congress has seen its energy bill rise in each of the 
last 7 years. Congress now spends more than $32 million annually on 
energy bills. We can and should reverse this trend, and we should do it 
without short-term costs to the taxpayers.
  My amendment would permit the Architect of the Capitol to enlist 
private and not-for-profit resources to develop, plan, and achieve 
reduction targets. Currently the Department of Energy has been working 
with Federal agencies and private sector partners on innovative 
contracting methods that do not cost the taxpayers a cent.
  Under the Financing Renewal Energy and Efficiency or FREE savings 
contract, energy service companies pay for and install energy saving 
technologies and equipment in Federal buildings at no cost to the 
taxpayers. In reward, the private partners receive, for a designated 
number of years, about 50 percent of the savings when the building's 
energy bills go down. I feel strongly that the use of these contracting 
methods could help Congress reduce its energy expenditures by more than 
20 percent by the year 2005.
  Mr. Chairman, in 1995 we agreed Congress should comply with the laws 
of the Nation. I am sure we can also agree that Congress should be a 
model of how government can function better. A greater commitment by 
Congress to cutting its own wasteful spending and to conserving natural 
resources is required to achieve this goal.
  Support this amendment, support a Congress that lives by the laws it 
passes. Support an energy-efficient congressional campus.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from 
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York (Mr. Serrano), the ranking minority member.
  Mr. SERRANO. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me the 
time.
  Mr. Chairman, the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois 
(Mr. Gutierrez) as presented, in my opinion, is a good amendment. It 
certainly speaks about a very important issue, and one we should be 
dealing with in this House. He has very properly presented his 
arguments, and we certainly have no problems with it on this side. I 
would hope that the gentleman's side would accept the amendment today.
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I have no problem with the amendment. The minority 
supports it, the majority supports it. The language would require the 
Architect of the Capitol to develop a cost-effective strategy to 
achieve 20 percent efficiency in energy consumption. It is a worthy 
goal. It is an excellent idea. It will save us money, and we support 
the amendment.
  Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  I would just like to say to the chairman and the ranking member, I 
thank them both for their consideration of my amendment. Together we 
will make the House a more efficient place. I thank them so much.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Gutierrez).
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The CHAIRMAN. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Petri) having assumed the chair, Mr. Hansen, Chairman of the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, reported that that 
Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 4112) making 
appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999, and for other purposes, pursuant to House 
Resolution 489, he reported the bill back to the House with sundry 
amendments adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment? If not, the Chair will 
put them en gros.
  The amendments were agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.


                 Motion to Recommit Offered by Mr. Obey

  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion to recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill?
  Mr. OBEY. I certainly am, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to 
recommit.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Mr. Obey moves to recommit the bill, H.R. 4112, to the 
     Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report the 
     same back to the House forthwith with an amendment to reduce 
     $8,311,590 from the appropriation for ``Committee Employees, 
     Standing Committees, Special, and Select.''

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) is 
recognized for 5 minutes to speak on behalf of his motion to recommit.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, many of us remember a few years back when 
significant reductions were made in committee staffing, which saved a 
significant amount of money in the House budget.
  In a very controversial decision, the House majority leadership took 
about $8 million of those savings that were not sent back to the 
Treasury, but instead, put into a special fund to be controlled by the 
House leadership.
  The House leadership has been able to spend this slush fund in any 
manner they wanted, without further approval of the House. This 
windfall spree was thought to be, more or less, a one-time windfall 
brought about by the committee staff reductions that have now 
stabilized. But I guess the House leadership has gotten hooked on this 
free spending, because we find tucked away in this bill extra funds 
ostensibly for committee staff which in fact are not meant for the 
committee staff at all, but rather, meant to replenish the Speaker's 
slush fund.
  The subcommittee chairman informed the Committee on Rules yesterday 
that the $89 million included in this bill for the committee staff is 
based on taking the artificially high levels of 2 years ago, which 
included that estimated $7.9 million for the slush fund, and simply 
inflated it by 5.21 percent. That works out to over $8.3 million in 
this bill that is ostensibly budgeted for committee staff that the 
majority has no real intention of using for committee staff.

                              {time}  1500

  The real intention is to be pulling a back-door maneuver to replenish 
that slush fund.
  Mr. Speaker, if the majority leadership wants to have more play 
money, then this House ought to be able to vote on it. They should not 
try to hide it through this kind of a back-door shenanigan.
  The truth is committees are not expected to spend $89 million to 
operate. They can do it with about $8 million less without missing a 
beat. I would point out that that is comparable to the level of the 
104th Congress second session, which was only $79 million. So the level 
we are proposing is still $2 million higher than the level at the end 
of the 104th Congress, with no appreciable changes in staff levels.
  What would this mean for the total bill? According to CBO, the total 
spending increase recommended by the majority is more than 3\1/2\ 
percent. This reduction of $8.3 million would still leave us with a 
total increase over last year of 2.3 percent.
  Mr. Speaker, I do not apologize for what this body spends in order to 
provide necessary services to our constituents. But in a day when we 
are seeing low-income heating assistance programs eliminated, when we 
are seeing summer jobs eliminated, when we are seeing cuts in health 
care, education, food safety, National Parks and water quality 
programs, it seems to me that we ought not to be providing more money 
than we in fact expect the committees to spend.
  Mr. Speaker, we can save $8 million and not provide the funds that 
will otherwise be diverted to the leadership's slush fund.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``yes'' vote on the motion to recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Petri). Is the gentleman from New York 
(Mr. Walsh) opposed to the motion to recommit?
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Speaker, I am.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York (Mr. Walsh) is 
recognized for 5 minutes in opposition to the motion.
  Mr. WALSH. Mr. Chairman, this amendment will gut the ability of our 
committees to do their work, pure and simple. This takes $8.3 million 
from the total appropriation of $89.7 million in the bill for committee 
funds. That is a 10 percent reduction in all of our committees and 
their funding.
  Mr. Speaker, it is going to require that we reduce staff, that we 
reduce our workload, and more importantly, that we reduce our 
oversight. This is tying one hand of the legislative branch's arm 
behind its back for no good reason.
  This bill was constructed in a bipartisan manner. We have worked 
together on this. This is an attempt to politicize an otherwise 
nonpartisan bill. There is nowhere near this amount of money in the 
bill for unanticipated expenses of the committees.
  This idea, this ``slush fund'' word, is very quotable. It is a 
quotable quote. It is a good 2-second sound bite. But what we are 
talking about here is funding unanticipated expenses of the Congress. 
Any construction project, any business worth their salt provides for 
contingencies. That is what this does.
  The number, this number of $8.3 million, has no basis in reality. I 
do not know where the number came from. But the fact of the matter is 
it is an attempt to politicize an otherwise well-crafted, nonpartisan 
bill.
  So, Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this motion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is 
ordered on the motion to recommit.

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  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the ground that a 
quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum is not 
present.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evidently a quorum is not present.
  The Sergeant at Arms will notify absent Members.
  Pursuant to clause 5 of rule XV, the Chair will reduce to a minimum 
of 5 minutes the period of time within which a vote by electronic 
device will be taken on the question of passage of the bill.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 192, 
nays 222, not voting 19, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 271]

                               YEAS--192

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baesler
     Baldacci
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Cardin
     Carson
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fazio
     Filner
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Furse
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Green
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hefner
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Holden
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lantos
     Lee
     Levin
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Mink
     Mollohan
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Poshard
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schumer
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith, Adam
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Stokes
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Thompson
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Torres
     Towns
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wynn
     Yates

                               NAYS--222

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bono
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Cox
     Crane
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Ensign
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fawell
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kim
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Moran (KS)
     Morella
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pappas
     Parker
     Paul
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Redmond
     Regula
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Royce
     Ryun
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Schaefer, Dan
     Schaffer, Bob
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Skeen
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Linda
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stump
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tauzin
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Traficant
     Upton
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--19

     Brady (TX)
     Dingell
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Hamilton
     Hinojosa
     Hulshof
     Hutchinson
     Klug
     Lampson
     Lewis (GA)
     Markey
     McDade
     Moakley
     Pallone
     Reyes
     Scarborough
     Turner
     Weldon (PA)

                              {time}  1523

  Messrs. McHUGH, ARMEY, MICA, PAXON, and EWING changed their vote from 
``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Messrs. JOHN, PRICE of North Carolina, MATSUI, SPRATT, and MALONEY of 
Connecticut changed their vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.


                          personal explanation

  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, during rollcall vote No. 271 on the motion 
to recommit H.R. 4112, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, 
I would have voted ``yes.''
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Pease). The question is on the passage 
of the bill.
  Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XV, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  This will be a 5-minute vote.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were-- yeas 235, 
nays 179, not voting 19, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 272]

                               YEAS--235

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baesler
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonior
     Bono
     Bryant
     Bunning
     Burr
     Burton
     Buyer
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Carson
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Christensen
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Cooksey
     Crapo
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Danner
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Dicks
     Dixon
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Everett
     Ewing
     Farr
     Fattah
     Fawell
     Fazio
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Fox
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodling
     Goss
     Graham
     Granger
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayworth
     Herger
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Inglis
     Istook
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones
     Kasich
     Kelly
     Kilpatrick
     Kim
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     LaHood
     Largent
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Livingston
     LoBiondo
     Lucas
     Manzullo
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Mink
     Mollohan
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Nethercutt
     Neumann
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Oxley
     Packard
     Pappas
     Parker
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paxon
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Pickering
     Pickett
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Redmond
     Regula
     Riggs
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Roukema
     Ryun
     Sabo
     Salmon
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaefer, Dan
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Shimkus
     Shuster
     Sisisky
     Skaggs
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (OR)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith, Adam
     Snowbarger
     Solomon
     Souder
     Spence
     Stump
     Sununu
     Talent
     Tauzin
     Taylor (NC)
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Torres
     Traficant
     Upton
     Visclosky
     Walsh
     Wamp

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     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     White
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NAYS--179

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Bentsen
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (CA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Cardin
     Clay
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Conyers
     Costello
     Cox
     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crane
     Cummings
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Engel
     Ensign
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Filner
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Furse
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Goodlatte
     Green
     Harman
     Hastings (FL)
     Hefley
     Hefner
     Hill
     Hilleary
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Holden
     Hooley
     Hostettler
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Johnson (WI)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy (MA)
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kennelly
     Kildee
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lantos
     Lee
     Levin
     Lipinski
     Lofgren
     Lowey
     Luther
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Manton
     Martinez
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHale
     McIntyre
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller (CA)
     Minge
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Nadler
     Neal
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Paul
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Petri
     Pomeroy
     Poshard
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rohrabacher
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Royce
     Rush
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Sawyer
     Schaffer, Bob
     Schumer
     Scott
     Sensenbrenner
     Sherman
     Slaughter
     Smith, Linda
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stearns
     Stenholm
     Stokes
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Thompson
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Towns
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wise
     Wynn
     Yates

                             NOT VOTING--19

     Brady (TX)
     Dingell
     Gonzalez
     Gordon
     Hamilton
     Hinojosa
     Hulshof
     Hutchinson
     Klug
     Lampson
     Lewis (GA)
     Markey
     McDade
     McIntosh
     Moakley
     Reyes
     Turner
     Waxman
     Weldon (PA)

                              {time}  1533

  Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD and Messrs. ROHRABACHER, RANGEL and McINTYRE 
changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
  Ms. WOOLSEY changed her vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

                          ____________________