[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 31, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H4881-H4895]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2002
Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, by the direction of the Committee on
Rules, I call up House Resolution 213 and ask for its immediate
consideration.
The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:
H. Res. 213
Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this
resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule
XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the
Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of
the bill (H.R. 2647) making appropriations for the
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2002, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill
shall be dispensed with. Points of order against
consideration of the bill for failure to comply with clause
4(c) of rule XIII are waived. General debate shall be
confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority
member of the Committee on Appropriations. After general
debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the
five-minute rule. The bill shall be considered as read.
Points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to
comply with clause 2 of rule XXI are waived. No amendment to
the bill shall be in order except those printed in the report
of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution. Each
such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in
the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the
report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for
the time specified in the report equally divided and
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be
subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand
for division of the question in the House or in the Committee
of the Whole. All points of order against such amendments are
waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for
amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the
House with such amendments as may have been adopted. The
previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill
and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening
motion except one motion to recommit with or without
instructions.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Pryce) is
recognized for 1 hour.
Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, for purposes of debate only, I yield
the customary 30 minutes to my colleague and good friend, the gentleman
from Ohio (Mr. Hall); pending which I yield myself such time as I may
consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is
for the purposes of debate only.
Mr. Speaker, House Resolution 213 is a structured rule which provides
for 1 hour of general debate equally divided between the gentleman from
North Carolina (Mr. Taylor), chairman of the subcommittee, and the
ranking member, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran), for the
consideration of H.R. 2647, the fiscal year 2002 Legislative Branch
Appropriations bill.
After general debate, the rule makes in order only the amendments
printed in the Committee on Rules report; an amendment offered by the
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Rothman) and an amendment offered by the
gentleman from the great State of Ohio (Mr. Traficant).
The rule waives points of order against consideration of the bill for
failure to comply with clause 4(c) of rule XIII requiring a 3-day
availability of printed hearings on general appropriations bills, as
well as clause 2 of rule XXI prohibiting unauthorized or legislative
provisions. The rule also waives all points of order against the
amendments printed in the report.
Finally, the rule permits the minority to offer a motion to recommit,
with or without instructions.
Mr. Speaker, to quote the great Yogi Berra, ``It's like deja vu all
over again,'' as the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill provides
yet another example of a carefully crafted bill from the Committee on
Appropriations that balances fiscal discipline with the true needs of
the first branch of our government, the legislative branch. This
legislation represents a responsible increase in overall spending of
4.5 percent.
I would like to commend the chairman and the ranking member, and all
the members of the subcommittee, for their hard work on what is truly a
noncontroversial bill.
Mr. Speaker, it has been said that our Nation's capitol building and
its campus serves three distinct and important purposes. First, it is a
working office building. The central meeting place of our Federal
legislature.
Second, it is a museum that preserves our Nation's history and marks
its many legislative battles and victories.
And, finally, this capitol is a living monument to democracy, which
sits upon the great pedestal of Capitol Hill, clear for all to see.
Mr. Speaker, the Legislative Branch Appropriations bill safeguards
these important roles by ensuring funding needs of this institution are
met. Specifically, the bill funds congressional operations for the
House of Representatives, including our staffs and employees. It
addresses the needs of the U.S. Capitol Police, and continues to
support their efforts to modernize as they perform essential security
functions for the protection of not just Members of Congress and our
staffs but also the millions of visitors who come to the seat of our
government every year.
The bill includes funding to hire an additional 79 new police
officers and provides a 4.6 percent cost of living adjustment and a
salary increase for comparability pay.
This bill provides for the needs of the Architect of the Capitol as
well, including its various operations and maintenance activities under
its jurisdiction for the capitol, House office buildings, and the
surrounding grounds.
In addition, this bill funds the needs of the invaluable but often
behind-the-scenes work performed by the Congressional Budget Office,
the Government Printing Office, the General Accounting Office, the
Library of Congress, and the Congressional Research Service, including
all the employees who collectively help us and our staff make sense of
the many complex issues that we face each and every day.
Mr. Speaker, this bill also includes a number of steps to help meet
the needs of an ever-changing and dynamic workforce, as well as help
this institution keep pace as an employer. It includes a monthly
transit benefit to encourage alternative means of transportation, and
modest infrastructure changes to make cycling to work more appealing.
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Not only will these transit benefits reduce demand on the already
limited parking and help reduce traffic congestion, but it will also
make a humble reduction in air pollution.
The bill recognizes our need to become more environmentally friendly
and efficient in reusing and recycling our waste by directing a review
of the current recycling program, identifying ways to improve the
program, establishing criteria for measuring compliance, and setting
reasonable milestones for increasing the amount of recycled material.
Finally, I would simply like to commend the Library of Congress, our
Nation's library, for the integral role it plays in our shared national
goal of increasing literacy. The Library of Congress provides an
invaluable service to the many libraries that dot our towns and cities
across the country, and it is truly a national treasure.
Mr. Speaker, this is a good bill. It deserves our support. I urge all
my colleagues to support this straightforward rule as well as this
noncontroversial legislation.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume; and I thank my colleague, the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms.
Pryce), for yielding me this time.
This is a restrictive rule. It will allow for the consideration of
H.R. 2647, which is a bill that funds Congress and its legislative
branch agencies in fiscal year 2002. As my colleague from Ohio has
described, this rule provides for 1 hour of general debate to be
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority
member of the Committee on Appropriations. The rule allows only two
amendments. No other amendments may be offered on the House floor.
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Mr. Speaker, this is the spending bill that pays for the operation of
Congress. Therefore, now is an opportunity to reflect on whether the
taxpayers are getting their money's worth. I think that they are.
I think the men and women who make up the House and the Senate are a
hard-working group. They are very, very dedicated to public service.
They work long hours. I think if the American public saw how the
process really works and the character of the Members of Congress, they
would be impressed.
There are a number of provisions in the bill and the related
committee report that are good. The bill funds the Federal mass transit
benefit program for the legislative branch which reimburses staff for
using public transit to commute. This is good for the environment and
improving congestion on the highways.
The bill increases funding above the administration's request for the
Library of Congress to purchase material for its collections. The
Library of Congress is one of America's greatest cultural treasures,
and the addition of funds will make it a greater resource.
I commend the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Taylor) and the
ranking member, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran), for their work
on this bipartisan bill, and urge my colleagues to vote for the rule
and the underlying bill.
Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, we have no speakers on this issue. I
would like to inquire of the gentleman from Ohio.
Mr. HALL of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Ms. PRYCE of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
Mr. Speaker, this is a noncontroversial rule. It has strong
bipartisan support. It will provide the institution with the necessary
resources so we can not only fulfill our constitutional
responsibilities as the first branch of the government, but more
importantly, address the many and varied needs of the constituents that
we all so proudly serve.
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the rule and the
underlying legislation.
Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the
previous question on the resolution.
The previous question was ordered.
The resolution was agreed to.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Gutknecht). Pursuant to House Resolution
213 and rule XVIII, 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. 2647.
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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. 2647) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes, with Mr.
Simpson 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.
Under the rule, the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Taylor) and
the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran) each will control 30 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Taylor).
Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time
as I may consume.
Mr. Chairman, I rise today to present the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2002 to the House for consideration.
I would like to thank the ranking member, the gentleman from Virginia
(Mr. Moran) and all of the members of the subcommittee for their
support in crafting this legislation.
Mr. Chairman, we have a noncontroversial, bipartisan bill. It
provides for a 4.4 percent increase over fiscal year 2001, and it is
within the subcommittee's 302(b) allocation.
The committee has done its job. It has done a good job, I believe.
The bill deserves overwhelming support in the House. I do not intend to
lengthen debate, but I would point out that the bill is under 1995
expenditures in real terms, and has been crafted, I think, with a great
deal of care. I urge my colleagues to support the bill, and I include
for the Record the following tables.
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Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I
may consume.
Mr. Chairman, I want first of all to express my appreciation for the
cooperation of the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Taylor), which
has enabled us to craft a good bipartisan bill which should garner the
support of the full House. Paramount among our objectives has been the
need to ensure that the legislative branch agencies have the resources
they need to fully carry out their missions. These agencies are the
vital elements of our democratic process. I believe they are properly
treated by this fiscal year 2002 appropriations bill.
The bill prioritizes our capital improvement programs. It confronts,
not defers, personnel issues such as an aging work force and retention
challenges, and it funds several new technology projects that will
allow us to perform our work more efficiently, and to make this work
more readily available to the public and to preserve it for posterity.
The 302(b) allocation and prudent oversight have given us the
flexibility we needed to craft a good budget and honor our legislative
branch agency requests with only a 4.4 percent increase in our overall
allocation. The Library of Congress, the General Accounting Office, the
Government Printing Office and the Congressional Budget Office largely
received what they requested. Funds are also available to hire an
additional 79 police officers, bringing the force to 1,481 full-time
equivalents, and provide a full increase in benefits.
We have directed the Architect of the Capitol's budget to make life
and safety improvements a priority and not proceed with any new
construction projects until design plans are completed.
Mr. Chairman, I want to recognize the gentleman from Maryland (Mr.
Hoyer), and express my appreciation for his successful effort to add
report language that will end the long-standing practice of using
temporary workers for long-term projects to get around providing them
health and pension benefits. These temporary workers, some 300 in all,
have been employed by the Architect on an average of 4.5 years.
Recognition should also be given to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms.
Kaptur), who was able to include language supporting a plan to include
more artwork on the Capitol grounds that more fully represents women's
contributions to American society. She also quite articulately
expressed her concerns about the use by the Vice President of one of
the House offices in the Capitol.
I want to express my appreciation for the efforts by the gentleman
from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer) to highlight the need to provide adequate
changing facilities and showers for staff, and generating support for
the transit benefits that are both addressed in this legislation.
I feel very strongly, as does the gentleman from Illinois (Mr.
LaHood), that since we are going to lose some showers for staff, we
ought to be providing more, not less. I hope one day we would even have
a gymnasium facility available for staff people, as the Members of
Congress have. We should also have parity between the male and female
Members in terms of those facilities.
Mr. Chairman, this bill sets aside sufficient funds to enable all
offices, be it a Member's, a committee's, the Congressional Budget
Office or the Government Printing Office, to provide all their
employees with a $65 per month employee transit benefit. We should not
forget the sacrifices our staff and committee staff, employees in the
GPO, the Capitol Police, the Congressional Research Service, and all of
the legislative branch agencies make every day to meet deadlines,
advance the interests of Members, and serve the public good. We may not
be able to compensate fully what they should receive, but we can and
should help where we can.
This budget enables us to at least provide employees with a $65 per
month transit benefit, as the other executive agencies are able to. It
will eventually go up to $100 per month. It encourages people to use
public transit where able, and that helps everybody commuting in the
Washington metropolitan area.
Mr. Chairman, this bill goes a long way towards addressing the needs
and obligations of the legislative branch. I am pleased to support it.
Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of
my time.
Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes to the
gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), a member of this appropriations
subcommittee.
(Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his
remarks.)
Mr. HOYER. Mr. Chairman, this is a good bill. We are trying to take
care of Members, their accounts, and the Capitol itself. We have
included a provision for certain termporary workers of the Architect of
the Capitol to ensure that they can receive the same employee benefits
that other employees receive.
I thank the majority clerk of the subcommittee, Elizabeth Dawson, who
has done an outstanding job together with her colleagues on the staff,
including Mark Murray for the minority, as well as the gentleman from
North Carolina (Mr. Taylor), and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr.
Moran). This is not a controversial bill, as a result of a bipartisan
effort to fund at adequate levels for the legislative branch of
government so we might do our job on behalf of the people of this
country.
Mr. Chairman, our friends from North Carolina and Virginia have
written an excellent bill that meets the test any general
appropriations bill should meet. It will provide the resources that
agencies need to do their jobs next year. I have already voted for it
twice in the committee, and I urge all members to support it here.
This bill fully funds a number of accounts, including the Government
Printing Office, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Congressional
Research Service, key agencies that directly support the work of the
Congress.
It fully funds the American Folklife Center in the Library, including
the Veterans' Oral History Project authorized last year at the
suggestion of our colleague, the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Kind].
It funds the excellent new sound-recording preservation program also
authorized last year.
It provides needed funds to improve services to the public in the Law
Library.
To enhance security in the complex, it funds all the extra Capitol
Police Officers that the department can hire and train next year, and
restores pay parity with Park Police and Secret Service Uniformed
Officers.
It extends GPO's early-out/buy-out authority for 3 more years.
It funds the 4.6% COLA that all Federal employees, both military and
civilians, should receive next January.
It funds the same $65 transit benefit available in the Executive
Branch for every legislative-branch agency. I especially want to
compliment our friend from Virginia for making this a priority. I will
work in House administration to authorize the increased benefit
promptly for House employees.
And the bill otherwise provides ample funds for the operation of
Member offices, committees, and the officers of the House.
The bill reserves for conference a final decision on the
Congressional Budget Office's request for student-loan repayment
authority, in order to give House administration time to develop a
policy applicable to the entire legislative branch, as just wisely
proposed by our friend from California (Ms. Lee).
Mr. Chairman, I could go on for a considerable time lauding this
bill, but I won't. It has been a pleasure working with Chairman Taylor
and Mr. Moran this year.
I thank them both for their leadership and tireless efforts.
It has also been a pleasure to work with the capable new subcommittee
clerk, Liz Dawson.
I urge an ``aye'' vote on this excellent bill.
Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of
my time.
Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3\1/2\ minutes to the
gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer), who was very active and
constructive on this bill.
Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me
this time, and I appreciate the hard work that he has been involved
with throughout his career on Capitol Hill to deal with notions of
improving the quality of life here in the metropolitan area.
Mr. Chairman, I am an enthusiastic supporter of provisions in this
bill that
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can have a beneficial impact on the entire Washington region; and most
important, to improve the quality of life for the thousands of men and
women working here on Capitol Hill all at a very small cost.
My goal in Congress is for the Federal Government to be a better
partner promoting livable communities, making families safe, healthy
and more economically secure. An important part of a livable community
is ensuring that people have choices about where they want to live,
work and how they travel.
A recent study highlighted Washington, D.C., as the third most
congested region in the United States. Rush hour can be 6 hours or more
out of every day. Here on Capitol Hill, we have problems of congestion,
pollution and parking shortages. There are over 6,000 parking spaces
which are reserved for our employees, which are not free. The total
cost is estimated at about $1,500 per year, and with the temporary
closure of the Cannon Office Building garage, parking is at even more
of a premium.
Mr. Chairman, 3 years ago, with the help of the gentlewoman from
Maryland (Mrs. Morella), the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the
gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran), and then-Speaker Gingrich, we were
able to change the policy of only providing free parking to House
employees to be able to have a modest transit benefit. We have made
some progress in being able to establish it, but unfortunately, we have
been passed by by the rest of the Federal Government, by the private
sector, even dare I say, by our colleagues on the other side of the
Capitol in the Senate.
It is time for us to move forward not just for our congressional
offices, but the Library of Congress, the Government Printing Office,
the Congressional Budget Office, to enjoy the transit benefits that we
are giving to the rest of the Federal employees.
Today's bill provides this important change to include the language
and increase the allowable amount to $65 for legislative branch
employees. This modification will provide parity for all of the
remaining Federal employees in the metropolitan area. It includes other
important language such as to update the bike facilities here on
Capitol Hill. We have more and more of our employees who are taking
advantage of that opportunity.
We have an opportunity to secure bike lockers for those Members and
staff who walk to work, and to study the new potential locations to
replace shower facilities that are being lost with the upcoming closing
of the O'Neill Building. Currently, there are only two shower
facilities on all of Capitol Hill for over 6,000 employees able to
shower at work. Some of us have been providing instructions about how
to find them so they are not treated as a secret.
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I applaud the Committee on Appropriations, particularly the gentleman
from North Carolina (Mr. Taylor) and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr.
Moran), for including these simple, low-cost efforts in today's bill.
They will provide benefits many times over in terms of the quality of
life around the Hill for the environment, and it is a signal to our
employees that we value their participation. What better way for the
House to be part of the solution of saving energy, protecting air,
fighting against congestion than by expanding the transit benefit and
permitting our employees who run, walk or bike to work to be able to do
so in a fashion that is hygienic and comfortable.
Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, I yield 5 minutes to the
gentleman from New York (Mr. Walsh), a member of the committee.
Mr. WALSH. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman very much for yielding
time. I would like to ask him to enter into a brief colloquy with me at
this time.
Mr. Chairman, I would like to inquire about the status of the
Botanical Gardens renovation project. It is my understanding that this
project, which started in early 1999 with an estimated completion date
of September of last year, is still not finished. We are now
approaching the 11th month of delay and apparently it will be an
additional few months before we can finally open it up again to the
public. Is that correct?
Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. WALSH. I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina.
Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. Yes, it is.
Mr. WALSH. I have followed the development and construction of this
project with great interest since I was in his position when we started
this project. It is my opinion that this project is just another
example of poor management by the construction contractor, Clarke
Construction. In fact, it appears that Clarke Construction has quite a
track record of not bringing in projects on time or on budget. I am
told that the General Services Administration, the agency responsible
for building Government facilities, has also had problems of delays and
cost overruns on projects awarded to Clarke.
I am not saying that Clarke Construction should bear all the blame,
nor do I suppose is the Architect of the Capitol without fault. In
fact, I believe he has too many projects on his plate. But I strongly
believe that Clarke Construction as general contractor for the
Botanical Gardens has not demanded the level of expertise and
management skills required to successfully execute complex projects
such as this one. There are quite a number of Clarke Construction sites
around the D.C. area. I note these sites are quite active. The
Botanical Gardens site has often been lonely or deserted.
Clarke Construction may have a disincentive to finish the project
compared to private sector sites due to an inadequate penalty clause.
Can I inquire of the chairman whether the subcommittee addresses the
issue of penalty clauses in this bill.
Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. The committee is very concerned about
construction contractor performance and delays in providing the
required work to the Architect within the specified contract completion
period. Apparently the Architect has not been including penalty clauses
in construction contracts as do other Government agencies and the
private sector. Based on these concerns, we have included language in
section 111 prohibiting the Architect of the Capitol from entering into
or administering any construction contract with a value greater than
$50,000 unless the contract includes a provision requiring the payment
of liquidated damages within specified amounts. I believe this will
rectify the problem.
Mr. WALSH. I thank the gentleman for addressing this issue. I
appreciate his continued efforts in working with the Architect to bring
this project to a conclusion. I hope that future projects will be
awarded to companies with better past performance records and
experienced management teams. I thank the gentleman for his vigilance
in getting this project completed.
Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I
may consume.
First of all I wanted to reiterate what the gentleman from Oregon
(Mr. Blumenauer) said with regard to the transit benefit. When we
offered this benefit to executive branch employees, Mr. Tim Aiken on my
staff has been working on it very closely, we saw an immediate increase
of more than 70,000 riders of transit in the executive branch taking
advantage of this. It has continued to increase dramatically and
steadily every month. This works.
Providing the $65 transit benefit to the legislative branch
employees, we trust, will have the same effect of getting people out of
their single-occupant vehicles into public transit. That helps all of
us, both those people who drive to work as well as, of course, helping
the financing of our Metro system. It also is going to help in
achieving our pollution attainment standards which are a major problem
right now for the Washington metro area.
This is a good idea. It is eventually going to go up to $100. I am
underscoring it because I want all of the people that work for the
legislative branch to be aware that this $65 transit benefit will now
be available to them. It is tax-free; there is no reason not to take
advantage of it if you can possibly use public transit. And so we very
much encourage people in the Legislative Branch to take advantage of
this benefit.
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In addition, some people are actually going to ride bicycles or some
even run. I ran to work a couple of times in my younger days. I do not
know how many people are going to do that; but however many, we ought
to have shower facilities, including for staff that work so many long
hours. Many staff are working 12- and 16-hour days. They should
certainly have an hour to take a jog if they want, down to the Mall or
whatever. We need to be building more shower facilities for both men
and women and I think eventually some workout facility on the Capitol
grounds. We have language that will move us forward in that direction.
The gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee) had an amendment that was
not made in order, but I want to say for the record that I support the
concept of eligibility for student loan repayment benefits for
employees of the House and its supporting agencies.
As she pointed out, executive branch employees as well as employees
of the GPO and the Library of Congress are already eligible for student
loan forgiveness. Current law authorizes payments of up to $6,000 per
year up to a total of $40,000 per person for their college education.
We did not approve the request of the CBO, however, to extend this
benefit to their employees because we felt that a uniform policy should
be developed across the board. The bill, therefore, calls for study of
the issue by the Committee on House Administration.
The Senate bill, which was reported subsequent to our subcommittee
markup, authorizes the extension of this benefit to all Senate
employees. In light of that action and in anticipation of the other
body's desire to include this benefit for Senate employees in this
year's bill, it is essential that the Committee on House Administration
develop guidelines rapidly. This would give the conferees on the
Legislative bill some real options for moving forward with a well-
thought-out student loan forgiveness eligibility program.
We need more tools to recruit and retain valuable staff. This program
is a modest way to help individuals who have decided on public service
as a career to get higher education and for us to help them make it
affordable. I hope we can be responsive to this need but do it in the
context of a uniform policy for all House employees. I congratulate the
gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee) for having introduced her
amendment.
We do have two, what I would consider, minor amendments, no offense
to the people making them; but they should not be too controversial,
and then we should be able to pass this bill.
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, I have no further
requests for time, and 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. 2647 is as follows:
H.R. 2647
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, 2002, and for
other purposes, namely:
TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives,
$882,100,000, as follows:
house leadership offices
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,
$15,910,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $1,866,000,
including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker;
Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,830,000, including
$10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office
of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,224,000, including $10,000
for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip,
$1,562,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the
Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the
Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,168,000, including $5,000 for
official expenses of the Minority Whip; Speaker's Office for
Legislative Floor Activities, $431,000; Republican Steering
Committee, $806,000; Republican Conference, $1,342,000;
Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,435,000;
Democratic Caucus, $713,000; nine minority employees,
$1,293,000; training and program development--majority,
$290,000; training and program development--minority,
$290,000; and Cloakroom Personnel--majority, $330,000; and
minority $330,000.
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,
$479,472,000.
Committee Employees
Standing Committees, Special and Select
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special
and select, authorized by House resolutions, $104,514,000:
Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such
salaries and expenses until December 31, 2002.
Committee on Appropriations
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on
Appropriations, $23,002,000, 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,
2002.
Salaries, Officers and Employees
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as
authorized by law, $101,766,000, including: for salaries and
expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than
$11,000, of which not more than $10,000 is for the Family
Room, for official representation and reception expenses,
$15,408,000; 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, $4,139,000; for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief
Administrative Officer, $67,495,000, of which $3,525,000
shall remain available until expended, including $31,510,000
for salaries, expenses and temporary personal services of
House Information Resources, of which $31,390,000 is provided
herein: Provided, That of the amount provided for House
Information Resources, $8,656,000 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, $3,756,000; for salaries and expenses
of the Office of General Counsel, $894,000; for the Office of
the Chaplain, $144,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian
and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,344,000; for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision
Counsel of the House, $2,107,000; for salaries and expenses
of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House,
$5,456,000; for salaries and expenses of the Corrections
Calendar Office, $883,000; and for other authorized
employees, $140,000.
allowances and expenses
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House
resolution or law, $157,436,000, including: supplies,
materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,
$3,379,000; 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, $152,957,000; 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, $690,000.
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) Effective October 1, 2001, the following four
majority positions shall be transferred from the Clerk to the
Speaker:
(1) The position of chief of floor service.
(2) Two positions of assistant floor chief.
(3) One position of cloakroom attendant.
(b) Effective October 1, 2001, the following four minority
positions shall be transferred from the Clerk to the minority
leader:
(1) The position of chief of floor service.
(2) Two positions of assistant floor chief.
(3) One position of cloakroom attendant.
(c) Each individual who is an incumbent of a position
transferred by subsection (a) or subsection (b) at the time
of the transfer shall remain subject to the House Employees
Position Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 290 et seq.), except
that the authority of the Clerk and the committee under the
Act shall be exercised--
(1) by the Speaker, in the case of an individual in a
position transferred under subsection (a); and
(2) by the minority leader, in the case of an individual in
a position transferred under subsection (b).
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Sec. 102. (a) The third sentence of section 104(a)(1) of
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 (as
incorporated by reference in section 101(j) of Public Law 99-
500 and Public Law 99-591) (2 U.S.C. 117e(1)) is amended by
striking ``for credit to the appropriate account'' and all
that follows and inserting the following: ``for credit to the
appropriate account of the House of Representatives, and
shall be available for expenditure in accordance with
applicable law. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the
case of receipts from the sale or disposal of any audio or
video transcripts prepared by the House Recording Studio, the
`appropriate account of the House of Representatives' shall
be the account of the Chief Administrative Officer of the
House of Representatives.''.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to fiscal year 2002 and each succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 103. (a) Requiring Amounts Remaining in Members'
Representational Allowances To Be Used for Deficit Reduction
or To Reduce the Federal Debt.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for
``HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--Members'
Representational Allowances'' shall be available only for
fiscal year 2002. Any amount remaining after all payments are
made under such allowances for fiscal year 2002 shall be
deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or,
if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments
have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner
as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
(b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of
the House of Representatives shall have authority to
prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``Member
of the House of Representatives'' means a Representative in,
or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
Sec. 104. (a) Day for Paying Salaries of the House of
Representatives.--The usual day for paying salaries in or
under the House of Representatives shall be the last day of
each month, except that if the last day of a month falls on a
Saturday, Sunday, or a legal public holiday, the Chief
Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall
pay such salaries on the first weekday which precedes the
last day.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--(1) The first section and
section 2 of the Joint Resolution entitled ``Joint resolution
authorizing the payment of salaries of the officers and
employees of Congress for December on the 20th day of that
month each year'', approved May 21, 1937 (2 U.S.C. 60d and
60e), are each repealed.
(2) The last paragraph under the heading ``Contingent
Expense of the House'' in the First Deficiency Appropriation
Act, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 60e-1), is repealed.
(c) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made
by this section shall apply with respect to pay periods
beginning after the expiration of the 1-year period which
begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
Joint Economic Committee
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee,
$3,424,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
Joint Committee on Taxation
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Taxation, $6,733,000, 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 three medical officers while on duty in the
Office of the Attending Physician; (3) an allowance of $500
per month to two assistants and $400 per month each not to
exceed 11 assistants on the basis heretofore provided for
such assistants; and (4) $1,253,904 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, $1,865,000, to be
disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of
Representatives.
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, $112,592,000, of which $55,013,000 is provided to
the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be
disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or the Chief's
delegee, and $57,579,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms
and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be disbursed by the
Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That, of the amounts
appropriated under this heading, such amounts as may be
necessary may be transferred between the Sergeant at Arms of
the House of Representatives and the Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon approval of the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
general expenses
For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses of the
Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, communications and
other equipment, security equipment and installation,
uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training, medical
services, forensic services, stenographic services, personal
and professional services, the employee assistance program,
not more than $2,000 for the awards program, postage,
telephone service, travel advances, relocation of instructor
and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, and $85 per month for extra services
performed for the Capitol Police Board by an employee of the
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate or the Sergeant
at Arms of the House of Representatives designated by the
Chairman of the Board, $11,081,000, to be disbursed by the
Chief of the Capitol Police or the Chief's delegee: 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 2002 shall be
paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to
the Department of the Treasury.
Administrative Provisions
Sec. 105. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2002 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, $2,512,000, to be disbursed by the
Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such
amount may be used to employ more than 43 individuals:
Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized,
during emergencies, to employ not more than two additional
individuals for not more than 120 days each, and not more
than 10 additional individuals for not more than 6 months
each, for the Capitol Guide Service.
Statements of Appropriations
For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, of the statements for the first session of
the One Hundred Seventh 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), $2,059,000, of which $254,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2003.
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 $3,000 to be expended on
the certification of the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office in connection with official representation and
reception expenses, $30,780,000: Provided, That no part of
such amount may be used for the purchase or hire of a
passenger motor vehicle.
Administrative Provisions
Sec. 106. (a) The Director of the Congressional Budget
Office may, by regulation, make applicable such provisions of
chapter 41 of title 5, United States Code, as the Director
determines necessary to provide hereafter for training of
individuals employed by the Congressional Budget Office.
(b) The implementing regulations shall provide for training
that, in the determination of the Director, is consistent
with the training provided by agencies subject to chapter 41
of title 5, United States Code.
(c) Any recovery of debt owed to the Congressional Budget
Office under this section and its implementing regulations
shall be credited to the appropriations account available for
salaries and expenses of the Office at the time of recovery.
Sec. 107. Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1997 (2 U.S.C. Sec. 606(a)), is amended
by striking ``or discarding.'' and inserting ``sale, trade-
in, or discarding.'', and by adding at the end the
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following: ``Amounts received for the sale or trade-in of
personal property shall be credited to funds available for
the operations of the Congressional Budget Office and be
available for the costs of acquiring the same or similar
property. Such funds shall be available for such purposes
during the fiscal year in which received and the following
fiscal year.''.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Capitol Buildings and Grounds
general and administration
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
general and administrative support of the operations under
the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic Garden;
electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and House
office buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction
of the Architect of the Capitol; including furnishings and
office equipment; including not more than $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 $30,000 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, $46,705,000, of
which $3,414,000 shall remain available until expended.
minor construction
For minor construction (as established under section 108 of
this Act), $9,482,000, to remain available until expended, to
be used in accordance with the terms and conditions described
in such section.
capitol buildings
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and
operation of the Capitol $17,674,000, of which $6,267,000
shall remain available until expended.
capitol grounds
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of
grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office
buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $6,904,000, of which
$100,000 shall remain available until expended.
house office buildings
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and
operation of the House office buildings, $49,006,000, of
which $18,344,000 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, $45,324,000, of which $100,000 shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That not more than
$4,400,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this
appropriation as herein provided shall be available for
obligation during fiscal year 2002.
administrative provisions
Sec. 108. (a) Establishment of Account for Minor
Construction.--There is hereby established in the Treasury of
the United States an account for the Architect of the Capitol
to be known as ``minor construction'' (hereafter in this
section referred to as the ``account'').
(b) Uses of Funds in Account.--Subject to subsection (c),
funds in the account shall be used by the Architect of the
Capitol for land and building acquisition, construction,
repair, and alteration projects resulting from unforeseen and
unplanned conditions in connection with construction and
maintenance activities under the jurisdiction of the
Architect (including the United States Botanic Garden).
(c) Prior Notification Required for Obligation.--The
Architect of the Capitol may not obligate any funds in the
account with respect to a project unless, not fewer than 21
days prior to the obligation, the Architect provides notice
of the obligation to--
(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives, in the case of a project on behalf of the
House of Representatives;
(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in the
case of a project on behalf of the Senate; or
(3) both the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, in the case of any other project.
(d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect
to fiscal year 2002 and each succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 109. (a) Acquisition of Property by Architect of the
Capitol.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Architect of the Capitol is authorized to secure, subject to
the availability of appropriated funds (through such
agreement as the Architect considers appropriate), the
property and facilities located at 67 K Street Southwest in
the District of Columbia (square 645, lot 814).
(b) Uses and Control of Property.--
(1) In general.--The property and facilities secured by the
Architect under subsection (a) shall be under the control of
the Chief of the United States Capitol Police and shall be
used by the Chief for the care and maintenance of vehicles of
the United States Capitol Police, in accordance with a plan
prepared by the Chief and approved by the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.
(2) Additional uses permitted.--In addition to the use
described in paragraph (1), the Chief of the United States
Capitol Police may permit the property and facilities secured
by the Architect under subsection (a) to be used for other
purposes by the United States Capitol Police, the House of
Representatives, the Senate, and the Architect of the
Capitol, subject to--
(A) the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives, in the case of use by the House of
Representatives;
(B) the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, in the case of use by the Senate; or
(C) the approval of both the Committee on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate, in the case of use by the
United States Capitol Police or the Architect of the Capitol.
(c) Expenses.--
(1) In general.--The Architect of the Capitol shall be
responsible for the costs of the necessary expenses
incidental to the use of the property and facilities
described in subsection (a) (including payments under the
lease), including expenses for maintenance, alterations, and
repair of the property and facilities, except that the Chief
of the United States Capitol Police shall be responsible for
the costs of any equipment, furniture, and furnishings used
in connection with the care and maintenance of vehicles
pursuant to subsection (b)(1).
(2) Source of funds.--
(A) In general.--The funds expended by the Architect to
carry out paragraph (1) in any fiscal year shall be derived
solely from funds appropriated to the Architect for the
fiscal year for purposes of the United States Capitol Police.
(B) Use of certain 1999 funds.--The funds expended by the
Architect to carry out paragraph (1) may also be derived from
funds appropriated to the Architect in the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1999, under the heading ``ARCHITECT OF
THE CAPITOL--Capitol Buildings and Grounds--capitol
buildings--salaries and expenses'' for the design of police
security projects, which shall remain available until
expended.
(d) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the
date of enactment of this Act.
Sec. 110. (a) Compensation of Certain Positions in the
Office of the Architect of the Capitol.--In accordance with
the authority described in section 308(a) of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1988 (40 U.S.C. 166b-3a(a)),
section 108 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
1991 (40 U.S.C. 166b-3b) is amended--
(1) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the
following:
``(a) The Architect of the Capitol may fix the rate of
basic pay for not more than 11 positions (of whom 1 shall be
the project manager for the Capitol Visitor Center and 1
shall be the project manager for the modification of the
Capitol Power Plant) at a rate not to exceed the highest
total rate of pay for the Senior Executive Service under
subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code,
for the locality involved.''; and
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).
(b) Comprehensive Management Study and Response.--
(1) Study by comptroller general.--The Comptroller General
shall conduct a comprehensive management study of the
operations of the Architect of the Capitol, and shall submit
the study to the Architect of the Capitol and the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.
(2) Plan by architect in response.--The Architect of the
Capitol shall develop and submit to the Committees referred
to in paragraph (1) a management improvement plan which
addresses the study of the Comptroller General under
paragraph (1) and which indicates how the salary adjustments
made by the amendments made by this section will support such
plan.
(c) Effective Date.--This section (other than subsection
(b)) and the amendments made by this section shall apply with
respect to pay periods beginning on or after the date on
which the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate approve the plan submitted by the
Architect of the Capitol under subsection (b)(2).
Sec. 111. (a) Liquidated Damages.--The Architect of the
Capitol may not enter into or administer any construction
contract with a value greater than $50,000 unless the
contract includes a provision requiring the payment of
liquidated damages in the
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amount determined under subsection (b) in the event that
completion of the project is delayed because of the
contractor.
(b) Amount of Payment.--The amount of payment required
under a liquidated damages provision described in subsection
(a) shall be equal to the product of--
(1) the daily liquidated damage payment rate; and
(2) the number of days by which the completion of the
project is delayed.
(c) Daily Liquidated Damage Payment Rate.--
(1) In general.--In subsection (b), the ``daily liquidated
damage payment rate'' means--
(A) $140, in the case of a contract with a value greater
than $50,000 and less than $100,000;
(B) $200, in the case of a contract with a value equal to
or greater than $100,000 and equal to or less than $500,000;
and
(C) the sum of $200 plus $50 for each $100,000 increment by
which the value of the contract exceeds $500,000, in the case
of a contract with a value greater than $500,000.
(2) Adjustment in rate permitted.--Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), the daily liquidated damage payment rate may
be adjusted by the contracting officer involved to a rate
greater or lesser than the rate described in such paragraph
if the contracting officer makes a written determination that
the rate described does not accurately reflect the
anticipated damages which will be suffered by the United
States as a result of the delay in the completion of the
contract.
(d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect
to contracts entered into during fiscal year 2002 or any
succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 112. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the Architect of the Capitol may not reprogram any funds with
respect to any project or object class without the approval
of--
(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives, in the case of a project or object class
within the House of Representatives;
(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in the
case of a project or object class within the Senate; or
(3) both the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, in the case of any other project or object class.
(b) This section shall apply with respect to funds provided
to the Architect of the Capitol before, on, or after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
Sec. 113. (a) Limitation.--(1) Except as provided in
paragraph (2), none of the funds provided by this Act or any
other Act may be used by the Architect of the Capitol during
fiscal year 2002 or any succeeding fiscal year to employ any
individual as a temporary employee within a category of
temporary employment which does not provide employees with
the same eligibility for life insurance, health insurance,
retirement, and other benefits which is provided to temporary
employees who are hired for a period exceeding one year in
length.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to any
individual who is a temporary employee of the Senate
Restaurant or a temporary employee who is hired for a total
of 120 days or less during any 5-year period.
(b) Allotment and Assignment of Pay.--(1) Section 5525 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following new sentence: ``For purposes of this section,
the term `agency' includes the Office of the Architect of the
Capitol.''.
(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply with
respect to pay periods beginning on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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, $81,454,000:
Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay any
salary or expense in connection with any publication, or
preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public
General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress
unless such publication has obtained prior approval of either
the Committee on House Administration of the House of
Representatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration
of the Senate.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Congressional Printing and Binding
(including transfer of funds)
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and
the distribution of Congressional information in any format;
printing and binding for the Architect of the Capitol;
expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and session
index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by law (44
U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Government publications
authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress;
and printing, binding, and distribution of Government
publications authorized by law to be distributed without
charge to the recipient, $81,000,000: 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: Provided further, That
notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under section 718 of
title 44, United States Code, none of the funds appropriated
or made available under this Act or any other Act for
printing and binding and related services provided to
Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may
be expended to print a document, report, or publication after
the 27-month period beginning on the date that such document,
report, or publication is authorized by Congress to be
printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing in
accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States Code:
Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances
in this account or accounts for similar purposes for
preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Government
Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes
of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.
This title may be cited as the ``Congressional Operations
Appropriations Act, 2002''.
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, $5,946,000: Provided, That this appropriation
shall not be available for any activities of the National
Garden: Provided further, That not more than $25,000 of the
amount appropriated under this heading is available for
official reception and representation expenses in connection
with the opening of the renovated Botanic Garden
Conservatory, upon approval by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
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, $304,692,000, of which not more than $6,500,000
shall be derived from collections credited to this
appropriation during fiscal year 2002, 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
2002 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, $15,824,474 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, $1,517,903 is to remain
available until expended for the acquisition and partial
support for implementation of an Integrated Library System
(ILS): Provided further, That of the total amount
appropriated, $5,600,000 is to remain available until
expended for the purpose of teaching educators how to
incorporate the Library's digital collections into school
curricula and shall be transferred to the educational
consortium formed to conduct the ``Joining Hands Across
America: Local Community Initiative'' project as approved by
the Library.
Copyright Office
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office,
$40,896,000, of which not more than $21,880,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be derived from collections
credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2002 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 $5,984,000 shall be derived from
collections during fiscal year 2002 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
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the amount by which collections are less than $27,864,000:
Provided further, That not more than $100,000 of the amount
appropriated is available for the maintenance of an
``International Copyright Institute'' in the Copyright Office
of the Library of Congress for the purpose of training
nationals of developing countries in intellectual property
laws and policies: Provided further, That not more than
$4,250 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian
of Congress, in connection with official representation and
reception expenses for activities of the International
Copyright Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors,
and seminars.
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),
$49,788,000, of which $14,437,000 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, $7,932,000.
Administrative Provisions
Sec. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the
Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount of not
more than $203,560, of which $60,486 is for the Congressional
Research Service, when specifically authorized by the
Librarian of Congress, 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
sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31, United States Code, 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 2002, the obligational
authority of the Library of Congress for the activities
described in subsection (b) may not exceed $114,473,000.
(b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are
reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded
from sources other than appropriations to the Library in
appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.
(c) For fiscal year 2002, the Librarian of Congress may
temporarily transfer funds appropriated in this Act under the
heading ``LIBRARY OF CONGRESS--Salaries and Expenses'' to the
revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal
Research Program established under section 103 of the Library
of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public
Law 106-481; 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount
of such transfers may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided
further, That the appropriate revolving fund account shall
reimburse the Library for any amounts transferred to it
before the period of availability of the Library
appropriation expires.
Sec. 207. Section 101 of the Library of Congress Fiscal
Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-481; 2
U.S.C. 182a) is amended--
(1) in the heading, by striking ``AUDIO AND VIDEO''; and
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ``audio and video''.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Library Buildings and Grounds
structural and mechanical care
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library
buildings and grounds, $22,252,000, of which $8,918,000 shall
remain available until expended.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Office of Superintendent of Documents
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents
necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of
Government publications and their distribution to the public,
Members of Congress, other Government agencies, and
designated depository and international exchange libraries as
authorized by law, $29,639,000: Provided, That travel
expenses, including travel expenses of the Depository Library
Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed $175,000:
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 2000 and 2001 to depository and other
designated libraries: Provided further, That any unobligated
or unexpended balances in this account or accounts for
similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be
transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving fund
for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate.
Government Printing Office Revolving Fund
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
12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, That
expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the
advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed
necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United
States Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall
be available for temporary or intermittent services under
section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates
for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the
annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive
Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided further,
That 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 3,260
workyears (or such other number of workyears as the Public
Printer may request, subject to the approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives): 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.
Administrative Provision
Extension of Early Retirement and Voluntary Separation Incentive
Payments for GPO
Sec. 208. (a) Section 309 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1999 (44 U.S.C. 305 note), is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ``October 1,
2001'' and inserting ``October 1, 2004''; and
(2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ``September 30,
2001'' and inserting ``September 30, 2004''.
(b) The amendments made by this section shall take effect
as if included in the enactment of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1999.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office,
including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the
certification of the Comptroller General of the United States
in connection with official representation and reception
expenses; temporary or intermittent services under section
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for
individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual
rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule
under section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor
vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance
with section 3324 of title 31, United States Code; benefits
comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), 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, $421,844,000:
Provided, That not more than $1,751,000 of payments received
under section 782 of title 31, United States Code shall be
available for use in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That
not more than $750,000 of reimbursements received under
section 9105 of
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title 31, United States Code shall be available for use in
fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That this appropriation
and appropriations for administrative expenses of any other
department or agency which is a member of the National
Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental
Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate
share of either Forum's costs as determined by the respective
Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal
participants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to
the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any
appropriation from which costs involved are initially
financed: 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 Administration 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 2002
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 section 3109 of title 5, United States Code,
shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures
are a matter of public record and available for public
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing
law, or under existing Executive order issued 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 $252,000.
Sec. 308. (a) Section 5596(a) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (4);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and
inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
``(6) the Architect of the Capitol; and
``(7) the United States Botanic Garden.''.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to personnel actions taken on or after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
Sec. 309. Section 4(b) of the House Employees Position
Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 293(b)) is amended by adding at
the end the following: ``Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Act, for purposes of applying the adjustment made by
the committee under this subsection for 2002 and each
succeeding year, positions under the Chief Administrative
Officer shall include positions of the United States Capitol
telephone exchange under the Chief Administrative Officer.''.
Sec. 310. The Architect of the Capitol, in consultation
with the District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain and
improve the landscape features, excluding streets and
sidewalks, in the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by
Washington Avenue, SW on the northeast, Second Street SW on
the west, Square 582 on the south, and the beginning of the
I-395 tunnel on the southeast.
This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2002''.
The CHAIRMAN. No amendment is in order except those printed in House
Report 107-171. 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, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject
to a demand for division of the question.
It is now in order to consider amendment No. 1 printed in House
Report 107-171.
Amendment No. 1 Offered by Mr. Rothman
Mr. ROTHMAN. 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. Rothman:
Page 45, add after line 25 the following:
Sec. 311. Of the amounts made available in this Act for the
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives
and the amounts made available in this Act for the Architect
of the Capitol for the item relating to ``house office
buildings'', an aggregate amount of $75,000 shall be made
available for the installation of compact fluorescent light
bulbs in table, floor, and desk lamps in House office
buildings for offices of the House which request them
(including any retrofitting of the lamps which may be
necessary to install such bulbs), consistent with the energy
conservation plan of the Architect under section 310 of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999.
The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 213, the gentleman from
New Jersey (Mr. Rothman) and a Member opposed each will control 5
minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Rothman).
Mr. ROTHMAN. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
First, let me thank the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Taylor)
and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran) as well as staff members
Liz Dawson and Mark Murray for allowing me to bring this amendment
forward and for working with me to make this possible.
Mr. Chairman, I am offering an amendment today that is quite simple.
It would provide sufficient resources from existing funds to allow
House Members to request the installation of energy-efficient compact
fluorescent light bulbs in their offices.
Some may say, well, that sounds pretty trivial. Well, if saving money
for the taxpayers is trivial, if saving energy is trivial, then maybe
so. But I think not. I think that this is important and an important
first step. For example, this compact fluorescent light bulb that could
be used in the Members' offices, at their request, saves about $3.60
per light bulb per year. Now, we have got three or 4,000 light bulbs in
the Members' offices. These new light bulbs will also last 20 times
longer than regular light bulbs. So not only will we save a lot of
money on the energy that we will not be consuming with these new bulbs,
they will last 20 times longer, which means we will be buying between
50 and 100,000 less light bulbs over the course of 10 years, and we
will not have to divert attention from the House maintenance staff to
this task of changing light bulbs, and they can go on and do the other
important work that they are doing.
Let me just say this. It is also, frankly, an indication that the
House of Representatives is very much concerned about saving energy.
This builds on the 1998 initiative of this Congress to install energy-
saving fixtures where we can. As a result of that initiative, the
Capitol complex is using nearly 31 million kilowatt hours less than
before, a 10 percent decrease in power usage.
Let me add two other points: one is that if we continue in this
direction, we can avoid having to construct new
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power plants. It is said if everyone in America used them, we could
retire 90 power plants. Finally, we should, where possible and
reasonable, make sure we use these new light bulbs that are made in the
USA.
Again, I thank the chairman and my distinguished friend and ranking
member, the gentleman from Virginia, for all their help in getting this
amendment before this body.
Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, we have no objection to
the amendment.
The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Rothman).
The amendment was agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 2 printed
in House Report 107-171.
Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Traficant
Mr. TRAFICANT. 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 offered by Mr. Traficant:
At the end of the bill (preceding the short title) insert
the following new section:
Sec. . No funds appropriated or otherwise made available
under this Act shall be made available to any person or
entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy American
Act (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c).
The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 213, the gentleman from
Ohio (Mr. Traficant) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Traficant).
Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.
I noticed in the last debate, the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr.
Rothman) has a very good amendment. But he was to have shown you one of
those bulbs. After discussing it with me, and it is certainly no
reflection on the gentleman from New Jersey or his staff, the reason
why he did not show that bulb to the Congress is his staff went out and
bought one for the purposes of display and that light bulb was made in
China. The gentleman from New Jersey having seen that and certainly
very supportive of Made in America/Buy American, says he further
recommended in his closing remarks that we try and buy those bulbs made
in America. The truth of the matter is while some people may think some
of these concerns are trivial, the United States trade deficit is
approaching one-third of a trillion dollars a year. A lot of people
really do not look at labels. The Traficant amendment says if anybody
has violated a Buy American Act, at some point they cannot get money
under this bill.
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I do not even think that goes far enough. I think the people who buy
for the Federal Government should look at the labels. If they are going
to buy bulbs from China and buy goods made in Japan and continue to buy
Russian-made goods and continue to give foreign aid to Russia, we might
find ourselves some day arming ourselves in a possible war with one of
these nations that we financed.
So I would hope that after the remarks of the gentleman from New
Jersey (Mr. Rothman), the reason why he did not show that bulb, it was
made in China. So any of the workers and procurement people in
Washington who are now going to get $65 tax-free to help commute, when
they go out and buy, look at the label.
With that, a $360 billion trade deficit, for historical purposes,
Jimmy Carter's last year had a balanced trade picture; no surplus, no
deficit.
Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
Mr. TRAFICANT. I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina.
Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, we have no objection to
the amendment offered by the distinguished gentleman from Ohio.
Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I would be glad to
yield to my distinguished friend, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr.
Moran).
Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Chairman, we do not have any objection
either; but I do not think that, as long as we look for the highest
quality at the most affordable price, we are going to have a problem
with the intent of the gentleman's amendment anyway. But we are not
going to object to it.
Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Chairman, reclaiming my time, I was hoping the
gentleman would say he supported it.
With that, I ask for a vote in the affirmative.
The CHAIRMAN. Is there any Member who claims time in opposition to
the amendment?
Hearing none, the question is on the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Traficant).
The amendment was agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN. There being no further amendments, under the rule, the
Committee rises.
Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr.
McHugh) having assumed the chair, Mr. Simpson, 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. 2647)
making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes, pursuant to House
Resolution 213, 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?
General Leave
Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent
that all Members have 5 legislative days within which to revise and
extend their remarks, and that I be permitted to include tabular and
extraneous material on the bill, H.R. 2647, making appropriations for
the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 2002, and for other
purposes.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from North Carolina?
Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I
only do so to commend the gentleman from North Carolina (Chairman
Taylor) and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran) for bringing a good
bill to the floor and having done a good job.
In addition, I want to announce to Members that this is the tenth
appropriations bill that we have passed this year; and despite the fact
that we got off to a very late start, not receiving our justifications
and specific numbers actually until April, when we normally get them in
February, the House has done a great job in coming together to pass
these appropriations bills, one supplemental that is already signed
into law and nine of the regular appropriations bills.
That is all the appropriations business we will have for the balance
of this week and until we return from our summer work period in our
districts. When we get back, we will take up very soon upon our arrival
the Military Construction bill, the Defense appropriations bill, the
District of Columbia bill and the Labor Health and Education bill.
So we had a very busy month in June and an extremely busy month in
July as far as appropriations go. September will be no different. It
will be an intense time for all of us as we approach the end of the
fiscal year.
Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Taylor)?
There was no objection.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will put the amendments 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.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on passage of the bill.
Pursuant to clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, this will
be a 15 minute vote on passage, which will be followed by a 5 minute
vote on approving the Journal.
The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 380,
nays 38, not voting 15, as follows:
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[Roll No. 298]
YEAS--380
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Aderholt
Akin
Allen
Andrews
Armey
Baca
Bachus
Baird
Baker
Baldacci
Baldwin
Ballenger
Bartlett
Barton
Bass
Becerra
Bentsen
Bereuter
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Biggert
Bilirakis
Bishop
Blagojevich
Blumenauer
Blunt
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonior
Bono
Borski
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd
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NAYS--38
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NOT VOTING--15
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Neal
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Spence
Stark
{time} 1216
Messrs. SHOWS, SCHIFF, SHIMKUS, DOGGETT, JOHNSON of Illinois, BARCIA,
and PHELPS changed their vote from ``yea'' to ``nay.''
So the bill was passed.
The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
Stated for:
Mr. HERGER. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 298 I was unavoidably
detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea''.
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