[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 30, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H7512-H7525]
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CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2647, LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
                                  2002

  Mr. SHERWOOD submitted the following conference report and statement 
on the bill (H.R. 2647) making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other 
purposes:

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 107-259)

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     2647) ``making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other 
     purposes'', having met, after full and free conference, have 
     agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective 
     Houses as follows:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 5.
       Amendment numbered 1:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
     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

                                 SENATE

                           expense allowances

       For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000; the 
     President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Leader 
     of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, 
     $10,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip 
     of the Senate, $5,000; and Chairmen of the Majority and 
     Minority Conference Committees,

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     $3,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the Majority and 
     Minority Policy Committees, $3,000 for each Chairman; in all, 
     $62,000.

    representation allowances for the majority and minority leaders

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

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

       For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 
     authorized by law, including agency contributions, 
     $104,039,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 
     without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

                      office of the vice president

       For the Office of the Vice President, $1,867,000.

                  office of the president pro tempore

       For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $473,000.

              offices of the majority and minority leaders

       For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 
     $2,868,000.

               offices of the majority and minority whips

       For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $1,912,000.

                      committee on appropriations

       For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 
     $9,875,000.

                         conference committees

       For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of 
     the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the 
     Chairman of each such committee, $1,250,000 for each such 
     committee; in all, $2,500,000.

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

       For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 
     Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $618,000.

                           policy committees

       For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
     Minority Policy Committee, $1,275,000 for each such 
     committee; in all, $2,550,000.

                         office of the chaplain

       For Office of the Chaplain, $301,000.

                        office of the secretary

       For Office of the Secretary, $15,424,000.

             office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

       For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 
     $39,082,000.

        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

       For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 
     Secretary for the Minority, $1,350,000.

               agency contributions and related expenses

       For agency contributions for employee benefits, as 
     authorized by law, and related expenses, $25,219,000.

            Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

       For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative 
     Counsel of the Senate, $4,306,000.

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

       For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 
     Counsel, $1,109,000.

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

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

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate

                      inquiries and investigations

       For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the 
     Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 
     601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, section 112 of 
     Public Law 96-304 and Senate Resolution 281, agreed to March 
     11, 1980, $107,264,000.


expenses of the united states senate caucus on international narcotics 
                                control

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

                        secretary of the senate

       For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 
     $8,571,000, of which $7,000,000 shall remain available until 
     expended.

             sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

       For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 
     Doorkeeper of the Senate, $95,904,000, of which $8,654,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2004, and of which 
     $11,354,000 shall remain available until expended.

                          miscellaneous items

       For miscellaneous items, $14,274,000, of which not more 
     than $3,000,000 may be made available for mailings of postal 
     patron postcards by Senators for the purpose of providing 
     notice of a town meeting by a Senator in a county (or 
     equivalent unit of local government) that the Senator will 
     personally attend: Provided, That no funds for the purpose of 
     such mailings shall be made available until the date of 
     enactment of a statute authorizing the expenditure of funds 
     for such purpose.

        senators' official personnel and office expense account

       For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense 
     Account, $270,494,000.

                          official mail costs

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

                       administrative provisions

       Sec. 101. (a) Section 101(a) of the Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h-6(a)) is amended in 
     the first sentence by striking ``four individual 
     consultants'' and inserting ``six individual consultants'', 
     and is amended in the second sentence by striking ``one 
     consultant'' and inserting ``not more than two individual 
     consultants''.
       (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
     2002 and each fiscal year thereafter.
       Sec. 102. Student Loan Repayment Program. (a) 
     Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Committee.--The term ``Committee'' means the Committee 
     on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
       (2) Eligible employee.--
       (A) In general.--Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
     the term ``eligible employee'' means an individual--
       (i) who is an employee of the Senate; and
       (ii) whose rate of pay as an employee of the Senate, on the 
     date on which such eligibility is determined, does not exceed 
     the rate of basic pay for an employee for a position at ES-1 
     of the Senior Executive Schedule as provided for in 
     subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code 
     (including any locality pay adjustment applicable to the 
     Washington, D.C.-Baltimore Maryland consolidated metropolitan 
     statistical area).
       (3) Employee of the senate.--The term ``employee of the 
     Senate'' has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the 
     Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301).
       (4) Employing office.--The term ``employing office'' means 
     the employing office, as defined in section 101 of the 
     Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301), of 
     an employee of the Senate.
       (5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of the Senate.
       (6) Student loan.--The term ``student loan'' means--
       (A) a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under part B, D, or 
     E of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
     1071 et seq., 1087a et seq., or 1087aa et seq.); and
       (B) a health education assistance loan made or insured 
     under part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), or under part E of title VIII of 
     such Act (42 U.S.C. 297a et seq.).
       (b) Senate Student Loan Repayment Program.--
       (1) Service agreements.--
       (A) In general.--The head of an employing office and an 
     eligible employee may enter into a written service agreement 
     under which--
       (i) the employing office shall agree to repay, by direct 
     payments on behalf of the eligible employee, any student loan 
     indebtedness of the eligible employee that is outstanding at 
     the time the eligible employee and the employing office enter 
     into the agreement, subject to this section; and
       (ii) the eligible employee shall agree to complete the 1-
     year required period of employment described in subsection 
     (c)(1) with the employing office in exchange for the student 
     loan payments.
       (B) Contents of service agreements.--
       (i) Contents.--A service agreement under this paragraph 
     shall contain--

       (I) the start and end dates of the required period of 
     employment covered by the agreement;
       (II) the monthly amount of the student loan payments to be 
     provided by the employing office;
       (III) the employee's agreement to reimburse the Senate 
     under the conditions set forth in subsection (d)(1);
       (IV) disclosure of the program limitations provided for in 
     subsection (d)(4) and paragraphs (2), (3), (6), and (7) of 
     subsection (f);
       (V) other terms to which the employing office and employee 
     agree (such as terms relating to job responsibilities or job 
     performance expectations); and
       (VI) any other terms prescribed by the Secretary.

       (ii) Standard service agreements.--The Secretary shall 
     establish standard service agreements for employing offices 
     to use in carrying out this section.
       (2) Submission of agreements.--On entering into a service 
     agreement under this section, the employing office shall 
     submit a copy of the service agreement to the Secretary.
       (c) Program Conditions.--
       (1) Period of employment.--The term of the required period 
     of employment under a service agreement under this section 
     shall be 1 year. On completion of the required period of 
     employment under such a service agreement, the eligible 
     employee and the employing office may enter into additional 
     service agreements for successive 1-year periods of 
     employment.
       (2) Amount of payments.--
       (A) In general.--The amount of student loan payments made 
     under service agreements under this section on behalf of an 
     eligible employee may not exceed--
       (i) $500 in any month; or
       (ii) a total of $40,000.
       (B) Payments included in gross compensation limitations.--
     Any student loan payment made under this section in any month 
     may not result in the sum of the payment and the compensation 
     of an employee for that month exceeding \1/12\th of the 
     applicable annual maximum gross compensation limitation under 
     section 105(d)(2), (e), or (f) of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61-1(d)(2), (e), or (f)).
       (3) Timing of payments.--Student loan payments made under 
     this section under a service agreement shall begin the first 
     day of the pay period after the date on which the agreement 
     is signed and received by the Secretary, and shall be made on 
     a monthly basis.

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       (d) Loss of Eligibility for Student Loan Payments and 
     Obligation to Reimburse.--
       (1) In general.--An employee shall not be eligible for 
     continued student loan payments under a service agreement 
     under this section and (except in a case in which an 
     employee's duty is terminated under paragraph (2) or an 
     employing office assumes responsibilities under paragraph 
     (3)) shall reimburse the Senate for the amount of all student 
     loan payments made on behalf of the employee under the 
     agreement, if, before the employee completes the required 
     period of employment specified in the agreement--
       (A) the employee voluntarily separates from service with 
     the employing office;
       (B) the employee engages in misconduct or does not maintain 
     an acceptable level of performance, as determined by the head 
     of the employing office; or
       (C) the employee violates any condition of the agreement.
       (2) Termination of agreement.--The duty of an eligible 
     employee to fulfill the required period of employment under 
     the service agreement shall be terminated if--
       (A) funds are not made available to cover the cost of the 
     student loan repayment program carried out under this 
     section; or
       (B) the employee and the head of the employing office 
     involved mutually agree to terminate the service agreement 
     under subsection (f)(7).
       (3) Another employing office.--An employing office who 
     hires an eligible employee during a required period of 
     employment under such a service agreement may assume the 
     remaining obligations (as of the date of the hiring) of the 
     employee's prior employing office under the agreement.
       (4) Failure of employee to reimburse.--If an eligible 
     employee fails to reimburse the Senate for the amount owed 
     under paragraph (1), such amount shall be collected--
       (A) under section 104(c) of the Legislative Appropriation 
     Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 60c-2a(c)) or section 5514 of title 5, 
     United States Code, if the eligible employee is employed by 
     any other office of the Senate or agency of the Federal 
     Government; or
       (B) under other applicable provisions of law if the 
     eligible employee is not employed by any other office of the 
     Senate or agency of the Federal Government.
       (5) Crediting of amounts.--Any amount repaid by, or 
     recovered from, an eligible employee under this section shall 
     be credited to the subaccount for the employing office from 
     which the amount involved was originally paid. Any amount so 
     credited shall be merged with other sums in such subaccount 
     for the employing office and shall be available for the same 
     purposes, and subject to the same limitations (if any), as 
     the sums with which such amount is merged.
       (e) Records and Reports.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than January 1, 2003, and each 
     January 1 thereafter, the Secretary shall prepare and submit 
     to the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate 
     and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, a report 
     for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which the 
     report is submitted, that contains information specifying--
       (A) the number of eligible employees that received student 
     loan payments under this section; and
       (B) the costs of such payments, including--
       (i) the amount of such payments made for each eligible 
     employee;
       (ii) the amount of any reimbursement amounts for early 
     separation from service or whether any waivers were provided 
     with respect to such reimbursements; and
       (iii) any other information determined to be relevant by 
     the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate or 
     the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
       (2) Confidentiality.--Such report shall not include any 
     information which is considered confidential or could 
     disclose the identify of individual employees or employing 
     offices. Information required to be contained in the report 
     of the Secretary under section 105(a) of the Legislative 
     Branch Act, 1965 (2 U.S.C. 104a) shall not be considered to 
     be personal information for purposes of this paragraph.
       (f) Other Administrative Matters.--
       (1) Account.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary shall establish and maintain 
     a central account from which student loan payments available 
     under this section shall be paid on behalf of eligible 
     employees.
       (B) Office subaccounts.--The Secretary shall ensure that, 
     within the account established under subparagraph (A), a 
     separate subaccount is established for each employing office 
     to be used by each such office to make student loan payments 
     under this section. Such student loan payments shall be 
     made from any funds available to the employing office for 
     student loan payments that are contained in the subaccount 
     for the office.
       (C) Limitation.--Amounts in each subaccount established 
     under this paragraph shall not be made available for any 
     purpose other than to make student loan payments under this 
     section.
       (2) Beginning of payments.--Student loan payments may begin 
     under this section with respect to an eligible employee 
     upon--
       (A) the receipt by the Secretary of a signed service 
     agreement; and
       (B) verification by the Secretary with the holder of the 
     loan that the eligible employee has an outstanding student 
     loan balance that qualifies for payment under this section.
       (3) Limitation.--Student loan payments may be made under 
     this section only with respect to the amount of student loan 
     indebtedness of the eligible employee that is outstanding on 
     the date on which the employee and the employing office enter 
     into a service agreement under this section. Such payments 
     may not be made under this section on a student loan that is 
     in default or arrears.
       (4) Payment on multiple loans.--Student loan payments may 
     be made under this section with respect to more than 1 
     student loan of an eligible employee at the same time or 
     separately, if the total payments on behalf of such employee 
     do not exceed the limits under subsection (c)(2)(A).
       (5) Treatment of payments.--Student loan payments made on 
     behalf of an eligible employee under this section shall be in 
     addition to any basic pay and other forms of compensation 
     otherwise payable to the eligible employee, and shall be 
     subject to withholding for income and employment tax 
     obligations as provided for by law.
       (6) No relief from liability.--An agreement to make student 
     loan payments under this section shall not exempt an eligible 
     employee from the responsibility or liability of the employee 
     with respect to the loan involved and the eligible employee 
     shall continue to be responsible for making student loan 
     payments on the portion of any loan that is not covered under 
     the terms of the service agreement.
       (7) Reduction in payments.--Notwithstanding the terms of a 
     service agreement under this section, the head of an 
     employing office may reduce the amount of student loan 
     payments made under the agreement if adequate funds are not 
     available to such office. If the head of the employing office 
     decides to reduce the amount of student loan payments for an 
     eligible employee, the head of the office and the employee 
     may mutually agree to terminate the service agreement.
       (8) No right to continued employment.--A service agreement 
     under this section shall not be construed to create a right 
     to, promise of, or entitlement to the continued employment of 
     the eligible employee.
       (9) No entitlement.--A student loan payment under this 
     section shall not be construed to be an entitlement for any 
     eligible employee.
       (10) Treatment of payments.--A student loan payment under 
     this section--
       (A) shall not be basic pay of an employee for purposes of 
     chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code (relating 
     to retirement) and chapter 87 of such title (relating to life 
     insurance coverage); and
       (B) shall not be included in Federal wages for purposes of 
     chapter 85 of such title (relating to unemployment 
     compensation).
       (g) Allocation of Funds.--
       (1) Maximum amount.--In this subsection, the term ``maximum 
     amount'', used with respect to a fiscal year, means--
       (A) in the case of an employing office described in 
     subsection (i)(1)(A), the amount described in that subsection 
     for that fiscal year; and
       (B) in the case of an employing office described in 
     subsection (i)(1)(B), the amount described in that subsection 
     for that fiscal year.
       (2) Allocation.--From the total amount made available to 
     carry out this section for a fiscal year, there shall be 
     allocated to each employing office for that fiscal year--
       (A) the maximum amount for that employing office for that 
     fiscal year; or
       (B) if the total amount is not sufficient to provide the 
     maximum amount to each employing office, an amount that bears 
     the same relationship to the total amount as the maximum 
     amount for that employing office for that fiscal year bears 
     to the total of the maximum amounts for all employing offices 
     for that fiscal year.
       (3) Apportionment.--In the case of an employing office that 
     is a Committee of the Senate, the funds allocated under this 
     subsection shall be apportioned between the majority and 
     minority staff of the committee in the same manner as amounts 
     are apportioned between the staffs for salaries.
       (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
     (or otherwise made available from appropriations) to carry 
     out this section the following amounts for each fiscal year:
       (A) For each employing office that is the personal office 
     of a Senator, an amount equal to 2 percent of the total sums 
     appropriated for the fiscal year involved for administrative 
     and clerical salaries for such office.
       (B) For each other employing office, an amount equal to 2 
     percent of the total sums appropriated for the fiscal year 
     involved for salaries for such office.
       (2) Limitation.--Amounts provided under this section shall 
     be subject to annual appropriations.
       (i) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal 
     year 2002 and each fiscal year thereafter.
       Sec. 103. (a) Agency contributions for employees whose 
     salaries are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate from 
     the appropriations account ``Expenses of the United States 
     Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control'' under the 
     heading ``Congressional Operations'' shall be paid from the 
     Senate appropriations account for ``Salaries, Officers and 
     Employees''.
       (b) This section shall apply to pay periods beginning on or 
     after October 1, 2001.
       Sec. 104. (a) Section 5(a) under the subheading 
     ``administrative provisions'' under the heading ``SENATE'' 
     under title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
     1996 (2 U.S.C. 58a note) is amended by striking ``invoice 
     ends'' and inserting ``invoice begins''.
       (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 
     on October 1, 2001, and shall apply to base service periods 
     beginning on or after that date.
       Sec. 105. (a) Section 120 of Public Law 97-51 (2 U.S.C. 
     61g-6) is amended in the first sentence by striking 
     ``$75,000'' and inserting ``$100,000''.
       (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
     2002 and each fiscal year thereafter.

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       Sec. 106. Effective on and after October 1, 2001, each of 
     the dollar amounts contained in the table under section 
     105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
     1968 (2 U.S.C. 61-1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to be the 
     dollar amounts in that table, as adjusted by law and in 
     effect on September 30, 2001, increased by an additional 
     $50,000 each.
       Sec. 107. Transfers from Senate Gift Shop to Preservation 
     Fund. (a) In General.--Section 2(c) of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 121d(c)) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(c)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) The Secretary of the Senate may transfer from the 
     fund to the Capitol Preservation Fund the net profits (as 
     determined by the Secretary) from sales of items by the 
     Senate Gift Shop which are intended to benefit the Capitol 
     Visitor Center.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to fiscal years beginning before, on, or after 
     the date of enactment of this Act.
       Sec. 108. Provisions Relating to Senate Commission on Art. 
     (a) Maintenance of Old Supreme Court Chamber.--Section 3 of 
     Senate Resolution 382 (90th Congress) (40 U.S.C. 188b-2) is 
     amended by striking ``insofar as it'' and inserting ``and of 
     the Old Supreme Court Chamber insofar as each''.
       (b) Technical Amendments.--Section 5 of Senate Resolution 
     382 (90th Congress) (40 U.S.C. 188b-4) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``the sum of $15,000 each fiscal year,'' 
     and inserting ``such amount as may be necessary each fiscal 
     year,''; and
       (2) by striking ``the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the 
     Commission'' and inserting ``the Executive Secretary of the 
     Commission and approved by the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration of the Senate''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to fiscal year 2002 and all succeeding fiscal 
     years.
       Sec. 109. Procurement of Temporary Help. (a) In general.--
     (1) Subject to regulations that the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration of the Senate may prescribe, the Secretary of 
     the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
     Senate may procure temporary help services from a private 
     sector source that offers such services. Each procurement of 
     services under this subsection shall be for no longer than 30 
     days.
       (2) A person performing services procured under paragraph 
     (1) shall not, during the period of the performance of the 
     services, be an employee of the United States or be 
     considered to be an employee of the United States for any 
     purpose.
       (b) This section shall take effect on October 1, 2001, and 
     shall apply in fiscal year 2002 and successive fiscal years.
       Sec. 110. Section 311(d) of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e(d)) is amended in the 
     matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting ``in the House, 
     or official expenses for franked mail, employee salaries, 
     office space, furniture, or equipment and any associated 
     information technology services (excluding handheld 
     communications devices) in the Senate'' after ``expenses''.
       Sec. 111. The amount available to the Committee on Rules 
     and Administration for expenses under section 14(c) of Senate 
     Resolution 54, agreed to March 8, 2001, is increased by 
     $150,000.

     SEC. 112. TRANSPORTATION SUBSIDY FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE SENATE.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section, the term--
       (1) ``employee of the Senate''--
       (A) means any employee whose pay is disbursed by the 
     Secretary of the Senate; and
       (B) does not include a member or civilian employee of the 
     Capitol Police; and
       (2) ``employing office'' means the employing office, as 
     defined under section 101 of the Congressional Accountability 
     Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301), of an employee of the Senate.
       (b) Transportation Subsidy.--An employing office may 
     provide a monthly transportation subsidy to an employee of 
     the Senate up to the maximum monthly amount authorized under 
     section 132(f)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

      Payment to Widows and Heirs of Deceased Members of Congress

       For payment to Deborah Williams Spence, Floyd D. Spence 
     Jr., Zacheriah W. Spence, Benjamin G. Spence and Caldwell D. 
     Spence, widow and children of Floyd Spence, late a 
     Representative from the State of South Carolina, $145,100.

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
     $878,050,000, 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; Cloakroom Personnel--majority, $330,000; and 
     Cloakroom Personnel--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. 113. (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) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case 
     of an individual who is an incumbent of a position 
     transferred under subsection (a) or subsection (b) at the 
     time of the transfer, the total number of days of annual 
     leave and the total number of days of sick leave which were 
     provided by the Clerk to the individual and which remain 
     unused as of the date of the transfer shall remain available 
     for the individual to use after the transfer.
       Sec. 114. (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

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     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. 115. (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. 116. (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.
       Sec. 117. (a) The aggregate amount otherwise authorized to 
     be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-sum allowance 
     for the Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
     shall be increased by $40,000.
       (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
     2002 and each succeeding fiscal year.
       Sec. 118. (a) Effective with respect to fiscal year 2002 
     and each succeeding fiscal year, there are hereby established 
     2 additional positions in each of the following offices of 
     the House of Representatives:
       (1) The Office of the Clerk.
       (2) The Office of the Chief Administrative Officer.
       (3) The Office of the Sergeant at Arms.
       (b) The duty of the personnel appointed to a position 
     established under this section shall be to ensure the 
     continuity of the operations of the House of Representatives 
     during periods of emergency, in accordance with the direction 
     of the head of the office in which the position is 
     established.
       (c) The annual rate of pay provided for a position 
     established under this section shall be determined by the 
     head of the office in which the position is established.
       (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the head of 
     the office in which a position is established under this 
     section shall have the exclusive authority to appoint 
     personnel to such a position.
       Sec. 119. (a) Section 408 of the Congressional 
     Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1408) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(d) Appearances by House Employment Counsel.--
       ``(1) In general.--The House Employment Counsel of the 
     House of Representatives and any other counsel in the Office 
     of House Employment Counsel of the House of Representatives, 
     including any counsel specially retained by the Office of 
     House Employment Counsel, shall be entitled, for the purpose 
     of providing legal assistance and representation to employing 
     offices of the House of Representatives under this Act, to 
     enter an appearance in any proceeding before any court of the 
     United States or of any State or political subdivision 
     thereof without compliance with any requirements for 
     admission to practice before such court, except that the 
     authorization conferred by this paragraph shall not apply 
     with respect to the admission of any such person to practice 
     before the United States Supreme Court.
       ``(2) House employment counsel defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term `Office of House Employment Counsel of 
     the House of Representatives' means--
       ``(A) the Office of House Employment Counsel established 
     and operating under the authority of the Clerk of the House 
     of Representatives as of the date of the enactment of this 
     subsection;
       ``(B) any successor office to the Office of House 
     Employment Counsel which is established after the date of the 
     enactment of this subsection; and
       ``(C) any other person authorized and directed in 
     accordance with the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
     provide legal assistance and representation to employing 
     offices of the House of Representatives in connection with 
     actions brought under this title.''.
       (b) The amendment made by this section shall apply with 
     respect to proceedings occurring on or after 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, $113,044,000, of which $55,239,000 is provided to 
     the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be 
     disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House, 
     and $57,805,000 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, $13,146,000, to be disbursed by the 
     Capitol Police Board or their 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. 120. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2002 for the 
     Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may be 
     transferred between the headings ``salaries'' and ``general 
     expenses'' upon the approval of--
       (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives, in the case of amounts transferred from the 
     appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House 
     of Representatives under the heading ``salaries'';
       (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in the 
     case of amounts transferred from the appropriation provided 
     to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate under 
     the heading ``salaries''; and
       (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
     House of Representatives, in the case of other transfers.
       Sec. 121. At any time on or after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the United States Capitol Police may accept 
     contributions of meals and refreshments in support of 
     activities of the United States Capitol Police during a 
     period of emergency (as determined by the Capitol Police 
     Board).
       Sec. 122. (a) Section 108(a)(4) of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 2001, as amended by section 507(a) of the 
     Department of Transportation and Related Agencies 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by reference in 
     section 101(a) of Public Law 106-346), is amended by striking 
     ``the Capitol Police Board'' and all that follows and 
     inserting the following: ``the Chief of the Capitol Police, 
     but not to exceed $1,000 less than the annual rate of pay for 
     the Chief of the Capitol Police.''.
       (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
     respect to pay periods beginning on or after October 1, 2001.

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       Sec. 123. Any obligation or expenditure of funds made prior 
     to the date of enactment of this Act by the House of 
     Representatives or the Capitol Police Board for meals, 
     refreshments, and other support and maintenance in response 
     to a biological or other threat made after September 11, 2001 
     shall be deemed to have been made in compliance with sections 
     1301 and 1341 of title 31, United States Code.
       Sec. 124. At any time on or after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Capitol Police Board may incur obligations and 
     make expenditures out of available appropriations for meals, 
     refreshments and other support and maintenance for the 
     Capitol Police when, in the judgment of the Capitol Police 
     Board, such obligations and expenditures are necessary to 
     respond to emergencies involving the safety of human life or 
     the protection of property.

           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. 125. (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.
       (d) This section shall apply to fiscal year 2002 and each 
     fiscal year thereafter.
       Sec. 126. Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 1997 (2 U.S.C. 606(a)), is amended by 
     striking ``or discarding.'' and inserting ``sale, trade-in, 
     or discarding.'', and by adding at the end the 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.''.
       Sec. 127. (a) The Director of the Congressional Budget 
     Office may, in order to recruit or retain qualified 
     personnel, establish and maintain hereafter a program under 
     which the Office may agree to repay (by direct payments on 
     behalf of the employee) all or a portion of any student loan 
     previously taken out by such employee.
       (b) The Director may, by regulation, make applicable such 
     provisions of section 5379 of title 5, United States Code as 
     the Director determines necessary to provide for such 
     program.
       (c) The regulations shall provide the amount paid by the 
     Office may not exceed--
       (1) $6,000 for any employee in any calendar year; or
       (2) a total of $40,000 in the case of any employee.
       (d) The Office may not reimburse an employee for any 
     repayments made by such employee prior to the Office entering 
     into an agreement under this section with such employee.
       (e) Any amount repaid by, or recovered from, an individual 
     under this section and its implementing regulations shall be 
     credited to the appropriation account available for salaries 
     and expenses of the Office at the time of repayment or 
     recovery.
       (f) This section shall apply to fiscal year 2002 and each 
     fiscal year thereafter.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                     Capitol Buildings and Grounds


                         general 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 $20,000 for attendance, when 
     specifically authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at 
     meetings or conventions in connection with subjects related 
     to work under the Architect of the Capitol, $51,371,000, of 
     which $3,026,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2006.


                           capitol buildings

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the Capitol, $15,194,000, of which $3,080,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2006.

                            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, $6,009,000.

                        senate office buildings

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 
     furnishings to be expended under the control and supervision 
     of the Architect of the Capitol, $42,126,000, of which 
     $3,760,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2006.

                         house office buildings

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the House office buildings, $54,006,000, of 
     which $23,344,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2006.

                          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, $52,583,000, of which $8,013,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2006: 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. 128. Acquisition of Property by Architect of the 
     Capitol.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law and 
     subject to the availability of appropriations, the Architect 
     of the Capitol is authorized to secure, through multi-year 
     rental, lease, or other appropriate agreement, the property 
     located at 67 K Street, S.W., Washington, D.C., for use of 
     Legislative Branch agencies, and to incur any necessary 
     incidental expenses including maintenance, alterations, and 
     repairs in connection therewith: Provided, That in connection 
     with the property referred to under the preceding proviso, 
     the Architect of the Capitol is authorized to expend funds 
     appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol for the purpose 
     of the operations and support of Legislative Branch agencies, 
     including the United States Capitol Police, as may be 
     required for that purpose.
       Sec. 129. (a) Compensation of Architect of the Capitol.--
     Section 203(c) of the Federal Legislative Salary Act of 1964 
     (40 U.S.C. 162a) is amended by striking ``the annual rate of 
     basic pay'' and all that follows and inserting the following: 
     ``the lesser of the annual salary for the Sergeant at Arms of 
     the House of Representatives or the annual salary for the 
     Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.''.
       (b) Compensation of Assistant Architect of the Capitol.--
     Pursuant to the authority described in section 308(a) of the 
     Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1988 (40 U.S.C. 166b-
     3a(a)), the pay for the position of assistant referred to in 
     the proviso in the first undesignated paragraph under the 
     center subheadings ``Office of the Architect of the Capitol'' 
     and ``salaries'' in the first section of the Legislative 
     Branch Appropriation Act, 1971 (40 U.S.C. 164a) shall be an 
     amount equal to $1,000 less than the annual rate of pay for 
     the Architect of the Capitol.
       (c) Compensation for Certain Other Positions.--
       (1) In general.--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--
       (A) 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 12 positions at a rate not to 
     exceed the highest total rate of

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     pay for the Senior Executive Service under subchapter VIII of 
     chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, for the locality 
     involved.''; and
       (B) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b).
       (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
     shall apply with respect to pay periods beginning on or after 
     the expiration of the 21-day period which begins on the date 
     the Architect of the Capitol submits to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate a 
     list containing the 12 positions for which the Architect will 
     fix the rate of basic pay under the amendment, the rate of 
     basic pay for each such position, and the job description for 
     each such position.
       (d) Comprehensive Management Study and Response.--
       (1) Study by comptroller general.--Not later than November 
     1, 2002, the Comptroller General shall conduct a 
     comprehensive management study of the operations of the 
     Architect of the Capitol, and 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.--After the Comptroller 
     General submits the study conducted under paragraph (1) to 
     the Committees referred to in such paragraph, the Architect 
     of the Capitol shall develop and submit to such Committees a 
     management improvement plan which addresses the study and 
     which indicates how the personnel for whom the Architect 
     fixes the rate of basic pay under the amendment made by 
     subsection (c)(1) will support such plan.
       (e) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsections 
     (c)(2) and (d), this section and the amendments made by this 
     section shall apply with respect to pay periods beginning on 
     or after October 1, 2001.
       Sec. 130. (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 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. 131. Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) 
     section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5) shall 
     apply with respect to purchases and contracts for the 
     Architect of the Capitol as if the reference to `$25,000' in 
     clause 1 of such section were a reference to `$100,000' and 
     (b) the Architect may procure services, equipment, and 
     construction for security related projects in the most 
     efficient manner he determines appropriate.
       Sec. 132. Accounting and Financial Management System. The 
     Architect of the Capitol shall develop and maintain an 
     accounting and financial management system, including 
     financial reporting and internal controls, which--
       (1) complies with applicable federal accounting principles, 
     standards, and requirements, and internal control standards;
       (2) complies with any other requirements applicable to such 
     systems; and
       (3) provides for--
       (A) complete, reliable, consistent, and timely information 
     which is prepared on a uniform basis and which is responsive 
     to financial information needs of the Architect of the 
     Capitol;
       (B) the development and reporting of cost information;
       (C) the integration of accounting and budgeting 
     information; and
       (D) the systematic measurement of performance.
       Sec. 133. (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 after 
     the expiration of the 90-day period which begins on the date 
     of the enactment of this Act 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 1 year in length.
       (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to any of 
     the following individuals:
       (A) An individual who is employed under the Architect of 
     the Capitol Summer Employment Program.
       (B) An individual who is hired for a total of 120 days or 
     less during any 5-year period (excluding any days in which 
     the individual is employed under the Architect of the Capitol 
     Summer Employment Program).
       (C) An individual employed by the Architect of the Capitol 
     as a temporary employee as of the date of the enactment of 
     this Act who exercises in writing, not later than 90 days 
     after such date, an option offered by the Architect to remain 
     under the pay system (including benefits) provided for the 
     individual as of such date.
       (D) An individual who becomes employed by the Architect of 
     the Capitol after the date of the enactment of this Act who 
     exercises in writing, prior to the individual's employment, 
     an option offered by the Architect to receive pay and 
     benefits under an alternative system which does not provide 
     the benefits described in paragraph (1), except that under 
     such an option the Architect shall be required to provide the 
     individual with the benefits described in paragraph (1) as 
     soon as the individual's period of service as a temporary 
     employee exceeds 1 year in length.
       (3) Nothing in this subsection may be construed to require 
     the Architect of the Capitol to provide duplicative benefits 
     for any employee.
       (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.
       Sec. 134. Congressional Award Youth Park.
       (a) Designation.--The parcel of approximately 5 acres of 
     land located on the Capitol Grounds and described in 
     subsection (b) shall be known and designated as the 
     ``Congressional Award Youth Park''.
       (b) Area Included.--
       (1) In general.--The parcel of land described in subsection 
     (a) is--
       (A) bounded on the north by Constitution Avenue, N.W.;
       (B) bounded on the east by First Street, N.W.;
       (C) bounded on the south by Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.; and
       (D) bounded on the west by Third Street N.W.
       (2) Extension.--The park shall extend to the curbs of the 
     streets described in paragraph (1).
       (c) Design.--
       (1) Competition.--The Architect of the Capitol shall 
     sponsor a competition for the design of the park, based on 
     specifications developed by the Architect.
       (2) Specifications.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than June 30, 2002, the 
     Architect, in consultation with the majority leader and the 
     minority leader of the Senate, and the Speaker and the 
     minority leader of the House of Representatives, shall 
     develop the specifications for the park.
       (B) Requirements.--
       (i) In general.--The specifications shall require an 
     outdoor design that is accessible to the public.
       (ii) Inclusions.--To the maximum extent practicable, the 
     specifications shall include requirements for--

       (I) a fountain;

       (II) extensive use of trees and flowering plants from each 
     of the 50 States;
       (III) large-scale replicas of the medals awarded under the 
     Congressional Award Program; and
       (IV) the inscription of the names of all Congressional 
     Award recipients.

       (3) Selection.--
       (A) In general.--As soon as practicable after the 
     competition is completed, the Architect shall forward at 
     least 3 designs, with recommendations, to the United States 
     Capitol Preservation Commission.
       (B) Final selection.--The United States Capitol 
     Preservation Commission shall select and approve the final 
     design from among the 3 designs submitted under subparagraph 
     (A).
       (d) Funding.--Funds otherwise made available to the 
     Architect of the Capitol under this Act shall be available to 
     carry out this section.
       Sec. 135. Limitation on Certain Gifts and Expenditures 
     Relating to the National Garden. Section 201 of the 
     Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 216c 
     note) is amended by striking ``$14,500,000'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``$16,500,000''.

                          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 
     (section 902 of title 44, United

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     States Code); printing and binding of Government publications 
     authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; 
     and printing, binding, and distribution of Government 
     publications authorized by law to be distributed without 
     charge to the recipient, $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 section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 
     Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
     for the payment of obligations incurred under the 
     appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal 
     years: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year 
     limitation under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 
     none of the funds appropriated or made available under this 
     Act or any other Act for printing and binding and related 
     services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, 
     United States Code, may be expended to print a document, 
     report, or publication after the 27-month period beginning on 
     the date that such document, report, or publication is 
     authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress 
     reauthorizes such printing in accordance with section 718 of 
     title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That any 
     unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or 
     accounts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may 
     be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving 
     fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 
     subject to the approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.
       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, $5,646,000: Provided, That this appropriation 
     shall not be available for any activities of the National 
     Garden.

                          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, $306,692,000, 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, $7,100,000 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: Provided further, That of the amount 
     appropriated, $500,000 shall be transferred to the Abraham 
     Lincoln Bicentennial Commission to remain available until 
     expended for carrying out the purposes of Public Law 106-173, 
     of which amount $3,000 may be used for official 
     representation and reception expenses of the Abraham Lincoln 
     Bicentennial Commission.

                            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 
     section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Provided, 
     That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any 
     funds derived from collections under such section, in excess 
     of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in 
     appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not more than 
     $5,984,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal 
     year 2002 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 
     1005 of such title: Provided further, That the total amount 
     available for obligation shall be reduced by 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 $300,000, of which $75,000 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''.
       Sec. 208. (a) Section 102(a) of the Library of Congress 
     Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (2 U.S.C. 182b(a)) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(4) Special events and programs.''.
       (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 
     upon the date on which the Committees on Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives and Senate approve a report 
     submitted to the Committees by the Librarian of Congress 
     which describes the guidelines and policies applicable to the 
     hosting of special events and programs by the Librarian which 
     are

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     covered under section 102(a)(4) of the Library of Congress 
     Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (as added by 
     subsection (a)).
       Sec. 209. Section 7 of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial 
     Commission Act, Public Law 106-173, is amended by adding the 
     following new subsections:
       ``(f) Gifts.--The Commission may, for the purpose of 
     carrying out this Act, accept and use gifts of money, 
     property, and services, and, notwithstanding section 1342 of 
     title 31, United States Code, may accept and use voluntary 
     services as the Commission deems necessary.''
       ``(g) Detail of Federal Employees.--On the request of the 
     Commission, the head of a Federal agency or other Federal 
     appointing authority may detail, on a reimbursable or 
     nonreimbursable basis, any of its employees to the Commission 
     to assist the Commission in carrying out the duties of the 
     Commission under this Act. Any such detail of an employee 
     shall be without interruption or loss of civil service status 
     or privilege.''.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         Capitol Visitor Center

       For an additional amount for the unassigned space in the 
     Capitol Visitor Center project, $70,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That section 3709 of the 
     Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5) shall not 
     apply to the funds made available under this heading: 
     Provided further, That the Architect of the Capitol may not 
     obligate any of the funds which are made available for the 
     Capitol Visitor Center under this Act or any other Act 
     without an obligation plan approved by the chair and ranking 
     minority member of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives for House space and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate for Senate space.

                         Congressional Cemetery

       For the perpetual care and maintenance of the historic 
     Congressional Cemetery, $1,250,000, to remain available until 
     expended: Provided, That $1,000,000 of such amount shall be 
     paid to the National Trust for Historic Preservation 
     (hereafter in this paragraph referred to as the ``National 
     Trust'') for deposit into the permanently restricted account 
     referred to in section 209(b) of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-275; 112 Stat. 2449) 
     and shall be used by the National Trust in accordance with 
     the terms and conditions applicable under such section to 
     amounts deposited into such account: Provided further, That 
     $250,000 of such amount shall be for the preparation of a 
     study to develop a program for the ongoing care and 
     maintenance of the Cemetery.

                     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, $21,753,000, of which $3,748,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2006 and $5,000,000 
     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. 210. (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 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.

    PAYMENT TO THE RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CENTER TRUST FUND

       For a payment to the Russian Leadership Development Center 
     Trust Fund for financing activities of the Center for Russian 
     Leadership Development, $8,000,000.

                     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.

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       (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. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 is amended in 
     the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking ``2001'' and 
     inserting ``2002''.
       Sec. 309. Section 5596(a) of title 5, U.S.C., is amended by 
     deleting ``and'' at the end of paragraph (4); by deleting the 
     period at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting a semicolon, 
     and by adding the following new paragraphs, which shall be 
     effective for all personnel actions taken on or after the 
     date of enactment of this Act:
       ``(6) the Architect of the Capitol, including employees of 
     the United States Senate Restaurants; and
       ``(7) the United States Botanic Garden.''.
       Sec. 310. 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. 311. 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.
       Sec. 312. 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).
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 2:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 2, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Delete the matter stricken, delete the matter inserted, and 
     strike all beginning on page 2, line 6, down through and 
     including page 9, line 21, of the House engrossed bill, H.R. 
     2647.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 3:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 3, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Delete the matter stricken, delete the matter inserted, and 
     strike all beginning on page 17, line 19, down through and 
     including page 17, line 23, of the House engrossed bill, H.R. 
     2647.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 4:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 4, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Delete the section number inserted, and strike line 5 
     through and including line 17 of page 46 of the House 
     engrossed bill, H.R. 2647.
       And the Senate agree to the same.

     Charles H. Taylor,
     Zach Wamp,
     Jerry Lewis,
     Ray LaHood,
     Don Sherwood,
     C.W. Bill Young,
     James P. Moran,
     Steny H. Hoyer,
     Marcy Kaptur,
     David R. Obey,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Richard J. Durbin,
     Tim Johnson,
     Jack Reed,
     Robert C. Byrd,
     Robert F. Bennett,
     Ted Stevens,
     Thad Cochran,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE

       The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at the 
     conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the 
     amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2647) making 
     appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes, submit the 
     following joint statement to the House and Senate in 
     explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the 
     managers and recommended in the accompanying conference 
     report.
       The Senate amended the House bill with five numbered 
     amendments. The conference agreement addresses all the 
     differences contained in the five amendments in the 
     disposition of the first numbered amendment. The first 
     numbered amendment therefore includes a complete version of 
     the Legislative Branch bill. An explanation of the resolution 
     of the differences of the other four numbered amendments is 
     included in the first numbered amendment. The disposition of 
     the other four numbered amendments therefore is purely 
     technical in nature to enable the complete bill text to be 
     included in the first amendment.

                    Legislative Branch Wide Matters

       The conferees note that agencies of the Legislative Branch 
     have taken an undisciplined position regarding the execution 
     of their respective annual budgets as it relates to 
     reprogramming and transfer of funds. The conferees have 
     included the following reprogramming guidelines which shall 
     be complied with by all entities in this conference report, 
     exclusive of the House and Senate, funded by the Legislative 
     Branch Appropriations Act, 2002 and thereafter:
       1. Except under extraordinary and emergency situations, the 
     Committees on Appropriations will not consider requests for a 
     reprogramming or transfer of funds, or use of unobligated 
     balances, which are submitted after August 1;
       2. Clearly stated and detailed documentation presenting 
     justification for the reprogramming, transfer, or use of 
     unobligated balances shall accompany each request;
       3. All agency reprogramming requests shall be submitted if 
     the amount to be shifted to or from any object class, 
     approved budget or program involved is in excess of $250,000 
     or 10 percent, whichever is less, of the object class, 
     approved budget, or program;
       4. For any action where the cumulative effect of below 
     threshold reprogramming actions, or past reprogramming and/or 
     transfer actions added to the request, would exceed the 
     dollar threshold mentioned above, a reprogramming shall be 
     submitted;
       5. For any action which would result in a major change to 
     the program or item which is different than that presented to 
     and approved by the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
     and Senate, a reprogramming shall be submitted;
       6. For any action where funds earmarked by either of the 
     Committees for a specific activity are proposed to be used 
     for a different activity, a reprogramming shall be submitted;
       7. For any action where funds earmarked by either of the 
     Committees for a specific activity are in excess of the 
     project activity requirement, and are proposed to be used for 
     a different activity, a reprogramming shall be submitted;
       8. Additionally, each request shall include a declaration 
     that, as of the date of the request, none of the funds 
     included in the request have been obligated, and none will be 
     obligated, until the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
     and Senate have approved the request.
       The conference agreement provides funding to various 
     agencies of the Legislative Branch to implement a student 
     loan repayment program. Detailed implementation requirements 
     will vary among entities, however the conferees believe it is 
     important that an overall set of controls and criteria be 
     developed to insure consistent application of purposes of the 
     program across the legislative branch. The conferees direct 
     the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) to 
     develop, in consultation with all Legislative Branch entities 
     the controls and criteria that will govern program 
     implementation. The LBFMC is directed to perform a 
     comparative analysis between entity implementing regulations 
     and governing controls and criteria and report the results of 
     that analysis to the House and Senate Committee on 
     Appropriations on the Legislative Branch by March 1, 2002.
       Amendment No. 1: Deletes the matter inserted and inserts 
     complete bill text excluding the short title.
       Many items in both House and Senate Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations bills are identical and are included in the 
     conference agreement without change. The conferees have 
     endorsed statements of policy contained in the House and 
     Senate reports accompanying the appropriations bills, unless 
     amended or restated herein. With respect to those items in 
     the conference agreement that differ between House and Senate 
     bills, the conferees have agreed to the following with the 
     appropriate section numbers, punctuation, and other technical 
     corrections:

                   TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

                                 Senate

       Appropriates $606,885,000 for Senate operations, and 
     includes, at the request of the managers on the part of the 
     Senate, amendments that add $150,000 to the Caucus on 
     International Narcotics Control, that amend Section 102, and 
     that add other administrative provisions.
       Regarding Section 107, the Senate Gift Shop has sold a 
     number of items with the specific designation that a portion 
     of the profits would be used toward construction of the 
     Capitol Visitor Center. This section provides authority to 
     transfer those profits to

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     the Capitol Preservation Fund, for use by the Capitol 
     Preservation Commission, which has oversight responsibility 
     for construction of the Capitol Visitor Center. Profits 
     identified for the Capitol Visitor Center that were earned 
     prior to FY2001 may be transferred to the Capitol 
     Preservation Fund provided they were so identified and 
     retained in the Senate Gift Shop Revolving Fund from the 
     date earned.
       Section 108 modifies existing legislation to clarify that 
     the Old Supreme Court Chamber is under the supervision of the 
     Senate Commission on Art; deletes the $15,000 limitation on 
     authorized funding for the Commission on Art; clarifies that 
     funding may be in such amount as necessary; authorizes the 
     Secretary to sign vouchers for the Commission on Art, in lieu 
     of the Chairman or Vice Chairman; and restates the fact that 
     all vouchers are ultimately approved by the Rules Committee 
     before payment.
       Section 109 authorizes the Secretary of the Senate and the 
     Sergeant at Arms to procure temporary help as needed for up 
     to a 30 day period for any position. Such temporary help are 
     not employees of the Senate. Nothing in this legislation 
     authorizes the handling of sensitive or classified 
     information, and applicable restrictions and procedures must 
     be followed.
       Section 110 amends section 31(d) of 2 U.S.C. 59e(d).
       Section 111 increases the amount available to the Committee 
     on Rules and Administration for expenses under section 14(c) 
     of Senate Resolution 54 by $150,000, for salaries and 
     expenses incurred by the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration associated with the administration of the 
     Joint Committee on Printing.
       Inasmuch as these items relate solely to the Senate, and in 
     accord with long practice under which each body determines 
     its own housekeeping requirements and the other concurs 
     without intervention, the managers of the part of the House, 
     at the request of the managers on the part of the Senate, 
     have receded to the amendments of the Senate.

                        House of Representatives

       Appropriates $878,195,100 for House operations, and 
     includes, at the request of the managers on the part of the 
     House, an amendment adding $145,100 for the traditional death 
     gratuity upon the death of a Member of the House of 
     Representatives and reflects an unspecified reduction of 
     $4,000,000.
       The conference agreement provides funding and authority to 
     the Senate and various agencies of the Legislative Branch to 
     implement a student loan repayment program. Authority and 
     funding for the House of Representatives has not been 
     included because of the absence of implementation guidelines 
     and criteria. The conferees believe that the House of 
     Representatives should examine such a program as soon as 
     practicable and therefore strongly encourage the House 
     Administration Committee to develop and recommend guidelines 
     and criteria to be included in the FY 2003 budget request. 
     The authorities contained in this bill for the Senate, and 
     the recommendations of the Legislative Branch Financial 
     Managers Council (LBFMC) should be taken into account in the 
     development of this program.
       In addition, the managers on the part of the House have 
     amended an administrative provision in the House bill and 
     added provisions regarding an allowance, authorizing 
     additional positions for House officers, authorization for 
     the House Employment Counsel to represent the House in 
     judicial proceedings. The officers of the House have 
     acquired additional expertise in response management and 
     continuity of operations as a result of the recent 
     emergencies created by terrorist attacks and other 
     activities that were not contemplated within current 
     resource levels. In order to maintain an institutionalized 
     capability and to help assure the security needs of the 
     House are being met on a long term basis, the managers on 
     the part of the House realize that current FTE limits have 
     been superceded and direct the officers to take whatever 
     steps are necessary to continue these functions in the 
     most economical and operationally sound manner possible. 
     Current FTE limits, therefore, shall not apply with 
     respect to these activities. The managers on the part of 
     the House also direct that, of the funds in the bill made 
     available to the House for salaries and expenses, $143,000 
     may be transferred to the Office of Legislative Counsel, 
     at the request of the Legislative Counsel, to provide 
     resources necessary for continuity of operations. Inasmuch 
     as these items relate solely to the House, and in accord 
     with long practice under which each body determines its 
     own housekeeping requirements and the other concurs 
     without intervention, the managers on the part of the 
     Senate, at the request of the managers on the part of the 
     House, have receded to the amendments of the House.
       While applauding the Herculean efforts of the Chief 
     Administrative Officer, the Clerk, and others in the House of 
     Representatives in providing alternative workspace and 
     equipment for the House during the period in which House 
     office buildings have been closed, the managers on the part 
     of the House remain greatly concerned about the ability of 
     Members and staff to access their computer systems from 
     offsite locations during emergencies. The managers on the 
     part of the House understand and appreciate that providing 
     permanent remote access to House computer systems for all 
     House offices would require the resolution of many 
     complicated issues relating to security, technical 
     capabilities, and the allocation of resources. Nevertheless, 
     the managers on the part of the House urge the Chief 
     Administrative Officer, the Clerk, and other relevant House 
     officers to quickly develop a plan under which each office of 
     the House of Representatives shall have available some 
     permanent, reliable means to access its computer systems from 
     a remote location. The managers on the part of the House 
     request that the Chief Administrative Officer prepare and 
     submit a report to the Committees on House Administration and 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives not later than 
     90 days after the enactment of the bill which describes the 
     progress made by the Chief Administrative Officer in 
     preparing and implementing this plan.
       The managers on the part of the House direct the Chief 
     Administrative Officer to calculate the amount of wages food 
     service hourly employees that work in the House lost due to 
     the necessary recent closing of House office buildings and to 
     reimburse the applicable vendors to pay those wages from the 
     proceeds of the restaurant services revolving fund.

                              Joint Items


                   office of the attending physician

       Appropriates $1,865,000 for the Office of the Attending 
     Physician as proposed by the House instead of $1,765,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. This amount includes $1,253,904 for 
     reimbursement to the Department of Navy for expenses incurred 
     as proposed by the House instead of $1,159,904 as proposed by 
     the Senate.

                          CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

                             Capitol Police


                                salaries

       Appropriates $113,044,000 for salaries of officers, 
     members, and employees of the Capitol Police instead of 
     $112,592,000 as proposed by the House and $112,922,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate, of which $55,239,000 is provided to 
     the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and 
     $57,805,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms and 
     Doorkeeper of the Senate. The conferees direct the Chief of 
     the Capitol Police to make retroactive to October 1, 2001 any 
     comparability adjustments in pay of sworn officers.


                            general expenses

       Appropriations $13,146,000 for general expenses of the 
     Capitol Police instead of $11,081,000 as proposed by the 
     House and $12,394,000 as proposed by the Senate. The increase 
     above the House allowance provides an additional $65,000 for 
     card readers and $2,000,000 for the accelerated upgrade and 
     installation of a new networked in-place monitoring 
     system. The conferees have provided $1,525,467 to purchase 
     40 vehicles for canine officers to transport police dogs. 
     This action will provide the United States Capitol Police 
     with operational-parity similar to other federal law 
     enforcement agencies. This amount allows for the purchase 
     of the police service vehicles and the related purchase 
     and installation of police-vehicle equipment and canine 
     cages ($1,357,600). The first year's annual operating 
     costs for these vehicles including fuel and maintenance is 
     estimated at $101,867. In addition, the salaries 
     appropriation provides one FTE for additional maintenance 
     staff.


                       Administrative Provisions

       The conferees have included an administrative provision 
     allowing for the transfer of funds upon the approval of the 
     committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate. In 
     addition, the conferees have included administrative 
     provisions that authorize the Capitol Police to purchase 
     goods and services in emergency situations; that authorize 
     the Capitol Police to accept donations of meals and 
     refreshments in emergency situations; sets a cap on the level 
     of pay for the Chief Administrative Office of the Capitol 
     Police; and another provision authorizing the payment of 
     certain expenditures made in connection with the terrorist 
     acts of September 11, 2001, and subsequent threats. The 
     conferees direct that within 30 days of utilizing the 
     authorization provided to purchase or accept donations of 
     goods and services a report of such transactions and the 
     reasons therefore will be submitted to the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House and Senate.

                          OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

       For the Office of Compliance the conferees have agreed that 
     of the amount appropriated, $254,000 shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2003, as proposed by the House.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

       Appropriates $30,780,000 for salaries and expenses of the 
     Congressional Budget Office as proposed by the House instead 
     of $30,680,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees have 
     included three administrative provisions that provide for an 
     employee training program, authorization to apply the 
     proceeds from the sale of older equipment to be applied to 
     the purchase of equipment used for the same purpose, and the 
     establishment of a student loan repayment program as a 
     recruitment tool.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                     Capitol Buildings and Grounds


                         General Administration

                         Salaries and Expenses

       Appropriates $51,371,000 for salaries and expenses, Capitol 
     buildings and grounds, general administration, Architect of 
     the Capitol, instead of $46,705,000 as proposed by the

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     House and $54,000,000 for the Architect of the Capitol, 
     Capitol Buildings and Grounds, Capitol buildings, salaries 
     and expenses as proposed by the Senate. Of this amount 
     $20,000 is provided for attendance at meetings as proposed by 
     the Senate instead of $30,000 as proposed by the House. Of 
     the amount appropriated $3,026,000 shall remain available 
     until September 30, 2006 instead of $3,414,000 to remain 
     available until expended as proposed by the Senate. In 
     addition, the conferees have included provisions pertaining 
     to a Chief Financial Officer and the acquisition of property, 
     as proposed by the Senate.
       With respect to the object class and project differences 
     between the House and Senate bills, the conferees have agreed 
     to the following:

Operating Budget............................................$47,007,000
Capitol Projects:
  1. Implementation of AOCNET...................................500,000
  2. Financial Management System..............................2,076,000
  3. Computer-Aided Facility Management.........................700,000
  4. Implementation of Safety Programs..........................450,000
  5. Security Project Support...................................125,000
  6. Replace Building Automation System, Capitol Complex........240,000
  7. Micrographic & Recording Storage Equipment..................73,000
  8. Development of Master Commissioning Specifications.........100,000
  9. Develop AOC Engineering Guide Specifications...............100,000


                           Minor Construction

       Instead of providing for a separate account, as proposed by 
     the House, the conferees have included $5,000,000 as a line 
     item within House office buildings account for minor 
     construction.


                           Capitol Buildings

       Appropriates $15,194,000, of which $3,080,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2006, for maintenance, care and 
     operation of the Capitol, by the Architect of the Capitol, 
     instead of $17,674,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate 
     bill included $54,000,000 for this activity in the 
     appropriation immediately preceding. With respect to object 
     class and project differences between the House and Senate 
     bills, the conferees have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget.............................................$9,696,000
Capitol Projects:
  1. Provide Infrastructure for Security Installations..........200,000
  2. Conservation of Wall Paintings.............................300,000
  3. Replacement of Minton Tile.................................200,000
  4. Roofing Repair, Around House and Senate Chambers...........160,000
  5. Replace Exit Doors for Emergency Egress and Security, Capitol 
    Building....................................................475,000
  6. Design, Install Emergency Signs and Lighting...............200,000
  7. Egress Door Improvements...................................100,000
  8. Replace Halon Fire Suppression Systems......................50,000
  9. Design, Upgrade Kitchen Exhausts...........................150,000
  10. ADA Requirements...........................................75,000
  11. Elevator/Escalator Modernization Program..................750,000
  12. Rehabilitate Dome.......................................1,605,000
  13. Design, Exterior Stone Preservation.......................725,000
  14. Chandelier Restoration and Crystal/Globe Replace..........230,000
  15. Door Refinishing/Restoration..............................211,000
  16. Cold Storage for Historic Negatives........................67,000


                            Capitol Grounds

       Appropriates $6,009,000 to the Architect of the Capitol for 
     the care and improvements of grounds surrounding the Capitol, 
     House and Senate office buildings, and the Capitol Power 
     plant instead of $6,904,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $6,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. With respect to object 
     class and project differences between the House and Senate 
     bills, the conferees have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget.............................................$5,653,000
Capitol Projects:
  1. Replace Trucks..............................................80,000
  2. Provide Lights at Lot 9....................................276,000


                        Senate Office Buildings

       Appropriates $42,126,000 for the maintenance, care, and 
     operation of the Senate office buildings to the Architect of 
     the Capitol instead of $47,500,000 as proposed by the Senate, 
     of which $3,760,000 shall remain available until September 
     30, 2006. The reduction from the Senate level is attributable 
     to the transfer of funds, related to the central support 
     staff, to the new General Administration account. Inasmuch as 
     this item relates solely to the Senate, and in accord with 
     long practice under which each body determines its own 
     housekeeping requirements and the other concurs without 
     intervention, the managers on the part of the House, at 
     the request of the managers on the part of the Senate, 
     have receded to the Senate.


                         house office buildings

       Appropriates $54,006,000 for the maintenance, care, and 
     operation of the House office buildings to the Architect of 
     the Capitol instead of $49,006,000 as proposed by the House, 
     of which $23,344,000 shall remain available until September 
     30, 2006. Inasmuch as this item relates solely to the House, 
     and in accord with long practice under which each body 
     determines its own housekeeping requirements and the other 
     concurs without intervention, the managers on the part of the 
     Senate, at the request of the managers on the part of the 
     House, have receded to the House. The additional funds 
     provided flexibility for unforeseen needs including minor 
     construction, repair, and alteration projects, land 
     acquisition, and related activities, in connection with 
     construction and maintenance activities of House office 
     buildings.
       Consistent with the energy conservation plan (Section 310 
     of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999), the 
     Architect of the Capitol is directed to provide 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.


                          Capitol Power Plant

       In addition to the $4,400,000 made available from receipts 
     credited as reimbursements to this appropriation, 
     appropriates $52,583,000 to the Architect of the Capitol for 
     maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol power plant, 
     instead of $45,324,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $47,403,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of this amount 
     $8,013,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2006, 
     instead of $100,000, to remain available until expended, as 
     proposed by the House and $3,300,000, to remain available 
     until expended, as proposed by the Senate. With respect to 
     object class and project differences between the House and 
     Senate bills, the conferees have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget............................................$43,395,000
Capitol Projects:
  1. Implement Emergency Shoring and Repairs to Tunnels.........100,000
  2. Update CAD Drawings for Capitol power plant.................75,000
  3. Install Ventilation in coal bunkers.........................65,000
  4. Replace deaerator heaters..................................335,000
  5. Study, heat balance/efficiency improvements................100,000
  6. Repoint and clean east and west plant chimneys..............90,000
  7. Replace controls west cooling tower........................180,000
  8. Install dual, low NOX burners, boilers 5-7......200,000
  9. Install Synchronous excitation package for chillers........130,000
  10. Modernize Coal Handling System..........................7,913,000


                       administrative provisions

       The conference agreement includes several administrative 
     provisions related to the operations of the Architect of the 
     Capitol. There is a provision that sets a cap on the level of 
     pay of the Architect of the Capitol and Assistant Architect 
     of the Capitol and authorizes the Architect to set levels of 
     basic pay for twelve positions. The conferees direct that the 
     Architect designate one of the twelve positions for security 
     management functions. There is a provision requiring payment 
     of liquidated damages in the event that completion of a 
     project greater than $50,000 in value is delayed because of 
     the contractor; a provision that sets the limitation for 
     small purchase contracts at $100,000; a provision involving a 
     financial management system; a provision that authorizes 
     eligibility for life insurance, health insurance, retirement, 
     and other benefits for temporary employees; a provision 
     regarding a youth park; and a provision adjusting the 
     limitation of donations to the National Garden.
       The Architect of the Capitol is directed to develop design 
     specifications and to sponsor a competition for the design of 
     the youth park. The final design will be selected by the 
     Capitol Preservation Commission. The Architect is authorized 
     to use his existing funding for design specification 
     development and the competition. Since construction cost is 
     dependent on final design, no funding has been appropriated 
     at this time.
       The conferees direct the Architect of the Capitol to 
     observe the reprogramming guidelines stated under the 
     heading, ``Legislative Branch Wide Matters,'' earlier in this 
     statement.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                     Congressional Research Service


                         Salaries and Expenses

       Appropriates $81,454,000 for salaries and expenses, 
     Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, as 
     proposed by the House instead of $81,139,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate. This level of funding provides for 739 full time 
     equivalents.

                        TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES

                             BOTANIC GARDEN


                         salaries and expenses

       Appropriates $5,646,000 for salaries and expenses, Botanic 
     Garden, instead of $5,946,000

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     as proposed by the House and $5,829,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The conferees have included language, as proposed by 
     the House, setting a limitation on the use of funds for any 
     activities of the National Garden and have not included the 
     provision providing for reception and representation 
     expenses. With respect to object class and project 
     differences between the House and Senate bills, the conferees 
     have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget.............................................$4,107,000
Capitol Projects:
  1. Design, Administrative building renovation and addition....200,000
  2. Roof Fall Protection, DC Village...........................131,000
  3. Vehicle Replacement.........................................68,000
  4. Shade Curtain warranty.....................................125,000
  5. Conservatory Galleries design exhibits, banners and audio t615,000
  6. Implementation/contractor support conservatory courtyards..400,000

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS


                         salaries and expenses

       Provides $306,692,000 for salaries and expenses, Library of 
     Congress, which will fund 2,792 FTE's, instead of 
     $304,692,000 as proposed by the House and $297,775,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. Of this amount $6,850,000 is made 
     available from receipts collected by the Library of Congress 
     and $15,824,474 is to remain available until expended for 
     acquisition of books, periodicals, newspapers, and all other 
     library materials as proposed by the House instead of 
     $10,824,474 as proposed by the Senate.
       With respect to differences between the House and Senate 
     bills, the conferees have agreed to the following:

1. Mandatories..............................................$12,381,417
2. Hands Across America.......................................7,100,000
3. Purchase of Library Materials.............................15,824,474
4. Law Library Arrearage Reduction..............................850,000
5. Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission......................500,000
6. National Digital Library..................................18,080,735

       The conference agreement includes funds for two programs, 
     to remain available until expended. One provision, for 
     $7,100,000, is for teaching educators how to incorporate the 
     Library's primary source digital materials into school 
     curricula and includes $1,500,000 for a pilot project in 
     Illinois. The second provision provides $500,000, which 
     includes $3,000 for official representation and reception 
     expenses, for the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.

                            Copyright Office


                         salaries and expenses

       Provides $40,896,000, including $27,864,000 made available 
     from receipts, for salaries and expenses, Copyright Office, 
     as proposed by the House instead of $40,701,000, including 
     $27,864,000 from receipts, as proposed by the Senate. This 
     level of funding provides for 530 full time equivalents.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped


                         salaries and expenses

       Appropriates $49,788,000 for salaries and expenses, books 
     for the blind and physically handicapped as proposed by the 
     House instead of $49,765,000 as proposed by the Senate. This 
     level of funding provides for 128 full time equivalents.

                       Furniture and Furnishings

       Appropriates $7,932,000 for furniture and furnishings as 
     proposed by the House instead of $8,532,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate.
       The managers on the part of the House do not concur with 
     the language in the Senate report regarding incorporating the 
     Furniture and Furnishings account into the Library's other 
     appropriation accounts.

                       Administrative Provisions

       In addition to various technical corrections the conferees 
     have agreed to set an overall limitation of $300,000 on funds 
     available for attendance at meetings instead of $203,560 as 
     proposed by the House and $407,560 as proposed by the Senate 
     of which $75,000 is provided to the Congressional Research 
     Service instead of $60,486 as proposed by the House and 
     $86,486 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees have 
     included administrative provisions that authorize a new 
     Library of Congress revolving fund and establishes a gift 
     fund and authorizes detailees for the Lincoln Bicentennial 
     Commission.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         Capitol Visitor Center

       The conference agreement provides $70,000,000 to the 
     Architect of the Capitol for the Capitol Visitor Center for 
     the completion of the expansion space. The Architect of the 
     Capitol is directed not to obligate any funds for this 
     project without an approved obligation plan. The plan should 
     specify the purpose, amount, and timing of anticipated 
     obligations.

                         Congressional Cemetery

       Appropriates $1,250,000 to the Architect of the Capitol for 
     a grant for the care and maintenance of the Congressional 
     Cemetery, instead of $2,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of 
     this amount, $250,000 is available to the Architect to 
     develop a plan, in consultation with the Association for the 
     Historic Preservation of the Congressional Cemetery, for 
     perpetual care and maintennce of the Cemetery. The plan shall 
     be submitted to the National Trust for Historic Preservation 
     for review. The remaining amount is available as a grant to 
     an endowment fund for perpetual care and maintenance.

                     Library Buildings and Grounds


                     structural and mechanical care

       Appropriates $21,753,000 for structural and mechanical 
     care. Library buildings and grounds instead of $22,252,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $18,753,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. Of this amount $5,000,000 shall remain available 
     until expended instead of $8,918,000 as proposed by the House 
     and $6,878,000 as proposed by the Senate, and $3,748,000 of 
     the amount provided shall remain available until September 
     30, 2006.
       With respect to the object class and project differences 
     between the House and Senate bills, the conferees have agreed 
     to the following:

Operating budget............................................$10,853,000
Capitol Projects:
  1. Replace partition supports JMMB............................200,000
  2. Replace VSD Motor Controls, TJB & JAB......................132,000
  3. Replace sidewalks, TJB and JAB.............................100,000
  4. Restore decorative painting, TJB and JAB....................100000
  5. Book stack lighting controls, TJB and JAB..................100,000
  6. Audio Visual Conservation Center, Culpeper...............5,000,000
  7. LOC Room and partition modifications.......................500,000
  8. Replace compact stack safety, JMMB.........................300,000
  9. Design, smoke detectors compliance, LB&G...................100,000
  10 Roof fall protection, LB&G...............................1,778,000
  11. Design egress improvements................................550,000
  12. Design upgrade kitchen exhausts systems....................70,000
  13. ADA requirements, LB&G....................................100,000
  14. Design collections security...............................200,000
  15. Design, replacement of rain leaders, JAB...................50,000
  16. Design, remover 4 escalators for office space JMMB........100,000
  17. Preservations environmental monitoring....................100,000
  18. Design book storage #2, Ft. Meade.........................420,000
  19. Repair life safety deficiencies.........................1,000,000

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                 Office of Superintendent of Documents


                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

       Appropriates $29,639,000 for salaries and expenses, Office 
     of Superintendent of Documents as proposed by the House 
     instead of $28,728,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                        Administrative Provision

       The conferees have agreed to a provision in the House bill 
     which extends existing authorization or early retirement and 
     voluntary separation incentive payments. The Senate bill 
     includes a similar provision.

                        GENEAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE


                         salaries and expenses

       Appropriates $421,844,000 for salaries and expenses, 
     General Accounting Office as proposed by the House instead of 
     $417,843,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the 
     appropriating language, the conferees have set the limitation 
     on the representation expenses at $12,500 as proposed by the 
     House instead of $12,000 as proposed by the Senate and made 
     technical corrections on two matters.
       The agreement does not include two provisions inserted in 
     the Senate amendment that relate to a pilot program in 
     technology assessment. The conferees direct the Comptroller 
     General to obligate up to $500,000, of the funds made 
     available, for a pilot program in technology assessment as 
     determined by the Senate and to submit to the Senate a report 
     on the pilot program not later than June 15, 2002.

    PAYMENT TO THE RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CENTER TRUST FUND

       Appropriates $8,000,000 for a payment to the Russian 
     Leadership Development Center Trust Fund instead of 
     $10,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees note 
     that the FY2001 Appropriations Act established this program 
     in the Legislative Branch and authorized the use of non-
     appropriated monies to support this program.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       In Title III, General Provisions, section numbers have been 
     changed to conform to the conference agreement and technical 
     corrections have been made. The conferees have included 
     section 309 (appropriately renumbered) of the House bill. The 
     conferees recognize that the Capitol Telephone Exchange 
     operates out of one location with employees working side-by-
     side. The conferees understand the importance of establishing 
     equal pay for these workers, and appreciate the complications 
     created by the fact that some are House employees and some 
     are Senate employees, paid from funds appropriated to the 
     respective bodies. The conferees direct the House Chief 
     Administrative Officer and the Senate Sergeant at Arms to 
     make a recommendation to the House and Senate Appropriations 
     Committees, on House Administration, and the Senate Committee 
     on Rules and Administration, on how to structure the

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     U.S. Capitol Telephone Exchange to provide for uniform pay, 
     procedures and policies for all its employees while 
     continuing to provide a high level of service to Members, 
     staff and the American people. This report should be 
     submitted by April 30, 2002.
       The conferees have included a provision that authorizes the 
     Architect of the Capitol to maintain and improve landscape 
     features of property located near the House office buildings. 
     The conferees have included the House provision regarding the 
     Buy American Act and have excluded the House provision 
     related to the installation of compact fluorescent light 
     bulbs and have included direction, under the paragraph 
     explaining House Office Buildings, for the Architect of the 
     Capitol to address this matter.
       Amendment No. 2: Deletes the matter stricken and deletes 
     the matter inserted and deletes certain House matter not 
     stricken by the Senate. The disposition of this amendment is 
     purely technical so that the entire text of the conference 
     agreement could be included in amendment numbered 1. The 
     description of the resolution of the differences in this 
     amendment can be found in the joint statement of the mangers 
     under amendment numbered 1.
       Amendment No. 3: Deletes the matter stricken and deletes 
     the matter inserted and deletes certain House matter not 
     stricken by the Senate. The disposition of this amendment is 
     purely technical so that the entire text of the conference 
     agreement could be included in amendment numbered 1. The 
     description of the resolution of the differences in this 
     amendment can be found in the joint statement of the managers 
     under amendment numbered 1.
       Amendment No. 4: Deletes the section number stricken and 
     inserted and deletes certain House matter not stricken by the 
     Senate.
       Amendment No. 5: Deletes the matter stricken by the Senate.

                   CONFERENCE TOTAL--WITH COMPARISONS

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 2002 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 2001 amount, the 2002 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2002 
     follow:

                       [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2001........$2,729,527
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2,961,870
House bill, fiscal year 2002..................................2,239,000
Senate bill, fiscal year 2002.................................2,874,114
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2002........................2,971,142
Conference agreement compared with:
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2001........+241,615
  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2+9,272
  House bill, fiscal year 2002..................................732,142
  Senate bill, fiscal year 2002.................................+97,028


     Charles H. Taylor,
     Zach Wamp,
     Jerry Lewis,
     Ray LaHood,
     Don Sherwood,
     C.W. Bill Young,
     James P. Moran,
     Steny H. Hoyer,
     Marcy Kaptur,
     David R. Obey,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Richard J. Durbin,
     Tim Johnson,
     Jack Reed,
     Robert C. Byrd,
     Robert F. Bennett,
     Ted Stevens,
     Thad Cochran,
     Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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