Congressional Record, Volume 149 Issue 102 (Friday, July 11, 2003)

[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 102 (Friday, July 11, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9269-S9278]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2004

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will
resume consideration of H.R. 2657, which the clerk will report.
The legislative clerk read as follows:

A bill (H.R. 2657) making appropriations for the
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2004, and for other purposes.

Pending:

Sessions amendment No. 1202, to eliminate the additional
amount for programs under the National and Community Service
Act of 1990.

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there are now 15
minutes equally divided in the usual form on the Sessions amendment.

Schedule

Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, on behalf of the leader, I note that in
a few minutes the Senate will begin a series of three rollcall votes.
With the completion of these three votes, the Senate will have passed
two appropriations bills. The first of these votes will be on the
Sessions AmeriCorps amendment. Following that vote, the Senate will
vote on passage of H.R. 2657, the legislative branch appropriations
bill, which will immediately be followed by a vote on passage of H.R.
2559, the military construction appropriations bill. The second and
third votes in this series will be 10-minute votes. Therefore, Senators
are encouraged to remain in the Chamber until all three votes have been
completed. The majority leader will have more to say on the schedule
following these votes.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, there are 15 minutes on the motion of the
Senator from Alabama to strike. He will have 7\1/2\ minutes, and the
other 7\1/2\ minutes will be under my control.
First, I would like to see if the distinguished Democratic whip would
like to make some comments. I do have a motion to make.
Mr. REID. I am here for the motion by the Senator.

Further Modification to Amendment No. 1201

Amendment No. 1206, As Modified

Mr. STEVENS. I ask unanimous consent that the modification I send to
the desk to amendment No. 1201, offered by Senator Reid and myself and
Senator Feinstein, previously agreed to, be modified pursuant to this
amendment, and I ask unanimous consent that the following technical
modification to amendment No. 1206, offered by myself and Senator
Landrieu, be further modified by the language at the desk.
These amendments were modified on the floor, and last evening we
discovered they had to be perfected, so I ask unanimous consent.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The further modification to amendment No. 1201 is as follows:

On page 53, line 19, strike ``$36,000,000'' and insert
``$61,000,000''.
On page 53, line 20, insert before the colon the following:
``of which $25,000,000 shall be available for emergency
actions to reduce the threat to human safety in areas
declared under a State of Emergency by the Governor of any
State due to the danger of catastrophic fire from

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dead and dying trees, including--(1) clearing of evacuation
routes, (2) clearing around emergency shelter locations, (3)
clearing around emergency communication sites, and (4)
clearing buffer zones around highly populous communities in
order to prevent fire sweeping through such communities''

Amendment No. 1206, as modified, is as follows:

(Purpose: Making emergency appropriations to the Corps of Engineers for
emergency assistance)

At the appropriate place, insert the following: Provided
further, That for an additional amount for ``Corps of
Engineer--Civil, Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies,'' for
emergency expenses due to flood control, hurricane, and shore
protection activities, as authorized by section 5 of the
Flood Control Act of August 16, 1941, as amended (33 U.S.C.
701n), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended:''
Mr. STEVENS. The Senator has 7\1/2\ minutes.
Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator
Cornyn of Texas be added as a cosponsor of this amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, this amendment would strike the $100
million for AmeriCorps that is contained in the emergency supplemental
portion of this bill. The President did not request these funds. The
administration does not support this appropriation as part of an
emergency supplemental. These funds are not offset. In fact, every
single penny that will be spent of this $100 million will go directly
to the debt of the American people. It will increase the debt entirely,
because we are in a deficit situation and emergency spending by
definition is above our budget, and even our budget takes us into debt.
This is not an emergency. It is just one more typical bureaucratic
failure in a governmental program that caused them to run short, and
now they want the taxpayers to run up the debt to pay for the
shortfall. I think it is just not the right thing to do.
It is suggested that we have to have this money now. But if you read
the language in the legislation, it says the funds are to remain
available until September 30, 2004. That means this could come up in
the regular appropriations bill for VA-HUD, and they could put it
within the budget and fund it through next year, fiscal year 2004. That
is really what should occur, if they want to spend extra money to bail
out the mismanagement of the AmeriCorps program which all Senators--
even those who support this bill--are critical of and are trying to do
something about.
In addition, it says the educational awards will remain available
until expended. That means they could be spent over a period of years.
Why are we bringing it forward on this emergency supplemental bill?
It is because it does not count against the budget allocation the
appropriations subcommittee has for all of the programs within their
venue.

If they have to come up with extra money for appropriations under the
current law and under the budget, that means they may have to be tight
across the board and find the money somewhere else, or maybe they will
have to reduce what AmeriCorps would like to have.
Those are tough decisions. But that is what we get paid to do every
day around here. By allowing them to tack this on top of the bill and
add directly to the debt of the American people relieves the pressure
that was caused by the mismanagement under these circumstances.
I note the chairman of the House VA-HUD Committee--a Peace Corps
volunteer himself, and a strong supporter of the AmeriCorps program,
Congressman Jim Walsh of New York--is very strongly opposed to this
even though he supported AmeriCorps from the beginning. He issued a
news release and full statement dealing with this issue. He makes a
number of very important points--from a man who really cares about this
program and doing the right thing.
For example, he said:

My opposition to the Senate's supplemental AmeriCorps
appropriations proposal comes down to an issue of
accountability. We shouldn't reward an agency that violates
Federal law and mismanages taxpayer dollars by providing
additional funding until clear and consistent reforms have
been enacted. Should these requested funds be appropriated, I
have little faith that the existing operation could get the
funding out of Washington to local community grantees
effectively or equitably by the end of fiscal year on
September 30.

He goes on to make other points.
I urge my colleagues to read this news release before they commit on
how they intend to vote. The emergency bill has disaster relief, space
shuttle, wildfires, and AmeriCorps. I would add that Citizens Against
Government Waste has written in opposition to this legislation. They
urge it to be defeated. I note they intend to score this legislation,
as do other groups that care about mismanagement, including Citizens
Against Government Waste, the National Taxpayers Union, Americans for
Tax Reform, and others.
It is an important vote. We ought not to go around the budget we
passed--and I served as a member of the committee--and tack on $100
million for a bureaucratic snafu and running that $100 million directly
against the debt of the American people in violation of the Budget Act.
I yield the floor and reserve my remaining time.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska controls 7\1/2\
minutes.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I yield 3 minutes to the Senator from
Maryland, and 4 minutes to the Senator from Missouri.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maryland is recognized for 3
minutes.
Ms. MIKULSKI. I thank the Senator.
I rise in vigorous opposition to the Sessions amendment and urge my
colleagues to vote against it.
I offered the amendment in the Appropriations Committee to add $100
million for AmeriCorps in this urgent supplemental. It has strong
bipartisan support. Senators Stevens, Byrd, Bond, and many others
support my amendment. But it is not about supporting my amendment. It
is about supporting AmeriCorps at this very troubled time.
If we do not do this $100 million, there will be a cut of over 15,000
AmeriCorps volunteers right this minute. These cuts are being announced
today.
How did this happen? There was a bureaucratic boondoggle. There was a
bureaucratic snafu. They overenrolled 20,000 volunteers. Every year,
the VA-HUD subcommittee funds 50,000 volunteers. But they overenrolled
with 70,000. How did we know about it? Senator Bond chaired the
subcommittee leading the fight for reform in fiscal responsibility, and
uncovered it at the April 15 hearing. The House put out a press
release. We put out performance. We found the mistake.
We worked on a bipartisan basis to correct the accounting. I called
for new leadership. But that is not a substitute for the need for new
funds.
This is an emergency today. Who are we going to punish, if we don't
do the money? Not the bureaucracy, not the boondogglers, but the
volunteers in our communities.
There is a question about why now. The law says funding for
volunteers and the awards that help them pay off their student debt
must be in the Federal checkbook when the volunteers begin their
service. For many of them, they are going to begin their service now
because they are going to be in school-based programs. Teach America,
for example--which we all love--if this is not in there, 1,000 Teach
America kids will not be in classrooms; and Jump Start, which works
with Head Start and organizes and leverages other volunteers. When we
look at what we are doing here, we need to know that if AmeriCorps does
not get this funding now they will not be able to sign up volunteers
right this minute for these programs.
This is to get AmeriCorps over the troubled waters. The President has
announced a new CEO. Senator Bond has led the effort for a new chief
financial officer. He has been the leader of the reform effort, and has
had my utmost support.
We can't wait until next year. If we do, we are going to squander
volunteer opportunities. The President has called for a new spirit of
voluntarism. Young people have responded. We need to respond to the
call to meet our responsibility and not punish these communities.
I yield the floor.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the Senator from Alabama yield time?
Mr. SESSIONS. I yield such time as is remaining to the Senator from
Oklahoma.

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The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma is recognized.
Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I compliment my colleague from Alabama
for raising an important issue. I hope our colleagues will vote in
favor of his amendment for a lot of different reasons.
First, this shouldn't be in the urgent supplemental. There is nothing
emergency about it. Frankly, we gave AmeriCorps $64 million just last
April.
Second, it wasn't requested by the administration. You would think if
it was urgent it would have been requested. It was not.
Third, when you look at this, it is really funding for 2004. We only
have 2\1/2\ months left in 2003. The Congressional Budget Office says
zero money will be spent in 2003. Not one dime of it will be spent in
2003.
As a matter of fact, if you look at language in the bill, it says
$100 million in funds and grants will remain available until September
30, 2004, and funds for educational awards will remain available until
expended. So the net essence of this is we are helping out 2004
appropriations bills. This should be done in 2004.

If we want to have a wrestling match over mismanagement of
AmeriCorps--and I don't doubt they have had mismanagement--this is a
program that purports to be all volunteer, but we find out it costs
$20,000 per year per volunteer. Actually, I think it has come down to
$18,000 per year per volunteer. Congratulations.
It has been fraught with mismanagement from the get-go, and now we
find out we are going to be basically funding a 2004 appropriations
bill under the guise of an emergency so it will not be counted for
2003. I am willing to go along with some emergency spending, but I
think this is an abuse of the process.
I compliment my colleague from Alabama. I do not think it should be
included in the supplemental. I urge my colleagues to support his
amendment.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri.
Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I rise in strong support of the provision
sponsored by my colleague, Senator Mikulski, the chairman, Senator
Stevens, and others in the Appropriations Committee, and I urge that we
table the amendment.
This $100 million is something that is needed now to continue the
President's strong commitment to assuring that we have a robust
volunteer program in the United States. The President has spoken very
eloquently about the need for volunteers, and I think all of us know
how important volunteers are in our communities.
AmeriCorps is a means of providing assistance, and we need those
funds now. There are some 20,000 slots ready for volunteers. In
previous years they have committed to them. They overcommitted, no
question about it. AmeriCorps has been fraught with mistakes and
mismanagement, but there have been young people in America who have
answered the call to volunteer. There are programs in America waiting
for these volunteers. By making these funds available now, we can allow
AmeriCorps to commit for the programs that begin with the new school
year starting in September and to make sure there is not a hiatus in
the programs.
There is no question about the mistakes of AmeriCorps, but we should
not punish the young people of this country who want to give something
back through community service. The volunteers are ready now, and we
should not disappoint them or the communities they serve. This $100
million is necessary to keep the program moving.
As the Senator from Maryland has so eloquently described, we have
spent 8 years on the VA-HUD Appropriations Subcommittee trying to
straighten this program out. My colleague from Maryland rightly called
the Corporation for National and Community Service to task for the
continuing problems. We have demanded the administration take
corrective action. They are taking that action. Thanks in large part to
Senator Mikulski, I think we are getting a response from the
Corporation that will fix the problems and restore the accountability.
We, I assure you, will continue appropriate oversight. The commitment
of my colleague from Maryland to this program is enduring and strong,
and we will see that it gets the leadership it needs.
The concerns of the House chairman that were mentioned by my
colleague from Alabama are being addressed by requiring the inspector
general to audit the AmeriCorps program and defund those programs that
have not performed. Further, I have led the congressional efforts of
oversight through the GAO and IG audits. That is how we found out about
the problems. And we authored the Strengthen AmeriCorps Program Act,
which passed Congress in 2 days and was signed by the President last
week, to correct the financial accounting problems.
I would not support these funds if I thought there were management
problems that were not being corrected. They are. I urge my colleagues
to table the amendment.
(At the request for Mr. Reid, the following statement was ordered to
be printed in the Record.)

Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I rise to voice my support for
AmeriCorps. The $100 million added in the Appropriations Committee for
AmeriCorps is vital to continuing the hard work that so many young
people around the country are doing today. Stripping this funding out
of the bill would leave thousands of AmeriCorps members in my State,
and throughout the country, out in the cold. And it will leave
communities without the contributions and hard work of thousands.
There are nearly 8,000 AmeriCorps volunteers in my State, working in
366 program sites. They are in communities from Anaheim to Westminster,
helping children read, restoring our environment, and building homes
for the needy. Their contributions to the quality of life in our cities
and towns are immeasurable. The additional funding in this bill is
desperately needed.
Some of my colleagues have argued that bureaucratic blunders by the
Corporation for National and Community Service, the agency that runs
AmeriCorps, should not be rewarded by giving the program additional
funding. We all know, however, that the work of Senators Mikulski and
Bond has gone far to correct many of the problems at the corporation.
As the accounting reforms continue, AmeriCorps will flourish once
again. This $100 million in this bill is a step in that direction.
I hope my colleagues will follow the lead of the distinguished chair
and ranking member of the VA-HUD subcommittee, and vote to table this
amendment.
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, it is a privilege to join my colleagues
in this effort to keep this promise of AmeriCorps and to support the
amendment to add $100 million to the supplemental.
It is inspiring to see the good work that volunteers do every day,
tutoring, mentoring, providing access to health care, and building
stronger communities in so many different ways. Over 200,000 young men
and women have dedicated a year of their lives to AmeriCorps and these
activities. Their service has helped others in urgent need, expanded
community-based organizations, and strengthened whole communities. They
have transformed the lives of others, and transformed their own lives,
too.
Yet, this successful program faces devastating cuts--not because of
problems in the services they provide, but because of financial
management problems at the Corporation for National Service. That is
unacceptable. When mistakes are made inside the Beltway, people across
America should not have to pay for those mistakes.
I hope our proposal will have strong bipartisan support and pass as
it did in the Appropriations Committee, so that we can correct this
situation before even more young volunteers who are ready, willing, and
able to serve are denied the opportunity to serve.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, how much time remains?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska has 1 minute 15
seconds.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I regret deeply the necessity to move to
table the motion of the Senator from Alabama. There has been a serious
mistake in this program, and these young people were notified they
would be enrolled in August and September.
The statements made on both sides are absolutely correct. Both sides
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a point; that is, this should not have happened. But it did happen, and
we felt compelled to keep the commitment to those people who were told
they would be enrolled and to put up the money so they will be enrolled
for the school year that starts in September.
I do hope the Senate understands we will do everything possible to
prevent this from happening again. I commend the Senator from Maryland
and the Senator from Missouri for their diligence in finding out what
happened and for bringing this to our attention, but there is no other
way than to keep the commitment we have made and to see to it that
AmeriCorps does continue to enroll these people. The enrollment for
next year, as I understand it, will be at the authorized level of
50,000. I think that is the problem, to make certain that does not
happen again.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I move to table the amendment. I believe
the yeas and nays have been ordered; is that correct?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas and nays have been ordered.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that it be in
order to ask for the yeas and nays at this time on the bill itself.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is in order.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that it be in
order to ask for the yeas and nays on the military construction bill
which will later be before the Senate.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I do ask for the yeas and nays on the
military construction bill.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?
There appears to be a sufficient second.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
Mr. STEVENS. I thank the Chair.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to
table amendment No. 1202. The yeas and nays have been ordered. The
clerk will call the roll.
The legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer),
the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Edwards), the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Graham), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Hollings), the
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Miller), and the Senator
from Washington (Mrs. Murray) are necessarily absent,
I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from
California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Graham), and the
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) would each vote ``yea.''
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Chafee). Are there any other Senators in
the Chamber desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 71, nays 21, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 272 Leg.]

YEAS--71

Akaka
Alexander
Baucus
Bayh
Bennett
Biden
Bingaman
Bond
Breaux
Burns
Byrd
Campbell
Cantwell
Carper
Chafee
Chambliss
Clinton
Coleman
Collins
Conrad
Corzine
Daschle
Dayton
DeWine
Dodd
Dole
Domenici
Dorgan
Durbin
Feingold
Feinstein
Frist
Grassley
Gregg
Hagel
Harkin
Hutchison
Inouye
Jeffords
Johnson
Kennedy
Kohl
Landrieu
Lautenberg
Leahy
Levin
Lincoln
Lugar
McCain
Mikulski
Murkowski
Nelson (FL)
Nelson (NE)
Pryor
Reed
Reid
Roberts
Rockefeller
Santorum
Sarbanes
Schumer
Shelby
Smith
Snowe
Specter
Stabenow
Stevens
Sununu
Talent
Warner
Wyden

NAYS--21

Allard
Allen
Brownback
Bunning
Cochran
Cornyn
Craig
Crapo
Ensign
Enzi
Fitzgerald
Graham (SC)
Hatch
Inhofe
Kyl
Lott
McConnell
Nickles
Sessions
Thomas
Voinovich

NOT VOTING--8

Boxer
Edwards
Graham (FL)
Hollings
Kerry
Lieberman
Miller
Murray
The motion was agreed to.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. CRAIG. I move to lay that motion on the table.
The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, what is the pending business?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on the engrossment of the
amendments and third reading of the bill.
The amendments were ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be read a
third time.
The bill was read the third time.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time, the
question is, Shall the bill pass? The yeas and nays have been ordered.
Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, this will be a 10-minute vote; is that
correct?
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.
The clerk will call the roll.
The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer),
the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Edwards), the Senator from Florida
(Mr. Graham), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Hollings), the
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Connecticut
(Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Miller), and the Senator
from Washington, (Mrs. Murray) are necessarily absent.
I further announce that if present and voting, the Senator from
Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) would vote ``yea''.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber
desiring to vote?
The result was announced--yeas 85, nays 7, as follows:

[Rollcall Vote No. 273 Leg.]

YEAS----85

Akaka
Alexander
Allen
Baucus
Bayh
Bennett
Biden
Bingaman
Bond
Breaux
Brownback
Burns
Byrd
Campbell
Cantwell
Carper
Chafee
Chambliss
Clinton
Cochran
Coleman
Collins
Conrad
Cornyn
Corzine
Craig
Crapo
Daschle
Dayton
DeWine
Dodd
Dole
Domenici
Dorgan
Durbin
Feingold
Feinstein
Fitzgerald
Frist
Graham (SC)
Grassley
Gregg
Hagel
Harkin
Hatch
Hutchison
Inouye
Jeffords
Johnson
Kennedy
Kohl
Kyl
Landrieu
Lautenberg
Leahy
Levin
Lincoln
Lott
Lugar
McCain
McConnell
Mikulski
Murkowski
Nelson (FL)
Nelson (NE)
Pryor
Reed
Reid
Roberts
Rockefeller
Santorum
Sarbanes
Schumer
Sessions
Shelby
Smith
Snowe
Specter
Stabenow
Stevens
Sununu
Talent
Voinovich
Warner
Wyden

NAYS--7

Allard
Bunning
Ensign
Enzi
Inhofe
Nickles
Thomas

NOT VOTING--8

Boxer
Edwards
Graham (FL)
Hollings
Kerry
Lieberman
Miller
Murray
The bill (H.R. 2657), as amended, was passed, as follows.

H.R. 2657

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives
(H.R. 2657) entitled ``An Act making appropriations for the
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2004, and for other purposes.'', do pass with the following
amendments:

(1) Page 2, after line 6, insert:

SENATE

Expense Allowances

For expense allowances of the Vice President, $20,000; the
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $20,000; Majority Leader
of the Senate, $20,000; Minority Leader of the Senate,
$20,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Whip
of the Senate, $10,000; President Pro Tempore emeritus,
$7,500; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference
Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the
Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $5,000 for each
Chairman; in all, $127,500.

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,
$125,307,000, which shall be paid

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from this appropriation without regard to the following
limitations:

office of the vice president

For the Office of the Vice President, $2,028,000.

office of the president pro tempore

For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $539,000.

office of the president pro tempore emeritus

For the Office of the President Pro Tempore emeritus,
$156,000.

offices of the majority and minority leaders

For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,
$3,220,000.

offices of the majority and minority whips

For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $2,324,000.

committee on appropriations

For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations,
$12,799,000.

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, $1,358,000 for each such
committee; in all, $2,716,000.

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, $674,000.

policy committees

For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the
Minority Policy Committee, $1,417,000 for each such
committee; in all, $2,834,000.

office of the chaplain

For Office of the Chaplain, $327,000.

office of the secretary

For Office of the Secretary, $18,299,000.

office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,
$45,789,000.

offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the
Secretary for the Minority, $1,468,000.

agency contributions and related expenses

For agency contributions for employee benefits, as
authorized by law, and related expenses, $32,134,000.

Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative
Counsel of the Senate, $4,843,000.

Office of Senate Legal Counsel

For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal
Counsel, $1,222,000.

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,
$6,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate,
$6,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $6,000;
Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $6,000; in all,
$24,000.

Contingent Expenses of the Senate

inquiries and investigations

For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the
Senate, or conducted under section 134(a) of the Legislative
Reorganization Act of 1946 (Public Law 97-601), section 112
of the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980
(Public Law 96-304), and Senate Resolution 281, 96th
Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $118,462,000.

expenses of the united states senate caucus on international narcotics
control

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

secretary of the senate

For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate,
$2,265,000, of which $500,000 shall be transferred to the
Senate Preservation Fund and shall be available without
fiscal year limitation.

sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate, $136,843,000, of which $30,835,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2006, and of which
$4,255,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2008.

miscellaneous items

For miscellaneous items, $18,425,000, of which up to
$500,000 shall be made available for a pilot program for
mailings of postal patron postcards by Senators for the
purpose of providing notice of a town meeting by a Senator in
a county (or equivalent unit of local government) at which
the Senator will personally attend: Provided, That any amount
allocated to a Senator for such mailing shall not exceed 50
percent of the cost of the mailing and the remaining cost
shall be paid by the Senator from other funds available to
the Senator.

senators' official personnel and office expense account

For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense
Account, $310,000,000.

official mail costs

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

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

Section 1. Gross Rate of Compensation in Offices of
Senators. Effective on and after October 1, 2003, 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, 2003, increased by an additional
$50,000 each.
Sec. 2. Payment of Expenses of Conferences of Majority and
Minority. (a) In General.--Section 120 of Public Law 97-51 (2
U.S.C. 61g-6) is amended in the first sentence by striking
``an amount, not in excess of $100,000,'' and inserting
``such amount as necessary''.
(b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect
to fiscal year 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter.
Sec. 3. Provisions Relating to Senate Commission on Art.
(a) Authority To Acquire and Dispose.--
(1) In general.--The Senate Commission on Art (referred to
in this section as the ``Commission'') may--
(A) accept gifts of money; and
(B) acquire (by gift, purchase, or otherwise) any work of
art, historical object, document, or material relating to
historical matters, or exhibit, for placement or exhibition
in the Senate Wing of the Capitol, the Senate Office
Buildings, or in rooms, spaces, or corridors thereof.
(2) Accession or disposal.--All works of art, historical
objects, documents, or material related to historical
matters, or exhibits, acquired by the Commission may, as
determined by the Commission and after consultation with the
Curatorial Advisory Board, be--
(A) retained for accession to the United States Senate
Collection or other use; or
(B) disposed of by sale or other transaction.
(3) Repeal.--Senate Resolution 95, 92d Congress, agreed to
April 1, 1971, and enacted into law by section 901(a) of
Public Law 100-696 (2 U.S.C. 2106) is repealed.
(b) Advisory Boards.--
(1) Curatorial advisory board.--There is established a
Board which shall be chaired by the Senate Curator. The
Curatorial Advisory Board shall provide advice and assistance
to the Commission on the acquisition, care, and disposition
of items for or within the United States Senate Collection,
and on such other matters as the Commission determines
appropriate.
(2) Additional advisory boards.--
(A) In general.--The Commission, or the chairman and vice
chairman acting jointly on behalf of the Commission and after
giving notice to the Commission, may establish 1 or more
additional advisory boards.
(B) Term.--The term of existence for an additional advisory
board--
(i) shall be specified by the Commission but no longer than
4 years; and
(ii) shall be renewable.
(C) Purpose.--The purpose of an additional advisory board
shall be to provide advice and assistance to the Commission
and to further the purposes of the Commission.
(3) Appointments.--
(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the
Curatorial Advisory Board and other advisory boards
established by the Commission under paragraph (2) shall be
composed of members appointed by the Commission, or the
chairman and vice chairman acting jointly on behalf of the
Commission and after giving notice to the Commission.
(B) Applicable rules.--Members appointed under subparagraph
(A)--
(i) shall be appointed from public and private life and
shall serve at the pleasure of the Commission; and
(ii) in the case of individuals appointed to the Curatorial
Advisory Board, shall be experts or have significant
experience in the field of arts, historic preservation, or
other appropriate fields.

Each member of the Commission may have appointed to an
advisory board created by the Commission at least 1
individual requested by that member.
(4) Members.--A member of a board under this subsection--
(A) may, at the discretion of the Commission, be reimbursed
for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance
of the official duties of the board from any funds available
to the Commission in accordance with applicable Senate
regulations for such expenses; and
(B) shall not, by virtue of such member's service on the
board, be deemed to be an officer, employee, or agent of the
Senate and may not bind the Senate in any contract or
obligation.
(5) Terms for additional advisory board members.--Members
appointed to the other advisory boards created under
paragraph (2) shall serve for terms as stated in their
appointment, but no longer than a term of 4 years, except
that any member may be reappointed upon the expiration of
their term.
(6) Regulations.--The Commission, or the chairman and vice
chairman acting jointly on behalf of the Commission and after
giving notice to the Commission, in consultation with the
Committee on Rules and Administration, may promulgate such
regulations governing advisory boards established under this
subsection as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this
subsection.
(7) Assistance.--The Executive Secretary of the Commission
shall provide assistance to an advisory board as authorized
by the Commission.
(c) Establishment of Senate Preservation Fund.--
(1) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury a
fund, to be known as the ``Senate Preservation Fund'' (in
this section referred to as the ``fund''), which shall
consist of amounts deposited and credited under paragraph
(3).
(2) Payment of costs.--The fund shall be available to the
Commission for the payment of acquisition and transaction
costs incurred for acquisitions under subsection (a), for
official activities of any advisory board established under
subsection (b), and for any purposes for which funds from the
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may be used under section 316(a) of Public Law 101-302 (2
U.S.C. 2107).
(3) Deposits, credits, and disbursements.--
(A) Deposits.--The Commission shall deposit in the fund
amounts appropriated for use of the fund, gifts of money, and
proceeds of transactions under subsection (a).
(B) Credits.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall credit to
the fund the interest on, and the proceeds from sale or
redemption of, obligations held in the fund.
(C) Disbursements.--Disbursements from the fund shall be
made on vouchers approved by the Commission and signed by the
Executive Secretary of the Commission.
(4) Investments.--
(A) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest
any portion of the fund that, as determined by the
Commission, is not required to meet current withdrawals.
(B) Type of obligation.--Each investment required by this
paragraph shall be made in an interest bearing obligation of
the United States or an obligation guaranteed as to the
principal and interest by the United States that, as
determined by the Commission, has a maturity suitable for the
fund.
(C) Commission approval.--In carrying out this subsection,
the Secretary of the Treasury may make such purchases, sales,
and redemption of obligations as may be approved by the
Commission.
(5) Services and support.--The Library of Congress shall
provide financial management and disbursing services and
support to the Commission as may be required and mutually
agreed to by the Librarian of Congress and the Executive
Secretary of the Commission.
(6) Audits.--The Comptroller General of the United States
shall conduct annual audits of the Senate Preservation Fund
and shall report the results of each audit to the Commission.
(d) Administrative Changes.--
(1) Senate commission on art.--Section 1 of Senate
Resolution 382, 90th Congress, agreed to October 1, 1968, and
enacted into law by section 901(a) of Public Law 100-696 (2
U.S.C. 2101) is amended--
(A) in subsection (b), by striking the first sentence and
inserting ``The Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the
Senate shall be the chairman and vice chairman, respectively,
of the Commission.''; and
(B) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
``(c) The Secretary of the Senate shall appoint a Senate
Curator approved by the Senate Commission on Art. The Senate
Curator shall be an employee of the Secretary of the Senate
assigned to assist the Commission. The Secretary of the
Senate shall assign additional employees to assist the
Commission, and provide such other assistance, as the
Commission determines necessary.''.
(2) Purchase of art.--The first sentence of section 316(a)
of Public Law 101-302 (2 U.S.C. 2107(a)) is amended by
inserting after ``in which incurred,'' the following: ``for
the purchase of art and historical objects for the United
States Senate Collection, for exhibits and public education
relating to the United States Senate Collection, for
administrative and transitional expenses of the Senate
Commission on Art, and''.
Sec. 4. Orientation Seminars. The first sentence of section
107(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1979 (Public
Law 96-38; 2 U.S.C. 69a) is amended by striking ``$10,000''
and inserting ``$25,000''.
Sec. 5. Expense Allowances for Certain Officers of the
Senate. (a) In General.--Section 119(a) of the joint
resolution entitled ``Joint resolution making continuing
appropriations for the fiscal year 1982, and for other
purposes'', approved October 1, 1981 (2 U.S.C. 65c) is
amended by striking ``$3,000'' and inserting ``$6,000''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section
shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2004, and each fiscal
year thereafter.
Sec. 6. Consultants. With respect to fiscal year 2004, the
first sentence of section 101(a) of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h-6(a)) shall be applied
by substituting ``nine individual consultants'' for ``eight
individual consultants''.

(2) Page 7, strike out all after line 5 over to and including
line 17 on page 12 and insert:
For Joint Committees, as follows:

Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2005

For all construction expenses, salaries, and other expenses
associated with conducting the inaugural ceremonies of the
President and Vice President of the United States, January
20, 2005, in accordance with such program as may be adopted
by the joint congressional committee authorized to conduct
the inaugural ceremonies of 2005, $1,250,000 to be disbursed
by the Secretary of the Senate and to remain available until
September 30, 2005. Funds made available under this heading
shall be available for payment, on a direct or reimbursable
basis, whether incurred on, before, or after, October 1,
2004: Provided, That the compensation of any employee of the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate who has
been designated to perform service with respect to the
inaugural ceremonies of 2005 shall continue to be paid by the
Committee on Rules and Administration, but the account from
which such staff member is paid may be reimbursed for the
services of the staff member (including agency contributions
when appropriate) out of funds made available under this
heading.

Joint Economic Committee

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee,
$3,988,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

Joint Committee on Taxation

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Taxation, $8,112,000, 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 $2,175 per month
to the Attending Physician; (2) an allowance of $725 per
month each to 4 medical officers while on duty in the Office
of the Attending Physician; (3) an allowance of $725 per
month to 2 assistants and $580 per month each not to exceed
11 assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such
assistants; and (4) $1,566,000 for reimbursement to the
Department of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and
equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physician,
which shall be advanced and credited to the applicable
appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries,
allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be
available for all the purposes thereof, $2,236,000, to be
disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of
Representatives.

Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and
Special Services Office, $3,511,000, to be disbursed by the
Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such
amount may be used to employ more than 70 individuals:
Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized,
during emergencies, to employ not more than 2 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 1st session of the
108th Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite
appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with a
chronological history of the regular appropriations bills as
required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons
designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise
the work.

CAPITOL POLICE

Salaries

For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including
overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Government
contributions for health, retirement, social security, and
other applicable employee benefits, $207,000,000, to be
disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee.

General Expenses

For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including
motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, security
equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies,
materials, training, medical services, forensic services,
stenographic services, personal and professional services,
the employee assistance program, the awards program, postage,
communication services, travel advances, relocation of
instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be
expended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol
Police in connection with official representation and
reception expenses, $33,000,000, of which $1,700,000 shall
remain available until expended, to be disbursed by the Chief
of the Capitol Police or his designee: Provided, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic
training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 2004 shall be
paid by the Secretary of Homeland Security from funds
available to the Department of Homeland Security.

Administrative Provisions

(including transfer of funds)

Sec. 1001. Transfer Authority. Amounts appropriated for
fiscal year 2004 for the Capitol Police may be transferred
between the headings ``salaries'' and ``general expenses''
upon the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and the House of Representatives.
Sec. 1002. Authorization of Weapons. Section 1824 of the
Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 1941) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence--
(A) by striking ``The Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and
the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives'' and
inserting ``The Capitol Police Board''; and
(B) by striking all beginning with ``payable out'' through
the period and inserting ``payable from appropriations to the
Capitol Police upon certification of payment by the Chief of
the Capitol Police.''; and
(2) in the second sentence--
(A) by inserting ``or other arms as authorized by the
Capitol Police Board'' after ``furnished''; and
(B) by striking ``the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and
the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives'' and
inserting ``the Capitol Police Board''.
Sec. 1003. Legal Representation Authority. (a) In
General.--
(1) Authorization of representation.--Any counsel described
under paragraph (2) may for the purposes of providing legal
assistance and representation to the United States Capitol
Police Board or the United States Capitol Police 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 requirement for admission to
practice before such court.
(2) Counsel.--Paragraph (1) refers to--
(A) the General Counsel for the United States Capitol
Police Board and the Chief of the Capitol Police;

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(B) the Employment Counsel for the United States Capitol
Police Board and the United States Capitol Police;
(C) any attorney employed in the Office of the General
Counsel for the United States Capitol Police or the Office of
Employment Counsel for the United States Capitol Police;
(D) the counsel for, or any attorney employed by, any
successor office of either office described under
subparagraph (C); and
(E) any attorney retained by contract with either office
described under subparagraph (C).
(b) Limitations.--
(1) Direction for appearance.--Entrance of appearance
authorized under subsection (a) shall be subject to the
direction of the Capitol Police Board or the Chief of the
Capitol Police.
(2) United states supreme court.--The authority under
subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to the admission
of any person to practice before the United States Supreme
Court.
(c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal
year 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter.
Sec. 1004. Extended Capitol Police Jurisdiction Zone. (a)
Section 9B of the Act entitled ``An Act to define the area of
the United States Capitol Grounds, to regulate the use
thereof, and for other purposes'', approved July 31, 1946 (2
U.S.C. 1967) is amended by striking subsection (b) and
inserting the following:
``(b) The area referred to in subsection (a)(4) of this
section is that area bounded by the north curb of New York
Avenue, NW and H Street, NW extending northeast along the
north curb of H Street, NW extending east along the north
curb of H Street, NE, to the intersection of H Street, NE and
13th Street, NE, extending south along the east curb to the
intersection of 13th Street, SE and I Street, SE, running
west along the south curb of I Street, SE to the intersection
of I Street, SW and 7th Street, SW extending northwest along
the Potomac river front to 14th Street, NW, extending north
along the west curb of 14th Street, NW to the intersection of
the north curb of New York Avenue, NW and the north curb of H
Street, NW.'' .
(b) Effective Date.--This section will become effective
upon the approval by the Capitol Police Board of written
policy and procedures for implementing the truck interdiction
program.
Sec. 1005. Retirement Treatment for Capitol Police
Hazardous Materials Response Team Members. (a) Retirement
Treatment.--
(1) In general.--For purposes of chapters 83 and 84 of
title 5, United States Code, a hazardous materials response
team member of the Capitol Police shall be treated as a
member of the Capitol Police.
(2) Application.--This subsection shall apply to periods of
service performed as a hazardous materials response team
member of the Capitol Police on and after December 1, 2002.
(b) Treatment of Incumbents.--
(1) Definitions.--In this subsection, the term--
(A) ``incumbent'' means an individual who--
(i) is first appointed as a hazardous materials response
team member of the Capitol Police before the effective date
of this section; and
(ii) is employed as a hazardous materials response team
member of the Capitol Police on that date; and
(B) ``prior service'' means any period of service performed
by an incumbent as a hazardous materials response team member
of the Capitol Police before the effective date of this
section.
(2) Individual contributions.--
(A) In general.--An incumbent shall pay with respect to
prior service an amount into the Civil Service Retirement and
Disability Fund equal to--
(i) the difference between the individual contributions
that were actually made for such prior service and the
individual contributions that would have been made for such
service if subsection (a) had then been in effect; and
(ii) interest computed on the amount under clause (i) based
on section 8334(e) of title 5, United States Code.
(B) Effect of not contributing.--If no part of or less than
the full amount required under subparagraph (A) is paid, all
prior service of the incumbent shall remain fully creditable
as treated under subsection (a), but the resulting annuity
shall be reduced in a manner similar to that described under
section 8334(d)(2) of title 5, United States Code, to the
extent necessary to make up the amount unpaid.
(3) Government contributions for prior service.--The
Capitol Police shall pay with respect to prior service of
each incumbent an amount into the Civil Service Retirement
and Disability Fund equal to--
(A) the difference between the Government contributions
that were actually made for such prior service and the
Government contributions that would have been made for such
service if subsection (a) had then been in effect; and
(B) interest computed on the amount under subparagraph (A)
based on section 8334(e) of title 5, United States Code.
(c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the
first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or
after the date of enactment of this Act.

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), $2,255,000, of which $304,700
shall remain available until September 30, 2005: Provided,
That the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance may,
within the limits of available appropriations, dispose of
surplus or obsolete personal property by interagency
transfer, donation, or discarding.

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

Salaries and Expenses

For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of the
Congressional Budget Office, 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, $33,612,000: Provided,
That this appropriation shall be available to finance an
appropriate share of Federal Accounting Standards Advisory
Board (FASAB) costs as determined by FASAB.

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

General Administration

For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other
personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for
surveys and studies in connection with activities under the
care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary
expenses for the general and administrative support of the
operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the
Botanic Garden; including furnishings and office equipment;
including not more than $5,000 for official reception and
representation expenses, to be expended as the Architect of
the Capitol may approve; for purchase or exchange,
maintenance, and operation of a passenger motor vehicle,
$71,697,000, of which $4,200,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2008.

Capitol Building

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and
operation of the Capitol, $27,777,000, of which $12,302,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2008.

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, $6,986,000, of which
$685,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2008.

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, $63,388,000, of which
$17,433,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2008.

(3) Page 12, strike out all after line 22 over to and
including line 18 on page 30 and insert:

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, $88,979,000, of which $38,402,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2008: 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 2004.

Library Buildings and Grounds

For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library
buildings and grounds, $41,620,000, of which $23,747,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2008.

Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, and
operation of buildings and grounds of the United States
Capitol Police, $3,308,000, of which $2,075,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2008.

Botanic Garden

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and
operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings,
grounds, and collections; and purchase and exchange,
maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor
vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on
the Library, $6,239,000, of which $202,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2008.

Capitol Visitor Center

For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Center
project, $47,800,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the Architect of the Capitol may not obligate
any of the funds which are made available for the Capitol
Visitor Center without an obligation plan approved by the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and of the House
of Representatives.

Administrative Provisions

Sec. 1101. Acquisition of Space. (a) In General.--Funds
appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol shall be
available--
(1) for the leasing of space in areas within the District
of Columbia and its environs beyond the boundaries of the
United States Capitol Grounds to meet space requirements of
the United States Senate, United States House of
Representatives, United States Capitol Police, and the
Architect of the Capitol under such terms and conditions as
the Committee or Commission referred to under subsection (b)
may authorize; and
(2) to incur any necessary expense in connection with any
leasing of space under paragraph (1).

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(b) Conditions to Lease Space.--The Architect of the
Capitol may lease space under subsection (a) upon submission
of written notice of intent to lease such space to--
(1) the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate
for space to be leased that is situated north of the United
States Capitol Building;
(2) the House Office Building Commission for space to be
leased that is situated south of the United States Capitol
Building; and
(3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and
House of Representatives.
(c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect
to fiscal year 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter.
Sec. 1102. Alternate Computing Facility. (a) In General.--
There are transferred into the account under the subheading
``General Administration'' under the heading ``ARCHITECT OF
THE CAPITOL'' $54,000,000 for the purchase of an alternate
computing facility, of which--
(1) $44,000,000 shall be transferred from unobligated funds
transferred to ``Architect of the Capitol'', ``Capitol
Buildings and Grounds'', ``Capitol Buildings'' (under the
subheading ``legislative branch emergency response fund
(including transfer of funds)'' under the heading ``JOINT
ITEMS'' under the heading ``LEGISLATIVE BRANCH'' under
chapter 9 of division B of the Department of Defense and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from and
Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States Act, 2002
(Public Law 107-117)) from amounts made available in Public
Law 107-38; and
(2) $10,000,000 shall be transferred from unobligated funds
transferred to ``Capitol Police Board'', ``Capitol Police'',
``General Expenses'' under that subheading (relating to the
Legislative Branch Emergency Response Fund) from amounts made
available in Public Law 107-38.
(b) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on
September 30, 2004.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Salaries and Expenses

For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not
otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance
of the Library's catalogs; custody and custodial care of the
Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and
repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the
custody of the Library; operation and maintenance of the
American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation and
distribution of catalog records and other publications of the
Library; hire or purchase of 1 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, $367,539,000, of which not more than $6,500,000
shall be derived from collections credited to this
appropriation during fiscal year 2004, 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
2004 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, $11,596,000 shall 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, not more than $12,000 may be
expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress,
in connection with official representation and reception
expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further,
That of the total amount appropriated, $905,000 shall 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, $4,000,000 shall remain available until
expended for the purpose of teaching educators and librarians
how to incorporate the Library's digital collections into
school curricula and shall be transferred to the educational
consortium formed to conduct the ``Adventure of the American
Mind'' project as approved by the Library: Provided further,
That of the amount appropriated, $250,000 shall remain
available until expended, and shall be transferred to the
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for carrying out the
purposes of Public Law 106-173, of which amount $10,000 may
be used for official representation and reception expenses of
the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Provided
further, That of the total amount appropriated, $1,380,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2008 for the
acquisition and partial support for implementation of a
Central Financial Management System: Provided further, That
of the total amount appropriated, $11,060,000 shall remain
available until expended for support of the National Audio-
Visual Conservation Center: Provided further, That of the
total amount appropriated, $2,762,000 shall remain available
until expended for the development and maintenance of the
Alternate Computer Facility: Provided further, That, of the
total amount appropriated, $500,000 shall remain available
until expended and shall be transferred to the Knox College
Abraham Lincoln Studies Center for exhibits relating to the
Lincoln-Douglas Debates and the Underground Railroad and for
other educational activities of the Center: Provided further,
That, of the total amount appropriated, $500,000 shall remain
available until expended and shall be transferred to the
Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism for
activities relating to the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial
Celebration.

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office,
$48,290,000, of which not more than $23,321,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be derived from collections
credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2003 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
$6,343,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal
year 2004 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 $29,664,000: 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.

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, $91,726,000:
Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay any
salary or expense in connection with any publication, or
preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public
General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress
unless such publication has obtained prior approval of either
the Committee on House Administration of the House of
Representatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration
of the Senate.

Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

salaries and expenses

For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 3,
1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a),
$51,706,000, of which $14,812,000 shall remain available
until expended.

Administrative Provisions

Sec. 1201. Incentive Awards Program. Of the amounts
appropriated to the Library of Congress in this Act, not more
than $5,000 may be expended, on the certification of the
Librarian of Congress, in connection with official
representation and reception expenses for the incentive
awards program.
Sec. 1202. Reimbursable and Revolving Fund Activities. (a)
In General.--For fiscal year 2004, the obligational authority
of the Library of Congress for the activities described in
subsection (b) may not exceed $105,589,000.
(b) Activities.--The activities referred to in subsection
(a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are
funded from sources other than appropriations to the Library
in appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.
(c) Transfer of Funds.--During fiscal year 2004, the
Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds
appropriated in this Act, under the heading ``LIBRARY OF
CONGRESS'' under the subheading ``--Salaries and Expenses''
to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal
Research Program established under section 103 of the Library
of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public
Law 106-481; 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount
of such transfers may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided
further, That the appropriate revolving fund account shall
reimburse the Library for any amounts transferred to it
before the period of availability of the Library
appropriation expires.
Sec. 1203. National Audiovisual Conservation Center. (a)
Acquisition.--Section (1)(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act to
authorize acquisition of certain real property for the
Library of Congress, and for other purposes'' (2 U.S.C. 141
note; Public Law 105-144) is amended by striking paragraph
(1) and inserting the following:
``(1) Three parcels totaling approximately 45 acres, more
or less, located in Culpeper County, Virginia, and identified
as Culpeper County Tax Parcel Numbers 51-80B, 51-80C, and 51-
80D, further described as real estate (consisting of 40.949
acres) conveyed to David and Lucille Packard Foundation by
deed from Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, dated May 15,
1998, and recorded May 19, 1998, in the Clerk's Office,
Circuit Court of Culpeper County, Virginia, in Deed Book 644,
page 372; and real estate (consisting of 4.181 acres)
conveyed to Packard Humanities Institute by deed from Russell
H. Inskeep, dated February 13, 2002, and recorded February
13, 2002, in the Clerk's Office, Circuit Court of Culpeper
County, Virginia, as instrument number 020001299.''.
(b) Library Buildings and Grounds.--Section 11(d) of the
Act entitled ``An Act relating the policing of the buildings
of the Library of Congress'', approved August 4, 1950 (2
U.S.C.

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167(j)), is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting
the following:
``(1) Three parcels totaling approximately 45 acres, more
or less, located in Culpeper County, Virginia, and identified
as Culpeper County Tax Parcel Numbers 51-80B, 51-80C, and 51-
80D, further described as real estate (consisting of 40.949
acres) conveyed to David and Lucille Packard Foundation by
deed from Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, dated May 15,
1998, and recorded May 19, 1998, in the Clerk's Office,
Circuit Court of Culpeper County, Virginia, in Deed Book 644,
page 372; and real estate (consisting of 4.181 acres)
conveyed to Packard Humanities Institute by deed from Russell
H. Inskeep, dated February 13, 2002, and recorded February
13, 2002, in the Clerk's Office, Circuit Court of Culpeper
County, Virginia, as instrument number 020001299.''.
Sec. 1204. Voluntary Separation Payments. (a) In General.--
The Congressional Research Service may for such employees as
it determines appropriate authorize a payment to employees
who voluntarily separate before March 31, 2004, whether by
retirement or resignation, which payment shall be paid in
accordance with the provisions of section 5597(d) of title 5,
United States Code.
(b) Limitation.--No more than 40 employees may receive a
voluntary separation payment under this section.
Sec. 1205. Transfer of Library of Congress Police.--Section
1015(a)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
2003, is amended by inserting ``, or, if earlier, on February
20, 2005'' before the period.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

Congressional Printing and Binding

(including transfer of funds)

For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and
the distribution of Congressional information in any format;
printing and binding for the Architect of the Capitol;
expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and session
index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by law
(section 902 of title 44, United States Code); printing and
binding of Government publications authorized by law to be
distributed to Members of Congress; and printing, binding,
and distribution of Government publications authorized by law
to be distributed without charge to the recipient,
$91,111,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be
available for paper copies of the permanent edition of the
Congressional Record for individual Representatives, Resident
Commissioners or Delegates authorized under section 906 of
title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That this
appropriation shall be available for the payment of
obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar
purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided further, That
notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under section 718 of
title 44, United States Code, none of the funds appropriated
or made available under this Act or any other Act for
printing and binding and related services provided to
Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may
be expended to print a document, report, or publication after
the 27-month period beginning on the date that such document,
report, or publication is authorized by Congress to be
printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing in
accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States Code:
Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances
in this account or accounts for similar purposes for
preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Government
Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes
of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.

Office of Superintendent of Documents

salaries and expenses

(including transfer of funds)

For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents
necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of
Government publications and their distribution to the public,
Members of Congress, other Government agencies, and
designated depository and international exchange libraries as
authorized by law, $34,456,000: Provided, That amounts of not
more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are
authorized for producing and disseminating Congressional
serial sets and other related publications for calendar years
2002 and 2003 to depository and other designated libraries:
Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances
in this account or accounts for similar purposes for
preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Government
Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes
of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.

Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

For payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving
Fund, $10,000,000 for working capital. The Government
Printing Office may 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 $5,000 may be expended on the
certification of the Public Printer in connection with
official representation and reception expenses: Provided
further, That the revolving fund shall be available for the
hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger motor
vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in connection
with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Public
Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions
of title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That the
revolving fund shall be available for temporary or
intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5,
United States Code, but at rates for individuals not more
than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for
level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such
title: Provided further, That 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 3,189 workyears (or such other number of workyears as
the Public Printer may request, subject to the approval of
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate): Provided further, That
activities financed through the revolving fund may provide
information in any format.

Administrative Provisions

Sec. 1301. Pay of Public Printer and Deputy Public Printer.
(a) In General.--Section 303 of title 44, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 303. PUBLIC PRINTER AND DEPUTY PUBLIC PRINTER: PAY

``The annual rate of pay for the Public Printer shall be a
rate which is equal to the rate for level II of the Executive
Schedule under subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5. The
annual rate of pay for the Deputy Public Printer shall be a
rate which is equal to the rate for level III of such
Executive Schedule.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section
shall take effect on the first day of the first applicable
pay period beginning on or after the date of enactment of
this Act.
Sec. 1302. Surplus Property, Acceptance of Gifts, and
Voluntary Services. (a) In General.--Chapter 3 of title 44,
United States Code, is amended by adding after section 317
the following:

``SEC. 318. TRANSFER OF SURPLUS PROPERTY, ACCEPTANCE OF
GIFTS, AND ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTARY SERVICES

``(a) The Public Printer may--
``(1) transfer or donate surplus Government publications
and condemned Government Printing Office machinery, material,
equipment, and supplies, to--
``(A) other Federal entities;
``(B) any organization described under section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation
under 501(a) of such Code; or
``(C) State or local governments;
``(2) accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts and
bequests of property, both real and personal, for the purpose
of aiding or facilitating the work of the Government Printing
Office; and
``(3) accept voluntary and uncompensated services,
notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31.
``(b) Gifts and bequests of money and the proceeds from
sales of other property received as gifts or bequests to the
Government Printing Office shall be deposited in the
revolving fund and shall be disbursed upon order of the
Public Printer. Property accepted under this section, and the
proceeds from that property, shall be used as nearly as
possible in accordance with the terms of the gift or bequest.
For purposes of Federal income, estate, or gift taxes,
property accepted under this section shall be considered as a
gift, devise, or bequest to the United States.
``(c) Individuals providing voluntary and uncompensated
services under subsection (a)(3) shall not be considered
Federal employees, except for purposes of chapter 81 of title
5, with respect to job-incurred disability and title 28, with
respect to tort claims.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of
sections for chapter 3 of title 44, United States Code, is
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 317
the following:

``318. Transfer of surplus property, acceptance of gifts, and
acceptance of voluntary services.''.

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 1 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 section 901(5), (6), and
(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5),
(6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by the
Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living
quarters in foreign countries, $462,112,000: Provided, That
not more than $4,806,200 of payments received under section
782 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for
use in fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That not more than
$1,200,000 of reimbursements received under section 9105 of
title 31, United States Code, shall be available for use in
fiscal year 2004: 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
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as reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs
involved are initially financed: Provided further, That this
appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses
of any other department or agency which is a member of the
American Consortium on International Public Administration
(ACIPA) shall be available to finance an appropriate share of
ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including any
expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the
International Institute of Administrative Sciences: Provided
further, That this appropriation shall hereafter be available
to finance an appropriate share of the Federal Accounting
Standards Advisory Board costs.

Administrative Provision

Sec. 1401. Payment for Audits. (a) In General.--At any time
during fiscal year 2004 or thereafter, the Comptroller
General may accept payment from the Securities and Exchange
Commission for the performance of any audit of the financial
statements of the Commission which is conducted by the
Comptroller General.
(b) Credit to Account.--Any payment accepted under the
authority of subsection (a) shall be credited to the account
established for salaries and expenses of the General
Accounting Office, and shall be available for obligation and
expenditure upon receipt.

PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND

For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust
Fund for financing activities of the Open World Leadership
Center, $14,000,000.

TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 201. Maintenance and Care of Private Vehicles. No part
of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the
maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for emergency
assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations
relating to parking facilities for the House of
Representatives issued by the Committee on House
Administration and for the Senate issued by the Committee on
Rules and Administration.
Sec. 202. Fiscal Year Limitation. No part of the funds
appropriated in this Act shall remain available for
obligation beyond fiscal year 2004 unless expressly so
provided in this Act.
Sec. 203. Rates of Compensation and Designation. Whenever
in this Act any office or position not specifically
established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 Stat. 32
et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or
designation of any office or position appropriated for is
different from that specifically established by such Act, the
rate of compensation and the designation in this Act shall be
the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, That the
provisions in this Act for the various items of official
expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate
and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and
Members of the House of Representatives shall be the
permanent law with respect thereto.
Sec. 204. Consulting Services. The expenditure of any
appropriation under this Act for any consulting service
through procurement contract, under section 3109 of title 5,
United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where
such expenditures are a matter of public record and available
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued under
existing law.
Sec. 205. Awards and Settlements. Such sums as may be
necessary are appropriated to the account described in
subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congressional
Accountability Act (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay awards and
settlements as authorized under such subsection.
Sec. 206. Costs of LBFMC. Amounts available for
administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity
which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial
Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26,
1996, shall be available to finance an appropriate share of
LBFMC costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total
LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legislative
branch entities (in such allocations among the entities as
the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000.

TITLE III--FISCAL YEAR 2003 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL

For an additional amount for ``Department of Homeland
Security, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Disaster
Relief Fund'', to cover necessary expenses under the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $1,550,000,000, and notwithstanding 42
U.S.C. 5203, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That for an additional amount for ``National Aeronautics and
Space Administration, Human Space Flight'', to cover
necessary expenses for responding to the Space Shuttle
Columbia accident, $50,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided further, That for an additional amount for
``Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Wildland Fire
Management'', to cover necessary expenses for wildfire
suppression and emergency rehabilitation activities of the
Forest Service, $253,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided further, That for an additional amount for
``Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management,
Wildland Fire Management'', to cover necessary expenses for
wildfire suppression and emergency rehabilitation activities
of the Bureau of Land Management, $61,000,000, to remain
available until expended, of which $25,000,000 shall be
available for emergency actions to reduce the threat to human
safety in areas declared under a State of Emergency by the
Governor of any State due to the danger of catastrophic fire
from dead and dying trees, including--(1) clearing of
evacuation routes, (2) clearing around emergency shelter
locations, (3) clearing around emergency communication sites,
and (4) clearing buffer zones around highly populous
communities in order to prevent fire sweeping though such
communities: Provided further, That for an additional amount
for ``Corporation for National and Community Service,
National and Community Service Programs Operating Expenses'',
for grants under the National Service Trust program
authorized under subtitle C of title I of the National and
Community Service Act of 1990 (the ``Act'') (42 U.S.C. 12571
et seq.) (relating to activities including the AmeriCorps
program) and for educational awards authorized under subtitle
D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601), $100,000,000, with
funds for grants to remain available until September 30,
2004, and funds for educational awards to remain available
until expended: Provided further, That the first proviso
under the heading ``Corporation for National and Community
Service, National and Community Service Programs Operating
Expenses'' in Public Law 108-7 shall apply only to positions
originally approved subsequent to March 10, 2003: Provided
further, That the Inspector General of the Corporation for
National and Community Service shall conduct random audits of
the Corporation and the grantees that administer activities
under the AmeriCorps programs and shall de-fund any grantee
that has been determined to have committed any substantial
violations of the requirements of the AmeriCorps programs:
Provided further, That the Corps of Engineers shall
immediately reprogram such funds as are necessary to cover
$11,000,000 in contractual obligations and other expenses
relating to the Grand Forks Flood Control Project, Grand
Forks, North Dakota, authorized by section 137 of title I of
division C of Public Law 105-277 (112 Stat. 2681-597):
Provided further, That Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, during the period from September 1 through September 30,
2003, the Secretary of Education shall transfer to the
Education for the Disadvantaged account an amount not to
exceed $4,353,368 from amounts that would otherwise lapse at
the end of fiscal year 2003 and that were originally made
available under the Department of Education Appropriations
Act, 2003 or any Department of Education Appropriations Act
for a previous fiscal year: Provided further, That the funds
transferred to the Education for the Disadvantaged account
shall be obligated by September 30, 2003: Provided further,
That the Secretary shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of any such
transfer: Provided further, That any amounts transferred to
the Education for the Disadvantaged account pursuant to this
paragraph shall be for carrying out subpart 2 of part A of
title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965, and shall be allocated, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, only to those States that received funds
under that subpart for fiscal year 2003 that were less than
those States received under that subpart for fiscal year
2002: Provided further, That the Secretary of Education shall
use these additional funds to increase those States'
allocations under that subpart up to the amount they received
under that subpart for fiscal year 2002: Provided further,
That each such State shall use the funds appropriated under
this paragraph to ratably increase the amount of funds for
each eligible local educational agency in the State that
received less under that subpart in fiscal year 2003 than it
received under that subpart in fiscal year 2002: Provided
further, That the Secretary shall not take into account the
funds made available under this paragraph in determining
State allocations under any other program administered by the
Secretary in any fiscal year: Provided further, That for an
additional amount for ``Corps of Engineers--Civil, Flood
Control and Coastal Emergencies'', for emergency expenses due
to flood control, hurricane, and shore protection activities,
as authorized by section 5 of the Flood Control Act of August
16, 1941, as amended (33 U.S.C. 701n), $10,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided further, That the
Secretary of Agriculture shall use $20,000,000 of the funds
of the Commodity Credit Corporation, to remain available
until expended, for the suppression and control of the Mormon
cricket infestation on public and private land in Nevada,
Utah, and Idaho, that amount to be expended in equal amounts
among the 3 States: Provided further, That these amounts for
these specific purposes are designated by the Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 502 of H. Con. Res.
95, the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
2004: Provided further, That this paragraph shall be
effective immediately upon the enactment of this Act.

Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. INOUYE. I move to lay that motion on the table.
The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate insists
on its amendments and requests a conference with the House on the
disagreeing votes on the measure.
The Presiding Officer appointed Mr. Campbell, Mr. Bennett, Mr.
Stevens, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Bond, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Byrd, and
Ms. Mikulski conferees on the part of the Senate.

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