[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 111 (Tuesday, July 27, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H6098-H6099]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             IMPROVING OPERATION OF CERTAIN HOUSE PROGRAMS

  Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules 
and pass the bill (H.R. 5682) to improve the operation of certain 
facilities and programs of the House of Representatives, and for other 
purposes, as amended.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 5682

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. MEMBERSHIP IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EXERCISE 
                   FACILITY FOR ACTIVE DUTY ARMED FORCES MEMBERS 
                   ASSIGNED TO CONGRESSIONAL LIAISON OFFICE.

       Any active duty member of the Armed Forces who is assigned 
     to a congressional liaison office of the Armed Forces at the 
     House of Representatives may obtain membership in the 
     exercise facility established for employees of the House of 
     Representatives (as described in section 103(a) of the 
     Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005) in the same 
     manner as an employee of the House of Representatives, in 
     accordance with such regulations as the Committee on House 
     Administration may promulgate.

     SEC. 2. REVOLVING FUND FOR HOUSE CHILD CARE CENTER.

       (a) Conversion of House Child Care Center Account Into 
     Revolving Fund.--
       (1) In general.--Section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative 
     Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2062(d)(1)) is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(1) There is established in the Treasury of the United 
     States a revolving fund for the House of Representatives to 
     be known as the `House Child Care Center Revolving Fund' 
     (hereafter in this section referred to as the `Fund'), 
     consisting of the amounts received under subsection (c) and 
     any other funds deposited by the Chief Administrative Officer 
     of the House of Representatives from amounts received by the 
     House of Representatives with respect to the operation of the 
     center. Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the 
     Fund shall be the exclusive source for all salaries and 
     expenses for activities carried out under this section.''.
       (2) Transfer of existing account.--Any amounts in the 
     account established by section 312(d)(1) of such Act as of 
     the day before the effective date of this section, together 
     with any amounts in the House Services Revolving Fund as of 
     the effective date of this section which, at the time of 
     deposit into the House Services Revolving Fund, were 
     designated for purposes of the House Child Care Center, shall 
     be transferred to the House Child Care Center Revolving Fund 
     established by such section, as amended by paragraph (1).
       (b) Transfer Authority.--Section 312 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
     2062) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(e) The Fund shall be treated as a category of allowances 
     and expenses for purposes of section 101(a) of the 
     Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 
     95b(a)).''.
       (c) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made 
     by this section shall take effect October 1, 2010, and shall 
     apply with respect to fiscal year 2011 and each succeeding 
     fiscal year.

     SEC. 3. MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

       (a) The second undesignated paragraph under the heading 
     ``Under Superintendent of the Capitol Buildings and Grounds'' 
     in the Act of April 28, 1902 (chapter 594; 32 Stat. 125; 2 
     U.S.C. 2012) is amended to read as follows:
       ``The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
     Representatives shall supervise and direct the care and 
     repair of all furniture in the Hall, cloakrooms, lobby, 
     committee rooms, and offices of the House, and all furniture 
     required for the House of Representatives or for any of its 
     committee rooms or offices shall be procured on designs and 
     specifications made or approved by the Chief Administrative 
     Officer.''.
       (b) Effective as if included in the enactment of Public Law 
     111--145, section 3 of House Resolution 661, Ninety-fifth 
     Congress, agreed to July 29, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 84-2), is 
     restored into permanent law.

     SEC. 4. PAYGO COMPLIANCE.

       The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
     complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall 
     be determined by reference to the latest statement titled 
     ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation'' for this Act, 
     submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the 
     Chairman of the House Budget Committee, provided that such 
     statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
Pennsylvania (Mr. Brady) and the gentleman from California (Mr. Daniel 
E. Lungren) each will control 20 minutes.

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  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Pennsylvania.


                             General Leave

  Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks 
and include extraneous material on the bill now under consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania?
  There was no objection.
  Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, the Committee on House Appropriations, reported this 
legislation, which I introduced on July 1, 2010, to improve the 
operation of certain facilities and programs of the House.
  The bill will make two substantial changes into law. First it will 
make into permanent law a temporary provision allowing active-duty 
Armed Forces personnel working in House office buildings as 
congressional liaisons to use the House staff gym like any other staff 
member. This practice, which is currently in place, is working fine and 
we propose to make it permanent for the benefit of personnel who might 
prefer to exercise here rather than travel to the Pentagon or 
elsewhere.

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  Second, the bill includes language to eliminate needless bookkeeping 
related to the House Child Care Center. The account supporting the 
Center is not a true revolving fund, meaning that at the end of every 
year accountants must seek approval to transfer the unobligated 
balances forward to the new year and work with the Treasury to 
implement what has become an annual ritual.
  Converting the account to a true revolving fund will save House and 
Treasury staff time better spent elsewhere. This change will have no 
effect on the Center's staff, parents, or the children.
  Finally, the bill includes two technical corrections and complies 
with the PAYGO rules.
  I know of no controversy on this bill. Since H.R. 5682 affects only 
the House, I trust that the Senate will pass it quickly without change. 
I urge an ``aye'' vote.
  I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such 
time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to support this resolution providing for 
administrative provisions affecting the House.
  This resolution simply authorizes that any Active Duty member of the 
Armed Forces who is assigned to a congressional liaison office in the 
House of Representatives may obtain membership and access to the House 
staff fitness center. Given the sacrifices demonstrated by the members 
of our military each and every day, and their requirement to stay in 
good physical condition, this is entirely appropriate.
  The resolution also establishes, as was mentioned by our chairman, a 
revolving fund for the House Child Care Center, and it codifies current 
practices relating to the CAO's allocation, care, and repair of 
furniture for use in the House.
  These are all commonsense and appropriate changes, and I urge my 
colleagues to support H.R. 5682.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I urge an ``aye'' vote, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Brady) that the House suspend the 
rules and pass the bill, H.R. 5682, as amended.
  The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the 
rules were suspended and the bill, as amended, was passed.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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