[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12517-12537]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



              LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. LaHood). Pursuant to House Resolution 
190 and rule XVIII, the Chair declares the House in the Committee of 
the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the 
bill, H.R. 1905.

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                     In the Committee of the Whole

  Accordingly, the House resolved itself into the Committee of the 
Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of the bill 
(H.R. 1905) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, with Mr. 
Hansen in the chair.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered as having 
been read the first time.
  Under the rule, the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Taylor) and 
the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Pastor) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Taylor).
  Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time 
as I may consume.

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  Mr. Chairman, it is my pleasure to present the legislative branch 
appropriations bill for fiscal year 2000. I want to begin by thanking 
the members of my subcommittee for all the hard work in writing this 
bill. They include the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Wamp); the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Lewis); the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. 
Granger); the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Peterson); the ranking 
minority member, the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Pastor); the gentleman 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha); and the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. 
Hoyer).

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  I also want to thank the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young), the full 
committee chairman, and the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey), the 
ranking member on the full committee, for their assistance.
  The bill was considered by the full committee on May 20 and reported 
to the House on May 21. No roll call votes were taken in full 
committee. The Fiscal Year 2000 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill 
totals $1.9 billion in new obligational authority of which $1.178 
billion is for congressional operations exclusive of Senate items.
  The balance of the bill, $739 million is for the operations of the 
other legislative branch agencies.
  The bill, Mr. Chairman, is $116 million below the budget request, a 
5.7 percent reduction. Also, it is $135 million below the current 
fiscal year, including the supplementals, a 6.6 percent reduction. Now, 
if a further amendment is passed, which I will support later tonight, 
it will be reduced by 9.3 percent.
  Major items in the bill: The House of Representatives is funded at 
$769 million. Primarily, this includes funds for staff COLA's, merit 
increases, and benefits. There is also an increase for communications 
costs.
  The Joint Economic Committee is funded at the request level, an 
increase of $104,000. The Joint Committee on Taxation is funded at $6.2 
million. The attending physician is funded at $1.9 million. That is the 
amount requested.
  The funding for the Capitol Police is $85.2 million. That includes 
$78.5 million for salaries and $6.7 million for expenses. The CBO is 
funded at $26.2 million.
  The Architect of the Capitol receives $154 million. The operating 
budget increase of about $4 million will cover staff costs. The capital 
budget is lower than 1999 due to one-time costs for the Capitol 
Visitors Center.
  Except in a few instances, funding has not been provided for projects 
which have not been 100 percent designed. The Architect has asked for 
construction funds for 39 projects that have not been designed, 
including phase 2 of the Dome Project.
  We have several instances where the Architect's design team has 
significantly increased their funding requests after the original 
construction was funded. So a policy not to provide construction funds 
until design is finished will create more discipline and fiscal 
prudence in the process.
  The Dome will not be delayed. We will still be on schedule if funds 
are provided in the Fiscal Year 2001 cycle.
  The Congressional Research Service will receive $71.3 million, and 
the Library of Congress, $315 million. This provides funds for the 
current employment level. We have asked the Library to fund $3.4 
million of requested program increases through savings.
  The Government Printing Office will receive $107 million, and a limit 
of 3,313 FTEs has been set.
  The GAO will be funded at $372 million plus authority to spend $1.4 
million in receipts from audits that they do for other agencies. The 
GAO funds include COLAs for 3,245 FTEs, a slight decrease under the 
current level projected for 1999.
  General administrative provisions have been included. We have also 
made some technical corrections asked for by the Committee on House 
Administration.
  We have included a provision of permanent law, section 101, that 
gives House counsel comparable authority and notification as the Senate 
counsel now has.
  The bill equals the subcommittee 302(b) allocations. The bill 
continues with constraint. The bill is substantially under our 
appropriations of last year, not counting the supplemental, and is 
substantially under the 1995 bill. I urge all Members to support the 
bill.
  Mr. Chairman, I include the following tables for the Record:

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  Mr. Chairman, it is my pleasure to present the legislative branch 
appropriations bill for fiscal year 2000. I want to begin by thanking 
the members of my subcommittee for all their hard work in writing this 
bill.
  They include myself, as Chairman, Zach Wamp of Tennessee; Jerry Lewis 
of California; Kay Granger of Texas; John Peterson of Pennsylvania; and 
Ed Pastor, the ranking minority member from Arizona; John Murtha of 
Pennsylvania; and Steny Hoyer from Maryland. I also want to thank the 
full committee chairman, Bill Young of Florida; and David Obey, the 
full committee ranking minority member from Wisconsin, for their 
assistance.
  The bill was considered by the full committee on May 20 and reported 
to the House on May 21. No rollcall votes were taken in full committee.


                  recommendations for fiscal year 2000

  The fiscal 2000 legislative branch appropriations bill totals $1.9 
billion ($1,916,967,000) in new obligational authority of which $1.178 
billion ($1,178,027,000) is for congressional operations exclusive of 
Senate items.
  The balance of the bill, $739 million ($738,940,000), is for the 
operations of the other legislative branch agencies.
  The bill is $116.2 million ($116,162,000) below the budget request, a 
5.7% reduction.
  Also, it is $135.2 million ($135,150,100) below the current fiscal 
year (including supplementals)--a 6.6% reduction.


                        major items in the bill

  The House of Representatives is funded at $769 million 
($769,019,000).
  Primarily, this includes funds for staff COLA's, merit increases, and 
benefits.
  There is also an increase for communications costs, some of which are 
made necessary by the cyber Congress initiative.
  The Joint Economic Committee is funded at the request level, an 
increase of $104,000 for committee staff COLA's.
  The Joint Committee on Taxation is funded at $6.2 million 
($6,188,000).
  The Attending Physician's funding is $1.9 million ($1,898,000). That 
is the amount requested.
  The funding for the Capitol Police is $85.2 million ($85,212,000). 
That includes $78.5 million ($78,501,000) for salaries and $6.7 million 
($6,711,000) for expenses.
  The Congressional Budget Office is funded at $26.2 million 
($26,221,000).
  The Architect of the Capitol receives $154 million ($154,327,000). 
The operating budget increase of $4 million ($3,973,000) will cover 
staff costs. The capital budget is lower than FY1999 due to one time 
costs for the Capitol Visitors Center.
  Except in a few instances, funding has not been provided for projects 
which have not been 100% designed. The Architect asked for construction 
funds for 39 projects that have not been designed, including phase 2 of 
the dome project.
  We have several instances where the Architect's design team has 
significantly increased their funding requests after the original 
construction funding.
  So, a policy not to provide construction funds until design is 
finished will create more discipline and fiscal prudence in the 
process. The dome will not be delayed--we will still be on schedule if 
funds are provided in the FY 2001 cycle.
  The Congressional Research Service will receive $71.3 million 
($71,255,000) and the Library of Congress $315 million ($314,953,000).
  This provides funds for the current employment level. We have asked 
the library to fund $3.4 million of requested program increases through 
savings.
  The Government Printing Office will receive $107.7 million 
($107,690,000) and a limit of 3,313 FTE's has been set.
  The General Accounting Office will be funded at $372.7 million 
($372,681,000) plus authority to spend $1.4 million ($1,400,000) in 
receipts from audits they do for other agencies.
  The GAO funds include COLA's for 3,245 FTE'S, a slight decrease under 
the current level projected for FY 1999.
  General and administrative provisions: Several standard general 
provisions have been included. We have also made some technical 
corrections asked for by the House Administration Committee.
  And we have included a provision of permanent law, section 101, that 
gives House counsel comparable authority and notification as Senate 
counsel now enjoys.
  Bill summary: BA compared to:
  1999 level: A reduction of 6.6%, or $135.2 million--(-$135,150,000).
  2000 request: A reduction of 5.7%, or $116.2 million--
(-$116,162,000).
  302b: The bill just equals the 302B allocation (Senate excluded).
  Here are some additional interesting comparisons:
  Since 1995, the legislative bill has produced savings of $1.2 billion 
below the trend of appropriations levels during the previous 5 years.
  If all Federal outlays had been constrained at the same rate as the 
legislative budget, the entire Federal budget would have produced a 
cumulative additional surplus beyond those currently projected of $1.1 
trillion during these past 5 years.
  Since 1994, the legislative branch has downsized by 4,412 employees. 
That is a 16% reduction.
  The bill continues that constraint, but it will provide the Congress 
and our support agencies the resources needed to carry out our jobs.
  I urge all Members to support the bill and I reserve the balance of 
my time.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I yield to the gentleman from Wisconsin 
(Mr. Obey) for the purpose of a motion.


                   Motion To Rise Offered By Mr. Obey

  Mr OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.
  The CHAIRMAN. The motion during general debate is in order because 
the minority manager yielded for that purpose. The question is on the 
motion to rise offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey).
  The question was taken; and the Chairman announced that the noes 
appeared to have it.


                             Recorded Vote

  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.
  A recorded vote was ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 130, 
noes 263, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 41, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 201]

                               AYES--130

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baldwin
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berry
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Coyne
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Danner
     DeLauro
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Edwards
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Ford
     Frost
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Hall (OH)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hill (IN)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hoeffel
     Holt
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     John
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kennedy
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kleczka
     Lantos
     Larson
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lowey
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Martinez
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller, George
     Mink
     Moakley
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Phelps
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Roybal-Allard
     Sabo
     Sanders
     Sawyer
     Schakowsky
     Serrano
     Sisisky
     Slaughter
     Spratt
     Stark
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Thompson (MS)
     Tierney
     Towns
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Woolsey
     Wynn

                               NOES--263

     Aderholt
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldacci
     Ballenger
     Barcia
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Blagojevich
     Bliley
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Bryant
     Burr
     Burton
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Clayton
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Condit
     Cook
     Costello
     Cramer
     Crane
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeMint
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goode
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Gordon
     Goss
     Granger
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall (TX)
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger

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     Hill (MT)
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Isakson
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Kelly
     Kind (WI)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Klink
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     Kuykendall
     LaFalce
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas (KY)
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Mascara
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Minge
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Morella
     Murtha
     Myrick
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Ose
     Packard
     Paul
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Rothman
     Roukema
     Royce
     Rush
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Sanchez
     Sandlin
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaffer
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Shows
     Simpson
     Skeen
     Skelton
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Snyder
     Souder
     Spence
     Stabenow
     Stenholm
     Stump
     Sununu
     Sweeney
     Talent
     Tancredo
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tiahrt
     Toomey
     Traficant
     Turner
     Upton
     Vitter
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watkins
     Weldon (FL)
     Weller
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wise
     Wolf
     Wu
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1

       
     DeFazio
       

                             NOT VOTING--41

     Archer
     Bentsen
     Bishop
     Bonior
     Bono
     Boucher
     Brown (CA)
     Buyer
     Clay
     Conyers
     Cooksey
     Cox
     DeLay
     Dixon
     Frank (MA)
     Ganske
     Gilchrest
     Graham
     Green (TX)
     Hilleary
     Jefferson
     Kasich
     Largent
     Lofgren
     Lucas (OK)
     Luther
     McKinney
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Olver
     Oxley
     Pombo
     Rangel
     Salmon
     Scott
     Shuster
     Smith (WA)
     Stearns
     Watt (NC)
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (PA)

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  So the motion was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, first of all, I also would like to commend and thank 
the staff that helped us develop this bill and the members of the 
subcommittee who worked on this bill and produced a bill that is fair 
and meets the needs of the House.
  This bill basically deals with the safety of the buildings, Mr. 
Chairman. It also ensures security for the personnel that work in this 
building and those who visit this building. But this building is mainly 
about personnel, and that is how we treat our employees who work in our 
offices to make sure that we are effective and efficient.
  I have to tell my colleagues that I commend the chairman of the 
subcommittee, the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Taylor). He was 
very fair, very bipartisan. We had the hearings, we developed this bill 
in a bipartisan manner, and we were cognizant of the needs of this 
House. It is a responsible bill.
  Through the subcommittee, as my colleagues were told earlier, by 
unanimous vote, this bill was forwarded to the full Committee on 
Appropriations, and the Committee on Appropriations unanimously, on a 
voice vote, forwarded it to the House.
  It is with great disappointment I must now vote against this bill. We 
thought this was a fair bill; that the Members would accept it and 
adopt it. We did not expect a long time in its debate or in bringing it 
forth. In fact, we were so confident that this bill would be accepted 
that as we talked about the calendar, we thought that it would take a 
few minutes, it would get adopted, and the Members would be able to 
leave early. Well, here we are, late at night, and it is taking a while 
to get this bill through the House.
  It is a fair bill, and the reason I have to ask the members of the 
Democratic Conference to not support this bill is that the late 
developments are that they are requesting a big reduction in the 
Members' allowance. We had in that allowance considered a cost-of-
living increase for our employees. These are the men and women who work 
for us, who make sure that we represent our constituents very well. It 
is our feeling that what was a reasonable bill, a fair bill, now is 
something that we cannot support. I know there will be debate, but it 
is our position that our employees who work very hard for us, long 
hours, also deserve consideration when it comes to a cost-of-living 
increase.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Coble).
  Mr. COBLE. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this 
time. If the chairman would engage with me in a colloquy, I would ask 
the chairman if he would tell me and the Members of the House how the 
appropriated amount in this bill compares to the amount that was last 
passed when the Democrats were in the majority. That would have been 
fiscal year 1995, I presume.
  Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. COBLE. I yield to the gentleman from North Carolina.
  Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. Well, Mr. Chairman, I would tell my 
colleague that since 1995, my predecessors, the last two chairmen, have 
saved over $1.2 billion in this bill. Now, that is a savings trend 
established in the 1990 to 1995 period.
  In addition, the FTEs have been substantially reduced, and we have a 
work force that is about 16 percent lower than it was in 1994, the last 
year that the majority party was in power, which at that time were the 
Democrats.
  So we have had both a savings in substantial dollar savings and in 
FTE employment savings.
  Mr. COBLE. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, I thank my colleague for 
that information.
  Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I yield 6 minutes to the gentleman from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Obey), and respond to the previous comments by saying 
that, as was shown, the bill itself has produced reductions in the past 
and continues to reduce the funding for the legislative branch.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, this argument that we have had tonight is not 
about cuts in this bill, it is about the way we make choices or should 
make choices in a bipartisan manner on issues that affect this 
institution and our constituents.
  Last month, the majority passed a budget resolution, which it has 
every right to do, which cut $36 billion below current services for 
domestic programs. The issue is how those cuts are going to be 
distributed both between departments and programs and within 
departments and programs, and it is about whether those cuts will be 
fair or unfair.
  After that budget resolution was passed, the Republican majority 
again, as is its right, divided that money between the 13 subcommittees 
on the Committee on Appropriations, and the committee began to report 
its bills. First, we reported agriculture. We reported a bipartisan 
bill, supported on both sides of the aisle, and I think the committee 
did a good job in distributing the cuts within the Department. But then 
the Republican leadership, in response to concerns expressed by some 
members in its caucus, responded unilaterally by unilaterally changing 
that bill, by cutting agriculture research, by cutting food and drug 
funding without consultation with anyone on this side of the aisle. And 
in the process they turned a bipartisan bill into a partisan one.

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  Now we have the same process, unfortunately, being repeated on this 
bill. Again, this bill that funds the Congress itself was reported out 
of committee on a bipartisan basis.
  Again, the Republican leadership now unilaterally made changes in 
that bill only a few hours earlier today. Those changes protect 
committee staff. They leave plenty of room for cost-of-living

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adjustments for people who work for committees. Those changes leave 
plenty of room for staffers who work for the leadership on both sides 
of the aisle. But they really leave very little room for cost-of-living 
adjustments for people who happen to work for rank-and-file Members.
  That is one issue this is about, whether people who work for this 
body are going to be treated fairly and whether the squeeze on the 
budget is going to be distributed equitably between all of the folks 
who work very hard for all of us on both sides of the aisle.
  I have two points I would like to make. First of all, if the majority 
wants to make additional cuts, fine, let us make them. But do not do it 
unilaterally. Sit down with us, sit down with people on both sides of 
the aisle, sit down with the House Committee on Administration that has 
jurisdiction over most of these issues so that we can make sure that 
the cuts that are made are fair.
  I would like to make another more basic point. The cuts that are made 
in this bill are really, with the exception of its impact on the folks 
who work for us, relatively minor. But the cuts that will be required 
for bills that are yet to come will be far deeper in education, they 
will be far deeper in health, they will be far deeper in veterans' 
benefits, especially in the out years. And that, in my view, is not 
fair.
  If these bills are to be changed from the amount that was just agreed 
to in the 302 allocation process, then, in our view, this bill should 
not be considered until we know how other Government agencies are going 
to be treated. Congress should be treated no better and no worse than 
any other Government agency.
  Second, this bill should not be passed until we know how deep the 
cuts are that are being contemplated for veterans, for education, for 
health care, and other areas of major responsibility to our people. 
Because in the end, if this bill is one of the first out of the gate 
and if it is signed into law before those other cuts are made, then the 
American people are really going to have a right to ask whether we are 
more concerned with taking care of ourselves than we are with taking 
care of their own problems.
  The most basic issue we have before us is that we have a long way to 
go in the appropriations process. There are a number of appropriation 
bills which we expect to be handled in a bipartisan manner. It would be 
sad indeed if every bill that is brought before this House winds up 
being dealt with in a partisan manner because the leadership on that 
side of the aisle makes unilateral choices. We were all elected to 
represent our people and it is not right to cut half of us out of that 
process.
  Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Kelly).
  Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the bill before the 
House but also to personally pay tribute to the House Page Program 
funded in this bill. Especially, I wish to acknowledge the service and 
dedication of this academic year's House Pages.
  Today marks the last legislative day before the end of duty for this 
class, and tomorrow is their last day to be enrolled in the Page 
Program.
  Mr. Chairman, I want these special young people to know how grateful 
I, the members of the Page Board, and all of the Members of Congress 
are for their marvelous efforts on behalf of the American people. Their 
tireless work and dedication to this House allow for work to be done in 
a more efficient and professional manner.
  We are all truly grateful to each individual page for their 
willingness to leave the comfort and security of home to live, work, 
and attend school in an environment that certainly requires a 
tremendous adjustment. These exceptional young men and women, who stand 
in the back of the chamber today, have made an incredible sacrifice, 
Mr. Chairman, by dedicating their minds and enthusiasm during their 
service to our Nation.
  From the beginning, we had great expectations of this Page class. 
They have not disappointed us. We have asked for their loyalty. And 
again, they have not disappointed us. Now, as they return to their home 
communities and schools to continue their studies, we wish them all the 
best of luck and ask them to hold this House in the same high regard 
and esteem as we do their contributions to the House's works.
  It is with great pride and appreciation, as chairman of the House 
Page Board, that I rise to salute our pages and wish them the best in 
their future endeavors.
  Mr. Chairman, I insert into the Congressional Record the official 
listing of names of the departing House pages.


                    1998-1999 u.s. house page class

       Graham Babbitt, Joel Bagwell, Kyle Becker, Nicholas Bronni, 
     Ashley Bumgarner, Dan Cosman, Bernadette Cullen, Becca 
     Dalton, Tina Dannelly, Sheila Davies, Nick Dexter, Mike 
     DiRoma, Leif Erickson, Caroline Evans, Rebecca Forster, 
     Benjamin Foster, Andrea Green, Jay Greenbaum, Lauren Haller, 
     Danny Hanlon, Gillian Hanson, Haley Hobbs, Patrick Janelle, 
     Adam Jones, Glenn Kates, Amy Kennedy, Megan Kennedy, Janel 
     Koehler, Rebekah Krieger, Michael Lanzara, Robert Leider, 
     Scott Levine, Jonovan Luckey, Emilie Mague, Mike Mahoney, 
     Natalie Mariona, Kareem Merrick, Megan Miller, Lindsey Much, 
     Billye Nelson, Cristie Neubert, Dave Newcomb, Frank Nicklaus, 
     Daniel Ortega, Kari Peterson, Patrick Pugh, George Robinette, 
     Tracy Robinson, Katy Rosenberg, Noah Sanders, Jen Sauers, 
     Karen Schulien, Jay Schwarz, Harlan Scott, Jacob 
     Shellabarger, Elizabeth Smith, Kathy Smith, Robert Smith, 
     Tristan Snyder, Cody Specketer, Sara Steines, Michelle 
     Sullivan, Blair Sweeney, Micah Thompson, Darius Underwood, 
     Matt Wagner, Kara Wenzel, Will Whitehead, Robyn Willie, and 
     John Yarborough.

  Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time 
as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I commend the gentlewoman for her comments and our 
pages for the excellent work they have done.
  Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I also would like to commend these young men and women 
and thank them for the great service they did to the membership of this 
House. We wish them the best.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield 7 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. 
Hoyer).
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me the 
time.
  Mr. Chairman, during my career I have had the opportunity to serve on 
the Page Board. And as I say each year, when we take an opportunity 
such as this to thank the departing pages for the service that they 
have given to this people's House, I had the opportunity to serve as 
president of the Maryland Senate, and in that capacity ran the page 
program in that body. It was one of the best duties that I had.
  Not only do our pages provide extraordinary service, but they learn a 
lot. They observe the dedication of the men and women who have been 
selected by their neighbors to serve in the Congress of the United 
States, in this, the greatest example of democracy in this world.
  Vaclav Havel came and gave a speech on that second rostrum, and he 
pointed out that the Constitution of the United States, the Declaration 
of Independence, the Capitol itself, and the legislative process that 
occurs in this Capitol are inspiration for all the world.
  There are only a few young Americans who can have the opportunity to 
witness democracy in action firsthand. The process of 435 individuals 
coming together, representing roughly 600,000 people each, over 260 
million people collectively, to resolve the questions that confront our 
country is truly extraordinary.
  Our pages have had a unique window on that operation. I believe that 
experience places upon our departing pages a special responsibility, a 
special responsibility to return to their communities, their schools, 
and their neighborhoods, and to impart to their friends what they have 
learned.
  I believe that each of our pages leaves with a conviction that our 
democracy works pretty well and that it produces representatives who 
really care. They may differ, and they may fight, and on C-SPAN 
sometimes they appear overly contentious. But our pages have an 
opportunity to see a

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broader participation than C-SPAN affords most of the public; and, 
therefore, they can impart a much more accurate picture of this 
institution.
  I hope that each of our pages is as proud of this institution as each 
of us who serves within it. I hope that each of them leaves this 
institution with the intention to tell other Americans, whether they be 
young people, or their parents, or their uncles and aunts and 
relatives, and all of their peers, about how precious this democracy is 
and how important to its success is their participation in it.
  We have had a number of people who have served in the Congress who 
started their careers as pages. The late Bill Emerson is a specific 
example. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Dale Kildee) is another, who 
used to chair this Page Board. The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. 
Kanjorski) is another.
  Any one of our fine pages standing in the well may stand here where I 
stand, or where the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Kelly) stands, and 
speak on behalf of his and her neighbors and friends.
  The only way to get to the House of Representatives as a Member is to 
be elected. One cannot be appointed. Our Founding Fathers wanted to 
make sure that it was constituents who selected their representatives, 
not governors, not presidents, but the people. That is why we proudly 
call this the people's House.
  Our pages have served here with us. They have served not only us, but 
America. We urge them to go back and continue to help us build a better 
country for us all. I know they will.
  Thank you and Godspeed.
  Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the 
gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton).
  Mr. UPTON. Mr. Chairman, I would like to speak for two Members who 
are not here tonight at the moment who I know would like to be here, my 
colleague the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Kildee), who serves on the 
Page Board, along with my good friend the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. 
Kolbe). And for all Members, we are so appreciative of all the work 
that you did.
  You do see us long days, long hours, early in the morning, and 
certainly again late at night. I have had the opportunity to appoint a 
number of students, wonderful students, from my district that have 
served. And it is terrific to watch them work and know who the Members 
are and understand a little bit of the process.
  After they have left here, I have often seen them back at their 
schools back at home. And I correspond with them after they have left, 
even many years after they have left. And as I talk to their parents, I 
know that it is an opportunity that they will never ever forget.
  It is a great privilege for all of you to be here. It is a privilege 
for us to have you be here, as well. And even though some of us might 
look like a page from time to time, particularly if we wear a blue 
coat, I just wanted to say for all of us, thank you. You do a wonderful 
job.
  Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Chairman, how much time do I have remaining?
  The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Pastor) has 16 minutes 
remaining. The gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Taylor) has 19\1/2\ 
minutes remaining.
  Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I yield 6 minutes to the gentleman from 
Maryland (Mr. Hoyer).
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me the 
time.
  Mr. Chairman, I have here a speech prepared for this bill. Let me 
read the first paragraph.

       Mr. Chairman, I urge the Members to support this bill. The 
     gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Taylor) and the gentleman 
     from Arizona (Mr. Pastor) have fashioned a bill that will 
     serve the legislative branch well next year.

  That paragraph, of course, was written before a determination was 
made unilaterally to change this bill, to undermine the premise on 
which that paragraph was written.

                              {time}  2230

  I regret that unilateral change which, as the gentleman from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) has pointed out, was not taken in a bipartisan 
way. I said this earlier on another bill. The gentleman from North 
Carolina (Mr. Taylor) and the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young) both 
led this bill through its two phases, subcommittee and full committee, 
in a bipartisan, fair fashion. It was that procedure that I respected 
and that bill that I was going to support. Unfortunately, however, 
after it left the bosom of our committee, other forces were brought to 
bear, the bill will now be changed, and I do not believe it will serve 
this institution as well as it should.
  There are some things in this bill that I am pleased about, such as 
the transit subsidy program for the roughly 4,000 employees of the 
Library of Congress. Approximately 140 Federal agencies, including the 
House and Senate, and numerous private-sector employers, offer their 
employees similar benefits to encourage use of public transportation. 
Last year we extended those benefits to our own employees at the option 
of each Member. That was a good step for us to take. This year we are 
extending it to the employees of the Library of Congress, another 
significant step forward. By expanding this transit-subsidy program to 
Library employees, we can help to ease highway congestion, reduce 
demand for scarce parking, reduce pollution.
  I was very pleased that the bill, as reported, funded the succession 
initiatives in the Library and the Congressional Research Service, and 
hope the reductions to be taken in the Young amendment can be restored 
in conference. Over the next few years, numerous senior Library/CRS 
employees will leave Federal service for their well-earned retirement. 
These succession initiatives would enable the Library to ensure that 
key personnel pass their knowledge and expertise on to successors prior 
to their departure.
  I am also pleased, Mr. Chairman, that the reported bill includes the 
amendment offered in the committee by the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Farr). The committee adopted it by voice vote. But as the 
gentleman from California, I am sure, will observe and as I will 
lament, the only provision in this bill that is not protected by the 
rule is a provision to say that we will protect the environment and 
recycle paper, as we expect every other Federal agency to do.
  It is a shame that the Committee on Rules would not see that as a 
sufficiently important policy position for this bill to take for our 
institution. This is not extraneous. This is about the legislative 
body.
  I would hope that no one would rise to make the point of order. I 
would say that this matter is in the jurisdiction of the committee of 
which I have the privilege of being the ranking member. I would hope 
that we would not claim jurisdiction on this issue. It ought not to be 
controversial.
  As the gentleman from California pointed out, the House recycling 
program does not work as well as it should. One year it earned $7.51. 
Last year, however, it earned $25,000. But it has been suggested, Mr. 
Chairman, that the program could earn $150,000 if we recycled just 60 
percent of our high grade paper. Think of that, $25,000. Now, the good 
news is what happens with this $25,000 under the Farr amendment. Mr. 
Chairman, the bill provides that recycling proceeds would go to our 
child-care center. Is there one of us that does not have an employee 
with a problem getting proper child care, and therefore needs the House 
child care center? Under the Farr amendment, not only do we get the 
opportunity to recycle, and to help our environment by reusing 
materials that are fully reusable, but we can also get to help our 
employees' children and be a more family-friendly institution.
  Mr. Chairman, most Members and staff want to recycle, and they 
deserve a program that will facilitate it.
  Finally, there is one item not in this measure but which I believe 
should appear in the final version. I thank the gentleman from North 
Carolina, our chairman, who has been very receptive to this issue. I 
believe in the final version we should include funding for U.S. Capitol 
Police information technology services. These services are

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mission-critical, but are now provided through the Senate Sergeant at 
Arms at whatever level of funding and support he has available after 
his primary responsibilities to the Senate are met. This item ought to 
be included in our bill and I look forward to working with the chairman 
on this issue in conference.
  Mr. Chairman, I ask the Members to oppose the Young amendment and 
support the bill as originally reported by the subcommittee and full 
committee.
  Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I yield 6 minutes to the gentleman from 
California (Mr. Farr).
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman from 
Arizona (Mr. Pastor) for yielding me this time. I want to associate 
myself with the remarks of the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer). As 
a member of the Committee on Appropriations, I was very pleased with 
the bill that was worked out in a bipartisan fashion. In that bill I 
offered an amendment, and the amendment was adopted, and the amendment 
requested that the House put itself into a serious mode of trying to 
recycle, because the recycling program that the House now has is not 
running very well. We are an embarrassment in the Federal system. We 
are really an embarrassment. All other Federal agencies operate under a 
Federal Executive Order 12-873 which requires all Federal agencies to 
implement recycling programs. The legislative branch is the only branch 
that is not required to participate. The reason it is not working is 
because it is totally voluntary here.
  The failure to operate the program has been pointed out by our own 
House Architect, his own numbers. In testimony before the Committee on 
Appropriations last year, he pointed out that in this House building, 
in our employment of the House building, and these are the 1997 
figures, we employed 8,000 workers. That is quite a figure. I do not 
think many people realize that that many people work for the House of 
Representatives. Our 8,000 workers in our building generated 4.4 
million pounds of waste. For this in 1997, we earned $7.51. As was 
pointed out earlier, people collecting bottles on the streets, almost 
any Girl Scout unit earns more than that in a week or a day than we 
earned in an entire year. By comparison, the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, which is just down the street, in 1997 employed 7,000 
workers who generated 1 million pounds of waste. And for this they 
earned $29,730. They produced one-fourth the amount of waste that we 
did and earned thousands of times more. They use that revenue for child 
care purposes in the Department of Agriculture.
  So I offered the amendment in the Committee on Appropriations. The 
amendment does four things:
  It requires the House, Members and the administrative offices, to 
participate in the existing recycling program. Requires them to, not 
just it is up to you. It tasks the Architect with developing strategies 
so that the recycling program is flexible, user friendly and effective. 
The third thing it does is require the architect to report semiannually 
to the Committee on House Administration and Committee on 
Appropriations on the status of the program, how is it working, so we 
can get feedback. Fourth, it dedicates the proceeds that we would earn, 
and they could be considerable, from this program to the House child 
care center. Or, we left it in the bill, as may be determined by the 
Committee on Appropriations. So if we want to put that money someplace 
else, we have the flexibility to do it.
  The amendment was adopted by voice vote in a bipartisan fashion. It 
is necessary that we have this program because you cannot run a 
recycling program and just let some offices do it and other offices do 
not. After all, it is the same janitorial staff that cleans all of 
these offices. So in order to eliminate the excuses of why we cannot be 
what we have mandated on the rest of America, why we cannot be what all 
other Federal agencies have done, why we cannot be what America expects 
us to be, we have adopted this amendment.
  Now, we have before us in the rule that was just adopted the ability 
to strike this. No other provision of this bill, they waived all the 
points of order for all the others except this one. I think it is kind 
of a mean, reckless error. What you are saying is that we can waive 
points of order and, my God, we do that every week here. I remember in 
the supplemental just a few weeks ago, we have 3,000 Soviet scholars 
coming to this country, that was certainly the jurisdiction of other 
committees, it was never heard in committee, never debated, it was just 
put in the supplemental, and we all support it and nobody ever raised a 
point of order that it was a jurisdictional issue.
  We do this all the time. I think it is foolish of us to expose 
ourselves to the public on the embarrassment of our House. I think we 
all agree, we ought to be doing it. There was a lot of testimonial in 
the Committee on Appropriations how bad the program is working and how 
we can do a much better job. We know in our own homes that our kids 
force us to do it. We participate in this stuff. We have just praised 
these future leaders of America who have been our pages. Why can we not 
demonstrate to them that there is some meaning in our words by 
demonstrating that we can run this House like most people run their 
homes, like most businesses around this country run themselves and 
certainly like all other Federal agencies.
  Mr. Chairman, I came here with great hope that we could support this 
bill. But with this rule that is adopted and a point of order is 
raised, we are going to have to urge our colleagues to defeat it, and I 
think it will be an embarrassment to the United States Congress.
  Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. 
I rise also to commend the gentleman from California (Mr. Farr) who 
through his insistence the full Committee on Appropriations adopted a 
mandatory recycling program. As he explained, a program such as this is 
required in many cases of our constituents and I think that we as 
Members of the House should also have a recycling program that is 
mandatory, efficient and effective and will produce the moneys.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from North Dakota 
(Mr. Pomeroy).
  Mr. POMEROY. Mr. Chairman, we all know as Members of this institution 
that this is a troubled House of Representatives. At times in the 
history of this institution it has also been similarly troubled. But I 
have heard from many who have served longer than the 3\1/2\ terms I 
have served that they have never remembered the place being as mean-
spirited, as venal, as partisan as it is now. I think we ought to be 
working on ways to change that, and I know many of the Members on both 
sides of the aisle are men and women of good spirit that would very 
much like to work to get a greater comity of views, even across the 
wide divergence of opinion in this body. That really depends upon 
process, rules of fair play. There is a majority. There is a minority. 
But if the rules of fair play are engaged in, losing votes is something 
the minority will understand, just as long as the process is a fair 
one.
  Now, what is so objectionable about the amendment offered by the 
chairman is that it completely blows up any notion of fairness in the 
appropriations process. The process for appropriations is that you have 
allocations. Each of the subcommittees is given a certain amount of 
money to spend. It is set by the budget that was earlier passed by this 
body. This once again just like the agriculture budget a few days 
before, agriculture appropriations of a few days before, is a budget 
brought that comports with the allocation. Hearings have been held. 
Bipartisan votes have been cast. The subcommittee has reached an 
agreement. They have brought a recommendation to the floor. That is the 
process working as it should.

                              {time}  2245

  Now it totally blows away that process when the majority says, ``Oh, 
by the way, without any advanced notice to you all in the minority, 
we're going to give another whack right across the board without so 
much as a discussion in committee about what we are doing.''

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  The chairman of the Committee on Appropriations is a man that we know 
well, he served long, we respect him deeply, and really it is beneath 
his leadership to subvert the process of fair play in the fashion the 
amendment to the agriculture appropriations bill and this amendment 
represent.
  I believe that if this body, if this majority, wants to take 
additional sums out, go back and revise the allocations, send the 
appropriation subcommittees back to work, and at least we again have 
the process functioning; but this last minute, eleventh hour, blind 
side, irrespective of consequences, totally shutting out minority 
opinion, is the very type of foul play that makes the minority feel 
utterly disenfranchised, that makes the constituents we represent 
totally shut out of the process and that creates and contributes to the 
vile, bad spirit that plagues this place.
  Treat us fairly. Adhere to process. Let the legislative function 
work.
  Mr. Chairman, that would mean rejecting this amendment tonight.
  Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of the time.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Hansen). The gentleman from Arizona is 
recognized for 1 minute.
  Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I would like to again thank the staff, the 
members of the subcommittee; I would like to thank the gentleman from 
North Carolina (Mr. Taylor) for the fairness in developing this bill. 
It was a reasonable bill, it was a fair bill, and due to last-minute 
decisions that were beyond our control, it has now become a very harsh 
bill, especially when it deals with the House Members not being able to 
provide COLAs to our staff.
  So, Mr. Chairman, I would ask that the Democrat side oppose this 
bill.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time 
as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, when I came here in 1991, this House was much more 
troubled than the last speaker before the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. 
Pastor) indicated. We had a House bank that had been corrupted by 
abuses of some former Members of this body, we had drugs being sold in 
the post office, we had purchases being made by former Members of this 
body. There were a number of perks that were abusive of this body.
  Members of both parties got together and eliminated those abuses. We 
have worked to see that this House is a House that we can all be proud 
of. We have done that in points of law, and we have done that by 
cutting our own budget to respect what is happening in the public 
generally. Most people are having to cut their budgets, and we will 
have to wrestle with a lot of problems in the other 12 bills that will 
be coming before us. We have done it in a bipartisan way, and I am 
proud of our bill that we have now.
  I appreciate the work of both parties of the committee in this area.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore (Mr. Hansen). All time for general debate 
has expired.
  Pursuant to the rule, the bill is considered read for amendment under 
the 5-minute rule.
  The text of H.R. 1905 is as follows:

                               H.R. 1905

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
     following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative 
     Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for 
     other purposes, namely:

                   TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
     $769,019,000, as follows:

                        house leadership offices

       For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
     $14,202,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $1,740,000, 
     including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; 
     Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,705,000, including 
     $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office 
     of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,071,000, including $10,000 
     for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
     Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 
     $1,423,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
     Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the 
     Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,057,000, including $5,000 for 
     official expenses of the Minority Whip; Speaker's Office for 
     Legislative Floor Activities, $406,000; Republican Steering 
     Committee, $757,000; Republican Conference, $1,244,000; 
     Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,337,000; 
     Democratic Caucus, $664,000; nine minority employees, 
     $1,218,000; training and program development--majority, 
     $290,000; and training and program development--minority, 
     $290,000.

                  Members' Representational Allowances

   Including Members' Clerk Hire, Official Expenses of Members, and 
                             Official Mail

       For Members' representational allowances, including 
     Members' clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 
     $413,576,000.

                          Committee Employees

                Standing Committees, Special and Select

       For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special 
     and select, authorized by House resolutions, $93,878,000: 
     Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such 
     salaries and expenses until December 31, 2000.

                      Committee on Appropriations

       For salaries and expenses of the Committee on 
     Appropriations, $21,308,000, including studies and 
     examinations of executive agencies and temporary personal 
     services for such committee, to be expended in accordance 
     with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
     1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies for 
     services performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
     available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 
     2000.

                    salaries, officers and employees

       For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
     authorized by law, $90,633,000, including: for salaries and 
     expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than 
     $3,500, of which not more than $2,500 is for the Family Room, 
     for official representation and reception expenses, 
     $14,881,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Sergeant at Arms, including the position of Superintendent of 
     Garages, and including not more than $750 for official 
     representation and reception expenses, $3,746,000; for 
     salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Administrative Officer, $57,289,000, of which $2,500,000 
     shall remain available until expended, including $25,169,000 
     for salaries, expenses and temporary personal services of 
     House Information Resources, of which $24,641,000 is provided 
     herein: Provided, That of the amount provided for House 
     Information Resources, $6,260,000 shall be for net expenses 
     of telecommunications: Provided further, That House 
     Information Resources is authorized to receive reimbursement 
     from Members of the House of Representatives and other 
     governmental entities for services provided and such 
     reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit 
     to this account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
     the Inspector General, $3,926,000; for salaries and expenses 
     of the Office of General Counsel, $840,000; for the Office of 
     the Chaplain, $136,000; for salaries and expenses of the 
     Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian 
     and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,172,000; for 
     salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision 
     Counsel of the House, $2,045,000; for salaries and expenses 
     of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 
     $5,085,000; for salaries and expenses of the Corrections 
     Calendar Office, $825,000; and for other authorized 
     employees, $688,000.

                        allowances and expenses

       For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
     resolution or law, $135,422,000, including: supplies, 
     materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
     $2,741,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 
     and administrative offices of the House, $410,000; Government 
     contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and 
     other applicable employee benefits, $131,595,000; and 
     miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, 
     maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, 
     interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of 
     deceased employees of the House, $676,000.

                           child care center

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

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 101. (a) Compliance With Admission Requirements.--The 
     General Counsel of the House of Representatives and any other 
     counsel in the Office of the General Counsel of the House of 
     Representatives, including any counsel specially retained by 
     the Office of General Counsel, shall be entitled, for the 
     purpose of performing the counsel's functions, to enter an 
     appearance in any proceeding before any court of the United 
     States or of any State or political subdivision thereof 
     without compliance with any requirements for admission to 
     practice before such court, except that the authorization

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     conferred by this subsection shall not apply with respect to 
     the admission of any such person to practice before the 
     United States Supreme Court.
       (b) Notification by Attorney General.--The Attorney General 
     shall notify the General Counsel of the House of 
     Representatives with respect to any proceeding in which the 
     United States is a party of any determination by the Attorney 
     General or Solicitor General not to appeal any court decision 
     affecting the constitutionality of an Act or joint resolution 
     of Congress within such time as will enable the House to 
     direct the General Counsel to intervene as a party in such 
     proceeding pursuant to applicable rules of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (c) General Counsel Definition.--In this section, the term 
     ``General Counsel of the House of Representatives'' means--
       (1) the head of the Office of General Counsel established 
     and operating under clause 8 of rule II of the Rules of the 
     House of Representatives;
       (2) the head of any successor office to the Office of 
     General Counsel which is established after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act; and
       (3) any other person authorized and directed in accordance 
     with the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide 
     legal assistance and representation to the House in 
     connection with the matters described in this section.
       Sec. 102. Section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-275; 112 Stat. 2439) 
     is amended by striking ``(2 U.S.C. 59(e)(2))'' and inserting 
     ``(2 U.S.C. 59e(e)(2))''.
       Sec. 103. (a) Clarification of Rules Regarding Use of Funds 
     for Official Mail.--
       (1) In general.--Section 311(e)(1) of the Legislative 
     Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e(e)(1)) is 
     amended--
       (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``There is established'' and all that follows through ``shall 
     be prescribed--'' and inserting the following: ``The use of 
     funds of the House of Representatives which are made 
     available for official mail of Members, officers, and 
     employees of the House of Representatives who are persons 
     entitled to use the congressional frank shall be governed by 
     regulations promulgated--''; and
       (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``the Allowance'' and 
     inserting ``official mail (except as provided in subparagraph 
     (B))''.
       (2) Limitations on availability of funds.--Section 
     311(e)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 59e(e)(2)), as amended by 
     section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
     1999, is amended--
       (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
     ``The Official Mail Allowance'' and inserting ``Funds used 
     for official mail'';
       (B) by striking subparagraph (A); and
       (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B).
       (3) Repeal of obsolete transfer authority.--Section 311(e) 
     of such Act (2 U.S.C. 59e(e)) is amended by striking 
     paragraph (3).
       (4) Conforming amendments.--(A) Section 1(a) of House 
     Resolution 457, Ninety-second Congress, agreed to July 21, 
     1971, as enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of the 
     Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C. 57(a)), is 
     amended by striking ``the Official Mail Allowance'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``official mail''.
       (B) Section 311(a)(3) of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e(a)(3)) is amended by 
     striking ``costs charged against the Official Mail Allowance 
     for'' and inserting ``costs incurred for official mail by''.
       (b) Repeal of Obsolete References to Clerk Hire 
     Allowance.--
       (1) In general.--Section 104(a) of the House of 
     Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections 
     Act (2 U.S.C. 92(a)) is amended by striking ``clerk hire'' 
     each place it appears.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--The heading of section 104 of 
     such Act (2 U.S.C. 92(a)) is amended by striking ``clerk 
     hire''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply with respect to the first session of the One 
     Hundred Sixth Congress and each succeeding session of 
     Congress.

                              JOINT ITEMS

       For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

       For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
     $3,200,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

       For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
     Taxation, $6,188,000, to be disbursed by the Chief 
     Administrative Officer of the House.
       For other joint items, as follows:

                   Office of the Attending Physician

       For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of 
     the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his 
     assistants, including: (1) an allowance of $1,500 per month 
     to the Attending Physician; (2) an allowance of $500 per 
     month each to three medical officers while on duty in the 
     Office of the Attending Physician; (3) an allowance of $500 
     per month to one assistant and $400 per month each not to 
     exceed eleven assistants on the basis heretofore provided for 
     such assistants; and (4) $1,002,600 for reimbursement to the 
     Department of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 
     equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physician, 
     which shall be advanced and credited to the applicable 
     appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries, 
     allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be 
     available for all the purposes thereof, $1,898,000, to be 
     disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.

                          Capitol Police Board

                             Capitol Police

                                salaries

       For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers, 
     members, and employees of the Capitol Police, including 
     overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allowance 
     of not more than $600 each for members required to wear 
     civilian attire, and Government contributions for health, 
     retirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee 
     benefits, $78,501,000, of which $37,725,000 is provided to 
     the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be 
     disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House, 
     and $40,776,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms and 
     Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be disbursed by the Secretary of 
     the Senate: Provided, That, of the amounts appropriated under 
     this heading, such amounts as may be necessary may be 
     transferred between the Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
     Representatives and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of 
     the Senate, upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate.

                            general expenses

       For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses of the 
     Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, communications and 
     other equipment, security equipment and installation, 
     uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training, medical 
     services, forensic services, stenographic services, personal 
     and professional services, the employee assistance program, 
     not more than $2,000 for the awards program, postage, 
     telephone service, travel advances, relocation of instructor 
     and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement 
     Training Center, and $85 per month for extra services 
     performed for the Capitol Police Board by an employee of the 
     Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House of 
     Representatives designated by the Chairman of the Board, 
     $6,711,000, to be disbursed by the Capitol Police Board or 
     their delegee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol 
     Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for 
     fiscal year 2000 shall be paid by the Secretary of the 
     Treasury from funds available to the Department of the 
     Treasury.

                        Administrative Provision

       Sec. 104. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for the 
     Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may be 
     transferred between the headings ``salaries'' and ``general 
     expenses'' upon the approval of--
       (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives, in the case of amounts transferred from the 
     appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House 
     of Representatives under the heading ``salaries'';
       (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in the 
     case of amounts transferred from the appropriation provided 
     to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate under 
     the heading ``salaries''; and
       (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
     House of Representatives, in the case of other transfers.

           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

       For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and 
     Special Services Office, $2,293,000, to be disbursed by the 
     Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such 
     amount may be used to employ more than forty-three 
     individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board 
     is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than 
     two additional individuals for not more than 120 days each, 
     and not more than ten additional individuals for not more 
     than six months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.

                      Statements of Appropriations

       For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives, of the statements for the first session of 
     the One Hundred Sixth Congress, showing appropriations made, 
     indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together 
     with a chronological history of the regular appropriations 
     bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons 
     designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise 
     the work.

                          OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as 
     authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability 
     Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,000,000.

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                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the 
     provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public 
     Law 93-344), including not more than $2,500 to be expended on 
     the certification of the Director of the Congressional Budget 
     Office in connection with official representation and 
     reception expenses, $26,221,000: Provided, That no part of 
     such amount may be used for the purchase or hire of a 
     passenger motor vehicle.

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 105. (a) The Director of the Congressional Budget 
     Office shall have the authority to make lump-sum payments to 
     enhance staff recruitment and to reward exceptional 
     performance by an employee or a group of employees.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal years 
     beginning after September 30, 1999.
       Sec. 106. Paragraph (5) of section 201(a) of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601(a)) is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(5)(A) The Director shall receive compensation at an 
     annual rate of pay that is equal to the lower of--
       ``(i) the highest annual rate of compensation of any 
     officer of the Senate; or
       ``(ii) the highest annual rate of compensation of any 
     officer of the House of Representatives.
       ``(B) The Deputy Director shall receive compensation at an 
     annual rate of pay that is $1,000 less than the annual rate 
     of pay received by the Director, as determined under 
     subparagraph (A).''.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                     Capitol Buildings and Grounds

                           capitol buildings

                         salaries and expenses

       For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the 
     Assistant Architect of the Capitol, and other personal 
     services, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and 
     studies in connection with activities under the care of the 
     Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the 
     maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and electrical 
     substations of the Senate and House office buildings under 
     the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including 
     furnishings and office equipment, including not more than 
     $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to 
     be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; for 
     purchase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a 
     passenger motor vehicle; and not to exceed $20,000 for 
     attendance, when specifically authorized by the Architect of 
     the Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connection with 
     subjects related to work under the Architect of the Capitol, 
     $47,569,000, of which $4,520,000 shall remain available until 
     expended.

                            capitol grounds

       For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of 
     grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office 
     buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $5,579,0000, of which 
     $155,000 shall remain available until expended.

                         house office buildings

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the House office buildings, $40,679,000, of 
     which $7,842,000 shall remain available until expended.

                          capitol power plant

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, 
     power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and water 
     and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House office 
     buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds 
     about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and air 
     conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of 
     such buildings; heating the Government Printing Office and 
     Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water 
     for air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the 
     Union Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal 
     Judiciary Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, 
     expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed upon 
     request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so 
     received shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit 
     of this appropriation, $39,180,000: Provided, That not more 
     than $4,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to 
     this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for 
     obligation during fiscal year 2000.

                        Administrative Provision

       Sec. 107. (a) Participation in Office Waste Recycling 
     Program.--Each Member and each employing authority of the 
     House of Representatives shall comply with the Architect of 
     the Capitol's Office Waste Recycling Program for the House of 
     Representatives (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
     ``Program''). The Architect shall provide a convenient, 
     clearly marked, and effective system for the collection of 
     recyclable materials under the Program.
       (b) Report.--The Architect of the Capitol shall submit 
     semiannually to the Committees on Appropriations and House 
     Administration of the House of Representatives a written 
     report on the status and results of the Program.
       (c) Use of Proceeds for Child Care Center.--All funds 
     collected through the sale of materials under the Program 
     shall be deposited in an account established in the Treasury. 
     Amounts in such account shall be used for payment of 
     activities and expenses of the House of Representatives Child 
     Care Center, to the extent provided in appropriations Acts.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                     Congressional Research Service

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
     U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated 
     Constitution of the United States of America, $71,255,000: 
     Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay any 
     salary or expense in connection with any publication, or 
     preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public 
     General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress 
     unless such publication has obtained prior approval of either 
     the Committee on House Administration of the House of 
     Representatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration 
     of the Senate.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                   Congressional Printing and Binding

       For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and 
     the distribution of Congressional information in any format; 
     printing and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; 
     expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and session 
     index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by law (44 
     U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Government publications 
     authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; 
     and printing, binding, and distribution of Government 
     publications authorized by law to be distributed without 
     charge to the recipient, $77,704,000: Provided, That this 
     appropriation shall not be available for paper copies of the 
     permanent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 
     Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates 
     authorized under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this 
     appropriation shall be available for the payment of 
     obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar 
     purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under section 718 of 
     title 44, United States Code, none of the funds appropriated 
     or made available under this Act or any other Act for 
     printing and binding and related services provided to 
     Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may 
     be expended to print a document, report, or publication after 
     the 27-month period beginning on the date that such document, 
     report, or publication is authorized by Congress to be 
     printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing in 
     accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States Code.
       This title may be cited as the ``Congressional Operations 
     Appropriations Act, 2000''.

                        TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES

                             BOTANIC GARDEN

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, 
     grounds, and collections; and purchase and exchange, 
     maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor 
     vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on 
     the Library, $3,538,000.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 
     otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance 
     of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial care of the 
     Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and 
     repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the 
     custody of the Library; operation and maintenance of the 
     American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation and 
     distribution of catalog records and other publications of the 
     Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; and 
     expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not 
     properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by 
     the Board, $256,970,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 
     shall be derived from collections credited to this 
     appropriation during fiscal year 2000, 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 
     2000 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, $10,438,000 is to remain available until 
     expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, newspapers, 
     and all other materials including subscriptions for 
     bibliographic services for the Library, including $40,000 to 
     be available solely for the

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     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, $2,347,000 is to remain available until 
     expended for the acquisition and partial support for 
     implementation of an Integrated Library System (ILS): 
     Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
     $5,579,000 is to remain available until expended for the 
     purpose of teaching educators how to incorporate the 
     Library's digital collections into school curricula, which 
     amount shall be transferred to the educational consortium 
     formed to conduct the ``Joining Hands Across America: Local 
     Community Initiative'' project as approved by the Library.

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
     $37,639,000, of which not more than $20,800,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be derived from collections 
     credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2000 under 
     17 U.S.C. 708(d): Provided, That the Copyright Office may not 
     obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under 
     17 U.S.C. 708(d), in excess of the amount authorized for 
     obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided 
     further, That not more than $5,454,000 shall be derived from 
     collections during fiscal year 2000 under 17 U.S.C. 
     111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005: Provided further, 
     That the total amount available for obligation shall be 
     reduced by the amount by which collections are less than 
     $26,254,000: Provided further, That not more than $100,000 of 
     the amount appropriated is available for the maintenance of 
     an ``International Copyright Institute'' in the Copyright 
     Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose of training 
     nationals of developing countries in intellectual property 
     laws and policies: Provided further, That not more than 
     $4,250 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian 
     of Congress, in connection with official representation and 
     reception expenses for activities of the International 
     Copyright Institute and for Copyright delegations, visitors, 
     and seminars.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

                         salaries and expenses

       For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 
     1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 
     $48,033,000, of which $14,032,600 shall remain available 
     until expended.

                       Furniture and Furnishings

       For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation, 
     maintenance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, office and 
     library equipment, $5,415,000.

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the 
     Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount of not 
     more than $198,390, of which $59,300 is for the Congressional 
     Research Service, when specifically authorized by the 
     Librarian of Congress, for attendance at meetings concerned 
     with the function or activity for which the appropriation is 
     made.
       Sec. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
     shall be used by the Library of Congress to administer any 
     flexible or compressed work schedule which--
         (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a position 
     the grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-15; 
     and
         (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to not be 
     at work for all or a portion of a workday because of time 
     worked by the manager or supervisor on another workday.
       (b) For purposes of this section, the term ``manager or 
     supervisor'' means any management official or supervisor, as 
     such terms are defined in section 7103(a)(10) and (11) of 
     title 5, United States Code.
       Sec. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library of 
     Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general and 
     administrative overhead costs generated by performing 
     reimbursable work for other agencies under the authority of 
     31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used to employ more than 
     65 employees and may be expended or obligated--
       (1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such extent or 
     in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts; or
       (2) in the case of an advance payment, only--
       (A) to pay for such general or administrative overhead 
     costs as are attributable to the work performed for such 
     agency; or
       (B) to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in 
     appropriations Acts, with respect to any purpose not 
     allowable under subparagraph (A).
       Sec. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Library of 
     Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, 
     on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in 
     connection with official representation and reception 
     expenses for the incentive awards program.
       Sec. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library of 
     Congress in this Act, not more than $12,000 may be expended, 
     on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in 
     connection with official representation and reception 
     expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.
       Sec. 206. (a) For fiscal year 2000, the obligational 
     authority of the Library of Congress for the activities 
     described in subsection (b) may not exceed $98,788,000.
       (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are 
     reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded 
     from sources other than appropriations to the Library in 
     appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.
       Sec. 207. The Library of Congress may use available funds, 
     now and hereafter, to enter into contracts for the lease or 
     acquisition of severable services for a period that begins in 
     one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year and to enter 
     into multi-year contracts for the acquisition of property and 
     services pursuant to sections 303L and 304B, respectively, of 
     the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act (41 
     U.S.C. 253l and 254c).
       Sec. 208. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
     regarding the qualifications and method of appointment of 
     employees of the Library of Congress, the Librarian of 
     Congress, using such method of appointment as the Librarian 
     may select, may appoint not more than three individuals who 
     meet such qualifications as the Librarian may impose to serve 
     as management specialists for a term not to exceed three 
     years.
       (b) No individual appointed as a management specialist 
     under subsection (a) may serve in such position after 
     December 31, 2004.
       Sec. 209. (a) Section 904 of the Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 1983 (2 U.S.C. 136a-2) is amended to read 
     as follows:
       ``Sec. 904. Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
       ``(1) the Librarian of Congress shall be compensated at an 
     annual rate of pay which is equal to the annual rate of basic 
     pay payable for positions at level II of the Executive 
     Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code; 
     and
       ``(2) the Deputy Librarian of Congress shall be compensated 
     at an annual rate of pay which is equal to the annual rate of 
     basic pay payable for positions at level III of the Executive 
     Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States 
     Code.''.
       (b) Section 203(c)(1) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
     of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166(c)(1)) is amended by striking the 
     second sentence and inserting the following: ``The basic pay 
     of the Director shall be at a per annum rate equal to the 
     rate of basic pay provided for level III of the Executive 
     Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States 
     Code.''.
       (c) The amendments made by this section shall apply with 
     respect to the first pay period which begins on or after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act and each subsequent pay 
     period.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

                     structural and mechanical care

       For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
     structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
     buildings and grounds, $17,782,000, of which $5,150,000 shall 
     remain available until expended.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                 Office of Superintendent of Documents

                         salaries and expenses

       For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents 
     necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of 
     Government publications and their distribution to the public, 
     Members of Congress, other Government agencies, and 
     designated depository and international exchange libraries as 
     authorized by law, $29,986,000: Provided, That travel 
     expenses, including travel expenses of the Depository Library 
     Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed $175,000: 
     Provided further, That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 
     from current year appropriations are authorized for producing 
     and disseminating Congressional serial sets and other related 
     publications for 1998 and 1999 to depository and other 
     designated libraries.

               Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

       The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make 
     such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 
     in accord with the law, and to make such contracts and 
     commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
     provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as 
     may be necessary in carrying out the programs and purposes 
     set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for the 
     Government Printing Office revolving fund: Provided, That not 
     more than $2,500 may be expended on the certification of the 
     Public Printer in connection with official representation and 
     reception expenses: Provided further, That the revolving fund 
     shall be available for the hire or purchase of not more than 
     twelve passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, That 
     expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the 
     advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed 
     necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United 
     States Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall 
     be available for temporary or intermittent services under 
     section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 
     for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the 
     annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive 
     Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided further, 
     That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the 
     headings ``Office of Superintendent of Documents'' and 
     ``salaries and expenses''

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     together may not be available for the full-time equivalent 
     employment of more than 3,313 workyears (or such other number 
     of workyears as the Public Printer may request, subject to 
     the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives): Provided further, 
     That activities financed through the revolving fund may 
     provide information in any format: Provided further, That the 
     revolving fund shall not be used to administer any flexible 
     or compressed work schedule which applies to any manager or 
     supervisor in a position the grade or level of which is equal 
     to or higher than GS-15: Provided further, That expenses for 
     attendance at meetings shall not exceed $75,000.

                        Administrative Provision

       Sec. 210. (a) Section 311 of title 44, United States Code, 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 
     3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5) shall apply with 
     respect to purchases and contracts for the Government 
     Printing Office as if the reference to `$25,000' in clause 
     (1) of such section were a reference to `$100,000'.''.
       (b) The heading of section 311 of title 44, United States 
     Code, is amended by striking ``authority'' and inserting 
     ``authority; small purchase threshold''.
       (c) The table of sections for chapter 3 of title 44, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to 
     section 311 and inserting the following:

``311. Purchases exempt from the Federal Property and Administrative 
              Services Act; contract negotiation authority; small 
              purchase threshold.''.

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, 
     including not more than $7,000 to be expended on the 
     certification of the Comptroller General of the United States 
     in connection with official representation and reception 
     expenses; temporary or intermittent services under section 
     3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
     individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual 
     rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
     under section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor 
     vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance 
     with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits comparable to those payable 
     under sections 901(5), 901(6), and 901(8) of the Foreign 
     Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6), and 
     4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller 
     General of the United States, rental of living quarters in 
     foreign countries, $372,681,000: Provided, That 
     notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed 
     to the Comptroller General pursuant to that section shall be 
     deposited to the appropriation of the General Accounting 
     Office then available and remain available until expended, 
     and not more than $1,400,000 of such funds shall be available 
     for use in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That this 
     appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses 
     of any other department or agency which is a member of the 
     Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) shall 
     be available to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP costs 
     as determined by the JFMIP, including the salary of the 
     Executive Director and secretarial support: Provided further, 
     That this appropriation and appropriations for administrative 
     expenses of any other department or agency which is a member 
     of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional 
     Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to finance 
     an appropriate share of either Forum's costs as determined by 
     the respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of 
     non-Federal participants. Payments hereunder to either Forum 
     or the JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements to any 
     appropriation from which costs involved are initially 
     financed: Provided further, That this appropriation and 
     appropriations for administrative expenses of any other 
     department or agency which is a member of the American 
     Consortium on International Public Administration (ACIPA) 
     shall be available to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA 
     costs as determined by the ACIPA, including any expenses 
     attributable to membership of ACIPA in the International 
     Institute of Administrative Sciences.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
     shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 
     vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may 
     be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities 
     for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee on 
     House Administration and for the Senate issued by the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
       Sec. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
     shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2000 
     unless expressly so provided in this Act.
       Sec. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position not 
     specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 
     is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or 
     designation of any office or position appropriated for is 
     different from that specifically established by such Act, the 
     rate of compensation and the designation in this Act shall be 
     the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, That the 
     provisions in this Act for the various items of official 
     expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate 
     and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and 
     Members of the House of Representatives shall be the 
     permanent law with respect thereto.
       Sec. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
     pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those 
     contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 
     record and available for public inspection, except where 
     otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
     Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
       Sec. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the 
     greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products 
     purchased with funds made available in this Act should be 
     American-made.
       (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into 
     any contract with, any entity using funds made available in 
     this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest 
     extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice 
     describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the 
     Congress.
       (c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal 
     agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing 
     a ``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with 
     the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the 
     United States that is not made in the United States, such 
     person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or 
     subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, 
     pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
     procedures described in section 9.400 through 9.409 of title 
     48, Code of Federal Regulations.
       Sec. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated to 
     the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of 
     Public Law 104-1 to pay awards and settlements as authorized 
     under such subsection.
       Sec. 307. Amounts available for administrative expenses of 
     any legislative branch entity which participates in the 
     Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) 
     established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available 
     to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs as determined 
     by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared 
     among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 
     allocations among the entities as the entities may determine) 
     may not exceed $1,500.
       Sec. 308. Section 308 of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-275; 112 Stat. 2452) 
     is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``(40 U.S.C. 174j-
     1(b)(1))'' and inserting ``(40 U.S.C. 174j-1 note)'';
       (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``(40 U.S.C. 174j-
     1(c))'' and inserting ``(40 U.S.C. 174j-1 note)''; and
       (3) in subsection (d), by striking ``(40 U.S.C. 174j-
     1(e))'' and inserting ``(40 U.S.C. 174j-1 note)''.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 2000''.

  The CHAIRMAN. Are there any points of order against the bill?


                             Point of Order

  Mr. NEY. Mr. Chairman, I raise a point of order against section 107 
on page 18, line 19 through page 19, line 15 of H.R. 1905, on the 
ground that this provision changes existing law in violation of clause 
2 of House rule XXI and therefore is legislation included in a general 
appropriations bill.
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Chairman, I wish to be heard on the point 
of order.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
California.
  Mr. FARR of California. Mr. Chairman, I object to the high-handedness 
of my colleagues of the other party who have no qualms at all about 
including in this bill 30, 30 provisions that legislate on the 
appropriations bill. Thirty.
  Were any of these 30 items subject to a point of order? My colleague 
just made only one of them, only one of them, a point of order. Just 
mine, just the recycling program.
  Mr. Chairman, if this House truly believes that the rules ought to 
apply to everyone, then I want to know why the Committee on Rules 
singled this one out. This provision was adopted in a bipartisan 
fashion in the committee. My colleagues did not treat the other 30 
provisions like they treated this.
  The real reason that they are singling this out is they do not like 
it, they do not want to do recycling. They should tell the world they 
do not want it, that they do not want to bother with the program.
  So they certainly kind of found a way to pervert the process so they 
did

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not have to get into the issue, by raising a point of order.
  There are not only 30 provisions in this bill that they are about to 
vote on that legislate on appropriations, there are eight items that 
actually change existing law. None of these were subject to a point of 
order, just one.
  I do not think this point of order has merit, and I would hope the 
chairman would see it as a sham and reject it.
  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Are there other Members who want to be 
heard on the point of order?
  If not, the Chair will rule.
  The gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Ney) makes a point of order that the 
provision beginning on page 18, line 19 and ending on page 19, line 15 
changes existing law in violation of clause 2(b) and rule XXI.
  Among other legislative prescriptions, the provision mandates 
compliance by each Member and employing office of the House of 
Representatives with the Architect of the Capitol's Office Waste 
Recycling Program.
  The provision changes existing law in violation of clause 2(b) of 
rule XXI. Accordingly, the point of order is sustained, and section 107 
is stricken from the bill.
  No amendment shall be in order except the amendment printed in House 
Report 106-165, the amendment printed in section 2 of House Resolution 
190, and pro forma amendments offered by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Appropriations, or their designees, 
for the purpose of debate.
  The amendment printed in the report may be offered only by a Member 
designated in the report and the amendment printed in section 2 of the 
resolution may be offered only by a Member designated in section 2. 
Each amendment shall be considered read, debatable for 20 minutes, 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall 
not be subject to amendment and shall not be subject to a demand for 
division of the question.
  The Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may postpone a request for 
a recorded vote on any amendment and may reduce to a minimum of 5 
minutes the time for voting on any postponed question that immediately 
follows another vote, provided that the time for voting on the first 
question shall be a minimum of 15 minutes.
  After a motion that the committee rise has been rejected on a 
legislative day, the Chairman may entertain another such motion on that 
day only if offered by the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations 
or the majority leader or their designee.
  After a motion to strike out the enacting words of the bill has been 
rejected, the Chairman may not entertain another such motion during 
further consideration of the bill.


                     Amendment Offered by Mr. Camp

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

  Amendment offered by Mr. Camp:

       Page 10, insert after line 9 the following (and redesignate 
     the succeeding sections accordingly):
       Sec. 104. (a) Requiring Amounts Remaining in Members' 
     Representational Allowance To Be Used For Deficit Reduction 
     or to Reduce the Federal Debt.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
     ``HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--Members' 
     Representational Allowances'' shall be available only for 
     fiscal year 2000. Any amount remaining after all payments are 
     made under such allowances for fiscal year 2000 shall be 
     deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, 
     if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments 
     have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner 
     as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
       (b) Publication.--After each session of Congress or other 
     period for which the amounts described in subsection (a) are 
     made available, there shall be published in the Congressional 
     Record a statement showing, with respect to such session or 
     period, the amount deposited with respect to each Member 
     under subsection (a) and the total deposited with respect to 
     all Members.
       (c) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of 
     the House of Representatives shall have authority to 
     prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
       (d) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``Member 
     of the House of Representatives'' means a Representative in, 
     or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.

  The CHAIRMAN pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 190, the 
gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Camp) and a Member opposed each will 
control 10 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Camp).
  Mr. CAMP. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, before I begin, I first want to thank my good friend 
from North Carolina (Mr. Taylor), the chairman of the subcommittee, for 
understanding the importance of this amendment. I also want to thank 
the Committee on Rules and its chairman, the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Dreier), for allowing me to bring this important amendment before 
the House today.
  The amendment simply requires that unspent office funds be used for 
deficit or debt reduction. I believe that many Members are now familiar 
with this commonsense amendment that former Congressman Dick Zimmer and 
I first proposed back in 1991. In 1995, a similar amendment was 
approved on the House floor by an overwhelming margin of 403 to 21. In 
1996 and 1997, it was accepted on the floor by the committee chairman. 
Last year the committee brought the bill to the House floor with this 
provision already incorporated into the bill.
  Mr. Chairman, I believe that this amendment will ensure Members of 
Congress can demonstrate their personal commitment to a balanced 
budget. This amendment requires any unspent office funds at the end of 
the year be used for debt, or if a deficit exists, for deficit 
reduction. It also requires that specific amounts returned by each 
office be printed annually in the Congressional Record. This has been 
an incentive for Members to do the best they can with taxpayers' 
dollars, to be innovative, just as the private sector continues to be.
  I thank the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Taylor) again for 
considering the Camp-Roemer-Upton amendment, and I urge all Members to 
support the amendment and the bill.
  Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in opposition, and I yield 
5 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Roemer).
  Mr. ROEMER. Mr. Chairman, I thank my good friend from Arizona (Mr. 
Pastor), and obviously as a cosponsor of the amendment, I am not 
opposed to the amendment but wanted to get 5 minutes to speak in favor 
of it.
  Mr. Chairman, I read a book in college a long time ago called the 
Dance of Legislation, and it was written by an intern that was up here 
getting experience on Capitol Hill as the pages that were just in the 
House well, and he tracked a bill through Congress, and it was a little 
bill that he thought made a big difference in the way that he could 
explain in this book the legislative process.
  Similarly before us today, we have a big bill that spends a 
considerable amount of money to my taxpayers in Indiana, back home 
where I am born and raised, where we can make a big difference with 
individual decisions that we make in our offices with our Member 
representational allowances, or MRAs.
  This bill that the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Camp) and the 
gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton) and I have worked on for 8 years 
now allows us in our offices to work as an American family does when 
they are trying to balance their budgets at the kitchen tables in 
LaPorte, Indiana; Wakarusa, Indiana; Goshen, Indiana; as a small 
business struggles to make its decisions meet at the year's end, so 
that they have a balanced budget. This bill allows us as Members of 
Congress to function as the American people do across this great 
country.
  Before we got this bill passed several years ago, if a Member worked 
all year long not to do newsletters, not to subscribe to a certain 
number of magazines, not to initiate letters to their constituents, 
that money they saved would simply go back and be reprogrammed and re-
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maybe other Members. This small bill makes a big difference in that it 
allows us, when we work hard all year long to save money on newsletters 
or not initiating hundreds of mass mailings to our constituents, and we 
save that money; this bill, this amendment, allows that money to go to 
the Treasury to be reprogrammed, not to be re-spent, but to be spent 
toward the national debt.
  The National Taxpayers Union has said now this is not just a little 
difference. If each Member on average only spends about 89 percent of 
their allowance, we have tens of millions of dollars saved by this 
amendment. Tens of millions of dollars; that is a lot of money in 
Indiana, that is a lot of money to my constituents, and if a Member 
works hard all year long to save that money, they should be able to 
have that go to the national debt or deficit reduction rather than be 
re-spent on another Member's mail.

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  I am proud to have worked in a bipartisan way with my friend from the 
Midwest, the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Camp), and the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Upton), right next door to me, to show this good 
Midwestern common sense and a working relationship between Democrats 
and Republicans. This amendment is sponsored and supported by the 
National Taxpayers Union, Citizens Against Government Waste, Taxpayers 
for Common Sense, Citizens for a Sound Economy and the Concord 
Coalition. So I urge bipartisan support of this bipartisan amendment.
  Mr. CAMP. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I want to thank the gentleman from Indiana for his 
comments and for his leadership over the years on this issue. He very 
eloquently stated how this gives each individual Member an incentive to 
do the right thing, to be innovative, to take responsibility. The old 
adage ``you better spend all your budget or you won't get it next 
year'' is proven untrue with this proposal.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to my good friend and colleague, the 
gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Upton).
  Mr. UPTON. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this bipartisan, common 
sense amendment. I applaud the efforts of not only our cosponsors, but 
certainly the leadership shown by my good friend the gentleman from 
Michigan (Mr. Camp) and the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Roemer) as 
well. This has been a good effort, where we have succeeded before.
  There are 13 different spending bills. As we ask others to tighten 
their belts, they first look to the Congress too. We want to lead by 
example.
  I know that there has not been a year that I have been here that I 
have spent all the money that has been allocated to my office. It would 
be a crime to know that that money was reprogrammed without my wishes 
or goes to some other member who might have overspent their budget. 
That is not right. When I do not spend money, I want it to go back to 
where it came from, the Treasury. I want it to benefit the taxpayers of 
this country, to reduce the debt. That is what this amendment does.
  At one point in my life I had the chance to work for the Office of 
Management and Budget. I tell you, when I worked there under David 
Stockman, my predecessor in the Congress, we were able to see the 
Reagan Administration push through a law here in the Congress that 
really looked at what the agencies did with their own budgets, because 
as we looked at their spending, often in September, before the end of 
the fiscal year, all of a sudden they would have a gigantic leap in 
their funds. All of a sudden they would see they were not going to 
spend all of their money and there were just tremendous outlays and 
purchases that they made to spend all their money.
  Guess what? We put a stop to that. We put an amendment forward that 
was adopted that slowed down the purchases at the end of the fiscal 
year so in fact if they did save money, that money was not 
reprogrammed, but it went to reduce at that point the debt and the 
deficit.
  That is what this amendment accomplishes. What this amendment says is 
that we in the Congress, all of the Members here, through our accounts 
are going to spend more than $413 million.
  The gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Roemer) was right. The average 
Members only spend about 90 percent of their budget. Figure out the 
math. That is tens of millions, tens of millions of dollars each year 
that we can return to the Treasury. We can not only feel good about 
that, but it actually does make a dent in reducing the debt.
  I would ask all of my colleagues to support this amendment. It makes 
sense to most of the Members here, certainly to the groups like the 
National Taxpayers Union and others. It is bipartisan. Clearly we can 
work together. It is a good idea.
  Mr. CAMP. Mr. Chairman, I yield 15 seconds to the gentleman from 
North Carolina (Mr. Taylor), the chairman of the subcommittee.
  Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. Mr. Chairman, this amendment or some 
variation has been included for the past several years in the bill. We 
accept the amendment and we commend the three gentleman for offering it 
tonight.
  Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I want to commend the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. 
Roemer). In the spirit of the subcommittee working in a bipartisan 
manner, you have another example of the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. 
Roemer) working with the Republican side to get a bipartisan amendment 
that has been accepted by the chairman.
  I also happen to have read the same book and I was inspired by the 
same book. My expectation, Mr. Chairman, was taking this simple bill, 
the simplest bill of 13 appropriation bills, and maybe writing about 
this legislation and developing a small booklet so that these pages 
could be taken home. But after the different dance steps I have learned 
in the last couple of days and most recently the last couple of hours, 
I am about to finish filing Number 1.
  Mr. HILL of Indiana. Mr. Chairman, I rise to support this amendment 
because it allows Congress to lead by example.
  Members who are frugal and able to return a portion of their office 
allowances should have the right to designate unspent office funds for 
deficit reduction or to pay down the national debt.
  This amendment ensures that unspent Congressional office funds are 
returned directly to the U.S. Treasury rather than accumulating in a 
contingency fund for the leadership.
  Mr. Chairman, our national debt now stands at more than 5.6 trillion 
dollars. The interest payments on this debt are the government's second 
highest budget expenditure.
  One of the best things we can do for our country right now is pay off 
our debts. As our government stops borrowing so much money, there will 
be more money at lower interest rates for the American people.
  I suggest we pass this amendment so that unspent office funds 
contribute to economically strengthening our nation.
  Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. CAMP. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Camp).
  The amendment was agreed to.


               Amendment Offered by Mr. Young of Florida

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

       Amendment offered by Mr. Young of Florida:
       On Page 38 before line 4 add the following new section:
       Sec.   . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
     appropriations under this Act for the following agencies and 
     activities are reduced by the following respective amounts: 
     House of Representatives, Salaries and Expenses, $29,135,000, 
     from which the following accounts are to be reduced by the 
     following amounts:
       House Leadership Offices, $142,000;
       Members' Representational Allowances Including Members' 
     Clerk Hire, Official Expenses of Members, and Official Mail, 
     $28,297,000;
       Committee on Appropriations, $213,000;

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       Salaries, Officers and Employees, $483,000 to be derived 
     from other authorized employees;
       Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and Grounds, 
     Capitol Buildings, Salaries and Expenses, $1,465,000;
       Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and Grounds, 
     House Office Buildings, $3,400,000;
       Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and Grounds, 
     Capitol Power Plant, $4,400,000;
       Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, 
     Salaries and Expenses, $315,000;
       Government Printing Office, Congressional Printing and 
     Binding, $4,147,000;
       Library of Congress, Salaries and Expenses, $685,000;
       Library of Congress, Furniture and Furnishings, $5,415,000;
       Architect of the Capitol, Library Buildings and Grounds, 
     Structural and Mechanical Care, $3,372,000; and
       General Accounting Office, Salaries and Expenses, 
     $1,500,000:
       Provided, That the amount reduced under House of 
     Representatives, House Leadership Offices, shall be 
     distributed among the various leadership offices as approved 
     by the Committee on Appropriations:
       Provided further, That the amount to remain available under 
     the heading Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and 
     Grounds, Capitol Buildings, Salaries and Exchanges, is 
     reduced by $1,465,000; the amount to remain available under 
     the heading Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and 
     Grounds, House Office Building, is reduced by $3,400,000; and 
     the amount to remain available under the heading Architect of 
     the Capitol, Library Buildings and Grounds, Structural and 
     Mechanical Care, is reduced by $4,000,000.

  The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to House Resolution 190, the gentleman from 
Florida (Mr. Young) and a Member opposed each will control 10 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young).
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I plan to not consume much time, because most of the 
debate today has been about this amendment as opposed to the bill 
itself, so I think everyone pretty much understands what the amendment 
does. I would be happy to respond to any questions if someone has 
specific questions.
  Mr. Chairman, I wanted to say to the gentleman from North Carolina 
(Chairman Taylor) that he has done a really fine job on this bill. I 
was able to spend some time with the gentleman as he went through this 
process, and this is his first time as chairman of this subcommittee. 
He has done a really good job.
  The gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Pastor) has been an able partner all 
the way through the process. It was a real joy to watch them as they 
presented this bill to the Committee on Appropriations. In a very 
friendly and very nonpartisan-bipartisan way, the committee took their 
recommendations, and we have the bill before us.
  This amendment does create a little difference of opinion on the bill 
because it makes reductions. It makes reduction of a total of $54 
million out of this bill. Most of the cuts hit practically all of the 
accounts in the bill, and the one major reduction in this amendment has 
to do with Members' representational allowances, the funds that are 
made available to Members to conduct the affairs of their Congressional 
office.
  I want to congratulate and compliment, and I hope people will listen 
to this, the Members of this House because, Mr. Chairman, here is a 
table that shows how much each Member used and actually spent of their 
representational allowance in the last year.
  Mr. Chairman, I am proud to report that of our 435 Members, 420 of 
our colleagues in this House did not spend all of the money allocated 
to them by this legislative appropriations bill. So they practiced 
fiscal restraint. Some were more restrained than others, but they have 
different responsibilities in their districts and in their 
Congressional offices. But the House has done a good job in keeping 
these expenditures down.
  Mr. Chairman, the reduction that this amendment makes, in my opinion, 
is not going to cause any great harm. As a matter of fact, it is very 
compatible with the amendment just adopted that says the surplus in 
these funds not spent would go to pay down the national debt. Well, the 
effect is basically the same here. The only thing is we take it up 
front rather than at the end of the process.
  By taking it up front, let me report this good news to my colleagues, 
and I hope they will listen to this as well, after having spent about 
four days on two appropriations bills on the floor and having great 
debate over this amendment and one amendment on the agriculture bill, I 
am happy to report to all of my colleagues that after all of that 
straining and working, we will, upon adoption of this amendment, have 
saved $156 million to apply toward that $17 billion number we are 
trying to get to. So with the adoption of this amendment, we only have 
$16,850,000,000 to go in order to arrive where we have to arrive in 
order to stay within the budget cap that all of us have said is exactly 
what we are going to do.

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  So, Mr. Chairman, I hope we can expedite the consideration of this 
amendment and get on to passing this bill.
  Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN. Does any Member rise in opposition?
  Mr. PASTOR. I rise in opposition, Mr. Speaker.
  The CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Pastor) is recognized 
for 5 minutes in opposition to the amendment.
  Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Chairman, they tell me that reasonable men will differ, and being 
reasonable, I am sure that we will have some differences. I do, but 
first before I point out the differences, I would like to also commend 
the gentleman from Florida (Chairman Young).
  In the way he treats our membership in the two bills that have been 
reported out, agriculture and now the leg branch, he has done it in a 
very bipartisan manner, and I want to commend him for the fairness with 
which he has dealt with our side. He has been a very fair gentleman. I 
want to commend him on that.
  I asked someone to look at the figure of the reduction, which is 
approximately about $28 million, and the reduction of the MRA account. 
It runs about $60,000 to $65,000 per Member. We believe that that cut, 
which will affect our staff, is too drastic.
  When asked to cut this bill in a bipartisan manner, we offered $12 
million, even though we knew it was going to be hard. We were told it 
was not enough, so we offered another amount of dollars that totalled 
$30 million. That was not enough.
  We feel that the additional approximately $30 million is too much and 
will affect the effectiveness of our offices, especially in the ability 
to make sure that our employees, who work long hours, they work very 
hard, will be treated like other employees in the House and the Federal 
government and will be able to receive a fair cost of living 
adjustment.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. PASTOR. I yield to the gentleman from Wisconsin.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. Chairman, I would like to say that for the vast majority of us on 
this side of the aisle, our concern is not with the amount that is cut. 
Our concern is where those cuts fall.
  I honestly believe, as the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Pastor) has 
said, the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations is a very fair-
minded and balanced person. I think that if the committee had been 
allowed to work out on a bipartisan basis where these cuts were made, 
we could have come up with a far more equitable distribution than the 
one that is before us tonight.
  I would also say that I think the leadership on both sides has an 
obligation to treat rank and file Members the way they would like to be 
treated themselves. That has not happened in the way these cuts have 
been laid out tonight.
  I would make one other point. If we compare the salaries that are 
paid to staff persons for rank and file Members of the House versus 
salaries paid to persons with those same responsibilities in the 
Senate, Members will see

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that on average the Senate pays people for those same salaries about 20 
percent more for a legislative director or a legislative assistant and 
for other positions of high responsibility.
  I think there are severe implications to that differential that do 
not adequately represent the interests of this body, and I would urge 
that when these actions are taken, that we remember the context in 
which they are taken. Because if we do not do that, we are asking our 
staff members to make sacrifices that are not being asked of other 
staffers, and in many cases are not being asked of ourselves.
  Mr. PASTOR. Mr. Chairman, I would ask that every Member of this House 
who knows his or her staff the best give some thought to see how this 
amendment would affect their personal staff, and realize that the 
impact and the hardship will be borne by the men and women that we 
bring up here. We ask them to work hard, and they deserve a better 
break.
  Mr. Chairman, I would ask opposition to this amendment, and I yield 
back the balance of my time.
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Chairman, I would simply ask the Members to support this 
amendment, and then to support the bill. Before I yield back, Mr. 
Chairman, I wonder if I could invite my friend, my colleague, and the 
ranking member, the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey), to meet me at 
the well halfway.
  Mr. Chairman, we are very unhappy that we had to disappoint the 
gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) and Mrs. Obey on the planned 
celebration of their 37th wedding anniversary, so we on the majority 
side have provided this handmade card to my friend, the gentleman from 
Wisconsin (Mr. Obey), to him and Joan in recognition of their 37th 
anniversary, signed by the gentleman's colleagues on the other side.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. I yield to the gentleman from Wisconsin.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairman. Let me simply say that 
I am not the only Member of the House tonight trying to celebrate his 
anniversary. One other Member has come up to me with the same problem.
  I would simply thank my colleagues on the other side, and say that I 
hope this is a demonstration of the fact that we can fight over 
substance but still get along as friends.
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Chairman, I ask for a vote on the 
amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the 
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young).
  The amendment was agreed to.
  The CHAIRMAN. Under the rule, the Committee rises.
  Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. 
Upton) having assumed the chair, Mr. Hansen, Chairman of the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, reported that that 
Committee, having had under consideration the bill (H.R. 1905) making 
appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, pursuant to House 
Resolution 190, he reported the bill back to the House with sundry 
amendments adopted by the Committee of the Whole.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the rule, the previous question is 
ordered.
  Is a separate vote demanded on any amendment? If not, the Chair will 
put them en gros.
  The amendments were agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on engrossment and third 
reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read the third time, and was 
read the third time.


                 Motion to Recommit Offered by Mr. Obey

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

       Mr. Obey moves to recommit the bill H.R. 1905 to the 
     Committee on Appropriations with instructions that the bill 
     not be reported back if it does not reduce the bill by an 
     amount at least equal to the average reduction required 
     pursuant to the budget 302(b) allocation process for all 
     domestic discretionary programs, including veterans medical 
     care, elementary and secondary education, student financial 
     assistance, biomedical research, law enforcement, 
     transportation safety, and environmental protection; and 
     shall make equal reductions in accounts for members' offices, 
     leadership offices, and committees.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey) is 
recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I think the motion speaks for itself. I will 
simply again re-read the language so that the Members understand what 
the motion contains.
  It simply recommits the bill back to the committee with instructions 
that the bill not be reported if it does not reduce the bill by an 
amount at least equal to the average reduction required pursuant to the 
budget 302(b) allocation process for all domestic discretionary 
programs, including veterans' medical care, elementary and secondary 
education, student financial assistance, biomedical research, law 
enforcement, transportation safety, and environmental protection, and 
it requires that when the bill does come back, it also makes equal 
reductions in accounts for Members' offices, leadership offices, and 
the committees, rather than having the full internal cost of these 
reductions fall only on the office of rank and file Members.

                              {time}  2320

  If this is adopted, it would make sure that this bill does not get 
out of the gate before we actually see the hole card and know how much 
people are going to be asking us to cut veterans, to cut education 
programs and other programs of serious concern to our constituents.
  It would be eminently fair to both our constituents and to the rank 
and file Members of this House and most importantly fair to the people 
who work for those rank and file Members.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Upton). Does the gentleman from North 
Carolina (Mr. Taylor) rise in opposition to the motion to recommit?
  Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. I do, Mr. Speaker.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. 
Taylor) is recognized for 5 minutes.
  Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, there is no dollar amount 
connected with this amendment. The amendment kills the bill. I am going 
to work with the gentleman from California (Mr. Farr) in certain areas 
that he brought up. We support the amendment of the gentleman from 
Florida (Mr. Young) and the work that he has done.
  So I would urge my colleagues to oppose and vote against the motion 
to recommit.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the previous question is 
ordered on the motion to recommit.
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion to recommit.
  The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that 
the noes appeared to have it.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the ground that a 
quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum is not 
present.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Evidently a quorum is not present.
  The Sergeant at Arms will notify absent Members.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 198, 
nays 214, not voting 23, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 202]

                               YEAS--198

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baird
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Costello

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     Coyne
     Cramer
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Deutsch
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Dooley
     Doyle
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Gordon
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hill (IN)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hoeffel
     Holden
     Holt
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Inslee
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Larson
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Mascara
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McIntyre
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Miller, George
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Phelps
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schakowsky
     Scott
     Serrano
     Sherman
     Shows
     Sisisky
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Towns
     Traficant
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn

                               NAYS--214

     Aderholt
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Brady (TX)
     Bryant
     Burr
     Burton
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Cox
     Crane
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     DeMint
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doggett
     Doolittle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Granger
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill (MT)
     Hobson
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hulshof
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Isakson
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Kelly
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kuykendall
     LaHood
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas (OK)
     Manzullo
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McKeon
     McKinney
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Morella
     Myrick
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Ose
     Packard
     Paul
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Schaffer
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Skeen
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stump
     Sununu
     Sweeney
     Talent
     Tancredo
     Tauzin
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Thune
     Tiahrt
     Toomey
     Upton
     Vitter
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                             NOT VOTING--23

     Bentsen
     Bono
     Brown (CA)
     Buyer
     Clay
     Conyers
     Cooksey
     Graham
     Green (TX)
     Hilleary
     Kasich
     Kennedy
     Largent
     Lofgren
     Luther
     Martinez
     Millender-McDonald
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Oxley
     Rangel
     Roukema
     Shuster

                              {time}  2341

  So the motion to recommit was rejected.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Upton). The question is on the passage 
of the bill.
  Pursuant to clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 214, 
nays 197, not voting 24, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 203]

                               YEAS--214

     Abercrombie
     Archer
     Armey
     Bachus
     Baker
     Ballenger
     Barr
     Barrett (NE)
     Bartlett
     Barton
     Bass
     Bateman
     Bereuter
     Biggert
     Bilbray
     Bilirakis
     Bliley
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Brady (TX)
     Bryant
     Burr
     Burton
     Callahan
     Calvert
     Camp
     Campbell
     Canady
     Cannon
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chambliss
     Chenoweth
     Coble
     Coburn
     Collins
     Combest
     Cook
     Cox
     Cramer
     Crane
     Cubin
     Cunningham
     Davis (VA)
     Deal
     DeLay
     DeMint
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dickey
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Ehrlich
     Emerson
     English
     Everett
     Ewing
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Forbes
     Fossella
     Fowler
     Franks (NJ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Gallegly
     Ganske
     Gekas
     Gibbons
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gilman
     Goodlatte
     Goodling
     Goss
     Granger
     Green (WI)
     Greenwood
     Gutknecht
     Hansen
     Hastert
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Herger
     Hill (MT)
     Hobson
     Hoeffel
     Hoekstra
     Horn
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hunter
     Hutchinson
     Hyde
     Isakson
     Istook
     Jenkins
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (NC)
     Kelly
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kuykendall
     LaHood
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Lazio
     Leach
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     LoBiondo
     Lucas (OK)
     Manzullo
     Mascara
     McCollum
     McCrery
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntosh
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     Metcalf
     Mica
     Miller (FL)
     Miller, Gary
     Moran (KS)
     Morella
     Myrick
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nussle
     Ose
     Packard
     Pease
     Peterson (PA)
     Petri
     Pickering
     Pitts
     Pombo
     Porter
     Portman
     Pryce (OH)
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Ramstad
     Regula
     Reynolds
     Riley
     Rogan
     Rogers
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Ryun (KS)
     Salmon
     Sanford
     Saxton
     Scarborough
     Sensenbrenner
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Sherwood
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Skeen
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Souder
     Spence
     Stearns
     Stump
     Sununu
     Sweeney
     Talent
     Tancredo
     Tauzin
     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Toomey
     Traficant
     Upton
     Vitter
     Walden
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Watkins
     Watts (OK)
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Whitfield
     Wicker
     Wilson
     Wolf
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                               NAYS--197

     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baird
     Baldacci
     Baldwin
     Barcia
     Barrett (WI)
     Becerra
     Berkley
     Berman
     Berry
     Bishop
     Blagojevich
     Blumenauer
     Bonior
     Borski
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Brady (PA)
     Brown (FL)
     Brown (OH)
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Carson
     Clayton
     Clement
     Clyburn
     Condit
     Costello
     Coyne
     Crowley
     Cummings
     Danner
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     Dingell
     Dixon
     Doggett
     Dooley
     Edwards
     Engel
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Farr
     Fattah
     Filner
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Frost
     Gejdenson
     Gephardt
     Gonzalez
     Goode
     Gordon
     Gutierrez
     Hall (OH)
     Hall (TX)
     Hastings (FL)
     Hill (IN)
     Hilliard
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Holden
     Holt
     Hooley
     Hoyer
     Hulshof
     Inslee
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     John
     Johnson, E. B.
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     Kind (WI)
     Kleczka
     Klink
     Kucinich
     LaFalce
     Lampson
     Lantos
     Larson
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (GA)
     Lipinski
     Lowey
     Lucas (KY)
     Maloney (CT)
     Maloney (NY)
     Markey
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McKinney
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Millender-McDonald
     Miller, George
     Minge
     Mink
     Moakley
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (VA)
     Murtha
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Owens
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Paul
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Peterson (MN)
     Phelps
     Pickett
     Pomeroy
     Price (NC)
     Rahall
     Reyes
     Rivers
     Rodriguez
     Roemer
     Rothman

[[Page 12537]]


     Roybal-Allard
     Rush
     Sabo
     Sanchez
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Sawyer
     Schaffer
     Schakowsky
     Scott
     Serrano
     Shays
     Sherman
     Shows
     Sisisky
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Spratt
     Stabenow
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Tanner
     Tauscher
     Taylor (MS)
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thune
     Thurman
     Tierney
     Turner
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Velazquez
     Vento
     Visclosky
     Waters
     Watt (NC)
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Wexler
     Weygand
     Wise
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn

                             NOT VOTING--24

     Bentsen
     Bono
     Brown (CA)
     Buyer
     Clay
     Conyers
     Cooksey
     Dicks
     Graham
     Green (TX)
     Hilleary
     Kasich
     Kennedy
     Largent
     Lofgren
     Luther
     Martinez
     Neal
     Nethercutt
     Oxley
     Rangel
     Roukema
     Shuster
     Towns

                              {time}  2358

  Mr. METCALF changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So the bill was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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