[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 17401-17414]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2004

  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 311, I call 
up the bill (H.R. 2657) making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other 
purposes, and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of H.R. 2657 is as follows:

                               H.R. 2657

       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 fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes, namely:

               TITLE I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
     $1,014,464,000, as follows:


                        house leadership offices

       For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
     $17,094,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $2,048,000, 
     including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; 
     Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,965,000, including 
     $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office 
     of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,390,000, including $10,000 
     for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
     Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 
     $1,684,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
     Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the 
     Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,259,000, including $5,000 for 
     official expenses of the Minority Whip; Speaker's Office for 
     Legislative Floor Activities, $460,000; Republican Steering 
     Committee, $862,000; Republican Conference, $1,448,000; 
     Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,542,000; 
     Democratic Caucus, $768,000; nine minority employees, 
     $1,380,000; training and program development--majority, 
     $290,000; training and program development--minority, 
     $290,000; Cloakroom Personnel--majority, $354,000; and 
     Cloakroom Personnel--minority, $354,000.

                  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, 
     $514,454,000.

                          Committee Employees

                Standing Committees, Special and Select

       For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special 
     and select, authorized by House resolutions, $106,058,000: 
     Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such 
     salaries and expenses until December 31, 2004.

                      Committee on Appropriations

       For salaries and expenses of the Committee on 
     Appropriations, $24,926,000, 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, 
     2004.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

       For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
     authorized by law, $158,324,000, including: for salaries and 
     expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than 
     $13,000, of which not more than $10,000 is for the Family 
     Room, for official representation and reception expenses, 
     $18,632,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Sergeant at Arms, including the position of Superintendent of 
     Garages, and including not more than $3,000 for official 
     representation and reception expenses, $5,471,000; for 
     salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Administrative Officer, $113,141,000, of which $9,400,000 
     shall remain available until expended; for salaries and 
     expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, $3,847,000; 
     for salaries and expenses of the Office of Emergency 
     Planning, Preparedness and Operations, $5,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the 
     Office of General Counsel, $926,000; for the Office of the 
     Chaplain, $153,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
     of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and 
     $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,560,000; for 
     salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision 
     Counsel of the House, $2,263,000; for salaries and expenses 
     of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 
     $6,233,000; for salaries and expenses of the Corrections 
     Calendar Office, $948,000; and for other authorized 
     employees, $150,000.

                        Allowances and Expenses

       For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
     resolution or law, $193,608,000, including: supplies, 
     materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
     $3,975,000; 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, $188,533,000; and 
     miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, 
     maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, 
     interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of 
     deceased employees of the House, $690,000.

                           Child Care Center

       For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives 
     Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the 
     account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative 
     Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2112), subject to 
     the level specified in the budget of the Center, as submitted 
     to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives.

                        Administrative Provision

       Sec. 101. (a) Requiring Amounts Remaining in Members' 
     Representational Allowances To Be Used for Deficit Reduction 
     or To Reduce the Federal Debt.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
     ``HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--Members' 
     Representational Allowances'' shall be available only for 
     fiscal year 2004. Any amount remaining after all payments are 
     made under such allowances for fiscal year 2004 shall be 
     deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, 
     if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments 
     have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner 
     as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
       (b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of 
     the House of Representatives shall have authority to 
     prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
       (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``Member 
     of the House of Representatives'' means a Representative in, 
     or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
       Sec. 102. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
     provide supplemental dental or vision health insurance 
     benefits for Members and employees of the House of 
     Representatives.

                              JOINT ITEMS

       For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

       For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
     $3,805,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

       For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
     Taxation, $8,112,000, to be disbursed by the Chief 
     Administrative Officer of the House.
       For other joint items, as follows:

                   Office of the Attending Physician

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

           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

       For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and 
     Special Services Office, $3,511,000, to be disbursed by the 
     Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such 
     amount may be used to employ more than 58

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     individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board 
     is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than 
     two additional individuals for not more than 120 days each, 
     and not more than 10 additional individuals for not more than 
     6 months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.

                      Statements of Appropriations

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

                             CAPITOL POLICE

                                Salaries

       For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including 
     overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Government 
     contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and 
     other applicable employee benefits, $189,913,000, to be 
     disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee.

                            General Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 
     motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, security 
     equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, 
     materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 
     stenographic services, personal and professional services, 
     the employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 
     communication services, travel advances, relocation of 
     instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law 
     Enforcement Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be 
     expended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol 
     Police in connection with official representation and 
     reception expenses, $21,917,000, of which $1,745,000 shall 
     remain available until expended, to be disbursed by the Chief 
     of the Capitol Police or his designee: Provided, That, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic 
     training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law 
     Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 2004 shall be 
     paid by the Secretary of Homeland Security from funds 
     available to the Department of Homeland Security.

                        Administrative Provision


                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 1001. Transfer Authority.--Amounts appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2004 for the Capitol Police may be transferred 
     between the headings ``salaries'' and ``general expenses'' 
     upon the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives.

                          OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as 
     authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability 
     Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,255,000, of which $304,700 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2005: Provided, 
     That the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance may 
     have the authority, within the limits of available 
     appropriations, to dispose of surplus or obsolete personal 
     property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of the 
     Congressional Budget Office, including not more than $3,000 
     to be expended on the certification of the Director of the 
     Congressional Budget Office in connection with official 
     representation and reception expenses, $33,820,000: Provided, 
     That no part of such amount may be used for the purchase or 
     hire of a passenger motor vehicle.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         General Administration

       For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 
     personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for 
     surveys and studies in connection with activities under the 
     care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary 
     expenses for the general and administrative support of the 
     operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 
     Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate 
     and House office buildings, and other facilities under the 
     jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 
     furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 
     $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to 
     be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; for 
     purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation of a 
     passenger motor vehicle, $84,513,000, of which $11,660,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2008.

                            Capitol Building

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the Capitol, $23,307,000, of which $7,863,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2008.

                            Capitol Grounds

       For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of 
     grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office 
     buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $6,886,000, of which 
     $585,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2008.

                         House Office Buildings

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the House office buildings, $54,564,000, of 
     which $19,498,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2008.

                          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, $81,543,000, of which $36,652,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, 
     That not more than $4,400,000 of the funds credited or to be 
     reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be 
     available for obligation during fiscal year 2004.

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

       For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
     structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
     buildings and grounds, $34,750,000, of which $16,877,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2008.

                  Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds

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

                             Botanic Garden

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, 
     grounds, and collections; and purchase and exchange, 
     maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor 
     vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on 
     the Library, $6,062,000, of which $25,000 shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That this 
     appropriation shall not be available for any activities of 
     the National Garden.

                        Administrative Provision

       Sec. 1101. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none 
     of the funds provided by this Act or any other Act may be 
     used by the Architect of the Capitol after the expiration of 
     the 180-day period which begins on the date of the enactment 
     of this Act to employ any individual as a temporary employee 
     within a category of temporary employment which does not 
     provide employees with the same eligibility for life 
     insurance, health insurance, retirement, and other benefits 
     which is provided to temporary employees who are hired for a 
     period exceeding 1 year in length.
       (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any of 
     the following individuals:
       (1) An individual who is employed under the Architect of 
     the Capitol Summer Employment Program.
       (2) An individual who is hired for a total of 120 days or 
     less during any 5-year period (excluding any days in which 
     the individual is employed under the Architect of the Capitol 
     Summer Employment Program).
       (3) An individual employed by the Architect of the Capitol 
     as a temporary employee as of the date of the enactment of 
     this Act who exercises in writing, not later than 180 days 
     after such date, an option offered by the Architect to remain 
     under the pay system (including benefits) provided for the 
     individual as of such date.
       (4) An individual who becomes employed by the Architect of 
     the Capitol after the date of the enactment of this Act who 
     exercises in writing, prior to the individual's employment, 
     an option offered by the Architect to receive pay and 
     benefits under an alternative system which does not provide 
     the benefits described in subsection (a), except that under 
     such an option the Architect shall be required to provide the 
     individual with the benefits described in subsection (a) as 
     soon as the individual's period of service as a temporary 
     employee exceeds 1 year in length.
       (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to require the 
     Architect of the Capitol to provide duplicative benefits for 
     any employee.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 
     otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance 
     of the Library's Catalogs; custody and custodial care of the 
     Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and 
     repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the 
     custody of the Library; operation and maintenance of the 
     American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation and 
     distribution of catalog records and other publications of the 
     Library; hire or purchase of one passenger

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     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, $366,520,000, of which not more than 
     $6,500,000 shall be derived from collections credited to this 
     appropriation during fiscal year 2004, and shall remain 
     available until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 
     (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than 
     $350,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 
     2004 and shall remain available until expended for the 
     development and maintenance of an international legal 
     information database and activities related thereto: 
     Provided, That the Library of Congress may not obligate or 
     expend any funds derived from collections under the Act of 
     June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for 
     obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided 
     further, That the total amount available for obligation shall 
     be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than 
     the $6,850,000: Provided further, That of the total amount 
     appropriated, $11,236,000 shall remain available until 
     expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, newspapers, 
     and all other materials including subscriptions for 
     bibliographic services for the Library, including $40,000 to 
     be available solely for the purchase, when specifically 
     approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials 
     for additions to the collections: Provided further, That of 
     the total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be 
     expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 
     in connection with official representation and reception 
     expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, 
     That of the total amount appropriated, $905,000 shall remain 
     available until expended for the acquisition and partial 
     support for implementation of an Integrated Library System 
     (ILS): Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, 
     $500,000 shall remain available until expended, and shall be 
     transferred to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission 
     for carrying out the purposes of Public Law 106-173, of which 
     amount $10,000 may be used for official representation and 
     reception expenses of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial 
     Commission: Provided further, That of the total amount 
     appropriated, $1,380,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 2008 for the acquisition and partial support 
     for implementation of a Central Financial Management System: 
     Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
     $11,060,000 shall remain available until expended for partial 
     support of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center: 
     Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
     $2,762,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2008, 
     for the development and maintenance of the Alternate Computer 
     Facility.

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
     $47,290,000, of which not more than $23,321,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be derived from collections 
     credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2004 under 
     section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Provided, 
     That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any 
     funds derived from collections under such section, in excess 
     of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in 
     appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not more than 
     $6,343,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal 
     year 2004 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 
     1005 of such title: Provided further, That the total amount 
     available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by 
     which collections are less than $29,664,000: Provided 
     further, That not more than $100,000 of the amount 
     appropriated is available for the maintenance of an 
     ``International Copyright Institute'' in the Copyright Office 
     of the Library of Congress for the purpose of training 
     nationals of developing countries in intellectual property 
     laws and policies: Provided further, That not more than 
     $4,250 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian 
     of Congress, in connection with official representation and 
     reception expenses for activities of the International 
     Copyright Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, 
     and seminars.

                     Congressional Research Service

                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
     U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated 
     Constitution of the United States of America, $93,590,000: 
     Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay any 
     salary or expense in connection with any publication, or 
     preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public 
     General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress 
     unless such publication has obtained prior approval of either 
     the Committee on House Administration of the House of 
     Representatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration 
     of the Senate.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

                         salaries and expenses

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

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 1201. Of the amounts appropriated to the Library of 
     Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, 
     on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in 
     connection with official representation and reception 
     expenses for the incentive awards program.
       Sec. 1202. (a) For fiscal year 2004, the obligational 
     authority of the Library of Congress for the activities 
     described in subsection (b) may not exceed $105,589,000.
       (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are 
     reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded 
     from sources other than appropriations to the Library in 
     appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.
       (c) During fiscal year 2004, the Librarian of Congress may 
     temporarily transfer funds appropriated in this Act under the 
     heading ``LIBRARY OF CONGRESS--Salaries and Expenses'' to the 
     revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal 
     Research Program established under section 103 of the Library 
     of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public 
     Law 106-481; 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount 
     of such transfers may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided 
     further, That the appropriate revolving fund account shall 
     reimburse the Library for any amounts transferred to it 
     before the period of availability of the Library 
     appropriation expires.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                   Congressional Printing and Binding

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                 Office of Superintendent of Documents

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

               Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

       For payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving 
     Fund, $5,000,000 for working capital. 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 $7,500 may be 
     expended on the certification of the Public

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     Printer in connection with official representation and 
     reception expenses: Provided further, That the revolving fund 
     shall be available for the hire or purchase of not more than 
     12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, That 
     expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the 
     advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed 
     necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United 
     States Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall 
     be available for temporary or intermittent services under 
     section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 
     for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the 
     annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive 
     Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided further, 
     That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the 
     headings ``Office of Superintendent of Documents'' and 
     ``salaries and expenses'' together may not be available for 
     the full-time equivalent employment of more than 3,189 
     workyears (or such other number of workyears as the Public 
     Printer may request, subject to the approval of the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and Senate): Provided further, That activities financed 
     through the revolving fund may provide information in any 
     format.

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, 
     including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the 
     certification of the Comptroller General of the United States 
     in connection with official representation and reception 
     expenses; temporary or intermittent services under section 
     3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
     individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual 
     rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
     under section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor 
     vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance 
     with section 3324 of title 31, United States Code; benefits 
     comparable to those payable under section 901(5), (6), and 
     (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 
     (6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by the 
     Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living 
     quarters in foreign countries, $458,533,000: Provided, That 
     not more than $4,806,200 of payments received under section 
     782 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for 
     use in fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That not more than 
     $1,200,000 of reimbursements received under section 9105 of 
     title 31, United States Code, shall be available for use in 
     fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That this appropriation 
     and appropriations for administrative expenses of any other 
     department or agency which is a member of the National 
     Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental 
     Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate 
     share of either Forum's costs as determined by the respective 
     Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal 
     participants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to 
     the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any 
     appropriation from which costs involved are initially 
     financed: Provided further, That this appropriation and 
     appropriations for administrative expenses of any other 
     department or agency which is a member of the American 
     Consortium on International Public Administration (ACIPA) 
     shall be available to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA 
     costs as determined by the ACIPA, including any expenses 
     attributable to membership of ACIPA in the International 
     Institute of Administrative Sciences.

                        Administrative Provision

       Sec. 1301. (a) At any time during fiscal year 2004 or any 
     succeeding fiscal year, the Comptroller General may accept 
     payment from the Securities and Exchange Commission for the 
     performance of any audit of the financial statements of the 
     Commission which is conducted by the Comptroller General.
       (b) Any payment accepted under the authority of subsection 
     (a) shall be credited to the account established for salaries 
     and expenses of the General Accounting Office, and shall be 
     available for obligation and expenditure upon receipt.

         Payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund

       For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust 
     Fund for financing activities of the Open World Leadership 
     Center, $13,000,000.

                      TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
     shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 
     vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may 
     be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities 
     for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee on 
     House Administration and for the Senate issued by the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
       Sec. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
     shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2004 
     unless expressly so provided in this Act.
       Sec. 203. 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. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
     under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be 
     limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a 
     matter of public record and available for public inspection, 
     except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
     existing Executive order issued under existing law.
       Sec. 205. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated to 
     the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of the 
     Congressional Accountability Act to pay awards and 
     settlements as authorized under such subsection.
       Sec. 206. Amounts available for administrative expenses of 
     any legislative branch entity which participates in the 
     Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) 
     established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available 
     to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs as determined 
     by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared 
     among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 
     allocations among the entities as the entities may determine) 
     may not exceed $2,000.
       Sec. 207. The Architect of the Capitol, in consultation 
     with the District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain and 
     improve the landscape features, excluding streets and 
     sidewalks, in the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by 
     Washington Avenue, SW on the northeast, Second Street SW on 
     the west, Square 582 on the south, and the beginning of the 
     I-395 tunnel on the southeast.
       Sec. 208. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government, except pursuant to a 
     transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
     or any other appropriation Act.
       Sec. 209. During fiscal year 2004 and any succeeding fiscal 
     year, any entity in the legislative branch which is a member 
     of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board may use 
     funds made available to the entity for the fiscal year to 
     finance an appropriate share of the costs of the Board for 
     the year.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 2004''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to House Resolution 311, the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Kingston) and the gentleman from Virginia 
(Mr. Moran) each will control 30 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Kingston).
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I wanted to say that the legislative branch bill is somewhat the 
inside baseball bill, the operating budget for the U.S. Capitol. It 
includes not just the legislative branch per se but the Capitol Hill 
Police, the Library of Congress and the Government Printing Office, the 
General Accounting Office and many other important government agencies 
which we all depend on.
  The gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran), the ranking member, and I 
have worked very closely on our bill this year, and its total spending 
is $2.7 billion, which is a decrease of about $34 million below last 
year, or about 1.2 percent. It is 10 percent below the actual request. 
Every agency has had to take reductions, and we have had to say no to 
many of our friends to get to this number, but we think that we have 
been fair across the board.
  For example, this bill does not require any reductions in the current 
force, and it fully funds the traditional COLA of the leg branch 
employees at a level of 3.7 percent.
  The other thing the bill does, along with keeping a very tight line 
on the fiscal side of it, is that it does not provide any new 
authorizations. So we are not changing anything in this bill. It is 
what we refer to as a clean appropriations bill.
  One issue that has come up is the U.S. Capitol Police, and they do a 
great job; and we all here in Congress depend on them, not just every 
day but really every hour, to keep the U.S. Capitol safe. This is a 
unique building in that it is a historical building. It is a tourist 
site in itself; and then, in addition to that, Members of Congress are 
conducting business in it. So we have lots of people, a mom, dad, the 
three-and-a-half kids who come up from Peoria, as

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the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. LaHood) would always remind us; as 
well as the 435 Members of Congress and 100 Members of the Senate 
conducting business here and hearing from all kinds of constituency 
groups. Yet throughout all of it, the Capitol Hill Police keeps it safe 
so that the tourists, the business people and those in government and 
all the employees can enjoy a safe working environment.
  Since September 11, we have funded 512 new positions for the Capitol 
Police. That is a 37 percent increase in a year and a half. The salary 
account has grown from $113 million in fiscal year 2002 to a requested 
level of $218 million in fiscal year 2004, so a 93 percent increase in 
a 2-year period of time for the salary account.
  General expenses for the police have climbed from $6.7 million in 
2001 to a requested level of $72 million in fiscal year 2004, a 975 
percent increase. All this has already been done. This is all in the 
name of security, and we absolutely have supported it.
  In addition, there has been another $167 million that has been 
appropriated in supplemental funds. This committee, on a bipartisan 
basis, can take pride that the Capitol Hill Police Department has moved 
into the 21st century with a 20 percent increase in salaries over the 
last 2 years and a lot of other changes that are beneficial to the 
police officers in terms of recruitment, hiring and retention. But the 
budget request for fiscal year 2004 includes an increase of 25 percent 
for the salary account and an increase in general expenses of 158 
percent.
  Increases cannot be sustained at the allocation that we have been 
given. So at this time we are not going to increase more staffing, as 
we want them to absorb the growth that we have already given them.
  Another issue that we spent a lot of time on in committee is the 
Capitol Visitors Center. The Capitol Visitors Center is something that 
started out at one level, and is now at a completely different level in 
terms of spending. The scope of the job changed because we have put in 
some additional office spaces and because of some security concerns. 
Yet at the same time we, on this committee, are very concerned that the 
spending has gotten out of hand.
  We have not put in a $48 million estimation for additional expenses. 
We understand the other body has done so; but at this time, the House 
bill has not and we intend to have a lot of discussions about that 
before we move forward on it. At present, there are still 37 items, 
according to a recent GAO study, which are unknown in terms of 
additional expenses. So our committee is trying to get a good grip on 
the Capitol Visitors Center--but we are very, very concerned about some 
of the expenses.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may 
consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the bill. There has been a pretty 
good level of bipartisan cooperation on this bill, and it is reflected 
in the vote that we are going to have. I doubt that there will be many, 
if any, voting against this bill, even though I am told by the 
Committee on Rules last night, this is the first time that an 
appropriations bill or an appropriations subcommittee has reported a 
bill that was funded at a lower level than the previous year. Is the 
gentleman aware of that?
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. I yield to the gentleman from Georgia.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I am not aware of it, but I certainly am 
proud of it.
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. We do not expect that to happen with every 
bill.
  We had a fairly tight allocation, discretionary caps were pretty 
tight; but I think that it serves the Nation well. We are $290 million 
below the President's request and $34 million below last year's funding 
level; but given the limitations of the allocation, I think that the 
chairman and the members of the committee on both sides of the aisle 
have been prudent and fair.
  Sufficient funds have been provided to cover all mandatory 
expenditures, and the budget assumes the full 3.7 percent COLA increase 
for salaries. I support the chairman's decision to withhold making any 
new appropriation for the Capitol Visitors Center and slow down the 
pace of the Architect's other construction projects because a recent 
GAO review took issue with the Capitol Visitors Center projected cost 
estimates.
  That GAO review found that the total cost of the project could 
potentially climb to as high as $395 million, read $400 million, when 
it started out at about $300 million. I think that it behooves the 
Congress to take a very close look. We are going to have another 
hearing on it, and we do not intend to scrimp on the funding of it. 
Since it is going to be done, we want it done right, but we want to 
make sure we have a full handle on all of the cost increases.
  So we are going to withhold any new funds and reevaluate how we 
should proceed. We need to gain better control over potential cost 
overruns and engage in those substantive discussions, particularly with 
the House and Senate leadership.
  I also want to touch on another topic, as the gentleman from Georgia 
(Mr. Kingston) did, and clarify to the Members of the House that this 
bill supports and respects the men and women in law enforcement who 
serve on the Capitol Police force. They have toiled under stressful and 
difficult circumstances, particularly since September 11, 2001; but 
since that date, the Capitol Police have seen their manpower grow by 37 
percent. So until a strategic plan, which the subcommittee directed the 
police to undertake last year, is completed and shared with the members 
of the subcommittee and open to review by outside experts, this bill 
postpones action on this portion of the police chief's request. That is 
the responsible way to deal with the request in my view, and I agree 
with the chairman again.
  Should the Capitol Police's full workforce increase be merited, the 
funds will be there. In the meantime, full funding for overtime pay for 
the police, the COLA increase, the longevity differential, the special 
training, the specialty pay and all the other recruitment and retention 
incentives are all preserved and fully funded in this bill.
  The employees in the agencies who work for us are indispensable, if 
we want this legislative body to continue to perform and to perform 
well.
  Mr. Speaker, the bill before us today is a sound bill. It is tight, 
but it is responsive to addressing the needs and the obligations of the 
entire legislative branch. That is why I support it and encourage my 
colleagues on this side of the aisle to vote for it as well. I trust 
that it will be unanimously approved, and with that, we only have I 
think three more speakers.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. LaHood).
  Mr. LaHOOD. Mr. Speaker, I do not know if this is the most boring 
bill in the House; but it is certainly one of the most boring, there is 
no doubt about it. Maybe that is why it is going to get almost a 
unanimous vote, but I really came to the well of the House today to say 
thank you to so many people who work in this institution who we all 
take for granted.
  We show up here every day. We have these folks taking down all of our 
words, and we can pick up the Congressional Record and read it. We have 
all of these folks that are behind me who show up every day and do all 
the work and we take all the credit.

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  And there are many, many thousands of people like that in this House 
who do a great job for the Members and do a great job for the public, 
and that is what this bill is all about. It is taking care of the 10 
major offices and funding the 10 major offices that make all of us look 
good as Members of Congress: The staff in the Architect's office; and 
when we need legal advice, there are people here who give us legal 
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need medical attention, there are people who can give us medical 
attention, and the list goes on and on.
  As a former staffer, I want to say thank you to all of the staff who 
work hard in this institution to make the 435 Members and the 100 
Members in the other body look good. They do not get the appreciation, 
they do not get the thanks that is so well deserved. And they do work 
hard, and they make this place tick. They make it operate. When we are 
gone, they are still here. And when we are gone, they really continue 
to keep the Capitol open.
  I know that it is fashionable to take our hats off to the Capitol 
Hill Police, and I certainly want to do that. They work really hard, 
and they provide the protection. But there are lots of other people, 
hundreds of other people in this Capitol who do such great work for so 
many of us and for the public who come here. We owe them a big debt of 
gratitude for what they do, and that is what this bill is about, to say 
to them we want to continue to fund the work that you do to give you a 
little bit of an increase and to say thank you for what you do.
  I also want to make mention of two other items. One is the Capitol 
Visitors Center. I know that we are going to have some additional 
hearings on that. I know we are going to have some additional meetings 
on it. I know that there is a big hole in front of the Capitol, and a 
lot of people wonder what it is all about. It is the responsibility of 
this subcommittee to take charge of that and to really have 
responsibility for it.
  I know it has been sort of a leadership-driven project, but it is up 
to the Congress to come up with the money to fund this, and we do have 
the responsibility for it. I think we take that responsibility 
seriously, and we want to make sure it is done correctly and done 
right, and that it turns out to be a state-of-the-art visitors center, 
but done in a way that comports with the fiscal concerns that I think 
many of us have about what it will cost when it is complete.
  The other issue I want to raise is one that is near and dear to my 
heart, and I am someone who has been pushing for this. Again, as a 
former staffer, I think it is important, and that is the idea that in 
this bill there is language and there is money to continue to study 
what it would take to put a footprint for a staff gym. Again, many of 
the people who work in this building and work long hours do not have 
access to the kind of facility that would allow them to get the kind of 
exercise that is necessary to stay healthy.
  As an interim step, we were able to develop an agreement with Gold's 
Gym where any staffer can go to any Gold's Gym in the metropolitan area 
and have access to those facilities at a very, very reasonable cost. 
And I want to thank the staff who have made those arrangements 
possible. But in the end, my goal is to make sure that right here on 
the Capitol campus there is a facility for our staff so that they have 
a facility available so they can stay healthy and stay in good shape, 
just as the Members have available to them a very nice state-of-the-art 
facility for themselves both on the House and the Senate side. I really 
want to make sure that goal is achieved. We are making progress on it, 
and I think we will continue to make progress as we move ahead.
  I know a lot has been said about the Capitol Hill Police, and I 
certainly support them. I want to say a word about the Chief of the 
Capitol Hill Police because he is from Illinois. I think Terry Gainer 
is doing a great job. I think we are fortunate to have such an 
outstanding law enforcement person in charge of the Capitol Hill 
Police. I have known Terry since he was the director of the State 
police in Illinois, where he did a great job. He then came to the city 
of Washington and worked with the chief of police and did a great job 
there, and now he is right here in our midst, and I think doing a good 
job, and I want to compliment him. And even though he was not allowed 
everything he wanted in this bill, I think people want to continue to 
work with Chief Gainer and continue his efforts to make sure that our 
facilities are secure.
  So I compliment the chairman and the staff and the ranking member, 
the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran), for the work in our 
subcommittee, and I think we have done good work, and I encourage all 
Members to support the bill.
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 1 minute, before I 
yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), because up 
front I want to acknowledge the committee staff, since the gentleman 
from Illinois (Mr. LaHood) has referenced them. We have some terrific 
staff people on this appropriation subcommittee: Liz Dawson, who does a 
wonderful job; Chuck Turner; Kelly Wade; Jack O'Neill on the personal 
staff of the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Kingston); and, of course, our 
appropriation staff, Dave Pomerantz, Tom Forhan, and my own staff 
person Tim Aiken.
  I want to say right up front that they have done a great job on this 
bill. Even though it might not be the most exciting bill, it has as 
fine a staff as you would want to find on the Hill.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 7 minutes to the distinguished whip of the 
Democratic Caucus, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer).
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend, the gentleman from 
Virginia (Mr. Moran), for yielding me this time, and I want to thank 
the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Kingston) for his leadership on this 
bill.
  This is an institutional bill. This is a bill which is designed to 
allow the legislative body to carry out its constitutional functions of 
overseeing a mammoth executive department and to make sure that, in 
fact, we have checks and balances. So although it may not be exciting, 
it is critical, as all of us, I think, on this floor know, to the 
exercise of our constitutional responsibility. So I clearly rise in 
strong support of this legislation.
  Obviously, any measure that trims spending from a previous fiscal 
year does so by proposing reductions in some programs. I would like to 
comment on a few provisions that are particularly important. One arm of 
Congress for which H.R. 2657 proposes a 1.3 percent reduction is the 
United States Capitol Police. We have all talked about that. Many of my 
colleagues know that on the Committee on House Administration and on 
the Subcommittee on Legislative for a number of years, I have been a 
strong supporter, as most people in this body have, of the Capitol 
Police. It symbolizes, it seems to me, the safety of democracy in many 
ways. Of course, as all of us know, tragically, a few years ago, we 
lost two members of the Capitol Police force, Officers Gibson and 
Chestnut, protecting democracy and this House, these visitors that come 
to their Capitol, and, yes, the Members and staff who work here.
  Mr. Speaker, I have looked at this budget very carefully, and I am 
confident that the proposed $212 million that have been appropriated 
for the time being are sufficient. I know the committee wanted to 
ensure that that was the case, and I thank them for their careful study 
and review, and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran) has said the 
same thing.
  Since 1997, and particularly since the tragedy of 9/11 and the 
tragedy that occurred to us in this Capitol, Congress has substantially 
increased the size and budget of the Capitol Police. I believe that was 
warranted. In 1997, we appropriated $75.39 million, almost .4 million. 
In 2003, we appropriated $240 million, a very substantial increase, 
appropriate given the security concerns.
  Make no mistake about it, these large increases were essential to 
make up for deficiencies that we saw and that we were confronted with 
when we discovered tragically in 1998 the Capitol Police needed more 
resources to secure all access points and protect not just the lives of 
the people who work here, but also, as I said, the visitors.
  The events of 9/11 were another wake-up call that no American 
landmark is off limits to terrorists, including the Capitol complex. 
Most of us believe that that plane that those brave passengers brought 
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Pennsylvania was, in fact, being directed at this Capitol dome, one of 
the great symbols of freedom in the world.
  Let me speak about Chief Gainer. Chief Gainer does not come from 
Maryland, but he is still a very good fellow, as the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. LaHood) said. I want to thank he and his able staff. 
These increases have been invested in a wide range of essential 
programs by Chief Gainer and his people; an expanded force, better 
equipment, protective infrastructure, and improved training. But as the 
report accompanying H.R. 2657 points out, there is concern over the 
continuation of such large growth for the Capitol Police without a 
comprehensive strategic plan.
  I think that report is correct. Fortunately, a strategic plan is 
being developed. Once completed, it will help the Capitol Police deploy 
their resources in the most efficient manner possible with the greatest 
protection possible.
  A second area that is getting a reduction is the Architect of the 
Capitol. As many know, the Committee on Appropriations has been 
concerned about the level and quality of the project management and 
acquisition planning in the Architect of the Capitol's organization, 
particularly with regards to the construction of the Capitol Visitors 
Center. I am a strong supporter, as I think all of us are, of this 
facility, but the committee is correct in being concerned about the 
construction schedule and the construction cost. Later this month an 
oversight hearing on the CVC will be held. I am confident this hearing 
will help us make more informed spending and policy decisions with 
regard to the visitors center.
  One matter that should concern every Member of this body, in addition 
to the visitors center, is the fair treatment of workers, including 
temporary workers, employed by the legislative branch. I want to thank 
Liz Dawson and the staff of the committee both on the majority side and 
on the minority side for continuing to focus on this. Section 133 of 
the Legislative Appropriations Act of 2002, which became law on 
November 12, 2001, prohibits the Architect of the Capitol from 
employing temporary workers for long periods without providing 
eligibility for employee benefits.
  Mr. Speaker, this is not happening. Much to my dismay, the Architect 
has not implemented section 133 more than 2 years after it was the law 
of the land, despite the clearest of congressional intentions and the 
fact that the General Accounting Office has determined that section 133 
provides the Architect with the authority to treat temporary workers 
fairly. This is unacceptable behavior.
  During markup 2 weeks ago, I offered an amendment which was adopted 
by voice vote which restates section 133. My expectation with this 
amendment is simple: That Mr. Hantman will finally appreciate that 
Congress meant what it said 2 years ago when it instructed his office 
to fairly treat temporary workers.
  One provision of today's measure that does distress me, and I follow 
up with what the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. LaHood) said, I agree 
with him 100 percent, we need to thank our staffs, incredibly talented, 
skilled, critical people to the accomplishment of our objectives and 
our responsibility. But in this bill, unfortunately, the raise we have 
given them is less than the raise that we give to all other executive 
employees.
  I am very hopeful that before we complete consideration of this bill, 
in the final analysis our employees will be given the 4.1 percent 
increase that I hope that all the executive department will be given 
and that we have already given to the military. Our staff is 
incredible. We ought to say thank you. But in addition to that, we 
ought to ensure that they are treated at least as well as we expect our 
executive department employees to be treated as it relates to the COLA.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. HOYER. I yield to the gentleman from Georgia.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I say to my friend from Maryland that I 
believe it is the intent of this committee to conform with whatever the 
other Federal employees end up getting in terms of COLAs.
  Mr. HOYER. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Hefley). Time of the gentleman from 
Maryland (Mr. Hoyer) has expired.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Maryland (Mr. Hoyer).
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this 
time. I appreciate that.
  I say to the gentleman from Georgia that I know what he says to be 
the case. I meant no criticism, but the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. 
LaHood) had observed, and I wanted to make sure our employees knew, 
that we are going to treat them as well as we are hopefully also going 
to treat the executive employees, and so I appreciate the chairman's 
comment on that.
  I do also, with the time the gentleman from Georgia yielded to me, 
want to again congratulate him and the committee on the mass transit 
benefit program that he has included in this bill.
  With that, Mr. Speaker, let me say that I appreciate the work of the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Kingston) and the gentleman from Virginia 
(Mr. Moran). They have brought a good bill to the floor that all our 
Members can support and that will serve this institution and the 
American people.

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  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Illinois (Mr. Kirk).
  Mr. KIRK. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this legislation, 
and I especially want to thank the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. 
Kingston), the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran), and the gentleman 
from Illinois (Mr. LaHood) for what has been included as a key project 
in this legislation.
  We are beginning the work of a staff gym in the Congress. I served in 
the Pentagon, and there we have the Pentagon Officers Athletic Club. It 
is not a very nice facility, but it keeps the men and women during 
their headquarters tour in shape before returning to the field or sea. 
Such facilities are not available to congressional staff. Most large 
employers with over 5,000 employees in my district have on-site gyms. 
We employ over 10,000 people in the Congress and have no such facility.
  As a former staff member, I think it is time we build a staff gym. We 
have spent taxpayer dollars for promotion programs on fitness or to 
fight obesity; we should do that here in Congress. This bill sets aside 
$100,000 to design a 4,000-square foot facility with male and female 
showers, lockers and a weight room. It will be ready for the staff in 8 
months. We also are looking to expanding shower facilities for runners 
in Longworth and Cannon. We will have a more complete and permanent 
facility by July 2004.
  This means that men and women who work here in the people's House 
will be fitter, will handle stress better, and will serve the long 
hours under low-pay conditions for longer working for our constituents.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to reiterate my thanks to the gentleman from 
Georgia (Mr. Kingston) and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran) and 
the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. LaHood), but especially to Liz Dawson 
and Reed Bundy of our staffs who made this new facility a reality.
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the 
gentleman from California (Mr. Schiff) for a colloquy.
  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I intended to offer an amendment to the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act that would allow Members to use 
their representational allowances to promote, sponsor and conduct 
congressional science competitions among high school students in their 
district. The very popular Congressional Arts Competition, which allows 
Members to sanction art competitions within their districts, has been 
successfully conducted for over 20 years. This competition helps to 
encourage young people to pursue their artistic education and ambitions 
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lives; yet no such congressional competition exists to reward the 
achievements of young scientists, as I learned last year when I had 
hoped to conduct such a competition in my district which is, I am proud 
to say, the home of Cal Tech and JPL and some of the finest scientists 
on the Earth. House rules prohibit any Member from conducting any 
competitions except for the Congressional Arts Competition.
  Science is integral to our society and to our American spirit of 
ingenuity and innovation. Science fuels our technological 
entrepreneurship and has been the basis for remarkable technological 
advances in the span of only a few decades, including space 
exploration, biotechnology and medical advances to seek cures to human 
disease and afflictions, and tremendous gains in computing power, 
telecommunications, and information management.
  As Members of Congress, we must do our part to advance scientific 
knowledge and scientific explanation as core values of our society. One 
important way we can engender a sense of excitement about scientific 
inquiries is to reward the achievements of young scientists by allowing 
Members to conduct congressional scientific competitions in each of our 
435 districts. I look forward to working with my colleagues on this 
important issue at the earliest possible opportunity.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SCHIFF. I yield to the gentleman from Georgia.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding and say 
I believe this is a very interesting proposal. I think it is a 
promising idea and something there is probably a lot of good bipartisan 
support for.
  I have sponsored the Congressional Arts Awards Program in my former 
district for 10 years and have always been amazed by the talent that is 
out there amongst 15-, 16-, and 17-year-olds, and so I would like to 
see the brilliance that is there from the 15-, 16-, and 17-year-olds as 
well.
  I remember when I had a science project. We wanted to study if there 
were more protozoa in a stream where water was moving or a pond where 
it sat still; and we could not conclude anything, but it was very 
interesting. My sister studied phototropism and geotropism, and I still 
remember her project as well.
  I am always amazed when I go to State science fairs to see the 
brilliance of these kids and what they are doing. I think this has a 
lot of potential. It is really an issue that the Committee on House 
Administration needs to look at, and so I would like to join the 
gentleman in seeking their guidance and possible action from that 
committee because we probably would not need to do an appropriations. I 
am not sure, but we do need to talk to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. 
Ney) and the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Larson) and seek their 
guidance on it.
  I believe that Members could use their existing Members 
representational allowances so we probably would not appropriate more 
money, but we will see about that. I want to assure the gentleman that 
I think we can find a way that Members can sponsor such a high school 
science competition awards program in their district.
  Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, I agree with the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Kingston). The intention is not to seek any 
additional appropriations, but rather to allow Members to use their 
existing allowances to host, if they choose, science competitions in 
their districts.
  I think we have seen the dramatic success of the arts competition in 
stimulating interest in the arts. This would be a way of heightening 
the awareness of the importance of science in our lives and getting 
young people engaged. We need more scientists in this country, and this 
is a good way to tap into that young talent.
  I can tell my colleague had a greater head start than I did. I think 
my science project when I was in school consisted of how to drop an egg 
from a light tower in a contraption that would not allow the egg to 
break, which is a little less sophisticated than counting the number of 
protozoa in a pond. Nonetheless, there are great opportunities for us 
to reach into our districts, tap into that talent and cultivate the 
future scientists that will lead this Nation forward. I look forward to 
working with the gentleman.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I yield 8 minutes to the 
gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Holt) for a colloquy.
  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, I rise to enter into a colloquy with the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Kingston), the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. 
Moran), and the gentleman from New York (Mr. Houghton).
  Mr. Speaker, yesterday I submitted an amendment to the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act bill to provide $7 million to revive the 
Office of Technology Assessment as authorized by the Technology 
Assessment Act of 1972. During its 23 years of existence, OTA provided 
Congress with highly respected, impartial analysis of complex 
scientific and technological issues and their impacts on current 
legislation. When OTA's funding was eliminated in 1995, Congress lost a 
valuable and unique resource.
  Although my amendment was not ruled in order, I would like to use 
this opportunity to discuss with the chairman the need for more 
scientific advice in Congress.
  Mr. Speaker, science and technology have pervaded almost every aspect 
of our society. Most, if not all, of the bills that come to the floor 
of the House include technological components. Technology has played 
and will continue to play an important role in many of the issues such 
as economic development, homeland security, and environmental 
stewardship, which this body has dedicated so much time and money to 
address.
  Mr. Speaker, if the OTA were still in existence, it is likely we 
would have received I think in a timely way reports that address the 
importance of research in early childhood development as it relates to 
Head Start or technology needed to ensure intraoperability of first 
responder communication devices in high-rise buildings, scientific 
evidence regarding the safety of genetically engineered food, or a 
comprehensive assessment of the technology available to ensure the 
safety of our airlines and shipping ports.
  Would my colleagues, the ranking member on this committee and the 
chairman and the gentleman from New York (Mr. Houghton), agree that 
many issues such as these that we deal with on a daily basis are highly 
technical and that we could use more help in evaluating the merits of 
such legislation dealing with such matters?
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. HOLT. I yield to the gentleman from Virginia.
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the efforts of my 
colleague from New Jersey and agree that the Congress could use more 
scientific expertise. I regret that this amendment was not made in 
order. I had urged the Committee on Rules to make it in order.
  I do have some concerns about how the Architect would absorb a $7 
million cut, but I think Congress would benefit from a restored 
capability to conduct more technology assessments. Unfortunately, I do 
not think that the support is there within this body to recreate the 
original Congressional Office of Technology Assessment.
  As my colleague knows, I have worked with the gentleman from Georgia 
(Mr. Kingston) to establish a core competency within the General 
Accounting Office through a pilot program to conduct technology 
assessments. The pilot program's first report using biometrices for 
border security was both timely and helpful as Congress used some of 
the report's findings in crafting legislation to create the Department 
of Homeland Security.
  Technology assessments can help us craft better policies and laws. 
There is report language accompanying this bill which directs the GAO 
to conduct three more technology assessment studies in fiscal year 
2004. I would like to work with my colleague to explore ways that we 
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Congress and establish a more stable foundation and a more certain 
future.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. HOLT. I yield to the gentleman from Georgia.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I would agree with the gentleman from New 
Jersey (Mr. Holt) and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran) and 
understand the need for scientific advice to Members of Congress on 
complex issues, and I support reports that assist Congress with its 
work.
  For this reason, the committee has funded since fiscal year 2002 
technology assessments to be completed by the General Accounting 
Office; and once again, the report accompanying this bill requires the 
GAO to allocate funding for three studies related to issues facing 
Congress. With a staff of over 3,200 employees, GAO is in a position to 
contract for scientific assessments, and an independent expert 
determined in fiscal year 2002 that the GAO approach and results were 
sound.
  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman and the ranking member 
for their efforts in directing the GAO to conduct three pilot 
technology assessments, and I am sure they would agree with me that 
three reports is not nearly sufficient to meet the needs of Congress.
  I would suggest that we need a capacity to conduct upwards of 40 
reports a year. Now, whether housed in the GAO or in a re-funded OTA, 
we need to provide the support to ensure a sustained capacity in-house 
to conduct a significant number of studies and maintain a professional 
staff to accomplish this objective. Currently, we are not providing the 
GAO with sufficient funds to achieve this objective.
  Mr. HOUGHTON. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. HOLT. I yield to the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. HOUGHTON. Mr. Speaker, I would like to underscore the point made 
by my colleagues, the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Holt) and the 
gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Kingston) and the gentleman from Virginia 
(Mr. Moran), that Congress as a whole currently lacks the scientific 
base to assess the technologies that are crucial for our national 
security, economic prosperity and personal and environmental health of 
this Nation.
  I would also like to underscore that scientific expertise is unique 
in that it can be provided in an inherently nonpartisan way; and I can 
attest to that personally, having been on the OTA board. The OTA board 
was governed by a bipartisan technology assessment board. There were 
six House members, six Senate members, both parties equally 
represented, and the OTA had a reputation for producing reports that 
were often cited by both sides of a debate; and they were very, very 
helpful.
  In essence, we need to start, I think, in getting serious about 
rebuilding the capacity in the legislative branch to provide this 
nonpartisan technical expertise to Congress in a timely manner.
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. HOLT. I yield to the gentleman from Virginia.
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from New 
Jersey. I believe it would be beneficial for our subcommittee to get 
advice from a bipartisan group on exactly these scientific issues. It 
would be useful to receive recommendations on what would be the most 
efficient, timely, and useful way to make sure that the core capability 
that has now been created can be placed on a more stable foundation and 
have a more certain future for a support agency such as the OTA to 
provide scientific advice to Congress.

                              {time}  1900

  Mr. HOLT. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, I would like to thank the 
three gentleman for agreeing to enter into this discussion on the 
importance of providing balanced bipartisan technology assessment, an 
approach to begin the process that will allow this Congress and our 
successors to utilize more of the empirical, fact-based, scientific and 
technical expertise needed to shape a sound public policy.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I have no further requests for 
time, and I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  I wanted to emphasize on behalf of the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. 
Moran) and me the great work that our staff has done. Liz Dawson and 
Tom Forhan have done a great job on this bill. Chuck Turner, Kelly 
Wade, Jack O'Neill, Tim Aiken have all worked very diligently with us, 
and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Moran) and I and all the committee 
members appreciate everything they have done.

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  Mr. NUSSLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 2657, the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2004. This is the 
fourth bill we are considering pursuant to the 302(b) allocations 
adopted by the Appropriations Committee on June 17th. I am happy to 
report that it is consistent with the levels established in H. Con. 
Res. 95, the House concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2004, which Congress adopted as its fiscal blueprint on April 10th. 
Conforming with a long practice--under which each chamber of Congress 
determines its own needs, appropriations for the other Body are not 
included in the bill as reported to the House.
  H.R. 2657 provides $2.669 billion in new budget authority, which is 
within the 302(b) allocation to the House Appropriations Subcommittee 
on Legislative. Outlays of $2.875 billion are also within the 
subcommittee's allocation. The bill contains no emergency-designated 
new budget authority, nor does it include rescissions of previously-
enacted appropriations.
  Accordingly, the bill as reported, complies with section 302(f) of 
the Budget Act, which prohibits consideration of bills in excess of an 
appropriations subcommittee's 302(b) allocation of budget authority.
  I commend Chairmen Kingston and Young for bringing another 
appropriations bill to the floor that is consistent with the Budget 
Resolution.
  Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2657 appropriates nearly $295 million 
to the Architect of the Capitol for fiscal year 2004. The Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, on which I serve as Ranking 
Democratic Member, is the authorizing committee with jurisdiction over 
the Architect's activities relating to the Capitol, the House and 
Senate Office Buildings, and the Capitol Grounds.
  Let me state at the outset that I have great respect for the 
Architect, Mr. Alan Hantman. In the wake of the September 11 terrorist 
attacks and the release of anthrax in some of the House and Senate 
Office Buildings, Mr. Hantman's office did a tremendous job in ensuring 
the safety and security of the Congress, those working in the Capitol 
buildings, and the visiting public. He has rightly made the security of 
everyone who works in and visits the Capitol his number one priority. 
In addition, Mr. Hantman has initiated a program to maintain and 
renovate the Capitol building and has promoted the construction of the 
Capitol Visitor's Center--a place where the American people can come 
and learn more about the inner workings of their government. The U.S. 
Capitol, and all that it represents, is the citadel of democracy, and 
the Architect has done a fine job of caring for it.
  However, the knowledge of these accomplishments only serves to 
heighten my great disappointment in the Architect over the manner in 
which his office has proceeded with unauthorized construction 
activities, specifically and most recently the demolition of the Tip 
O'Neill House Office Building. The Architect of the Capitol never 
sought a specific Committee authorization for the demolition of the 
O'Neill Building. Moreover, in December 2002, then-Economic Development 
and Public Buildings Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerry Costello and I 
wrote to the Architect to express our concern that the Architect's 
office was not authorized to demolish the O'Neill Building and to 
request a description of the demolition project and specific cost 
estimates for the project. The Architect has never answered our letter.
  Whether it is regarding the demolition of the Tip O'Neill House 
Office Building, cost overruns of the Capitol Visitor's Center, or the 
construction and maintenance of the Capitol buildings, the Architect 
has a responsibility to be responsive to all Members of this Body, 
including Democratic Members of the Transportation and Infrastructure 
Committee.
  I understand that earlier this year, the Architect wrote to 
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Don Young and 
stated that with regard to the O'Neill Building site, the Architect of 
the Capitol will make no further changes to the site ``without the 
authorization and approval from the appropriate governing 
authorities.'' I take that to mean that he will seek the Transportation 
and Infrastructure Committee's approval before undertaking any new 
construction on the site, and I continue to expect a full response to 
the inquiry that Ranking Member Costello and I made last December. 
Moreover, I will urge the Subcommittee on Economic Development and 
Public Buildings of the Transportation Committee to conduct an 
oversight hearing on the Architect's construction program.
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Hefley). All time for debate has 
expired.
  Pursuant to House Resolution 311, the bill is considered read for 
amendment. The amendment printed in section 2 of that resolution is 
adopted, and the previous question is ordered.
  The question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill.
  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, and was 
read the third time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on 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 394, 
nays 26, not voting 14, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 345]

                               YEAS--394

     Abercrombie
     Ackerman
     Aderholt
     Akin
     Alexander
     Allen
     Andrews
     Baca
     Bachus
     Baird
     Baker
     Baldwin
     Ballance
     Ballenger
     Barrett (SC)
     Bartlett (MD)
     Barton (TX)
     Bass
     Beauprez
     Bell
     Bereuter
     Berkley
     Berman
     Biggert
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Bishop (NY)
     Bishop (UT)
     Blackburn
     Blumenauer
     Blunt
     Boehlert
     Boehner
     Bonilla
     Bonner
     Bono
     Boozman
     Boswell
     Boucher
     Boyd
     Bradley (NH)
     Brady (PA)
     Brady (TX)
     Brown (SC)
     Brown, Corrine
     Brown-Waite, Ginny
     Burgess
     Burns
     Burr
     Burton (IN)
     Buyer
     Calvert
     Camp
     Cannon
     Cantor
     Capito
     Capps
     Capuano
     Cardin
     Cardoza
     Carson (IN)
     Carson (OK)
     Carter
     Case
     Castle
     Chabot
     Chocola
     Clay
     Clyburn
     Coble
     Cole
     Collins
     Conyers
     Cooper
     Costello
     Cox
     Crane
     Crenshaw
     Crowley
     Cubin
     Culberson
     Cummings
     Cunningham
     Davis (AL)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis (FL)
     Davis (IL)
     Davis (TN)
     Davis, Jo Ann
     Davis, Tom
     Deal (GA)
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     Delahunt
     DeLauro
     DeLay
     DeMint
     Deutsch
     Diaz-Balart, L.
     Diaz-Balart, M.
     Dicks
     Dingell
     Dooley (CA)
     Doolittle
     Doyle
     Dreier
     Duncan
     Dunn
     Ehlers
     Emanuel
     Emerson
     Engel
     English
     Eshoo
     Etheridge
     Evans
     Everett
     Farr
     Fattah
     Feeney
     Ferguson
     Filner
     Fletcher
     Foley
     Forbes
     Ford
     Frank (MA)
     Franks (AZ)
     Frelinghuysen
     Frost
     Gallegly
     Garrett (NJ)
     Gerlach
     Gilchrest
     Gillmor
     Gingrey
     Gonzalez
     Goodlatte
     Gordon
     Granger
     Greenwood
     Grijalva
     Gutierrez
     Gutknecht
     Hall
     Harris
     Hart
     Hastings (FL)
     Hastings (WA)
     Hayes
     Hayworth
     Hefley
     Hensarling
     Herger
     Hill
     Hinchey
     Hinojosa
     Hobson
     Hoeffel
     Hoekstra
     Holden
     Holt
     Honda
     Hooley (OR)
     Hostettler
     Houghton
     Hoyer
     Hunter
     Hyde
     Inslee
     Isakson
     Israel
     Issa
     Istook
     Jackson (IL)
     Jackson-Lee (TX)
     Jefferson
     Jenkins
     John
     Johnson (CT)
     Johnson (IL)
     Johnson, E. B.
     Johnson, Sam
     Jones (OH)
     Kanjorski
     Kaptur
     Keller
     Kelly
     Kennedy (RI)
     Kildee
     Kilpatrick
     King (IA)
     King (NY)
     Kingston
     Kirk
     Kline
     Knollenberg
     Kolbe
     Kucinich
     LaHood
     Lampson
     Langevin
     Lantos
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latham
     LaTourette
     Leach
     Lee
     Levin
     Lewis (CA)
     Lewis (GA)
     Lewis (KY)
     Linder
     Lipinski
     LoBiondo
     Lowey
     Lucas (OK)
     Lynch
     Majette
     Maloney
     Manzullo
     Markey
     Marshall
     Matsui
     McCarthy (MO)
     McCarthy (NY)
     McCollum
     McCotter
     McCrery
     McDermott
     McGovern
     McHugh
     McInnis
     McIntyre
     McKeon
     McNulty
     Meehan
     Meek (FL)
     Meeks (NY)
     Menendez
     Mica
     Michaud
     Miller (FL)
     Miller (MI)
     Miller (NC)
     Miller, Gary
     Miller, George
     Mollohan
     Moore
     Moran (KS)
     Moran (VA)
     Murphy
     Musgrave
     Myrick
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal (MA)
     Nethercutt
     Neugebauer
     Ney
     Northup
     Norwood
     Nunes
     Nussle
     Oberstar
     Obey
     Olver
     Ortiz
     Osborne
     Ose
     Otter
     Oxley
     Pallone
     Pascrell
     Pastor
     Payne
     Pearce
     Pelosi
     Pence
     Peterson (MN)
     Peterson (PA)
     Pitts
     Platts
     Pombo
     Pomeroy
     Porter
     Price (NC)
     Pryce (OH)
     Putnam
     Quinn
     Radanovich
     Rahall
     Rangel
     Regula
     Rehberg
     Renzi
     Reyes
     Reynolds
     Rodriguez
     Rogers (AL)
     Rogers (KY)
     Rogers (MI)
     Rohrabacher
     Ros-Lehtinen
     Ross
     Rothman
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Ryan (OH)
     Ryun (KS)
     Sabo
     Sanchez, Linda T.
     Sanchez, Loretta
     Sanders
     Sandlin
     Saxton
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schrock
     Scott (GA)
     Scott (VA)
     Serrano
     Sessions
     Shadegg
     Shaw
     Shays
     Sherman
     Sherwood
     Shuster
     Simmons
     Simpson
     Skelton
     Slaughter
     Smith (MI)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (TX)
     Smith (WA)
     Snyder
     Solis
     Souder
     Spratt
     Stark
     Stenholm
     Strickland
     Stupak
     Sullivan
     Sweeney
     Tancredo
     Tauscher
     Tauzin
     Taylor (MS)

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     Taylor (NC)
     Terry
     Thomas
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thornberry
     Tiahrt
     Tiberi
     Tierney
     Toomey
     Towns
     Turner (OH)
     Turner (TX)
     Udall (CO)
     Udall (NM)
     Upton
     Van Hollen
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Vitter
     Walden (OR)
     Walsh
     Wamp
     Waters
     Watson
     Watt
     Waxman
     Weiner
     Weldon (FL)
     Weldon (PA)
     Weller
     Wexler
     Whitfield
     Wilson (NM)
     Wilson (SC)
     Wolf
     Woolsey
     Wu
     Wynn
     Young (AK)
     Young (FL)

                                NAYS--26

     Becerra
     Berry
     Brown (OH)
     Doggett
     Flake
     Goode
     Graves
     Green (TX)
     Green (WI)
     Hulshof
     Jones (NC)
     Kennedy (MN)
     Kind
     Kleczka
     Lofgren
     Lucas (KY)
     Matheson
     Paul
     Petri
     Ramstad
     Royce
     Ryan (WI)
     Sensenbrenner
     Shimkus
     Stearns
     Tanner

                             NOT VOTING--14

     Cramer
     Edwards
     Fossella
     Gephardt
     Gibbons
     Goss
     Harman
     Janklow
     Millender-McDonald
     Murtha
     Owens
     Pickering
     Portman
     Wicker


                Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Hefley) (during the vote). Members are 
advised there are 2 minutes remaining in this vote.

                              {time}  1921

  Mr. BROWN of Ohio and Mr. FLAKE changed their vote from ``yea'' to 
``nay.''
  Mr. JACKSON of Illinois 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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