[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 17717-17726]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2004

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

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

  Pending:

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

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


                                Schedule

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


               Further Modification to Amendment No. 1201

                    Amendment No. 1206, As Modified

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

       On page 53, line 19, strike ``$36,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$61,000,000''.
       On page 53, line 20, insert before the colon the following:
       ``of which $25,000,000 shall be available for emergency 
     actions to reduce the threat to human safety in areas 
     declared under a State of Emergency by the Governor of any 
     State due to the danger of catastrophic fire from dead and 
     dying trees, including--(1) clearing of evacuation routes, 
     (2) clearing around emergency shelter locations, (3) clearing 
     around emergency communication sites, and (4) clearing buffer 
     zones around highly populous communities in order to prevent 
     fire sweeping through such communities''

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

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

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

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

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

  He goes on to make other points.
  I urge my colleagues to read this news release before they commit on 
how they intend to vote. The emergency bill has disaster relief, space 
shuttle, wildfires, and AmeriCorps. I would add that Citizens Against 
Government Waste has written in opposition to this legislation. They 
urge it to be defeated. I note they intend to score this legislation, 
as do other groups that care about mismanagement, including Citizens 
Against Government Waste, the National Taxpayers Union, Americans for 
Tax Reform, and others.
  It is an important vote. We ought not to go around the budget we 
passed--and I served as a member of the committee--and tack on $100 
million for a bureaucratic snafu and running that $100 million directly 
against the debt of the American people in violation of the Budget Act.
  I yield the floor and reserve my remaining time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska controls 7\1/2\ 
minutes.
  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I yield 3 minutes to the Senator from 
Maryland, and 4 minutes to the Senator from Missouri.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maryland is recognized for 3 
minutes.
  Ms. MIKULSKI. I thank the Senator.
  I rise in vigorous opposition to the Sessions amendment and urge my 
colleagues to vote against it.
  I offered the amendment in the Appropriations Committee to add $100 
million for AmeriCorps in this urgent supplemental. It has strong 
bipartisan support. Senators Stevens, Byrd, Bond, and many others 
support my amendment. But it is not about supporting my amendment. It 
is about supporting AmeriCorps at this very troubled time.
  If we do not do this $100 million, there will be a cut of over 15,000 
AmeriCorps volunteers right this minute. These cuts are being announced 
today.
  How did this happen? There was a bureaucratic boondoggle. There was a 
bureaucratic snafu. They overenrolled 20,000 volunteers. Every year, 
the VA-HUD subcommittee funds 50,000 volunteers. But they overenrolled 
with 70,000. How did we know about it? Senator Bond chaired the 
subcommittee leading the fight for reform in fiscal responsibility, and 
uncovered it at the April 15 hearing. The House put out a press 
release. We put out performance. We found the mistake.
  We worked on a bipartisan basis to correct the accounting. I called 
for new leadership. But that is not a substitute for the need for new 
funds.
  This is an emergency today. Who are we going to punish, if we don't 
do the money? Not the bureaucracy, not the boondogglers, but the 
volunteers in our communities.
  There is a question about why now. The law says funding for 
volunteers and the awards that help them pay off their student debt 
must be in the Federal checkbook when the volunteers begin their 
service. For many of them, they are going to begin their service now 
because they are going to be in school-based programs. Teach America, 
for example--which we all love--if this is not in there, 1,000 Teach 
America kids will not be in classrooms; and Jump Start, which works 
with Head Start and organizes and leverages other volunteers. When we 
look at what we are doing here, we need to know that if AmeriCorps does 
not get this funding now they will not be able to sign up volunteers 
right this minute for these programs.
  This is to get AmeriCorps over the troubled waters. The President has 
announced a new CEO. Senator Bond has led the effort for a new chief 
financial officer. He has been the leader of the reform effort, and has 
had my utmost support.
  We can't wait until next year. If we do, we are going to squander 
volunteer opportunities. The President has called for a new spirit of 
voluntarism. Young people have responded. We need to respond to the 
call to meet our responsibility and not punish these communities.
  I yield the floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the Senator from Alabama yield time?
  Mr. SESSIONS. I yield such time as is remaining to the Senator from 
Oklahoma.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma is recognized.
  Mr. NICKLES. Mr. President, I compliment my colleague from Alabama 
for raising an important issue. I hope our colleagues will vote in 
favor of his amendment for a lot of different reasons.
  First, this shouldn't be in the urgent supplemental. There is nothing 
emergency about it. Frankly, we gave AmeriCorps $64 million just last 
April.
  Second, it wasn't requested by the administration. You would think if 
it was urgent it would have been requested. It was not.
  Third, when you look at this, it is really funding for 2004. We only 
have 2\1/2\ months left in 2003. The Congressional Budget Office says 
zero money will be spent in 2003. Not one dime of it will be spent in 
2003.
  As a matter of fact, if you look at language in the bill, it says 
$100 million in funds and grants will remain available until September 
30, 2004, and funds for educational awards will remain available until 
expended. So the net essence of this is we are helping out 2004 
appropriations bills. This should be done in 2004.
  If we want to have a wrestling match over mismanagement of 
AmeriCorps--and I don't doubt they have had mismanagement--this is a 
program that purports to be all volunteer, but we find out it costs 
$20,000 per year per volunteer. Actually, I think it has come down to 
$18,000 per year per volunteer. Congratulations.
  It has been fraught with mismanagement from the get-go, and now we 
find out we are going to be basically funding a 2004 appropriations 
bill under the guise of an emergency so it will not be counted for 
2003. I am willing to go along with some emergency spending, but I 
think this is an abuse of the process.
  I compliment my colleague from Alabama. I do not think it should be 
included in the supplemental. I urge my colleagues to support his 
amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri.
  Mr. BOND. Mr. President, I rise in strong support of the provision 
sponsored by my colleague, Senator Mikulski, the chairman, Senator 
Stevens, and others in the Appropriations Committee, and I urge that we 
table the amendment.
  This $100 million is something that is needed now to continue the 
President's strong commitment to assuring that

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

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

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  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  Mr. STEVENS. I thank the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to 
table amendment No. 1202. The yeas and nays have been ordered. The 
clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from California (Mrs. Boxer), 
the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Edwards), the Senator from Florida 
(Mr. Graham), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Hollings), the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry), the Senator from Connecticut 
(Mr. Lieberman), the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Miller), and the Senator 
from Washington (Mrs. Murray) are necessarily absent,
  I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from 
California (Mrs. Boxer), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Graham), and the 
Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) would each vote ``yea.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Chafee). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber desiring to vote?
  The result was announced--yeas 71, nays 21, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 272 Leg.]

                                YEAS--71

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

                                NAYS--21

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

                             NOT VOTING--8

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

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 273 Leg.]

                               YEAS----85

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

                                NAYS--7

     Allard
     Bunning
     Ensign
     Enzi
     Inhofe
     Nickles
     Thomas

                             NOT VOTING--8

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

                               H.R. 2657

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

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

                                 SENATE

                           Expense Allowances

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

    Representation Allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders

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

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

       For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 
     authorized by law, including agency contributions, 
     $125,307,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 
     without regard to the following limitations:


                      office of the vice president

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


                  office of the president pro tempore

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

              office of the president pro tempore emeritus

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


              offices of the majority and minority leaders

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


               offices of the majority and minority whips

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


                      committee on appropriations

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


                         conference committees

       For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of 
     the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the 
     Chairman of each such committee, $1,358,000 for each such 
     committee; in all, $2,716,000.


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

       For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 
     Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $674,000.


                           policy committees

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


                         office of the chaplain

       For Office of the Chaplain, $327,000.


                        office of the secretary

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


             office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

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


        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

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

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               agency contributions and related expenses

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

            Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

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

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

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

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

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

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate


                      inquiries and investigations

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


expenses of the united states senate caucus on international narcotics 
                                control

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


                        secretary of the senate

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


             sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

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


                          miscellaneous items

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


        senators' official personnel and office expense account

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


                          official mail costs

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


                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

       Section 1. Gross Rate of Compensation in Offices of 
     Senators. Effective on and after October 1, 2003, each of the 
     dollar amounts contained in the table under section 
     105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
     1968 (2 U.S.C. 61-1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to be the 
     dollar amounts in that table, as adjusted by law and in 
     effect on September 30, 2003, increased by an additional 
     $50,000 each.
       Sec. 2. Payment of Expenses of Conferences of Majority and 
     Minority. (a) In General.--Section 120 of Public Law 97-51 (2 
     U.S.C. 61g-6) is amended in the first sentence by striking 
     ``an amount, not in excess of $100,000,'' and inserting 
     ``such amount as necessary''.
       (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect 
     to fiscal year 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter.
       Sec. 3. Provisions Relating to Senate Commission on Art. 
     (a) Authority To Acquire and Dispose.--
       (1) In general.--The Senate Commission on Art (referred to 
     in this section as the ``Commission'') may--
       (A) accept gifts of money; and
       (B) acquire (by gift, purchase, or otherwise) any work of 
     art, historical object, document, or material relating to 
     historical matters, or exhibit, for placement or exhibition 
     in the Senate Wing of the Capitol, the Senate Office 
     Buildings, or in rooms, spaces, or corridors thereof.
       (2) Accession or disposal.--All works of art, historical 
     objects, documents, or material related to historical 
     matters, or exhibits, acquired by the Commission may, as 
     determined by the Commission and after consultation with the 
     Curatorial Advisory Board, be--
       (A) retained for accession to the United States Senate 
     Collection or other use; or
       (B) disposed of by sale or other transaction.
       (3) Repeal.--Senate Resolution 95, 92d Congress, agreed to 
     April 1, 1971, and enacted into law by section 901(a) of 
     Public Law 100-696 (2 U.S.C. 2106) is repealed.
       (b) Advisory Boards.--
       (1) Curatorial advisory board.--There is established a 
     Board which shall be chaired by the Senate Curator. The 
     Curatorial Advisory Board shall provide advice and assistance 
     to the Commission on the acquisition, care, and disposition 
     of items for or within the United States Senate Collection, 
     and on such other matters as the Commission determines 
     appropriate.
       (2) Additional advisory boards.--
       (A) In general.--The Commission, or the chairman and vice 
     chairman acting jointly on behalf of the Commission and after 
     giving notice to the Commission, may establish 1 or more 
     additional advisory boards.
       (B) Term.--The term of existence for an additional advisory 
     board--
       (i) shall be specified by the Commission but no longer than 
     4 years; and
       (ii) shall be renewable.
       (C) Purpose.--The purpose of an additional advisory board 
     shall be to provide advice and assistance to the Commission 
     and to further the purposes of the Commission.
       (3) Appointments.--
       (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the 
     Curatorial Advisory Board and other advisory boards 
     established by the Commission under paragraph (2) shall be 
     composed of members appointed by the Commission, or the 
     chairman and vice chairman acting jointly on behalf of the 
     Commission and after giving notice to the Commission.
       (B) Applicable rules.--Members appointed under subparagraph 
     (A)--
       (i) shall be appointed from public and private life and 
     shall serve at the pleasure of the Commission; and
       (ii) in the case of individuals appointed to the Curatorial 
     Advisory Board, shall be experts or have significant 
     experience in the field of arts, historic preservation, or 
     other appropriate fields.

     Each member of the Commission may have appointed to an 
     advisory board created by the Commission at least 1 
     individual requested by that member.
       (4) Members.--A member of a board under this subsection--
       (A) may, at the discretion of the Commission, be reimbursed 
     for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance 
     of the official duties of the board from any funds available 
     to the Commission in accordance with applicable Senate 
     regulations for such expenses; and
       (B) shall not, by virtue of such member's service on the 
     board, be deemed to be an officer, employee, or agent of the 
     Senate and may not bind the Senate in any contract or 
     obligation.
       (5) Terms for additional advisory board members.--Members 
     appointed to the other advisory boards created under 
     paragraph (2) shall serve for terms as stated in their 
     appointment, but no longer than a term of 4 years, except 
     that any member may be reappointed upon the expiration of 
     their term.
       (6) Regulations.--The Commission, or the chairman and vice 
     chairman acting jointly on behalf of the Commission and after 
     giving notice to the Commission, in consultation with the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration, may promulgate such 
     regulations governing advisory boards established under this 
     subsection as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this 
     subsection.
       (7) Assistance.--The Executive Secretary of the Commission 
     shall provide assistance to an advisory board as authorized 
     by the Commission.
       (c) Establishment of Senate Preservation Fund.--
       (1) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury a 
     fund, to be known as the ``Senate Preservation Fund'' (in 
     this section referred to as the ``fund''), which shall 
     consist of amounts deposited and credited under paragraph 
     (3).
       (2) Payment of costs.--The fund shall be available to the 
     Commission for the payment of acquisition and transaction 
     costs incurred for acquisitions under subsection (a), for 
     official activities of any advisory board established under 
     subsection (b), and for any purposes for which funds from the 
     contingent fund of the Senate may be used under section 
     316(a) of Public Law 101-302 (2 U.S.C. 2107).
       (3) Deposits, credits, and disbursements.--
       (A) Deposits.--The Commission shall deposit in the fund 
     amounts appropriated for use of the fund, gifts of money, and 
     proceeds of transactions under subsection (a).
       (B) Credits.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall credit to 
     the fund the interest on, and the proceeds from sale or 
     redemption of, obligations held in the fund.
       (C) Disbursements.--Disbursements from the fund shall be 
     made on vouchers approved by the Commission and signed by the 
     Executive Secretary of the Commission.
       (4) Investments.--
       (A) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest 
     any portion of the fund that, as determined by the 
     Commission, is not required to meet current withdrawals.
       (B) Type of obligation.--Each investment required by this 
     paragraph shall be made in an interest bearing obligation of 
     the United States or an obligation guaranteed as to the 
     principal and interest by the United States that, as 
     determined by the Commission, has a maturity suitable for the 
     fund.
       (C) Commission approval.--In carrying out this subsection, 
     the Secretary of the Treasury may make such purchases, sales, 
     and redemption of obligations as may be approved by the 
     Commission.
       (5) Services and support.--The Library of Congress shall 
     provide financial management and disbursing services and 
     support to the Commission as may be required and mutually 
     agreed to by the Librarian of Congress and the Executive 
     Secretary of the Commission.
       (6) Audits.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall conduct annual audits of the Senate Preservation Fund 
     and shall report the results of each audit to the Commission.

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       (d) Administrative Changes.--
       (1) Senate commission on art.--Section 1 of Senate 
     Resolution 382, 90th Congress, agreed to October 1, 1968, and 
     enacted into law by section 901(a) of Public Law 100-696 (2 
     U.S.C. 2101) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (b), by striking the first sentence and 
     inserting ``The Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the 
     Senate shall be the chairman and vice chairman, respectively, 
     of the Commission.''; and
       (B) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
       ``(c) The Secretary of the Senate shall appoint a Senate 
     Curator approved by the Senate Commission on Art. The Senate 
     Curator shall be an employee of the Secretary of the Senate 
     assigned to assist the Commission. The Secretary of the 
     Senate shall assign additional employees to assist the 
     Commission, and provide such other assistance, as the 
     Commission determines necessary.''.
       (2) Purchase of art.--The first sentence of section 316(a) 
     of Public Law 101-302 (2 U.S.C. 2107(a)) is amended by 
     inserting after ``in which incurred,'' the following: ``for 
     the purchase of art and historical objects for the United 
     States Senate Collection, for exhibits and public education 
     relating to the United States Senate Collection, for 
     administrative and transitional expenses of the Senate 
     Commission on Art, and''.
       Sec. 4. Orientation Seminars. The first sentence of section 
     107(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1979 (Public 
     Law 96-38; 2 U.S.C. 69a) is amended by striking ``$10,000'' 
     and inserting ``$25,000''.
       Sec. 5. Expense Allowances for Certain Officers of the 
     Senate. (a) In General.--Section 119(a) of the joint 
     resolution entitled ``Joint resolution making continuing 
     appropriations for the fiscal year 1982, and for other 
     purposes'', approved October 1, 1981 (2 U.S.C. 65c) is 
     amended by striking ``$3,000'' and inserting ``$6,000''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2004, and each fiscal 
     year thereafter.
       Sec. 6. Consultants. With respect to fiscal year 2004, the 
     first sentence of section 101(a) of the Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h-6(a)) shall be applied 
     by substituting ``nine individual consultants'' for ``eight 
     individual consultants''.

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

     Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2005

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

                        Joint Economic Committee

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

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

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

                   Office of the Attending Physician

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

           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

       For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and 
     Special Services Office, $3,511,000, to be disbursed by the 
     Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such 
     amount may be used to employ more than 70 individuals: 
     Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, 
     during emergencies, to employ not more than 2 additional 
     individuals for not more than 120 days each, and not more 
     than 10 additional individuals for not more than 6 months 
     each, for the Capitol Guide Service.

                      Statements of Appropriations

       For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives, of the statements for the 1st session of the 
     108th Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite 
     appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with a 
     chronological history of the regular appropriations bills as 
     required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons 
     designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise 
     the work.

                             CAPITOL POLICE

                                Salaries

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

                            General Expenses

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

                       Administrative Provisions


                     (including transfer of funds)

       Sec. 1001. Transfer Authority. Amounts appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2004 for the Capitol Police may be transferred 
     between the headings ``salaries'' and ``general expenses'' 
     upon the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives.
       Sec. 1002. Authorization of Weapons. Section 1824 of the 
     Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 1941) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence--
       (A) by striking ``The Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and 
     the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives'' and 
     inserting ``The Capitol Police Board''; and
       (B) by striking all beginning with ``payable out'' through 
     the period and inserting ``payable from appropriations to the 
     Capitol Police upon certification of payment by the Chief of 
     the Capitol Police.''; and
       (2) in the second sentence--
       (A) by inserting ``or other arms as authorized by the 
     Capitol Police Board'' after ``furnished''; and
       (B) by striking ``the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and 
     the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives'' and 
     inserting ``the Capitol Police Board''.
       Sec. 1003. Legal Representation Authority. (a) In 
     General.--
       (1) Authorization of representation.--Any counsel described 
     under paragraph (2) may for the purposes of providing legal 
     assistance and representation to the United States Capitol 
     Police Board or the United States Capitol Police enter an 
     appearance in any proceeding before any court of the United 
     States or of any State or political subdivision thereof, 
     without compliance with any requirement for admission to 
     practice before such court.
       (2) Counsel.--Paragraph (1) refers to--
       (A) the General Counsel for the United States Capitol 
     Police Board and the Chief of the Capitol Police;
       (B) the Employment Counsel for the United States Capitol 
     Police Board and the United States Capitol Police;
       (C) any attorney employed in the Office of the General 
     Counsel for the United States Capitol Police or the Office of 
     Employment Counsel for the United States Capitol Police;
       (D) the counsel for, or any attorney employed by, any 
     successor office of either office described under 
     subparagraph (C); and
       (E) any attorney retained by contract with either office 
     described under subparagraph (C).
       (b) Limitations.--
       (1) Direction for appearance.--Entrance of appearance 
     authorized under subsection (a) shall be subject to the 
     direction of the Capitol Police Board or the Chief of the 
     Capitol Police.
       (2) United states supreme court.--The authority under 
     subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to the admission 
     of any person to practice before the United States Supreme 
     Court.
       (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal 
     year 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter.
       Sec. 1004. Extended Capitol Police Jurisdiction Zone. (a) 
     Section 9B of the Act entitled ``An Act to define the area of 
     the United States Capitol Grounds, to regulate the use 
     thereof, and for other purposes'', approved July 31, 1946

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

                          OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

                         Salaries and Expenses

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

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of the 
     Congressional Budget Office, including not more than $3,000 
     to be expended on the certification of the Director of the 
     Congressional Budget Office in connection with official 
     representation and reception expenses, $33,612,000: Provided, 
     That this appropriation shall be available to finance an 
     appropriate share of Federal Accounting Standards Advisory 
     Board (FASAB) costs as determined by FASAB.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         General Administration

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

                            Capitol Building

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

                            Capitol Grounds

       For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of 
     grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office 
     buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $6,986,000, of which 
     $685,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2008.

                        Senate Office Buildings

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 
     furnishings to be expended under the control and supervision 
     of the Architect of the Capitol, $63,388,000, of which 
     $17,433,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2008.

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

                          Capitol Power Plant

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, 
     power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and water 
     and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House office 
     buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds 
     about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and air 
     conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of 
     such buildings; heating the Government Printing Office and 
     Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water 
     for air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the 
     Union Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal 
     Judiciary Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, 
     expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed upon 
     request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so 
     received shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit 
     of this appropriation, $88,979,000, of which $38,402,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, 
     That not more than $4,400,000 of the funds credited or to be 
     reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be 
     available for obligation during fiscal year 2004.

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

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

                  Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds

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

                             Botanic Garden

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

                         Capitol Visitor Center

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

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 1101. Acquisition of Space. (a) In General.--Funds 
     appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol shall be 
     available--
       (1) for the leasing of space in areas within the District 
     of Columbia and its environs beyond the boundaries of the 
     United States Capitol Grounds to meet space requirements of 
     the United States Senate, United States House of 
     Representatives, United States Capitol Police, and the 
     Architect of the Capitol under such terms and conditions as 
     the Committee or Commission referred to under subsection (b) 
     may authorize; and
       (2) to incur any necessary expense in connection with any 
     leasing of space under paragraph (1).
       (b) Conditions to Lease Space.--The Architect of the 
     Capitol may lease space under subsection (a) upon submission 
     of written notice of intent to lease such space to--
       (1) the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate 
     for space to be leased that is situated north of the United 
     States Capitol Building;
       (2) the House Office Building Commission for space to be 
     leased that is situated south of the United States Capitol 
     Building; and
       (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
     House of Representatives.
       (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect 
     to fiscal year 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter.
       Sec. 1102. Alternate Computing Facility. (a) In General.--
     There are transferred into the account under the subheading 
     ``General Administration'' under the heading ``ARCHITECT OF 
     THE CAPITOL'' $54,000,000 for the

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     purchase of an alternate computing facility, of which--
       (1) $44,000,000 shall be transferred from unobligated funds 
     transferred to ``Architect of the Capitol'', ``Capitol 
     Buildings and Grounds'', ``Capitol Buildings'' (under the 
     subheading ``legislative branch emergency response fund 
     (including transfer of funds)'' under the heading ``JOINT 
     ITEMS'' under the heading ``LEGISLATIVE BRANCH'' under 
     chapter 9 of division B of the Department of Defense and 
     Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from and 
     Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States Act, 2002 
     (Public Law 107-117)) from amounts made available in Public 
     Law 107-38; and
       (2) $10,000,000 shall be transferred from unobligated funds 
     transferred to ``Capitol Police Board'', ``Capitol Police'', 
     ``General Expenses'' under that subheading (relating to the 
     Legislative Branch Emergency Response Fund) from amounts made 
     available in Public Law 107-38.
       (b) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on 
     September 30, 2004.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 
     otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance 
     of the Library's catalogs; custody and custodial care of the 
     Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and 
     repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the 
     custody of the Library; operation and maintenance of the 
     American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation and 
     distribution of catalog records and other publications of the 
     Library; hire or purchase of 1 passenger motor vehicle; and 
     expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not 
     properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by 
     the Board, $367,539,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 
     shall be derived from collections credited to this 
     appropriation during fiscal year 2004, and shall remain 
     available until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 
     (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than 
     $350,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 
     2004 and shall remain available until expended for the 
     development and maintenance of an international legal 
     information database and activities related thereto: 
     Provided, That the Library of Congress may not obligate or 
     expend any funds derived from collections under the Act of 
     June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for 
     obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided 
     further, That the total amount available for obligation shall 
     be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than 
     the $6,850,000: Provided further, That of the total amount 
     appropriated, $11,596,000 shall remain available until 
     expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, newspapers, 
     and all other materials including subscriptions for 
     bibliographic services for the Library, including $40,000 to 
     be available solely for the purchase, when specifically 
     approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials 
     for additions to the collections: Provided further, That of 
     the total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be 
     expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 
     in connection with official representation and reception 
     expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, 
     That of the total amount appropriated, $905,000 shall remain 
     available until expended for the acquisition and partial 
     support for implementation of an Integrated Library System 
     (ILS): Provided further, That of the total amount 
     appropriated, $4,000,000 shall remain available until 
     expended for the purpose of teaching educators and librarians 
     how to incorporate the Library's digital collections into 
     school curricula and shall be transferred to the educational 
     consortium formed to conduct the ``Adventure of the American 
     Mind'' project as approved by the Library: Provided further, 
     That of the amount appropriated, $250,000 shall remain 
     available until expended, and shall be transferred to the 
     Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for carrying out the 
     purposes of Public Law 106-173, of which amount $10,000 may 
     be used for official representation and reception expenses of 
     the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Provided 
     further, That of the total amount appropriated, $1,380,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2008 for the 
     acquisition and partial support for implementation of a 
     Central Financial Management System: Provided further, That 
     of the total amount appropriated, $11,060,000 shall remain 
     available until expended for support of the National Audio-
     Visual Conservation Center: Provided further, That of the 
     total amount appropriated, $2,762,000 shall remain available 
     until expended for the development and maintenance of the 
     Alternate Computer Facility: Provided further, That, of the 
     total amount appropriated, $500,000 shall remain available 
     until expended and shall be transferred to the Knox College 
     Abraham Lincoln Studies Center for exhibits relating to the 
     Lincoln-Douglas Debates and the Underground Railroad and for 
     other educational activities of the Center: Provided further, 
     That, of the total amount appropriated, $500,000 shall remain 
     available until expended and shall be transferred to the 
     Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism for 
     activities relating to the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial 
     Celebration.

                            Copyright Office


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
     $48,290,000, of which not more than $23,321,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be derived from collections 
     credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2003 under 
     section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Provided, 
     That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any 
     funds derived from collections under such section, in excess 
     of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in 
     appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not more than 
     $6,343,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal 
     year 2004 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 
     1005 of such title: Provided further, That the total amount 
     available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by 
     which collections are less than $29,664,000: Provided 
     further, That not more than $100,000 of the amount 
     appropriated is available for the maintenance of an 
     ``International Copyright Institute'' in the Copyright Office 
     of the Library of Congress for the purpose of training 
     nationals of developing countries in intellectual property 
     laws and policies: Provided further, That not more than 
     $4,250 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian 
     of Congress, in connection with official representation and 
     reception expenses for activities of the International 
     Copyright Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, 
     and seminars.

                     Congressional Research Service


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
     U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated 
     Constitution of the United States of America, $91,726,000: 
     Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay any 
     salary or expense in connection with any publication, or 
     preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public 
     General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress 
     unless such publication has obtained prior approval of either 
     the Committee on House Administration of the House of 
     Representatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration 
     of the Senate.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped


                         salaries and expenses

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

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 1201. Incentive Awards Program. Of the amounts 
     appropriated to the Library of Congress in this Act, not more 
     than $5,000 may be expended, on the certification of the 
     Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 
     representation and reception expenses for the incentive 
     awards program.
       Sec. 1202. Reimbursable and Revolving Fund Activities. (a) 
     In General.--For fiscal year 2004, the obligational authority 
     of the Library of Congress for the activities described in 
     subsection (b) may not exceed $105,589,000.
       (b) Activities.--The activities referred to in subsection 
     (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are 
     funded from sources other than appropriations to the Library 
     in appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.
       (c) Transfer of Funds.--During fiscal year 2004, the 
     Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 
     appropriated in this Act, under the heading ``LIBRARY OF 
     CONGRESS'' under the subheading ``--Salaries and Expenses'' 
     to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal 
     Research Program established under section 103 of the Library 
     of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public 
     Law 106-481; 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount 
     of such transfers may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided 
     further, That the appropriate revolving fund account shall 
     reimburse the Library for any amounts transferred to it 
     before the period of availability of the Library 
     appropriation expires.
       Sec. 1203. National Audiovisual Conservation Center. (a) 
     Acquisition.--Section (1)(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act to 
     authorize acquisition of certain real property for the 
     Library of Congress, and for other purposes'' (2 U.S.C. 141 
     note; Public Law 105-144) is amended by striking paragraph 
     (1) and inserting the following:
       ``(1) Three parcels totaling approximately 45 acres, more 
     or less, located in Culpeper County, Virginia, and identified 
     as Culpeper County Tax Parcel Numbers 51-80B, 51-80C, and 51-
     80D, further described as real estate (consisting of 40.949 
     acres) conveyed to David and Lucille Packard Foundation by 
     deed from Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, dated May 15, 
     1998, and recorded May 19, 1998, in the Clerk's Office, 
     Circuit Court of Culpeper County, Virginia, in Deed Book 644, 
     page 372; and real estate (consisting of 4.181 acres) 
     conveyed to Packard Humanities Institute by deed from Russell 
     H. Inskeep, dated February 13, 2002, and recorded February 
     13, 2002, in the Clerk's Office, Circuit Court of Culpeper 
     County, Virginia, as instrument number 020001299.''.
       (b) Library Buildings and Grounds.--Section 11(d) of the 
     Act entitled ``An Act relating to the policing of the 
     buildings of the Library of Congress'', approved August 4, 
     1950 (2 U.S.C. 167(j)), is amended by striking paragraph (1) 
     and inserting the following:
       ``(1) Three parcels totaling approximately 45 acres, more 
     or less, located in Culpeper County, Virginia, and identified 
     as Culpeper County Tax Parcel Numbers 51-80B, 51-80C, and 51-
     80D, further described as real estate (consisting of 40.949 
     acres) conveyed to David and Lucille Packard Foundation by 
     deed from Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, dated May 15, 
     1998, and recorded May 19, 1998, in the Clerk's Office, 
     Circuit Court of Culpeper County, Virginia, in Deed Book 644, 
     page 372; and real estate (consisting of 4.181 acres) 
     conveyed to Packard Humanities Institute by deed from Russell 
     H. Inskeep, dated February 13, 2002, and recorded February 
     13, 2002,

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     in the Clerk's Office, Circuit Court of Culpeper County, 
     Virginia, as instrument number 020001299.''.
       Sec. 1204. Voluntary Separation Payments. (a) In General.--
     The Congressional Research Service may for such employees as 
     it determines appropriate authorize a payment to employees 
     who voluntarily separate before March 31, 2004, whether by 
     retirement or resignation, which payment shall be paid in 
     accordance with the provisions of section 5597(d) of title 5, 
     United States Code.
       (b) Limitation.--No more than 40 employees may receive a 
     voluntary separation payment under this section.
       Sec. 1205. Transfer of Library of Congress Police.--Section 
     1015(a)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
     2003, is amended by inserting ``, or, if earlier, on February 
     20, 2005'' before the period.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                   Congressional Printing and Binding


                     (including transfer of funds)

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

                 Office of Superintendent of Documents


                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

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

               Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

       For payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving 
     Fund, $10,000,000 for working capital. The Government 
     Printing Office may make such expenditures, within the limits 
     of funds available and in accord with the law, and to make 
     such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
     limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United 
     States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs 
     and purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal 
     year for the Government Printing Office revolving fund: 
     Provided, That not more than $5,000 may be expended on the 
     certification of the Public Printer in connection with 
     official representation and reception expenses: Provided 
     further, That the revolving fund shall be available for the 
     hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger motor 
     vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in connection 
     with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Public 
     Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions 
     of title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That the 
     revolving fund shall be available for temporary or 
     intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 
     United States Code, but at rates for individuals not more 
     than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for 
     level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such 
     title: Provided further, That the revolving fund and the 
     funds provided under the headings ``Office of Superintendent 
     of Documents'' and ``salaries and expenses'' together may not 
     be available for the full-time equivalent employment of more 
     than 3,189 workyears (or such other number of workyears as 
     the Public Printer may request, subject to the approval of 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and Senate): Provided further, That 
     activities financed through the revolving fund may provide 
     information in any format.

                       Administrative Provisions

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

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

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

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

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

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

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, 
     including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the 
     certification of the Comptroller General of the United States 
     in connection with official representation and reception 
     expenses; temporary or intermittent services under section 
     3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
     individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual 
     rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
     under section 5315 of such title; hire of 1 passenger motor 
     vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance 
     with section 3324 of title 31, United States Code; benefits 
     comparable to those payable under section 901(5), (6), and 
     (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 
     (6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by the 
     Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living 
     quarters in foreign countries, $462,112,000: Provided, That 
     not more than $4,806,200 of payments received under section 
     782 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for 
     use in fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That not more than 
     $1,200,000 of reimbursements received under section 9105 of 
     title 31, United States Code, shall be available for use in 
     fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That this appropriation 
     and appropriations for administrative expenses of any other 
     department or agency which is a member of the National 
     Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental 
     Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate 
     share of either Forum's costs as determined by the respective 
     Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal 
     participants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to 
     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

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     Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance 
     an appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the 
     ACIPA, including any expenses attributable to membership of 
     ACIPA in the International Institute of Administrative 
     Sciences: Provided further, That this appropriation shall 
     hereafter be available to finance an appropriate share of the 
     Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board costs.

                        Administrative Provision

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

         PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND

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

                      TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

           TITLE III--FISCAL YEAR 2003 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL

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

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

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