[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15106-15117]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2006

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 138, H.R. 2985; 
I further ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported amendments 
be agreed to; provided further that the Lott-Dodd amendment which is at 
the desk be considered and agreed to, there be 5 minutes of debate 
equally divided between the two managers, and the bill, as amended, be 
read a third time and passed, the motions to reconsider be laid upon 
the table, and that any statements relating to the bill be printed in 
the Record. I further ask unanimous consent that following passage, the 
Senate insist on its amendments, request a conference with the House, 
and that the Chair be authorized to appoint conferees on the part of 
the Senate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 2985) making appropriations for the 
     Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2006, and for other purposes.

  The Senate proceeded to consider the bill which had been reported 
from the Committee on Aproppriations, with amendments.
  (Strike the parts shown in black brackets and insert the parts shown 
in italic.)

                               H.R. 2985

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the 
     following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
     Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative 
     Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for 
     other purposes, namely:

               TITLE I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS

                                 SENATE

                           Expense Allowances

       For expense allowances of the Vice President, $20,000; the 
     President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $40,000; Majority Leader 
     of the Senate, $40,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, 
     $40,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Whip 
     of the Senate, $10,000; President Pro Tempore emeritus, 
     $15,000; 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, $195,000.

    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, 
     $147,120,000, 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, $2,181,000.


                  office of the president pro tempore

       For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $582,000.


              office of the president pro tempore emeritus

       For the Office of the President Pro Tempore emeritus, 
     $290,000.


              offices of the majority and minority leaders

       For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 
     $4,340,000.


               offices of the majority and minority whips

       For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $2,644,000.


                      committee on appropriations

       For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 
     $13,758,000.


                         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, $1,470,000 for each such 
     committee; in all, $2,940,000.


 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, $728,000.


                           policy committees

       For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
     Minority Policy Committee, $1,524,000 for each such 
     committee; in all, $3,048,000.


                         office of the chaplain

       For Office of the Chaplain, $354,000.


                        office of the secretary

       For Office of the Secretary, $20,866,000.


             office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

       For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 
     $56,700,000.


        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

       For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 
     Secretary for the Minority, $1,584,000.


               agency contributions and related expenses

       For agency contributions for employee benefits, as 
     authorized by law, and related expenses, $37,105,000.

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            Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

       For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative 
     Counsel of the Senate, $5,437,000.

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

       For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 
     Counsel, $1,306,000.

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, $119,637,000.


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, 
     $1,980,000.


             sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

       For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 
     Doorkeeper of the Senate, $142,000,000, which shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2010.


                          miscellaneous items

       For miscellaneous items, $17,000,000, 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, $350,000,000.


                          official mail costs

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


                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 1. Gross Rate of Compensation in Offices of Senators. 
     Effective on and after October 1, 2005, 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, 
     2005, increased by an additional $50,000 each.
       Sec. 2. Consultants. With respect to fiscal year 2006, 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''.
       Sec. 3. United States Senate Collection. Section 316 of 
     Public Law 101-302 (2 U.S.C. 2107) is amended in the first 
     sentence of subsection (a) by striking ``2005'' and inserting 
     ``2006''.
       Sec. 4. Senate Commission on Art. Section 3(c)(2) of Public 
     Law 108-83 (2 U.S.C. 2108(c)(2)) is amended by striking ``and 
     for any purposes'' through the period and inserting ``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(a)), and for expenditures, not to exceed 
     $10,000 in any fiscal year, for meals and refreshments in 
     Capitol facilities in connection with official activities of 
     the Commission or other authorized programs or activities.''.
       Sec. 5. Absences. Section 40 of the Revised Statutes (2 
     U.S.C. 39) is amended by--
       (1) striking ``Secretary of the Senate and the'';
       (2) striking ``, respectively, shall'' and inserting 
     ``shall'';
       (3) striking ``Senate or''; and
       (4) striking ``, respectively, unless'' and inserting ``, 
     unless''.
       Sec. 6. Modification of Certain Consultant Requirement. 
     Section 10(a)(5) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
     Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 72d) is amended by inserting ``, except 
     that any approval (and related reporting requirement) shall 
     not apply'' after ``May 14, 1975''.

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES


                         Salaries and Expenses

       For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
     $1,092,407,000, as follows:

                        house leadership offices

       For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
     $19,844,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $2,788,000, 
     including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; 
     Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,089,000, including 
     $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office 
     of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,928,000, including $10,000 
     for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
     Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 
     $1,797,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
     Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the 
     Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,345,000, including $5,000 for 
     official expenses of the Minority Whip; Speaker's Office for 
     Legislative Floor Activities, $482,000; Republican Steering 
     Committee, $906,000; Republican Conference, $1,548,000; 
     Republican Policy Committee, $307,000; Democratic Steering 
     and Policy Committee, $1,945,000; Democratic Caucus, 
     $816,000; nine minority employees, $1,445,000; training and 
     program development--majority, $290,000; training and program 
     development--minority, $290,000; Cloakroom Personnel--
     majority, $434,000; and Cloakroom Personnel--minority, 
     $434,000.

                  Members' Representational Allowances

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

       For Members' representational allowances, including 
     Members' clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 
     $538,109,000.

                          Committee Employees

                Standing Committees, Special and Select

       For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special 
     and select, authorized by House resolutions, $117,913,000: 
     Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such 
     salaries and expenses until December 31, 2006.

                      Committee on Appropriations

       For salaries and expenses of the Committee on 
     Appropriations, $25,668,000, including studies and 
     examinations of executive agencies and temporary personal 
     services for such committee, to be expended in accordance 
     with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
     1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies for 
     services performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
     available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 
     2006.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

       For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
     authorized by law, $167,749,000, including: for salaries and 
     expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than 
     $13,000, of which not more than $10,000 is for the Family 
     Room, for official representation and reception expenses, 
     $21,911,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
     Sergeant at Arms, including the position of Superintendent of 
     Garages, and including not more than $3,000 for official 
     representation and reception expenses, $6,284,000; for 
     salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief 
     Administrative Officer, $116,971,000, of which $3,306,000 
     shall remain available until expended; for salaries and 
     expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, $3,991,000; 
     for salaries and expenses of the Office of Emergency 
     Planning, Preparedness and Operations, $5,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the 
     Office of General Counsel, $962,000; for the Office of the 
     Chaplain, $161,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
     of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and 
     $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,767,000; for 
     salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision 
     Counsel of the House, $2,453,000; for salaries and expenses 
     of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 
     $6,963,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
     Interparliamentary Affairs, $720,000; for other authorized 
     employees, $161,000; and for salaries and expenses of the 
     Office of the Historian, $405,000.

                        Allowances and Expenses

       For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
     resolution or law, $223,124,000, including: supplies, 
     materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
     $4,179,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 
     and administrative offices of the House, $410,000; Government 
     contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and 
     other applicable employee benefits, $214,422,000; supplies, 
     materials, and other costs relating to the House portion of 
     expenses for the Capitol Visitor Center, $3,410,000, to 
     remain available until expended; and miscellaneous items 
     including purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and 
     operation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary 
     receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of 
     the House, $703,000.

                           Child Care Center

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

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 101. (a) Requiring Amounts Remaining in Members' 
     Representational Allowances To Be Used for Deficit Reduction 
     or To Reduce the Federal Debt.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
     ``HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--Members' 
     Representational Allowances'' shall be available only for 
     fiscal year 2006. Any amount remaining after all payments are 
     made under such allowances for fiscal year 2006 shall be 
     deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, 
     if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments 
     have been made,

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     for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the 
     Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
       (b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of 
     the House of Representatives shall have authority to 
     prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
       (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``Member 
     of the House of Representatives'' means a Representative in, 
     or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.

                              JOINT ITEMS

       For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

       For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
     $4,276,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

       For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
     Taxation, $8,781,000, to be disbursed by the Chief 
     Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
       For other joint items, as follows:

                   Office of the Attending Physician

       For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of 
     the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his 
     assistants, including: (1) an allowance of $2,175 per month 
     to the Attending Physician; (2) an allowance of $725 per 
     month each to four medical officers while on duty in the 
     Office of the Attending Physician; (3) an allowance of $725 
     per month to two assistants and $580 per month each not to 
     exceed 11 assistants on the basis heretofore provided for 
     such assistants; and (4) $1,834,000 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, $2,545,000, 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, $4,268,000, to be disbursed by the 
     Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such 
     amount may be used to employ more than 58 individuals: 
     Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, 
     during emergencies, to employ not more than two additional 
     individuals for not more than 120 days each, and not more 
     than 10 additional individuals for not more than 6 months 
     each, for the Capitol Guide Service.

                     [Statements of Appropriations

       [For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives, of the statements for the first session of 
     the 109th 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, 
     professional liability insurance, and other applicable 
     employee benefits, $210,350,000, 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, $29,345,000, 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 2006 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 2006 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. (a) The United States Capitol Police may not 
     operate a mounted horse unit during fiscal year 2006 or any 
     succeeding fiscal year.
       [(b) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the Chief of the Capitol Police shall transfer 
     to the Chief of the United States Park Police the horses, 
     equipment, and supplies of the Capitol Police mounted horse 
     unit which remain in the possession of the Capitol Police as 
     of such date.
       [Sec. 1003. (a) Section 103(h)(1)(A)(i)(I) of the Ethics in 
     Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 103(h)(1)(A)(i)(I)) is 
     amended by inserting ``United States Capitol Police,'' after 
     ``Architect of the Capitol,''.
       [(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
     respect to reports filed under the Ethics in Government Act 
     of 1978 for calendar year 2005 and each succeeding calendar 
     year.
       [Sec. 1004. Section 1003 of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108-83; 117 Stat. 1021), 
     is hereby repealed, and each provision of law amended by such 
     section is hereby restored as if such section had not been 
     enacted into law.
       [Sec. 1005. (a) During fiscal year 2006 and each succeeding 
     fiscal year, the United States Capitol Police may not carry 
     out any reprogramming, transfer, or use of funds described in 
     subsection (b) unless--
       [(1) the Chief of the Capitol Police submits a request for 
     the reprogramming, transfer, or use of funds to the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and Senate on or before August 1 of the respective year, 
     unless both such Committees agree to accept the request at a 
     later date because of extraordinary and emergency 
     circumstances cited by the Chief;
       [(2) the request contains clearly stated and detailed 
     documentation presenting justification for the reprogramming, 
     transfer, or use of funds;
       [(3) the request contains a declaration that, as of the 
     date of the request, none of the funds included in the 
     request have been obligated, and none will be obligated, 
     until both Committees have approved the request; and
       [(4) both Committees approve the request.
       [(b) A reprogramming, transfer, or use of funds described 
     in this subsection is any reprogramming or transfer of funds, 
     or use of unobligated balances, under which--
       [(1) the amount to be shifted to or from any object class, 
     approved budget, or program involved under the request, or 
     the aggregate amount to be shifted to or from any object 
     class, approved budget, or program involved during the fiscal 
     year taking into account the amount contained in the request, 
     is in excess of $250,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, of 
     the object class, approved budget, or program;
       [(2) the reprogramming, transfer, or use of funds would 
     result in a major change to the program or item which is 
     different than that presented to and approved by the 
     Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
     and Senate; or
       [(3) the funds involved were earmarked by either of the 
     Committees for a specific activity which is different than 
     the activity proposed under the request, without regard to 
     whether the amount provided in the earmark is less than, 
     equal to, or greater than the amount required to carry out 
     the activity.
       [Sec. 1006. (a) Establishment of Office.--There is 
     established in the United States Capitol Police the Office of 
     the Inspector General (hereafter in this section referred to 
     as the ``Office''), headed by the Inspector General of the 
     United States Capitol Police (hereafter in this section 
     referred to as the ``Inspector General'').
       [(b) Inspector General.--
       [(1) Appointment.--The Inspector General shall be appointed 
     by the Capitol Police Board, in consultation with and subject 
     to the approval of the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate, 
     acting jointly, and shall be appointed without regard to 
     political affiliation and solely on the basis of integrity 
     and demonstrated ability in accounting, auditing, financial 
     analysis, law, management analysis, public administration, or 
     investigations.
       [(2) Term of service.--The Inspector General shall serve 
     for a term of 5 years, and an individual serving as Inspector 
     General may be reappointed for not more than 2 additional 
     terms.
       [(3) Removal.--The Inspector General may be removed from 
     office prior to the expiration of his term only by the 
     unanimous vote of all of the members of the Capitol Police 
     Board, and the Board shall communicate the reasons for any 
     such removal to the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
     and President pro tempore of the Senate.
       [(4) Salary.--The Inspector General shall be paid at an 
     annual rate equal to $1,000 less than the annual rate of pay 
     in effect for the Chief of the Capitol Police.
       [(5) Deadline.--The Capitol Police Board shall appoint the 
     first Inspector General under this section not later than 180 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       [(c) Duties.--
       [(1) Applicability of duties of inspector general of 
     executive branch establishment.--The Inspector General shall 
     carry out the same duties and responsibilities with respect 
     to the United States Capitol Police as an Inspector General 
     of an establishment carries out with respect to an 
     establishment under section 4 of the Inspector General Act of 
     1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 4), under the same

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     terms and conditions which apply under such section.
       [(2) Semiannual reports.--The Inspector General shall 
     prepare and submit semiannual reports summarizing the 
     activities of the Office in the same manner, and in 
     accordance with the same deadlines, terms, and conditions, as 
     an Inspector General of an establishment under section 5 of 
     the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 5). For 
     purposes of applying section 5 of such Act to the Inspector 
     General, the Capitol Police Board shall be considered the 
     head of the establishment, except that the Inspector General 
     shall transmit to the Chief of the Capitol Police a copy of 
     any report submitted to the Board pursuant to this paragraph.
       [(3) Investigations of complaints of employees and 
     members.--
       [(A) Authority.--The Inspector General may receive and 
     investigate complaints or information from an employee or 
     member of the Capitol Police concerning the possible 
     existence of an activity constituting a violation of law, 
     rules, or regulations, or mismanagement, gross waste of 
     funds, abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific 
     danger to the public health and safety, including complaints 
     or information the investigation of which is under the 
     jurisdiction of the Internal Affairs Division of the Capitol 
     Police as of the date of the enactment of this Act.
       [(B) Nondisclosure.--The Inspector General shall not, after 
     receipt of a complaint or information from an employee or 
     member, disclose the identity of the employee or member 
     without the consent of the employee or member, unless the 
     Inspector General determines such disclosure is unavoidable 
     during the course of the investigation.
       [(C) Prohibiting retaliation.--An employee or member of the 
     Capitol Police who has authority to take, direct others to 
     take, recommend, or approve any personnel action, shall not, 
     with respect to such authority, take or threaten to take any 
     action against any employee or member as a reprisal for 
     making a complaint or disclosing information to the Inspector 
     General, unless the complaint was made or the information 
     disclosed with the knowledge that it was false or with 
     willful disregard for its truth or falsity.
       [(4) Independence in carrying out duties.--Neither the 
     Capitol Police Board, the Chief of the Capitol Police, nor 
     any other member or employee of the Capitol Police may 
     prevent or prohibit the Inspector General from carrying out 
     any of the duties or responsibilities assigned to the 
     Inspector General under this section.
       [(d) Powers.--
       [(1) In general.--The Inspector General may exercise the 
     same authorities with respect to the United States Capitol 
     Police as an Inspector General of an establishment may 
     exercise with respect to an establishment under section 6(a) 
     of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 6(a)), 
     other than paragraphs (7) and (8) of such section.
       [(2) Staff.--
       [(A) In general.--The Inspector General may appoint and fix 
     the pay of such personnel as the Inspector General considers 
     appropriate. Such personnel may be appointed without regard 
     to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, regarding 
     appointments in the competitive service, and may be paid 
     without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter 
     III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classification 
     and General Schedule pay rates, except that no personnel of 
     the Office (other than the Inspector General) may be paid at 
     an annual rate greater than $500 less than the annual rate of 
     pay of the Inspector General under subsection (b)(4).
       [(B) Experts and consultants.--The Inspector General may 
     procure temporary and intermittent services under section 
     3109 of title 5, United States Code, at rates not to exceed 
     the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for 
     level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such 
     title.
       [(C) Independence in appointing staff.--No individual may 
     carry out any of the duties or responsibilities of the Office 
     unless the individual is appointed by the Inspector General, 
     or provides services procured by the Inspector General, 
     pursuant to this paragraph. Nothing in this subparagraph may 
     be construed to prohibit the Inspector General from entering 
     into a contract or other arrangement for the provision of 
     services under this section.
       [(D) Applicability of capitol police personnel rules.--None 
     of the regulations governing the appointment and pay of 
     employees of the Capitol Police shall apply with respect to 
     the appointment and compensation of the personnel of the 
     Office, except to the extent agreed to by the Inspector 
     General. Nothing in the previous sentence may be construed to 
     affect subparagraphs (A) through (C).
       [(3) Equipment and supplies.--The Chief of the Capitol 
     Police shall provide the Office with appropriate and adequate 
     office space, together with such equipment, supplies, and 
     communications facilities and services as may be necessary 
     for the operation of the Office, and shall provide necessary 
     maintenance services for such office space and the equipment 
     and facilities located therein.
       [(e) Transfer of Functions.--
       [(1) Transfer.--To the extent that any office or entity in 
     the Capitol Police prior to the appointment of the first 
     Inspector General under this section carried out any of the 
     duties and responsibilities assigned to the Inspector General 
     under this section, the functions of such office or entity 
     shall be transferred to the Office upon the appointment of 
     the first Inspector General under this section.
       [(2) No reduction in pay or benefits.--The transfer of the 
     functions of an office or entity to the Office under 
     paragraph (1) may not result in a reduction in the pay or 
     benefits of any employee of the office or entity, except to 
     the extent required under subsection (d)(2)(A).
       [Sec. 1007. (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after 
     the last day of each semiannual period, the Chief of the 
     Capitol Police shall submit to Congress, with respect to that 
     period, a detailed, itemized report of the disbursements for 
     the operations of the United States Capitol Police.
       [(b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include--
       [(1) the name of each person or entity who receives a 
     payment from the Capitol Police;
       [(2) the cost of any item furnished to the Capitol Police;
       [(3) a description of any service rendered to the Capitol 
     Police, together with service dates;
       [(4) a statement of all amounts appropriated to, or 
     received or expended by, the Capitol Police and any 
     unexpended balances of such amounts for any open fiscal year; 
     and
       [(5) such additional information as may be required by 
     regulation of the Committee on House Administration of the 
     House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration of the Senate.
       [(c) Printing.--Each report under this section shall be 
     printed as a House document.
       [(d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect 
     to the semiannual periods of October 1 through March 31 and 
     April 1 through September 30 of each year, beginning with the 
     semiannual period in which this section is enacted.

                         [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), $3,112,000, of which $780,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2007: 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: Provided further, That not 
     more than $500 may be expended on the certification of the 
     Executive Director of the Office of Compliance in connection 
     with official representation and reception expenses.

                      [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, $35,450,000.

                       [Administrative Provision

       [Sec. 1100. (a) Permitting Waiver of Claims For Overpayment 
     of Pay and Allowances.--Section 5584(g) of title 5, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       [(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (5);
       [(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (6) and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       [(3) by inserting immediately after paragraph (6) the 
     following new paragraph:
       [``(7) the Congressional Budget Office.''.
       [(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2006 and each 
     succeeding fiscal year.

                       [ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                        [General Administration

       [For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 
     personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for 
     surveys and studies in connection with activities under the 
     care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary 
     expenses for the general and administrative support of the 
     operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 
     Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate 
     and House office buildings, and other facilities under the 
     jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 
     furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 
     $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to 
     be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; for 
     purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation of a 
     passenger motor vehicle, $77,002,000, of which $350,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2008.

                           [Capitol Building

       [For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care, and 
     operation of the Capitol, $22,097,000, of which $6,580,000 
     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, $7,723,000,

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     of which $740,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2008.]

           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

       For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and 
     Special Services Office, $4,098,000, to be disbursed by the 
     Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such 
     amount may be used to employ more than 58 individuals: 
     Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, 
     during emergencies, to employ not more than two additional 
     individuals for not more than 120 days each, and not more 
     than 10 additional individuals for not more than 6 months 
     each, for the Capitol Guide Service.

                      Statements of Appropriations

       For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees 
     on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives, of the statements for the first session of 
     the 109th 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, 
     professional liability insurance, and other applicable 
     employee benefits, $222,600,000, 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, $42,000,000, 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 2005 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 2006 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. Capitol Police and Transfer of Library of 
     Congress Police. (a) Limitation On Certain Hiring Authority 
     of Capitol Police.--Section 1006(b)(3) of the Legislative 
     Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108-83; 117 Stat. 
     1023), as amended by section 1002 of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 108-
     447; 118 Stat. 3179), is further amended by adding after 
     subparagraph (D), the following:
       ``(E) Limitation for fiscal year 2006.--During fiscal year 
     2006, the number of individuals hired under this subsection 
     may not exceed--
       ``(i) the number of Library of Congress Police employees 
     who separated from service or transferred to a position other 
     than a Library of Congress Police employee position during 
     fiscal year 2005 for whom a corresponding hire was not made 
     under this subsection; and
       ``(ii) the number of Library of Congress Police employees 
     who separate from service or transfer to a position other 
     than a Library of Congress Police employee position during 
     fiscal year 2006.''.
       (b) Memorandum of Understanding.--The Memorandum of 
     Understanding between the Library of Congress and the Capitol 
     Police entered into on December 12, 2004, shall remain in 
     effect through fiscal year 2006, subject to such 
     modifications as may be made in accordance with the 
     modification and dispute resolution provisions of the 
     Memorandum of Understanding.

                          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), $3,112,000, of which $780,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2007: 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, $35,853,000.

                        Administrative Provision

       Sec. 1100. Waiver of Certain Claims. Section 5584(g) of 
     title 5, United States Code, (relating to the definition of 
     an agency) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (6) as a paragraph (7);
       (2) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (5);
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
       ``(6) the Congressional Budget Office; and''; and
       (4) in the last sentence, by striking ``paragraph (6)'' and 
     inserting ``paragraph (7)''.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         General Administration

       For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 
     personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for 
     surveys and studies in connection with activities under the 
     care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary 
     expenses for the general and administrative support of the 
     operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 
     Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate 
     and House office buildings, and other facilities under the 
     jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 
     furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 
     $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to 
     be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; for 
     purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation of a 
     passenger motor vehicle, $76,522,000.

                            Capitol Building

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, and 
     operation of the Capitol, $25,380,000, of which $10,055,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2010.

                            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, $7,061,000.

                        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, $67,004,000, of which 
     $15,745,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2010.

                         House Office Buildings

       For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the House office buildings, $59,616,000, of 
     which $20,922,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
     2008.

                          [Capitol Power Plant

       [For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
     operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, 
     power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and water 
     and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House office 
     buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds 
     about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and air 
     conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of 
     such buildings; heating the Government Printing Office and 
     Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water 
     for air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the 
     Union Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal 
     Judiciary Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, 
     expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed upon 
     request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so 
     received shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit 
     of this appropriation, $58,585,000, of which $1,592,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That not 
     more than $6,600,000 of the funds credited or to be 
     reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be 
     available for obligation during fiscal year 2006.

                     [Library Buildings and Grounds

       [For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
     structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
     buildings and grounds, $31,318,000, of which $6,325,000 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, $16,830,000, of which $5,500,000 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, $7,211,000: Provided, That this appropriation 
     shall not be available for construction of the National 
     Garden: Provided further, That of the amount made available 
     under this heading, the Architect may obligate and expend 
     such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance, care, and 
     operation of the National Garden established under section 
     307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 
     U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect or a 
     duly authorized designee.

                        [Capitol Visitor Center

       [For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Center 
     project, $36,900,000, 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 project without an obligation plan approved by 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
     Representatives.

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                       [Administrative Provisions

       [Sec. 1201. (a) Section 108 of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 1849), is amended--
       [(1) in subsection (b), by striking ``8 positions'' and 
     inserting ``10 positions''; and
       [(2) in subsection (c), by striking ``4 positions'' and 
     inserting ``2 positions''.
       [(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
     respect to pay periods beginning on or after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       [Sec. 1202. (a) Section 905 of the 2002 Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response To 
     Terrorist Attacks on the United States (2 U.S.C. 1819) is 
     amended--
       [(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
       [(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
     subsection:
       [``(d) In the case of a building or facility acquired 
     through purchase pursuant to subsection (a), the Architect of 
     the Capitol may enter into or assume a lease with another 
     person for the use of any portion of the building or facility 
     that the Architect of the Capitol determines is not required 
     to be used to carry out the purposes of this section, subject 
     to the approval of the entity which approved the acquisition 
     of such building or facility under subsection (b).''.
       [(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
     respect to leases entered into on or after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       [Sec. 1203. (a) There is hereby established the Capitol 
     Visitor Center Governing Board (hereafter in this section 
     referred to as the ``Governing Board''), consisting of each 
     of the following individuals:
       [(1) The Speaker of the House of Representatives, or the 
     Speaker's designee.
       [(2) The minority leader of the House of Representatives, 
     or the minority leader's designee.
       [(3) The majority leader of the Senate, or the majority 
     leader's designee.
       [(4) The minority leader of the Senate, or the minority 
     leader's designee.
       [(5) The chairman of the Committee on House Administration 
     of the House of Representatives, who shall serve as co-
     chairman of the Governing Board.
       [(6) The ranking minority member of the Committee on House 
     Administration of the House of Representatives.
       [(7) The chairman of the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration of the Senate, who shall serve as co-chairman 
     of the Governing Board.
       [(8) The ranking minority member of the Committee on Rules 
     and Administration of the Senate.
       [(b) The Governing Board shall be responsible for 
     establishing the policies which govern the operations of the 
     Capitol Visitor Center, consistent with applicable law.
       [(c) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
     2006 and each succeeding fiscal year.

                          [LIBRARY OF CONGRESS


                         [Salaries and Expenses

                        [(including rescission)

       [For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 
     otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance 
     of the Library's catalogs; custody and custodial care of the 
     Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and 
     repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the 
     custody of the Library; operation and maintenance of the 
     American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation and 
     distribution of catalog records and other publications of the 
     Library; hire or purchase of one passenger 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, $388,144,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 
     shall be derived from collections credited to this 
     appropriation during fiscal year 2006, 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 
     2006 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 
     $6,350,000: Provided further, That of the total amount 
     appropriated, $13,972,000 shall remain available until 
     expended for the partial 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, $500,000 shall remain 
     available until expended, and shall be transferred to the 
     Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for carrying out the 
     purposes of Public Law 106-173, of which $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, $11,078,000 shall 
     remain available until expended for partial support of the 
     National Audio-Visual Conservation Center: Provided further, 
     That of the amounts made available under this heading in 
     chapter 9 of division A of the Miscellaneous Appropriations 
     Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-554; 114 Stat. 2763A-194), 
     $15,500,000 is rescinded.

                           [Copyright Office


                         [Salaries and Expenses

       [For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
     $58,601,000, of which not more than $30,481,000, to remain 
     available until expended, shall be derived from collections 
     credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2006 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 
     $5,465,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal 
     year 2006 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), 1005, 
     and 1316 of such title: Provided further, That the total 
     amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the 
     amount by which collections are less than $35,946,000: 
     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: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
     provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United States Code, any 
     amounts made available under this heading which are 
     attributable to royalty fees and payments received by the 
     Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 119, and chapter 
     10 of such title may be used for the costs incurred in the 
     administration of the Copyright Royalty Judges program.

                    [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, $99,952,000: 
     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), 
     $54,049,000, of which $15,831,000 shall remain available 
     until expended.

                       [Administrative Provisions

       [Sec. 1301. 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. 1302. Reimbursable and Revolving Fund Activities. (a) 
     In General.--For fiscal year 2006, the obligational authority 
     of the Library of Congress for the activities described in 
     subsection (b) may not exceed $109,943,000.
       [(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 2006, 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.

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       [Sec. 1303. United States Diplomatic Facilities.--Funds 
     made available for the Library of Congress under this Act are 
     available for transfer to the Department of State as 
     remittance for a fee charged by the Department for fiscal 
     year 2006 for the maintenance, upgrade, or construction of 
     United States diplomatic facilities only to the extent that 
     the amount of the fee so charged is equal to or less than the 
     unreimbursed value of the services provided during fiscal 
     year 2006 to the Library of Congress on State Department 
     diplomatic facilities.
       [Sec. 1304. (a) Section 208 of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104-53; 109 Stat. 532), 
     is hereby repealed.
       [(b) The amendment made by this section shall take effect 
     on the date of the enactment of this Act or October 1, 2005, 
     whichever occurs earlier.

                      [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, 
     $88,090,000 (reduced by $5,400,000): 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, $33,337,000: 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 fiscal years 
     2004 and 2005 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, $1,200,000 for workforce retraining. 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 2,621 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: Provided further, That not more 
     than $10,000 may be expended from the revolving fund in 
     support of the activities of the Benjamin Franklin 
     Tercentenary Commission established by Public Law 107-202.

                   [GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE


                         [Salaries and Expenses

       [For necessary expenses of the Government Accountability 
     Office, including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the 
     certification of the Comptroller General of the United States 
     in connection with official representation and reception 
     expenses; temporary or intermittent services under section 
     3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
     individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual 
     rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
     under section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor 
     vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance 
     with section 3324 of title 31, United States Code; benefits 
     comparable to those payable under sections 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, $482,395,000: Provided, That 
     not more than $5,104,000 of payments received under section 
     782 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for 
     use in fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That not more than 
     $2,061,000 of reimbursements received under section 9105 of 
     title 31, United States Code, shall be available for use in 
     fiscal year 2006: 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.

        [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 under section 313 of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), $14,000,000.]

                          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, $58,817,000, of which $1,600,000 shall 
     remain available until September 30, 2010: Provided, That not 
     more than $6,500,000 of the funds credited or to be 
     reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be 
     available for obligation during fiscal year 2006.

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

       For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
     structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
     buildings and grounds, $70,948,000, of which $42,950,000 
     shall remain available until September 30, 2010.

                  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, $10,031,000.

                             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, $7,633,000: Provided, That this appropriation 
     shall not be available for construction of the National 
     Garden: Provided further, That of the amount made

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     available under this heading, the Architect may obligate and 
     expend such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance, 
     care, and operation of the National Garden established under 
     section 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
     1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect 
     or a duly authorized designee.

                         Capitol Visitor Center

       For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Center 
     project, $41,900,000, to remain available until expended, and 
     in addition, $2,300,000 for Capitol Visitor Center operation 
     costs: Provided, That the Architect of the Capitol may not 
     obligate any of the funds which are made available for the 
     Capitol Visitor Center project without an obligation plan 
     approved by the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and 
     House of Representatives.

                        Administrative Provision

       Sec. 1201. Executive Director of the Capitol Visitor 
     Center. The Architect of the Capitol may appoint an Executive 
     Director of the Capitol Visitor Center whose annual rate of 
     pay shall be determined by the Architect of the Capitol and 
     shall not exceed $1,500 less than the annual rate of pay for 
     the Architect of the Capitol.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 
     otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance 
     of the Library's catalogs; custody and custodial care of the 
     Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and 
     repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the 
     custody of the Library; operation and maintenance of the 
     American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation and 
     distribution of catalog records and other publications of the 
     Library; hire or purchase of one passenger 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, $397,285,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 
     shall be derived from collections credited to this 
     appropriation during fiscal year 2006, 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 
     2006 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 
     $6,350,000: Provided further, That of the total amount 
     appropriated, $13,972,000 shall remain available until 
     expended for the partial 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, $4,000,000 shall 
     remain available until expended for the digital collections 
     and school curricula program under section 1305 of this Act: 
     Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
     $600,000 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 
     $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, 
     $12,085,000 shall remain available until expended for partial 
     support of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center: 
     Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
     $250,000 shall be used to provide a grant to the Middle 
     Eastern Text Initiative for translation and publishing of 
     middle eastern text: Provided further, That no funds made 
     available under this heading may be expended inconsistently 
     with the provisions and intent of section 1006 of the 
     Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108-
     83), as amended, and the memorandum of understanding between 
     the Library of Congress and the Capitol Police entered into 
     on December 12, 2004.

                            Copyright Office


                         salaries and expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office and the new 
     Copyright Royalty Judges program, $57,322,000, of which not 
     more than $30,481,000, to remain available until expended, 
     shall be derived from collections credited to this 
     appropriation during fiscal year 2006 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 $4,141,000 shall 
     be derived from collections during fiscal year 2006 under 
     sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), 1005, and 1316 of such 
     title: Provided further, That the total amount available for 
     obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which 
     collections are less than $34,622,000: 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, $101,755,000: 
     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), 
     $64,172,000, of which $25,667,000 shall remain available 
     until expended.

                       Administrative Provisions

       Sec. 1301. 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. 1302. Reimbursable and Revolving Fund Activities. (a) 
     In General.--For fiscal year 2006, the obligational authority 
     of the Library of Congress for the activities described in 
     subsection (b) may not exceed $109,943,000.
       (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 2006, 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. 1303. National Digital Information Infrastructure and 
     Preservation Program. The Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 
     2001 (enacted into law by section 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106-
     554, 114 Stat. 2763A-194) is amended in the first proviso 
     under the subheading ``Salaries and Expenses'' under the 
     heading ``LIBRARY OF CONGRESS'' in chapter 9 of division A by 
     adding at the end ``, except that an amount not to exceed 
     $25,000,000 of such additional $75,000,000 shall remain 
     available until expended and may be used for competitive 
     grants to State governmental entities, without regard to any 
     matching contribution requirement, to work cooperatively to 
     collect and preserve at-risk digital State and local 
     government information''.
       Sec. 1304. United States Diplomatic Facilities. Funds made 
     available for the Library of Congress under this Act are 
     available for transfer to the Department of State as 
     remittance for a fee charged by the Department for fiscal 
     year 2006 for the maintenance, upgrade, or construction of 
     United States diplomatic facilities only to the extent that 
     the amount of the fee so charged is equal to or less than the 
     unreimbursed value of the services provided during fiscal 
     year 2006 to the Library of Congress on State Department 
     diplomatic facilities.
       Sec. 1305. Incorporation of Digital Collections Into School 
     Curricula. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Library of Congress Digital Collections and School 
     Curricula Act of 2005''.
       (b) Program.--The Librarian of Congress shall administer a 
     program to teach educators and librarians how to incorporate 
     the digital collections of the Library of Congress into 
     school curricula.
       (c) Educational Consortium.--In administering the program 
     under this section, the Librarian of Congress may--
       (1) establish an educational consortium to support the 
     program; and
       (2) make funds appropriated for the program available to 
     consortium members, educational institutions, and libraries.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out this 
     section for fiscal year 2006 and each fiscal year thereafter.

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                       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, 
     $88,090,000: 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, $33,837,000: 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 fiscal years 
     2004 and 2005 to depository and other designated libraries: 
     Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances 
     in this account or accounts for similar purposes for 
     preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Government 
     Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes 
     of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.

               Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

       For payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving 
     Fund, $5,000,000 for workforce retraining: Provided, That the 
     Government Printing Office may make such expenditures, within 
     the limits of funds available and in accordance with 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 further, 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 2,621 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: Provided further, That not more 
     than $10,000 may be expended from the revolving fund in 
     support of the activities of the Benjamin Franklin 
     Tercentenary Commission established by Public Law 107-202.

                    GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For necessary expenses of the Government Accountability 
     Office, including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the 
     certification of the Comptroller General of the United States 
     in connection with official representation and reception 
     expenses; temporary or intermittent services under section 
     3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
     individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual 
     rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
     under section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor 
     vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance 
     with section 3324 of title 31, United States Code; benefits 
     comparable to those payable under section 901(5), (6), and 
     (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 
     (6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by the 
     Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living 
     quarters in foreign countries, $484,383,000: Provided, That 
     not more than $5,104,000 of payments received under section 
     782 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for 
     use in fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That not more than 
     $2,061,000 of reimbursements received under section 9105 of 
     title 31, United States Code, shall be available for use in 
     fiscal year 2006: 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.

                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.

   JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

       For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public 
     Service Development Trust Fund established under section 116 
     of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and 
     Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000.

                      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 2006 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 of 1995 (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.
       Sec. 207. Landscape Maintenance.--The Architect of the 
     Capitol, in consultation with the District of Columbia, is 
     authorized to maintain and improve the landscape features, 
     excluding streets and sidewalks, in the irregular shaped 
     grassy areas bounded by Washington Avenue, SW on the 
     northeast, Second Street SW on the west, Square 582 on the 
     south, and the beginning of the I-395 tunnel on the 
     southeast.
       Sec. 208. Limitation on Transfers.--None of the funds made 
     available in this Act may

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     be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality 
     of the United States Government, except pursuant to a 
     transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act 
     or any other appropriation Act.
       [Sec. 209. Compensation Limitation.--None of the funds 
     contained in this Act or any other Act may be used to pay the 
     salary of any officer or employee of the legislative branch 
     during fiscal year 2006 or any succeeding fiscal year to the 
     extent that the aggregate amount of compensation paid to the 
     employee during the year (including base salary, performance 
     awards and other bonus payments, and incentive payments, but 
     excluding the value of any in-kind benefits and payments) 
     exceeds the annual rate of pay for a Member of the House of 
     Representatives or a Senator.]
       Sec. 209. Compensation Limitation. Legislative branch 
     appropriations are not available to pay the salary of any 
     officer or employee to the extent that the aggregate amount 
     of compensation (including base salary, awards, bonus 
     incentives, excluding in-kind compensation) exceeds the 
     annual rate for a Senator or Member unless the applicable 
     entity head has certified that the entity has a performance 
     appraisal system which (as designed and applied) makes 
     meaningful distinctions based on relative performance 
     consistent with the criteria established pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
     5307(d)(3)(A). Each entity head shall recertify its 
     performance appraisal system (bi-annually in accordance with 
     5 U.S.C. 5307(d)(3)(B)). Entities with such certified 
     appraisal systems may pay total annual compensation up to the 
     amounts Executive branch personnel subject to certified 
     performance appraisal systems may receive.

                [TITLE III--CONTINUITY IN REPRESENTATION

       [Sec. 301. Section 26 of the Revised Statutes of the United 
     States (2 U.S.C. 8) is amended--
       [(1) by striking ``The time'' and inserting ``(a) In 
     General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the time''; 
     and
       [(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       [``(b) Special Rules in Extraordinary Circumstances.--
       [``(1) In general.--In extraordinary circumstances, the 
     executive authority of any State in which a vacancy exists in 
     its representation in the House of Representatives shall 
     issue a writ of election to fill such vacancy by special 
     election.
       [``(2) Timing of special election.--A special election held 
     under this subsection to fill a vacancy shall take place not 
     later than 49 days after the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives announces that the vacancy exists, unless, 
     during the 75-day period which begins on the date of the 
     announcement of the vacancy--
       [``(A) a regularly scheduled general election for the 
     office involved is to be held; or
       [``(B) another special election for the office involved is 
     to be held, pursuant to a writ for a special election issued 
     by the chief executive of the State prior to the date of the 
     announcement of the vacancy.
       [``(3) Nominations by parties.--If a special election is to 
     be held under this subsection, the determination of the 
     candidates who will run in such election shall be made--
       [``(A) by nominations made not later than 10 days after the 
     Speaker announces that the vacancy exists by the political 
     parties of the State that are authorized by State law to 
     nominate candidates for the election; or
       [``(B) by any other method the State considers appropriate, 
     including holding primary elections, that will ensure that 
     the State will hold the special election within the deadline 
     required under paragraph (2).
       [``(4) Extraordinary circumstances.--
       [``(A) In general.--In this subsection, `extraordinary 
     circumstances' occur when the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives announces that vacancies in the 
     representation from the States in the House exceed 100.
       [``(B) Judicial review.--If any action is brought for 
     declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge an announcement 
     made under subparagraph (A), the following rules shall apply:
       [``(i) Not later than 2 days after the announcement, the 
     action shall be filed in the United States District Court 
     having jurisdiction in the district of the Member of the 
     House of Representatives whose seat has been announced to be 
     vacant and shall be heard by a 3-judge court convened 
     pursuant to section 2284 of title 28, United States Code.
       [``(ii) A copy of the complaint shall be delivered promptly 
     to the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
       [``(iii) A final decision in the action shall be made 
     within 3 days of the filing of such action and shall not be 
     reviewable.
       [``(iv) The executive authority of the State that contains 
     the district of the Member of the House of Representatives 
     whose seat has been announced to be vacant shall have the 
     right to intervene either in support of or opposition to the 
     position of a party to the case regarding the announcement of 
     such vacancy.
       [``(5) Protecting ability of absent military and overseas 
     voters to participate in special elections.--
       [``(A) Deadline for transmittal of absentee ballots.--In 
     conducting a special election held under this subsection to 
     fill a vacancy in its representation, the State shall ensure 
     to the greatest extent practicable (including through the use 
     of electronic means) that absentee ballots for the election 
     are transmitted to absent uniformed services voters and 
     overseas voters (as such terms are defined in the Uniformed 
     and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act) not later than 15 
     days after the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
     announces that the vacancy exists.
       [``(B) Period for ballot transit time.--Notwithstanding the 
     deadlines referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3), in the case 
     of an individual who is an absent uniformed services voter or 
     an overseas voter (as such terms are defined in the Uniformed 
     and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act), a State shall 
     accept and process any otherwise valid ballot or other 
     election material from the voter so long as the ballot or 
     other material is received by the appropriate State election 
     official not later than 45 days after the State transmits the 
     ballot or other material to the voter.
       [``(6) Application to district of columbia and 
     territories.--This subsection shall apply--
       [``(A) to a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the 
     Congress in the same manner as it applies to a Member of the 
     House of Representatives; and
       [``(B) to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
     Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the United States 
     Virgin Islands in the same manner as it applies to a State, 
     except that a vacancy in the representation from any such 
     jurisdiction in the House shall not be taken into account by 
     the Speaker in determining whether vacancies in the 
     representation from the States in the House exceed 100 for 
     purposes of paragraph (4)(A).
       [``(7) Rule of construction regarding federal election 
     laws.--Nothing in this subsection may be construed to affect 
     the application to special elections under this subsection of 
     any Federal law governing the administration of elections for 
     Federal office (including any law providing for the 
     enforcement of any such law), including, but not limited to, 
     the following:
       [``(A) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et 
     seq.), as amended.
       [``(B) The Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and 
     Handicapped Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ee et seq.), as amended.
       [``(C) The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff et seq.), as amended.
       [``(D) The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 
     U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.), as amended.
       [``(E) The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 
     U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), as amended.
       [``(F) The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et 
     seq.), as amended.
       [``(G) The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15301 
     et seq.), as amended.''.]
       This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 2006''.

  Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I am proud to present to the Senate the 
Appropriations Committee's recommen-
dations for fiscal year 2006 Legislative Branch appropriations, H.R. 
2985. I would like to thank Senator Durbin, ranking member of the 
subcommittee, for his full cooperation in crafting the legislation. 
Under our recommendation, funding for the legislative branch would 
total $3.83 billion in budget authority and $3.84 billion in outlays. 
This is $230 million above the FY05 enacted level and a reduction of 
$194 million below the request. While there are very few programmatic 
increases in the bill, funding is sufficient to maintain current 
operations in all agencies. Significant increases above the fiscal year 
2005 budget are recommended in only a few areas, such as funding to 
complete the Capitol Visitor Center.
  Highlights of the bill include funding of $264.6 million for the 
Capitol Police, which will enable the Capitol Police to maintain its 
current staffing level of 1,592 police officers and ensure appropriate 
levels of security for the Capitol complex.
  The recommendation also includes $427 million for the Architect of 
the Capitol, including $42 million for Capitol Visitor Center 
construction and $2.3 million for initial operational costs of the CVC. 
The Architect believes this amount will be sufficient to complete the 
CVC construction.
  Also within the AOC budget is storage modules for the Library of 
Congress at Ft. Meade, totaling $40.7 million. While this is an 
expensive project, it is critically needed to take care of burgeoning 
storage requirements at the Library.
  For the Library of Congress, funding would total $580 million, 
including funding for the Library's highest priorities such as the new 
National Audio-Visual Conservation Center and Congressional Research 
Service enhancements. A total of $9.8 million would be

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included for the Books for the Blind digital talking book, as a 
``downpayment'' on the $75 million effort to replace the current 
cassette playback system with digital ``flash memory'' technology.
  Funding for the GPO would total $126.9 million, including $5 million 
to retrain staff for the new digital environment; the Government 
Accountability Office would receive $484 million, and the Open World 
Leadership Program would be funded at the budget request level of $14 
million.
  Funding and language pertaining only to the House remains as passed 
by the House, pursuant to the normal protocol of comity between the two 
bodies.
  This is a non-controversial and lean bill that meets the most 
important needs of the Congress and its support agencies, and I urge my 
colleagues to support the bill.
  Before closing, I would like to thank the staff who have been 
involved in this bill. Senator Durbin's staff, Nancy Olkewicz, Drew 
Willison and Pat Souders, and my own staff, Lance Landry, Carrie 
Apostolou, and Christen Taylor.
  Mr. ENSIGN. Mr. President, I thank the chairman for taking the time 
to engage in a colloquy to discuss a program funded in the Legislative 
Branch appropriations measure that is important to many Nevada 
educators.
  In this bill, the Library of Congress is slated to receive $4 million 
for continued development of the Adventure of the American Mind 
program. AAM facilitates the incorporation of digital collections into 
school curricula. AAM provides teacher training so they can learn how 
to use primary resources in their classroom instruction. I think it is 
important to give educators and students--regardless of where they 
live--access to what the Librarian of Congress, Dr. James Billington, 
calls ``the world's largest repository of knowledge.'' I commend the 
chairman for his support for AAM.
  I know that he is aware of two Nevadans who have performed extensive 
work to develop AAM. I am proud of my constituents. George and Carolyn 
Breaz of Las Vegas have traveled all over the country to train teachers 
in the five States that participate in the AAM Consortium. I believe it 
is through an oversight that my State of Nevada was not included as a 
member of the consortium. It was perhaps my staff's oversight for not 
communicating my support for Nevada's participation to the previous 
chairman, Senator Campbell, during the expansion of this AAM 
consortium.
  I think that participation in AAM should be based on merit. I am not 
asking for special treatment for Nevada. Some states may get special 
treatment. I don't know. I do know that Mr. and Mrs. Breaz have worked 
hard to get this program to where it is today, and I believe that 
taxpayers have a right to expect that technical experts are developing 
AAM. The Breazes were quite devastated when they were not invited to 
participate in the AAM consortium, particularly given the amount of 
work they devoted for the past 5 years.
  It is my understanding that the chairman and his staff will advocate 
Nevada's participation in this important project, whether it is through 
a legislative or administrative solution, prior to the Legislative 
Branch appropriations bill becoming law. Is this correct?
  Mr. ALLARD. Yes, that's correct.
  Mr. ENSIGN. Thank you for your support and for your personal 
commitment to be as helpful as possible. I appreciate very much your 
assistance and the hard work of your staff.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I first congratulate Chairman Allard for 
successfully crafting his first Legislative branch appropriations bill. 
It has been a pleasure working through this process with him and I 
thank him for his leadership. He has done an exceptional job.
  The Fiscal Year 2006 Legislative branch appropriations bill we are 
considering today is comprehensive, thorough, and fair. I want to thank 
Chairman Cochran for providing us with an allocation which has allowed 
us to adequately fund the agencies that support the Legislative branch, 
such as the Capitol Police, the Government Accountability Office, the 
Library of Congress, and the Architect of the Capitol.
  The bill we are presenting today provides funding to support the 
Capitol Police at the current staff level of 1,592 officers and 411 
civilian staff, along with anticipated cost-of-living adjustments and 
estimated overtime requirements. The bill also provides funding for 14 
new officers for the Capitol Visitor Center. I believe it is critical 
that we provide adequate funding to support the men and women who put 
their lives on the line to protect us every day. Our bill does that.
  The House Legislative branch bill made some painfully deep cuts to 
some of our support agencies, particularly the Capitol Police, so we 
will have a real challenge to face during conference.
  This bill provides funding to the Architect of the Capitol to 
complete construction of the Capitol Visitor Center. I thank Chairman 
Allard for his diligence in holding monthly hearings to monitor the 
progress of the CVC. These hearings have been very useful and 
informative to the members of the subcommittee and have allowed us to 
make the best of a very challenging situation.
  I thank Chairman Allard for including funding for several projects 
which are very important to the State of Illinois--the Abraham Lincoln 
Bicentennial Commission and the Adventures of the American Mind. I am 
also happy to note that a legislative provision is included in this 
bill which provides permanent authorization for a program within the 
Library of Congress, the Digital Collections into School Curricula Act 
of 2005, which is patterned after the Adventures of the American Mind 
program.
  Finally, I thank Carrie Apostolou, Fred Pagan, and Christen Taylor of 
the majority staff, and Terry Sauvain, Drew Willison, and Nancy 
Olkewicz of the minority staff for their help on this bill.
  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, this amendment No. 1082 provides $800,000 
for the NFB-NEWSLINE Service in the Books for the Blind and Physically 
Handicapped program in the Library of Congress as a provision of H.R. 
2985, the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2006.
  The NFB-NEWSLINE service is a telephone-based electronic audio 
newspaper service developed by the National Foundation of the Blind, 
NFB. The Service ensures that newspapers are directly accessible to 
blind readers at the same time when print publications are released.
  In 1931, Congress established a national Books for the Blind program 
within the Nation's premier library, the Library of Congress, to be 
administered by the National Library Service for the Blind and 
Physically Handicapped, NLS. The Books for the Blind program continues 
to be the principal source of Braille and audio books and magazines for 
blind adults. At present, NFB-NEWSLINE offers over 150 newspapers and 
magazines daily.
  The ultimate goal of the Service is to ensure that blind-patrons have 
the same opportunity for access to daily newspapers as sighted-patrons. 
The following statistics support the need: Approximately 57,000 blind 
Americans are enrolled in elementary, secondary or post-secondary 
education programs. NFB-NEWSLINE helps them be more informed about 
current events. Approximately 300,000 blind Americans are of working 
age. NFB-NEWSLINE supports them in numerous employment activities. 
Approximately 700,000 blind Americans are seniors, age 65 and older. 
NFB-NEWSLINE helps them keep up with current events in their community.
  In 2001, Congress first appropriated funding to establish the NFB-
NEWSLINE service in the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act. 
Congress subsequently appropriated funds in two Legislative Branch 
appropriations bills to pay the telecommunications costs for the 
electronic service. The annual telecommunications costs, including 
inflation adjustments, are approximately $850,000.

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  Telecommunications service is the only cost for which a regular and 
continuing appropriation is needed from the Federal Government. Ongoing 
operation of the Service is paid for by State sponsors, including 
public libraries and rehabilitation agencies, to help defray the 
telecommunications costs associated with the dissemination of audio 
information to eligible individuals.
  Many of you know that equal access for persons with disabilities has 
long been a personal and family goal. My sister is an American with a 
disability. She is a member of the National Foundation of the Blind.
  The current appropriation will be expended at the end of 2005, making 
it essential to provide funding in fiscal year 2006. The funding level 
of $800,000 will ensure that the Service continues in fiscal year 2006 
and that all persons with disabilities will continue to have equal 
access to information.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The committee-reported amendments are agreed 
to.
  The Lott-Dodd amendment No. 1082 is agreed to.
  The amendment is as follows:


                           AMENDMENT NO. 1082

    (Purpose: To provide funds for the Librarian of Congress to pay 
  telecommunications costs for rapid dissemination of periodicals and 
daily newspapers available to blind and physically handicapped readers)

       On page 60, line 10, after ``expended'' insert ``and of 
     which $800,000 shall be available to the Librarian of 
     Congress to pay telecommunications costs for eligible readers 
     to have interstate toll free access to electronic editions of 
     periodicals and newspapers, disseminated in specialized audio 
     and electronic text formats from a multi-State nonprofit 
     source which obtains content from publishers for free 
     distribution to blind and physically handicapped readers in a 
     minimum of 20 States.''.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill is read a third time and passed. The 
motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. The Senate insists on its 
amendments and requests a conference with the House, and the Chair 
appoints the following conferees: Senators Allard, DeWine, Cochran, 
Stevens, Durbin, Johnson, and Byrd.
  (The bill will be printed in a future edition of the Record.)

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