[Senate Report 105-204]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                                       Calendar No. 399
105th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE

  2d Session                                                    105-204
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                LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS, 1999

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                  June 5, 1998.--Ordered to be printed

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   Mr. Bennett, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                         [To accompany S. 2137]

    The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 2137) 
making appropriations for the legislative branch excluding 
House items for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and 
for other purposes, reports favorably thereon and recommends 
that the bill do pass.


Amount of new budget (obligational) authority

Amount of bill as reported to Senate....................  $1,585,021,425
President's budget, 1999................................   1,657,381,000
Legislative branch appropriations, 1998.................   1,531,316,500
Amount of bill below President's budget.................      72,359,575
Amount of bill above legislative branch appropriations, 
    1998................................................      53,704,925


                            C O N T E N T S

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Title I--Congressional operations:
    Senate.......................................................     5
    Joint Items..................................................    25
    Office of Compliance.........................................    28
    Congressional Budget Office..................................    28
    Architect of the Capitol (except Library buildings and 
      grounds)...................................................    29
    Library of Congress: Congressional Research Service..........    37
    Government Printing Office, congressional printing and 
      binding....................................................    38
Title II--Other agencies:
    Botanic Garden...............................................    39
    Library of Congress (except Congressional Research Service)..    40
    Architect of the Capitol, Library buildings and grounds......    42
    Government Printing Office (except congressional printing and 
      binding)...................................................    44
    General Accounting Office....................................    45
Title III--General provisions....................................    46
Title IV--Trade Deficit Review Commission........................    47
Compliance with paragraph 7, rule XVI, of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................    50
Compliance with paragraph 7(c), rule XXVI of the Standing Rules 
  of the Senate..................................................    50
Compliance with paragraph 12, rule XXVI, of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................    51
                     GENERAL STATEMENT AND SUMMARY

    The Committee recommends new budget (obligational 
authority) of $1,585,021,425 for the legislative branch, 
exclusive of House items, for fiscal year 1999. This total is 
$72,359,575 below the President's request and $53,704,925 above 
the fiscal year 1998 level.
    The detail by major support agency is as follows:

                                                                   SUMMARY OF THE BILL                                                                  
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                                                                                                                           Senate bill compared with--  
                                                                           1998            Budget         Committee    ---------------------------------
                        Department or agency                          appropriation   estimates, 1999   recommendation        1998            Budget    
                                                                                                                         appropriation   estimates, 1999
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                 TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Senate.............................................................     $461,055,000     $476,728,000     $469,391,000      +$8,336,000      -$7,337,000
Joint Items........................................................       86,710,500       97,695,000       92,961,400       +6,250,900       -4,733,600
Office of Compliance...............................................        2,479,000        2,286,000        2,286,000         -193,000  ...............
Congressional Budget Office........................................       24,797,000       25,938,000       25,671,000         +874,000         -267,000
Architect of the Capitol...........................................      155,546,000      178,100,000      142,562,000        7,584,000       14,970,000
Library of Congress: Congressional Research Service................       64,603,000       68,461,000       67,877,483        3,274,483         -583,517
Congressional printing and binding, Government Printing Office.....   \1\ 70,652,000       84,000,000       75,500,000        4,848,000       -8,500,000
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, title I, Congressional operations.....................      865,842,500      933,208,000      876,248,883       10,406,383      -56,959,117
                                                                    ====================================================================================
                      TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Botanic Garden.....................................................        3,016,000        3,235,000        3,180,000          164,000          -55,000
Library of Congress (except CRS)...................................      282,309,000      300,871,000      298,128,542       15,819,542       -2,742,458
Architect of the Capitol (Library buildings and grounds)...........       11,573,000       16,139,000       12,566,000          993,000       -3,573,000
Government Printing Office (except congressional printing and                                                                                           
 binding)..........................................................       29,077,000       30,200,000       29,600,000         +523,000         -600,000
Government Printing Office revolving fund..........................  ...............        6,000,000  ...............  ...............       -6,000,000
General Accounting Office..........................................      339,499,000      367,728,000      363,298,000       23,799,000       -4,430,000
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      Total, title II, Other agencies..............................      665,474,000      724,173,000      706,722,542      +41,298,542      -17,400,458
                                                                    ====================================================================================
             TITLE IV--TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW COMMISSION                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Trade Commission appropriation.....................................  ...............  ...............        2,000,000       +2,000,000       +2,000,000
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      Grand total..................................................    1,531,316,500    1,657,381,000    1,585,021,425      +53,704,925      -72,359,575
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\1\ Includes a transfer of $11,017,000 from the revolving fund.                                                                                         


                   TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

                                 SENATE

                           Expense Allowances

Appropriations, 1998....................................         $56,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................          56,000
Committee recommendation................................          56,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $56,000 for 
the expense allowances of the Vice President, the President pro 
tempore of the Senate, the majority and minority leaders, the 
majority and minority whips, and the chairmen of the majority 
and minority conference committees, as follows:
    For the expense allowance of the Vice President, the 
Committee recommends an amount of $10,000, the same as the 
amount provided for fiscal year 1998. This allowance was first 
provided by Public Law 81-71, effective January 20, 1949.
    For the expense allowance of the President pro tempore, the 
Committee recommends an amount of $10,000, the same as the 
amount provided for fiscal year 1998. This allowance was first 
provided by the Second Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1978 
(Public Law 95-355), effective October 1, 1977.
    For the expense allowance of the majority and minority 
leaders, the Committee recommends $10,000 for each leader, for 
a total of $20,000. This is the same as the amount provided for 
fiscal year 1998. This allowance was first provided by Public 
Law 84-242, effective July 1, 1955.
    For the expense allowance of the majority and minority 
whips, the Committee recommends $5,000 for each whip, for a 
total of $10,000. This is the same as the amount provided for 
fiscal year 1998. This allowance was first provided by the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977, Public Law 95-26, 
effective April 1, 1977.
    For the expense allowance for the chairmen of the majority 
and minority conference committees, the Committee recommends 
$3,000 for each chairman, for a total of $6,000. This is the 
same as the amount provided for fiscal year 1998. This 
allowance was first provided in the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act for Fiscal Year 1985, Public Law 99-88, effective August 
15, 1985.
    Expenditures from all the foregoing allowances are made 
upon certification from the individuals for whom the allowances 
are authorized, and are reported semiannually in the report of 
the Secretary of the Senate.

    Representation Allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders

Appropriations, 1998....................................         $30,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................          30,000
Committee recommendation................................          30,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $30,000 for 
representation allowances for the majority and minority 
leaders. The recommended amount is the same as that provided 
for fiscal year 1998 and the fiscal year 1999 budget request.
    This allowance was established in the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1985 (Public Law 99-88). The 
funds were authorized to be used by the majority and minority 
leaders solely for the discharge of their appropriate 
responsibilities in connection with official visits to the 
United States by members of foreign legislative bodies and 
representatives of foreign governments and intergovernmental 
agencies. The recommended amount is to be divided equally 
between the two leaders.
    Expenditures from this allowance are made upon 
certification of the leaders and are reported in the semiannual 
report of the Secretary of the Senate.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

Appropriations, 1998....................................     $77,254,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................      79,746,000
Committee recommendation................................      79,183,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $79,183,000 
for the 12 subaccounts funded under the overall account for the 
salaries of officers and employees of the Senate. The amount 
recommended is an increase of $1,929,000 above the amount 
provided for fiscal year 1998 and a reduction of $563,000 from 
the budget estimate.
    It should be noted that except for a handful of positions 
in the Offices of the Secretary and the Sergeant at Arms that 
are required by statute, specific staffing levels are not 
stipulated either by the budget request or by the Committee's 
recommendation. Rather, lump-sum allowances are provided to 
fund staffing levels each office finds necessary and 
appropriate for the performance of its duties. Estimated 
staffing levels for offices funded under this appropriation for 
fiscal year 1999 are 1,239 to 1,280 positions.

                    SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES                    
     [Estimated staffing levels ranges--fiscal years 1998 and 1999]     
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                                            Staffing ranges             
                             -------------------------------------------
                                  1999 request              1998        
                             -------------------------------------------
                                 From        To        From        To   
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Office of the Vice President         42         45         42         45
Office of the President pro                                             
 tempore....................          9         11          9         11
Office of the majority and                                              
 minority leaders...........         38         40         38         38
Offices of the majority and                                             
 minority whips.............         15         16         15         15
Conference committees.......         38         47         38         46
Offices of the secretaries                                              
 of the conference of the                                               
 majority and the conference                                            
 of the minority............         11         12          8          8
Policy committees...........         44         55         43         55
Office of the Chaplain......          4          4          4          4
Office of the Secretary.....        241        252        226        237
Office of the Sergeant at                                               
 Arms and Doorkeeper........        780        780        780        780
Offices of the secretaries                                              
 for the majority and                                                   
 minority...................         17         18         17         18
                             -------------------------------------------
      Totals................      1,239      1,280      1,220      1,257
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    Any change from the allocation of funds in the subaccounts 
within this appropriation is subject to the approval of the 
Committee.
    The total amount appropriated is allocated to the various 
offices of the Senate as displayed under the headings for the 
offices that follow.

                      office of the vice president

Appropriations, 1998....................................      $1,612,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................       1,659,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,659,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,659,000 to 
fund the salaries of the administrative and clerical staff of 
the Office of the Vice President in connection with his duties 
as the President of the Senate. This amount is the same as the 
budget request.

                  office of the president pro tempore

Appropriations, 1998....................................        $371,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................         402,000
Committee recommendation................................         402,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $402,000 for 
the Office of the President pro tempore. This amount is the 
same as the budget estimate.

              offices of the majority and minority leaders

Appropriations, 1998....................................      $2,388,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................       2,436,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,436,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,436,000 for 
the offices of the majority and minority leaders, which is the 
same as the budget estimate.
    The administrative and clerical staffs funded by this 
appropriation were authorized under the provisions of Public 
Law 91-145, effective November 1, 1969. The amount recommended 
is to be equally divided, providing $1,218,000 for each office.

               offices of the majority and minority whips

Appropriations, 1998....................................      $1,221,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................       1,416,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,416,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,416,000 for 
the offices of the majority and minority whips. It is to be 
equally divided, providing $708,000 for each office. This 
amount is the same as the budget request.
    The authority for the administrative and clerical staff 
funded by this appropriation was created by Public Law 84-242, 
effective July 1, 1955.

                         conference committees

Appropriations, 1998....................................      $2,122,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................       2,184,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,184,000

    For the administrative and clerical staffs of the majority 
and minority conference committees, the Committee recommends an 
appropriation of $2,184,000, which is the same as the budget 
estimate. The appropriation provides $1,092,000 in salaries for 
the staff of each conference committee.
    The chairman of each conference committee may transfer to 
or from amounts provided for salaries of each conference to the 
account for conference committee expenses within the 
``Miscellaneous items'' appropriation.

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

Appropriations, 1998....................................        $409,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................         570,000
Committee recommendation................................         570,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $570,000 for 
the majority and minority conference secretaries. Based upon 
the direction of the Office of the Secretaries of the 
Conference, the FTE level shall remain level.
    These offices were created by section 6 of Senate 
Resolution 17, agreed to January 10, 1977, and two positions in 
each office were first funded in the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1977 (Public Law 95-26).
    Section 102 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1979 
(Public Law 96-38), abolished the specific positions and 
established a lump-sum allowance for the employment of staff, 
effective October 1, 1979. The amount recommended is to be 
divided equally between the majority secretary and the minority 
secretary.

                           POLICY COMMITTEES

Appropriations, 1998....................................      $2,155,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................       2,218,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,218,000

    For the salaries of the administrative and clerical staffs 
of the majority and minority policy committees, the Committee 
recommends an appropriation of $2,218,000, or $1,109,000 for 
each committee. Agency contributions for the policy committees 
are funded in the amount provided for agency contributions 
within the entire ``Salaries, officers and employees'' account, 
and expenses are provided under the ``Miscellaneous items'' 
account. The policy committee's request for one additional FTE 
within the current funding level is granted.

                         office of the chaplain

Appropriations, 1998....................................        $260,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................         276,000
Committee recommendation................................         267,000

    For the Office of the Chaplain, the Committee recommends an 
appropriation of $267,000, an increase of $7,000 from fiscal 
year 1998 and a decrease of $9,000 below the budget request. 
The amount recommended would provide the salaries for the 
Chaplain of the Senate and support staff to assist the Chaplain 
with his pastoral duties. The Fiscal Year 1988 Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, Public Law 100-202, established the 
rate of pay for the Chaplain at Executive Level IV, currently 
$118,400. Authorization for a part-time counselor was included 
in Public Law 101-163, the Fiscal Year 1990 Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act.

                        office of the secretary

Appropriations, 1998....................................     $13,306,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................      13,694,000
Committee recommendation................................      13,694,000

    The Committee recommends $13,694,000 for salaries of the 
Office of the Secretary, an increase of $388,000 from fiscal 
year 1998. This amount is the same as the budget request. 
Fiscal year 1999 staffing levels are estimated at 241 to 252 
positions, as listed in the table below. The Secretary's 
request for an additional 15 FTE positions to be provided 
within current funding levels has been granted.
    This appropriation provides funds for four statutory 
positions (Secretary of the Senate, Assistant Secretary of the 
Senate, Financial Clerk of the Senate, and Parliamentarian of 
the Senate) and lump-sum allowances for the employment and 
adjustment of salaries of personnel in the Office of the 
Secretary of the Senate, as authorized by Public Law 97-51, 
effective October 1, 1981 (2 U.S.C. 61a-11).
    The following departmental guidelines for fiscal year 1999 
have been submitted by the Secretary to the Committee:

                                      OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE                                     
                         [Estimated staffing levels ranges--fiscal years 1998 and 1999]                         
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                                                                            Staffing ranges                     
                                                     -----------------------------------------------------------
                                                         1999 request            1998             Difference    
                                                     -----------------------------------------------------------
                                                        From       To       From       To       From       To   
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Administrative services.............................        24        26        19        21        +5        +5
Captioning services.................................         4         4         4         4  ........  ........
Conservation and preservation.......................         2         2         2         2  ........  ........
Curator.............................................         6         6         5         5        +1        +1
Daily Digest........................................         3         3         3         3  ........  ........
Disbursing Office...................................        59        63        44        48       +15       +15
Document Room.......................................  ........  ........        19        19       -19       -19
Historian...........................................         9         9         9         9  ........  ........
Interparliamentary services.........................         4         4         4         4  ........  ........
Legislative departments.............................        14        17        14        17  ........  ........
Library.............................................        22        22        22        22  ........  ........
Official Reporters of Debates.......................        14        14        14        14  ........  ........
Parliamentarian.....................................         5         5         5         5  ........  ........
Printing and document services......................        18        18         9         9        +9        +9
Public records......................................         7         7         6         6        +1        +1
Senate chief counsel for employment.................         9         9         9         9  ........  ........
Senate Page School..................................         6         6         6         6  ........  ........
Senate security.....................................         7         7         7         7  ........  ........
Stationery room/gift shop...........................        25        27        25        27  ........  ........
Training............................................         3         3  ........  ........        +3        +3
                                                     -----------------------------------------------------------
      Totals........................................       241       252       226       237       +15       +15
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             office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

Appropriations, 1998....................................     $33,037,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................      34,359,000
Committee recommendation................................      33,805,000

    This appropriation provides funds for the salaries of three 
statutory positions (Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, Deputy 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, and Administrative Assistant 
to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper) and lump-sum allowances 
for employment and adjustments of salaries of personnel in the 
Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, as 
authorized by Public Law 97-51, effective October 1, 1981 (2 
U.S.C. 61f-7).
    The Committee recommends a total of $33,805,000 for fiscal 
1999. The amount recommended is $554,000 below the budget 
request.
    The offices and personnel covered by this appropriation are 
shown in the following table.

                      STAFFING--OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE                     
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                                                                                 1999 budget     1999 Committee 
                                                             1998 level \1\        request       recommendation 
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Operations division:                                                                                            
    Chief of operations...................................        $1,368,000          $864,000          $850,000
        Positions.........................................                14                11                11
    Central operations....................................       $10,121,000       $10,526,000       $10,356,000
        Positions.........................................               277               277               277
    Office operations.....................................        $4,470,000        $4,698,000        $4,622,000
        Positions.........................................               104               104               104
    Technical operations..................................        $5,955,000        $6,688,000        $6,580,000
        Positions.........................................                98               104               104
    Program management....................................          $250,000          $260,000          $255,000
        Positions.........................................                 3                 3                 3
    Systems architecture..................................           $75,000          $170,000          $167,000
        Positions.........................................                 2                 2                 2
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
          Total operations division.......................       $22,239,000       $23,206,000       $22,830,000
              Positions...................................               498               501               501
Capitol division..........................................        $5,540,000        $5,602,000        $5,512,000
    Positions.............................................               177               172               172
Staff offices.............................................        $5,258,000        $5,551,000        $5,463,000
    Positions.............................................               105               107               107
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Total...............................................       $33,037,000       $34,359,000       $33,805,000
          Total positions.................................               780               780               780
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\1\ There has been a change in the format for the fiscal year 1999 budget request, therefore, the fiscal year   
  1998 authorized levels have been restated in the fiscal year 1999 format for comparison purposes.             

        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

Appropriations, 1998....................................      $1,165,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................       1,200,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,200,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,200,000 for 
the offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority. 
This is $35,000 above the amount provided for fiscal year 1998 
and is the same as the budget request. The appropriation is to 
be equally divided, providing $600,000 for each office.

                          agency contributions

Appropriations, 1998....................................     $19,208,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................      19,332,000
Committee recommendation................................      19,332,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $19,332,000 
for agency contributions for employees paid under the 
appropriation, ``Salaries, officers and employees.'' This is 
$124,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 1998 and is 
the same as the budget request.
    Agency contributions include the Senate's contributions as 
an employer to the civil service retirement system, the Federal 
Employees' Retirement System, the thrift savings plan, Federal 
employee group life insurance, Federal employee health 
insurance programs, and FICA. The Senate is required by law to 
make these payments, and the total required is dependent upon 
the number of Senate employees, their compensation levels, the 
benefit programs in which they are enrolled, and the extent of 
the benefits elected.

            Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

Appropriations, 1998....................................      $3,605,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................       3,753,000
Committee recommendation................................       3,753,000

    For the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, 
the Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,753,000, which 
is $148,000 above the amount provided for fiscal year 1998 and 
is the same as the budget request. Fiscal year 1999 staffing 
levels are estimated to be 33 to 35 positions, an increase of 3 
positions from fiscal year 1998.

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

Appropriations, 1998....................................        $966,000
Budget estimate, 1999 \1\...............................       1,004,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,004,000

\1\ Reflects budget amendment.

    For the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, the Committee 
recommends an appropriation of $1,004,000, which is $38,000 
above the amount provided for fiscal year 1998 and is the same 
as the budget request. The amount provided pays for the 
salaries, expenses, and agency contributions of the Office.
    This Office was established pursuant to section 701 of 
Public Law 95-521.

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

Appropriations, 1998..........................................   $12,000
Budget estimate, 1999.........................................    12,000
Committee recommendation................................          12,000

    Section 119 of Public Law 97-51 authorized an expense 
allowance for the Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms 
and Doorkeeper of the Senate, the Secretary for the Majority, 
and the Secretary for the Minority. Since fiscal year 1983, the 
amount has been provided through a direct appropriation. The 
Committee recommends providing an allowance of $3,000 for each 
office.

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate

                      inquiries and investigations

Appropriations, 1998....................................     $75,600,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................      74,649,000
Committee recommendation................................      75,600,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $75,600,000 
for inquiries and investigations by all Senate standing, 
special, and select committees. This is the same amount 
provided for fiscal year 1998 and $951,000 above the budget 
request. This recommendation is made in keeping with the 
Senate's action on Senate Resolution 54, the biennial committee 
funding resolution adopted February 13, 1997. Additional funds 
have been provided to cover the creation of a new Senate 
committee, the Special Committee on the Year 2000, and to 
provide an increase in the Rules Committee budget for assuming 
the responsibilities of the Joint Committee on Printing.
    This appropriation funds the liquidation of obligations 
incurred by committees under the authorization provided in 
Committee funding resolutions.

         U.S. senate caucus on international narcotics control

Appropriations, 1998..........................................  $370,000
Budget estimate, 1999 \1\.....................................   370,000

Committee recommendation

                                                                 370,000

\1\ Reflects budget amendment.

    The Committee recommends $370,000 for the expenses of the 
U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control. This is 
the same as the current level and the authorized level.

                        secretary of the senate

Appropriations, 1998....................................      $1,511,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................       1,511,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,511,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,511,000 for 
expenses of the Office of the Secretary. The recommendation is 
the same as fiscal year 1998 level and the fiscal year 1999 
budget request.
    The table printed below sets forth the apportionment of 
funds under this appropriation, followed by a brief description 
of the line items. Any deviation of more than 10 percent 
cumulatively from the stated levels for each item will require 
the customary prior approval of the Committee.

                                        EXPENSES--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY                                       
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                                                                      Amount                                    
                                                                     available        Budget                    
                              Item                                  fiscal year      estimate       Difference  
                                                                   1998, Public     fiscal year                 
                                                                  Law 105-55 \1\       1999                     
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Executive office................................................        $615,000        $718,000       +$103,100
Administrative services.........................................         436,000         463,800         +27,800
Legislative services............................................         460,000         329,100        -130,900
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Totals....................................................       1,511,000       1,511,000  ..............
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\1\ Fiscal year 1998 budget restated in fiscal year 1999 departmental format.                                   

    The fiscal year 1999 budget for contingent expenses of the 
Secretary of the Senate is being presented in a new 
departmental format. The apportionment schedule identifies 
three departmental categories: executive offices, 
administrative services, and legislative services. The fiscal 
year 1998 apportionment schedule has been restated in the 
fiscal year 1999 format.
    The departmental budgets grouped in the apportionment 
schedule under executive offices include: the Executive Office 
of the Secretary of the Senate, page school, and Senate 
security. The departmental budgets grouped in the apportionment 
schedule under administrative services include: captioning 
services, conservation and preservation, curator, disbursing 
office, gift shop, historical office, human resources, 
interparliamentary services, library, printing and document 
services, public records, and the stationery room. The 
departmental budgets grouped in the apportionment schedule 
under legislative services include: the bill clerk, chief 
counsel for employment, daily digest, enrolling clerk, journal 
clerk, legislative clerk, Official Reporters of Debate, and 
Parliamentarian. Typical expenditures in these departments of 
the Secretary of the Senate include:
    Consultants.--Funding is provided for not to exceed two 
individual consultants as authorized by section 110 of Public 
Law 95-94, August 5, 1977, which amends section 101 of Public 
Law 95-26, May 4, 1977. Consultants employed under this 
authority shall not be paid in excess of the per diem 
equivalent of the highest gross rate of annual compensation 
which may by paid to employees of a standing committee of the 
Senate. Administrative provision section 4 would allow these 
consultants to be paid at an annual or daily rate.
    Legal reference volumes and dictionaries.--Funding is 
provided to furnish U.S. Senators with volumes of the U.S. Code 
Annotated or U.S. Code service, pocket parts and supplements, 
as authorized by Public Law 92-51, July 9, 1971.
    The disbursing office is responsible for providing the U.S. 
Code Annotated or the U.S. Code Service to Senators when they 
assume office and upon receipt of a written request of a 
Senator. In addition, dictionary and dictionary stands are also 
furnished to Senators from funds provided for in this account.
    Contractual legal and administrative services and 
miscellaneous expenses.--Funding is provided for various 
contractual, administrative, and miscellaneous expenses 
incurred by the Office of the Secretary. The Office of the 
Secretary of the Senate has contractual authority under the 
authority of Public Law 92-342, for the Federal Election 
Campaign Act and has utilized this authority to employ 
professional legal services in the past. In addition, the 
Office of the Secretary has incurred various types of legal and 
other expenses which have been authorized by the Senate. 
Administrative services and miscellaneous expenses are 
housekeeping expenses of the Office of the Secretary.
    Travel and registration fees.--Funding is provided for 
travel expenses and registration fees incurred by the Secretary 
of the Senate and the employees of the Office of the Secretary. 
This line item excludes funding for travel expenses for the 
Federal Election Campaign Act under the Office of Public 
Records, which is provided separately under the authority of 
Public Law 93-342.
    The authority for the travel portion of this account was 
provided for by section 101 of Public Law 94-59, July 25, 1975, 
at not to exceed $5,000 during any fiscal year for travel 
expenses and travel advances shall not exceed $1,000, per 
employee. Section 106 of Public Law 95-94, August 5, 1977, 
increased the not to exceed amount for travel to $5,500. 
Section 102 of Public Law 95-355, September 8, 1978, increased 
the not to exceed amount for travel to $7,500. Section 102 of 
Public Law 97-12, June 5, 1981, increased the not to exceed 
amount for travel to $10,000. Section 1 of Public Law 98-367, 
July 17, 1984, removed the not to exceed limitation on travel 
expenses for the Secretary of the Senate, during any fiscal 
year.
    Orientation and training.--Funding is provided for expenses 
incurred by the Secretary of the Senate to conduct orientation 
seminars or similar meetings for Senators, Senate officials, or 
members of staffs of Senators of Senate officials, not to 
exceed $10,000 each fiscal year, under the authority of 2 
U.S.C. 69a.
    The Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate is also authorized under these provisions to conduct 
seminars or similar meetings in the same manner and to the same 
extent as the Office of the Secretary of the Senate.
    Newspapers.--Funding is provided to furnish newspapers and 
magazines for official purposes to the Marble Room, leadership 
offices, Republican and Democratic Cloakrooms, Senate officers, 
and certain other offices.
    Senate service awards.--Funding is provided for the 
issuance of service pins or emblems as authorized by Senate 
Resolution 21, September 10, 1965. Senate Resolution 21 
authorizes the Secretary of the Senate, under the direction of 
the Committee on Rules and Administration and in accordance 
with regulation promulgated by the Committee, to procure such 
pins or emblems and award them to Member, officers, and 
employees of the Senate who are entitled.
    Postage.--This account also provides funding for postage 
for the Office of the Secretary of the Senate for special 
delivery, registered mail, and additional postage not covered 
under the frank.
    Education of Senate pages.--Funding is provided for the 
education of Senate pages. Senate Resolution 184, July 29, 
1983, authorized the Secretary of the Senate to enter into a 
contract, agreement, or other arrangement with the board of 
education of the District of Columbia, or to provide such 
educational services and items in such other manner as he may 
deem appropriate. Public Law 98-125, October 13, 1983, amended 
Public Law 98-51, July 14, 1983, striking out the heading and 
paragraph ``Education of Pages'' under the heading ``Joint 
Items'', and redesigned the funds provided in Public Law 98-51 
for the education of pages between the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. Each House is to provide for the education of 
its own pages.
    Stationery.--Funding is provided for stationery supplies 
for the Office of the Secretary of the Senate. The funds 
provided have been allocated to the various departments of the 
Office of the Secretary.
    Senate Commission on Art.--Funding is provided for the 
Senate Commission on Art, authorized by Public Law 100-696, 
November 18, 1988, to acquire any work of art, historical 
object, documents or material relating to historical matters, 
or exhibits for placement or exhibition within the Senate wing 
of the Capitol, any Senate office building, or in rooms, 
spaces, or corridors thereof, and to publish a Senate 
historical objects and exhibits currently with the Senate wing 
of the Capitol and any Senate office building.
    The Senate Commission on Art was formally the Commission on 
Arts and Antiquities, which was authorized by Senate Resolution 
382, October 1, 1968, as amended by Senate Resolution 95, April 
1, 1977, and Senate Resolution 400, March 23, 1988.
    Representation expenses.--Funding is provided (not to 
exceed $50,000) to the Secretary of the Senate to coordinate 
and carry out responsibilities in connection with foreign 
parliamentary groups of other foreign officials visiting the 
United States. Authorized by section 2 of Public Law 101-163, 
November 21, 1989.
    Office of Conservation and Preservation.--Funding is 
provided for the Office of Conservation and Preservation to 
develop and coordinate programs directly related to the 
conservation and protection of Senate records and materials for 
which the Secretary of the Senate has statutory authority.
    Book preservation.--Funding is provided for the Office of 
Conservation and Preservation to use outside sources for the 
preservation and protection of the Senate book collection, 
including historically valuable documents under the care of the 
Secretary of the Senate.
    Office of Public Records.--Funding is provided for expenses 
of the Office of Public Records. This office has evolved 
through various pieces of legislation and various 
responsibilities authorized by the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971, Senate Standards and Conduct and the Ethics in 
Government Act. Public Law 92-342, July 10, 1972, authorizes 
the Secretary of the Senate to procure technical support 
services, consultants, use of detailed employees and travel 
expenses in carrying out his duties under the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971. The Office of Public Records is mentioned 
for the first time in Public Law 93-145, November 1, 1973, 
which authorizes the Secretary of the Senate to appoint and fix 
the compensation of a superintendent and other positions for 
the Office of Public Records. In addition, under the authority 
of Public Law 95-521, October 26, 1978 (Ethics in Government 
Act of 1978) reports required to be filed under section 101 of 
the act shall be available within 15 days after a report is 
filed for public inspection and a copy of the report shall be 
provided by the Secretary to any person upon request. Any 
person requesting a copy of a report may by required to pay a 
reasonable fee to cover the cost of reproduction of the report. 
Any moneys received by the Secretary shall be deposited into 
the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt. This office also 
performs functions under the Senate Standards and Conduct, such 
as registration of mass mailings and registering of lobbyists.
    Disbursing office.--Funding is provided for expenses 
incurred in the operation of the disbursing office. Typical 
expenses for this office include online access charges for 
Department of Treasury systems, notary bonds, seals and 
supplies, necessary supplies in conjunction with the various 
machinery maintained in the office, which are not available in 
the stationery room, and necessary insurance policies required 
for the protection of the disbursing officer of the Senate for 
moneys assigned to his accountability.
    Office of Captioning Services.--Funding is provided for the 
closed captioning of the televised Senate floor proceedings for 
the hearing impaired. Closed captioning was first authorized 
under the authority of Public Law 101-163, November 21, 1989.
    Senate chief counsel for employment.--Funding is provided 
for the Office of the Senate Chief Counsel for Employment. This 
office is a nonpartisan office formed in May 1993 at the 
direction of the joint leadership and is charged with providing 
legal advice and representation of Senate offices in all areas 
of employment law.

             sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

Appropriations, 1998....................................     $64,833,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................      63,511,000
Committee recommendation................................      60,511,000

    The Committee recommends the appropriation of $60,511,000 
for expenses of the Sergeant at Arms, which is $4,322,000 below 
the amount appropriated for fiscal year 1998 and is $3,000,000 
below the budget request. During the Committee's hearing on the 
fiscal year 1999 funding request, the Office of the Sergeant at 
Arms requested a $3,000,000 reduction from the budget estimate 
due to savings found through reorganization.
    At the request of the Rules Committee and based on current 
practice, the Sergeant at Arms is directed to provide, within 
the Sergeant at Arms current expense budget, subject to the 
prior approval of the Rules Committee funds, not to exceed 
$200,000 total for the party organizations for the purchase of 
equipment in addition to office automation equipment. The funds 
shall be allocated $100,000 to each party organization through 
either the conference or policy committees.
    The Committee commends the Sergeant at Arms on the 
implementation of its recent reorganization. The objective of 
the reorganization was to consolidate and streamline the 
operation of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms. The 
reorganization has resulted in a reduction in the budget 
request. The Committee has approved the Sergeant at Arms' new 
budget structure which reflects three major divisions: 
Operations Division, Capitol Division, and Staff Offices 
Division.
    The Operations Division provides most of the day-to-day 
services and products of the Sergeant at Arms. The Chief of 
Operations provides overall management, policy guidance, and 
strategy development and execution for all operations units. 
Central operations provides printing, mailing, parking, and the 
photographic and recording studio services. Office operations 
centralizes functions which were previously handled by the 
Service Department, the Computer Center, and the 
Telecommunications Department. These functions include the 
procurement, installation and maintenance of all desktop 
computer, LAN's, and office equipment. Technical operations 
consolidates the information technology planning and 
infrastructure operations which were previously provided by 
both the Computer Center and Telecommunications Department. 
Finally, a portion of the funds are provided on a multiyear 
basis for the long-range strategic initiatives of the office.
    The Capitol Division centralizes all functions related to 
the maintenance and administration of the Senate wing of the 
U.S. Capitol Building. The Staff Offices Division includes 
finance, human resources, counsel, procurement, and customer 
relations. The Committee looks forward to monitoring further 
improvements in management and service delivery in the Sergeant 
at Arms operations.
    The following table sets forth the apportionment of funds 
under this appropriation. Any deviation of more than 10 percent 
cumulatively to or from either account from the stated levels 
for each item will require the customary prior approval of the 
Committee.

                      EXPENSES--OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE                     
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                                                                                 1999 budget     1999 Committee 
                                                               1998 level          request       recommendation 
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Operations Division:                                                                                            
    Chief of operations...................................           $87,000          $155,000          $155,000
    Central operations....................................         3,192,000         3,077,000         3,077,000
    Office operations.....................................        44,450,000        44,816,000        44,816,000
    Technical operations..................................         8,852,000        14,211,000         6,211,000
    Multiyear.............................................         7,000,000  ................         5,000,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Total Operations Division...........................        63,581,000        62,259,000        59,259,000
Capitol Division..........................................           515,000           515,000           515,000
Staff Offices Division....................................           737,000           737,000           737,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Total...............................................        64,833,000        63,511,000        60,511,000
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                          miscellaneous items

Appropriations, 1998....................................      $7,905,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................       7,905,000
Committee recommendation................................       7,905,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,905,000 for 
miscellaneous items, which is the same as the amount provided 
in fiscal year 1998 and is the same as the budget request.
    Any deviation of more than 10 percent cumulatively from the 
stated levels for each item will require the customary prior 
approval of the Committee.
    The following table sets forth the apportionment of funds 
under this appropriation:

                                   MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS APPORTIONMENT SCHEDULE                                   
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                                                                                     Committee                  
                                                                                  recommendation                
                              Item                                  1998 level      fiscal year     Difference  
                                                                                       1999                     
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Resolution and reorganization reserve...........................      $1,929,000      $2,467,000       +$538,000
Reserve for contingencies (miscellaneous items).................         650,000         600,000         -50,000
Employees compensation fund reimbursement (workmen's                                                            
 compensation)..................................................       1,210,000         905,000        -305,000
Civil service retirement fund reemployed annuitants.............          65,000          65,000  ..............
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program--(S. Res. 75, dated Mar. 3,                                                  
 1993, as amended) (expires Sept. 30, 1998).....................         300,000  ..............        -300,000
John Heinz Fellowship Program--(S. Res. 356, dated Oct. 7, 1992)                                                
 (expires Sept. 30, 1997).......................................          71,000          54,000         -17,000
Reception of foreign dignitaries (S. Res. 247, dated Feb. 7,                                                    
 1962, as amended)..............................................          25,000          25,000  ..............
Foreign travel--Members and employees (S. Res. 179, dated May                                                   
 25, 1977)......................................................         125,000         125,000  ..............
Federal employees compensation account (Public Law 96-499, dated                                                
 Dec. 5, 1980) (unemployment compensation)......................       1,750,000       1,750,000  ..............
Conferences for the majority and minority (Public Law 97-51,                                                    
 dated Jan. 3, 1983 and Public Law 101-520, dated Nov. 5, 1990).         150,000         150,000  ..............
Policy committees for the majority and minority (Public Law 104-                                                
 53, dated Nov. 19, 1995).......................................         144,000         144,000  ..............
Postage.........................................................           6,000           6,000  ..............
Stationery......................................................  ..............      \2\ 13,000         +13,000
Consultants--including agency contributions (Public Law 95-26,                                                  
 dated May 4, 1977 and Public Law 95-94, dated Aug. 5, 1977)....         650,000         750,000        +100,000
Senate observer group (expires Dec. 31, 2000--S. Res. 105, dated                                                
 Apr. 13, 1989, as amended).....................................         580,000         580,000  ..............
Contribution costs authorized by Public Law 102-90, dated Aug.                                                  
 14, 1991, and Public Law 103-50, dated July 2, 1993............         225,000         250,000         +25,000
Training classes, conferences, and travel expenses as authorized                                                
 by Public Law 104-197, dated September 16, 1996................          25,000          21,000          -4,000
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total.....................................................       7,905,000       7,905,000  ..............
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\1\ Postage apportionment (fiscal year 1999):
        President of the Senate............................      $2,700
        Secretary for the Majority.........................       1,100
        Secretary for the Minority.........................       1,100
        Chaplain...........................................       1,100
                                                                 ------

          Total............................................       6,000
\2\ Stationery apportionment (fiscal year 1999):
        President of the Senate............................      $4,500
        Conference of the Majority.........................         300
        Conference of the Minority.........................         300
        Chaplain...........................................         700
        Senate Chamber.....................................       7,200
                                                                 ------

          Total............................................      13,000

    Resolution and reorganization reserve.--This line item is 
used to cover the costs of Senate resolutions and public laws 
that authorize the expenditures from the contingent fund of the 
Senate that do not have specific appropriations for such 
purpose. For example, Senate Resolution 299, agreed to 
September 24, 1996, extended the Senate observer group from 
December 31, 1996, to December 31, 1998. This resolution 
required a reprogramming from the resolution and reorganization 
reserve to the line item for the Senate observer group to fully 
fund the account for fiscal year 1997. Other examples include: 
payments made to displaced committee staff members authorized 
by Senate Resolution 9, agreed to January 7, 1993, paying for 
Senator-elect expenses, and the extension of the Office of Fair 
Employment Practices.
    Reserve for contingencies.--This is a Committee on Rules 
and Administration line item which is used for items including 
paying for gratuities for family members of deceased Senate 
employees and paying for damage to automobiles in the Senate 
parking lots, contractual, legal, and administrative services, 
and miscellaneous expenses.
    Employees compensation fund reimbursements (worker's 
compensation).--Reimbursements made to the U.S. Department of 
Labor for total benefits and other payments made on behalf of 
Senate employees from the employees compensation fund.
    Civil service retirement fund reemployed annuitants.--
Payments to the Office of Personnel Management's civil service 
retirement and disability fund for amounts equal to the annuity 
allocable to the period of actual employment of reemployed 
annuitants in accordance with Public Law 94-397, agreed to 
September 3, 1976, for individuals who served continuously as 
an officer or employee of the Senate prior to October 1, 1979 
(Public Law 95-391).
    Reception of foreign dignitaries.--The Committee on Foreign 
Relations is authorized to expend not to exceed $25,000 each 
fiscal year to receive foreign dignitaries under the authority 
of Senate Resolution 247, agreed to February 7, 1962, as 
amended.
    Foreign travel--Members and employees.--Senate Resolution 
179, agreed to May 25, 1977, authorized the payment from the 
contingent fund of the Senate of transportation costs and 
travel expenses incurred by Members and employees of the Senate 
when engaged in authorized foreign travel.
    Federal employees compensation account (unemployment 
compensation).--This line item provides for expenses incurred 
for the Senate to reimburse the Federal employees compensation 
account, pursuant to Public Law 96-499, approved December 5, 
1980, for unemployment compensation payments made to Senate 
employees.
    Conferences for the majority and minority.--The amount 
recommended provides for the expenses of the majority and 
minority conference committees.
    Policy committees for the majority and minority.--The 
amount recommended provides for the expenses of the majority 
and minority policy committees.
    Postage.--Provides for postage allowances for the President 
of the Senate, Secretary of the Majority, Secretary of the 
Minority, and Senate Chaplain.
    Stationery.--Provides funds for stationery and office 
supplies for the President of the Senate, conference committees 
of the Senate, Office of the Chaplain, and the Senate Chamber. 
These funds were previously provided as an annual appropriation 
directly into the stationery revolving fund and have been 
included in miscellaneous items to simplify the administrative 
process.
    Consultants--including agency contributions.--The authority 
providing for the appointment and payment of consultants to the 
majority and minority leaders and the legislative counsel has 
been amended several times including an administrative 
provision in this bill. The following summarizes the current 
authority and limitations as of February 9, 1995:
    Majority leader: Four consultants at not to exceed the 
daily rate for maximum standing committee rate. Administrative 
provision section 4 would allow these consultants to be paid at 
an annual or daily rate.
    Minority leader: Four consultants at not to exceed the 
daily rate for maximum standing committee rate. Administrative 
provision section 4 would allow these consultants to be paid at 
an annual or daily rate.
    Legislative counsel (subject to PPT approval): Two 
consultants at not to exceed the daily rate for maximum 
standing committee rate. An administrative provision in this 
bill will provide one consultant to the President pro tempore 
of the Senate and will allow all consultants to be paid at an 
annual or daily rate of pay. Authority: 2 U.S.C. 61h-6.
    Senate Arms Control Observer Group.--Provides funding for 
the Senate Arms Control Observer Group, under the authority of 
Senate Resolution 105, agreed to April 13, 1989, as amended. 
The Senate Arms Control Observer Group is authorized through 
December 31, 1998. An administrative provision in this bill 
extends this authorization through December 31, 2000.
    Senate Day Care Center--agency contributions.--Provides for 
the payment of agency contribution costs as authorized by 
Public Law 102-90, approved August 14, 1991, and Public Law 
103-50, approved July 2, 1993, for employees of the Senate 
Employees Child Care Center.
    Senate Day Care Center--training classes and conference 
costs.--Provides for the reimbursement of any individual 
employed by the Senate Day Care Center for the cost of training 
classes and conferences in connection with the provision of 
child care services and for travel, transportation, and 
subsistence expenses incurred in connection with the training 
classes and conferences, as authorized by Public Law 104-197, 
approved September 16, 1996.

        senators' official personnel and office expense account

Appropriations, 1998....................................    $228,600,000
Budget estimate, 1999 \1\...............................     243,881,000
Committee recommendation................................     239,156,000

\1\ Reflects budget amendment.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation for fiscal year 
1999 of $239,156,000. This amount is $10,556,000 greater than 
the fiscal year 1998 level and $4,725,000 below the budget 
request.
    This account funds salaries and benefits of Senators' 
staffs as well as the office expense allowance for Senators' 
offices. These funds were formerly carried under several 
accounts including: ``Administrative, clerical and legislative 
assistance to Senators;'' ``Agency contributions,'' under the 
heading ``Salaries, officers and employees;'' and ``Official 
office expense allowances.'' Those separate appropriations were 
merged into this single account in Public Law 100-137.
    The Senators' official personnel and office expense 
allowance [SOPOEA] is comprised of three components. Two of 
these are for salaries of personnel in Senators' offices. The 
allowance for administrative and clerical assistance is based 
on the population of States, beginning with States with a 
population of fewer than 5 million people to States with a 
population of 28 million or more. The allowance has been 
increased by $50,000 per office over the fiscal year 1998 
level. The table illustrates the allowances per population 
category and the States which fall into those categories.
    The second component of the salaries allowance is for 
legislative assistance to Senators, as authorized by Public Law 
95-94. This allowance provides funding for three positions in 
each Senator's office at an annual rate of $132,159 for a total 
of $396,477 per office, or $39,647,700 for all 100 Senators.
    The third component of the SOPOEA is for office expenses. 
Each Senator's office is allocated an amount for office 
expenses, as displayed in the following table including the 
Committee on Rules and Administration's reallocations of the 
official mail. In addition, an amount of $200,000 is provided 
to cover additional expenses that may be incurred in the event 
of the death or resignation of a Senator, and to provide for 
transitional expenses during election years subject to 
regulations set by the Committee on Rules and Administration 
with respect to official mail.
    It should be noted that the amounts provided for the 
various components of the SOPOEA are entirely fungible. Amounts 
provided for salaries may be used for expenses, and vice versa, 
subject to regulations set by the Committee on Rules and 
Administration with respect to official mail.
    The following table illustrates the several components of 
the SOPOEA.

                             SENATORS' OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT                            
                                               [As of Oct. 1 1998]                                              
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                                                  Administrative                                                
                                                   and clerical     Legislative      Official          Total    
                      State                         assistance      assistance    office expense     allowance  
                                                     allowance       allowance       allowance                  
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Alabama.........................................      $1,210,967        $396,477        $183,565      $1,791,009
Alaska..........................................       1,210,967         396,477         252,505       1,859,949
Arizona.........................................       1,210,967         396,477         197,409       1,804,853
Arkansas........................................       1,210,967         396,477         168,535       1,775,979
California......................................       2,157,222         396,477         470,272       3,023,971
Colorado........................................       1,210,967         396,477         187,366       1,794,810
Connecticut.....................................       1,210,967         396,477         161,691       1,769,135
Delaware........................................       1,210,967         396,477         127,384       1,734,828
Florida.........................................       1,683,207         396,477         263,748       2,343,432
Georgia.........................................       1,352,639         396,477         211,784       1,960,900
Hawaii..........................................       1,210,967         396,477         279,648       1,887,092
Idaho...........................................       1,210,967         396,477         163,841       1,771,285
Illinois........................................       1,541,536         396,477         267,000       2,205,013
Indiana.........................................       1,258,190         396,477         195,391       1,850,058
Iowa............................................       1,210,967         396,477         171,340       1,778,784
Kansas..........................................       1,210,967         396,477         168,912       1,776,356
Kentucky........................................       1,210,967         396,477         176,975       1,784,419
Louisiana.......................................       1,210,967         396,477         186,714       1,794,158
Maine...........................................       1,210,967         396,477         148,205       1,755,649
Maryland........................................       1,258,190         396,477         172,455       1,827,122
Massachusetts...................................       1,305,415         396,477         196,819       1,898,711
Michigan........................................       1,447,086         396,477         235,846       2,079,409
Minnesota.......................................       1,210,967         396,477         187,742       1,795,186
Mississippi.....................................       1,210,967         396,477         168,587       1,776,031
Missouri........................................       1,258,190         396,477         198,365       1,853,032
Montana.........................................       1,210,967         396,477         161,857       1,769,301
Nebraska........................................       1,210,967         396,477         160,550       1,767,994
Nevada..........................................       1,210,967         396,477         171,208       1,778,652
New Hampshire...................................       1,210,967         396,477         142,497       1,749,941
New Jersey......................................       1,399,863         396,477         207,754       2,004,094
New Mexico......................................       1,210,967         396,477         166,721       1,774,165
New York........................................       1,855,092         396,477         328,586       2,580,155
North Carolina..................................       1,352,639         396,477         212,711       1,961,827
North Dakota....................................       1,210,967         396,477         150,225       1,757,669
Ohio............................................       1,541,536         396,477         262,252       2,200,265
Oklahoma........................................       1,210,967         396,477         181,913       1,789,357
Oregon..........................................       1,210,967         396,477         189,258       1,796,702
Pennsylvania....................................       1,588,758         396,477         267,240       2,252,475
Rhode Island....................................       1,210,967         396,477         138,637       1,746,081
South Carolina..................................       1,210,967         396,477         171,731       1,779,175
South Dakota....................................       1,210,967         396,477         151,838       1,759,282
Tennessee.......................................       1,258,190         396,477         192,508       1,847,175
Texas...........................................       1,885,305         396,477         353,911       2,635,693
Utah............................................       1,210,967         396,477         168,959       1,776,403
Vermont.........................................       1,210,967         396,477         136,315       1,743,759
Virginia........................................       1,305,415         396,477         193,935       1,895,827
Washington......................................       1,258,190         396,477         213,887       1,868,554
West Virginia...................................       1,210,967         396,477         149,135       1,756,579
Wisconsin.......................................       1,258,190         396,477         191,314       1,845,981
Wyoming.........................................       1,210,967         396,477         153,016       1,760,460
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
      Total.....................................     131,009,660      39,647,700      19,920,114     190,577,474
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    According to the most recent employment data compiled by 
the Secretary of the Senate, as of March 31, 1998, there were 
3,903 individuals employed in Senators' offices throughout the 
United States and covered by this appropriation.

U.S. Senate Senators' staff as of September 30, 1987-97 and March 31, 
1998

        Year                                             Number of staff

1987.............................................................. 4,082
1988.............................................................. 4,036
1989.............................................................. 4,111
1990.............................................................. 4,035
1991.............................................................. 4,197
1992.............................................................. 4,135
1993.............................................................. 4,262
1994.............................................................. 4,142
1995.............................................................. 4,112
1996.............................................................. 3,959
1997.............................................................. 4,044
1998 \1\.......................................................... 3,903

\1\ As of March 31, 1998.

    In addition to providing funds for compensation of 
employees within Senators' offices, this appropriation also 
provides for agency contributions for those employees; that is, 
the Senate's share, as an employer, of the various employee 
benefit programs for which Senate employees are eligible. These 
payments are mandatory, and fluctuate according to the programs 
in which employees are enrolled, the level of compensation, and 
the degree of participation. Budget requests for this account 
prepared by the Financial Clerk must be based on both 
experience and evaluation of trends. The fiscal year 1999 
request for this account anticipates $55,880,000 in agency 
contribution costs.
    The amount recommended by the Committee for the SOPOEA is 
less than would be required to cover all obligations that could 
be incurred under the authorized allowances for all Senators. 
The Committee is able to recommend an appropriation of a lesser 
amount than potentially necessary because Senators typically do 
not obligate funds up to the absolute ceiling of their 
respective allowances. In fact, a number of offices spend less 
than their total allowances. Evidence of this can be found in 
the semiannual report of the Secretary of the Senate. At the 
direction of this Committee in the Fiscal Year 1996 Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, the Secretary's report now includes 
summary information on each Senator's authorized allowance, 
expenditures made, and the balance, if any.
    In the alternative, the Committee could recommend an 
appropriation to fully fund the sum total of all the authorized 
allowances including funding necessary to cover administrative 
provision section 8. For fiscal year 1999, that would mean an 
appropriation of $250,634,000, $11,478,000 more than 
recommended.

                       senate official mail costs

Appropriations, 1998....................................        $300,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................         300,000
Committee recommendation................................         300,000

    For the official mail costs of the Senate, the Committee 
recommends an appropriation of $300,000, which is the same as 
the budget request.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Section 1. This section provides for the official mail 
allocation to each Member's Senators' official personnel office 
and expense account. A funding level of $7,400,000 has been 
provided for Member office mail.
    Sec. 2. This provision increases from $10,000 to $35,000 
the authority to pay from the Office of the Chaplain Expense 
Revolving Fund for official expenses incurred by the Chaplain 
of the Senate.
    Sec. 3. This provision extends the authorization of the 
Arms Control Observer group until December 31, 2000.
    Sec. 4. This provision authorizes the President pro tempore 
of the Senate the ability to appoint one consultant, and allows 
all consultants to be paid at an annual or daily rate of pay.
    Sec. 5. This provision establishes the Leader's Lecture 
Series and provides the Secretary of the Senate with the 
authority to pay expenses incurred on behalf of the series. 
Funding of $30,000 is provided within the Secretary's current 
budget.
    Sec. 6. In January 1998 the Senate Rules Committee 
reorganized and consolidated the Senate Beauty Shop and Senate 
Barber Shop into the Senate Hair Care Services operation in an 
effort to increase efficiency and reduce costs. This 
legislation creates, effective October 1, 1998, a revolving 
fund for the Senate Hair Care Services within the contingent 
fund of the Senate. All income generated by the Senate Hair 
Care Services will be deposited into this fund, with all 
expenses, including compensation and benefits, to be paid from 
the revolving fund. The existing Senate Barber Shop and Beauty 
Shop revolving fund, which was limited to paying expenses for 
supplies only, will be dissolved and any funds remaining in 
that fund will be transferred to the Senate Hair Care Services 
revolving fund. This legislation also grants the Sergeant at 
Arms the authority to appoint and fix the compensation of the 
employees of the Senate Hair Care Services.
    Sec. 7. This provision increases the funding available to 
the Committee on Rules and Administration. Section 16(c) of 
Senate resolution 54, agreed to February 13, 1997, authorized 
$1,375,472. Public Law 105-55, October 7, 1997, increased this 
authorization to $1,407,254. This provision authorizes an 
additional $150,000 to bring the total to $1,557,254.
    Sec. 8. This provision increases by $50,000 the allowance 
for administrative and clerical assistance.
    Sec. 9. The Committee has received a report from the 
Sergeant at Arms in response to language included in the 
legislative branch Appropriations Committee report for fiscal 
year 1998 directing the office to report on how they could 
incorporate alternative fuel vehicles [AFV] into their fleets 
consistent with their needs and requirements. The Sergeant at 
Arms reports that of the 20 vehicles in its fleet, three are 
clean fuel vehicles. The Committee is encouraged by the 
Sergeant at Arms' statement that: ``the Senate can do more to 
promote and utilize AFV's. The Sergeant at Arms is committed to 
increasing the number of AFV's under its direct control and to 
promote their use with other Senate offices which are assigned 
fleet vehicles.''
    This provision provides the Sergeant at Arms, with the 
prior written approval of the Rules Committee, the authority to 
enter into agreements with public or private parties for the 
purpose of demonstrating the use of AFV's consistent with the 
Energy Policy Act of 1992. The Sergeant at Arms shall provide 
to the Rules Committee and the Appropriations Committee a 
detailed proposal including estimates of all costs associated 
with a demonstration and how those costs will be paid. No 
vehicle may be used for demonstration purposes beyond 90 days.

                              JOINT ITEMS

                        joint economic committee

Appropriations, 1998....................................      $2,750,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................       2,796,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,796,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,796,000 for 
the Joint Economic Committee. This amount is $46,000 above the 
fiscal year 1998 level and is the same as the fiscal year 1999 
budget request. Pursuant to discussions during the hearings, 
the Committee is encouraged by the JEC's interest in the year 
2000 technology problem and is hopeful that the JEC will work 
with the Senate's new Special Committee on the Year 2000 
Technology Problem in identifying and analysizing the problem.

                      joint committee on printing

Appropriations, 1998....................................        $804,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................         804,000
Committee recommendation................................         202,000

    The Committee recommends the appropriation of $202,000 for 
the Joint Committee on Printing. This reduction is included at 
the request of the Joint Committee on Printing and will provide 
funds for the continuation of the Joint Committee until 
December 31, 1998. The Joint Committee will execute the 
necessary legislation to transfer its jurisdiction to the 
appropriate authorities including the Rules Committee and the 
Public Printer. Additional funding of $150,000 has been 
provided to Rules Committee to fulfill the new oversight 
responsibilities.

                      joint committee on taxation

Appropriations, 1998....................................      $5,815,500
Budget estimate, 1999...................................       6,018,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,965,400

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,965,400 for 
salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation. This 
is $149,900 above the current level and is $52,600 below the 
budget request.

                   Office of the Attending Physician

Appropriations, 1998....................................      $1,266,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................       1,383,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,415,000

    The Committee recommends the appropriation of $1,415,000 
for the Office of the Attending Physician. The amount is 
$149,000 above the appropriation for fiscal year 1998 and is 
$32,000 above the budget estimate. The additional amount is to 
provide for an unforeseen increase in supplies. The Office was 
first established by House Resolution 253, adopted December 5, 
1928.

                          Capitol Police Board

                             capitol police

                                                             Recommended

Salaries................................................     $74,281,000
Expenses................................................       6,077,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Capitol Police Board.......................      80,358,000

    The Committee continues funding the operations of the 
entire U.S. Capitol Police Force within joint items under the 
heading ``Capitol Police Board.'' The Capitol Police are 
requested to prepare and submit to the Senate and House 
Appropriations Committees a detailed description of any capital 
improvement projects being requested and included in the 
Architect of the Capitol's fiscal year 1999 budget request.

                             Capitol Police

                                salaries

Appropriations, 1998....................................     $70,955,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................      76,108,000
Committee recommendation................................      74,281,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $74,281,000 
for the salaries of the U.S. Capitol Police, which is 
$3,326,000 above the fiscal year 1998 level.
    The amount provided covers salaries, benefits, and overtime 
costs. Capitol Police personnel are also eligible for hazardous 
duty pay, a clothing allowance, and comparability pay similar 
to locality pay adjustments granted other Federal law 
enforcement personnel in the Washington, DC, area. Capitol 
Police personnel on the Senate detail are the only Senate 
employees eligible for such comparability pay.

                            general expenses

Appropriations, 1998....................................      $3,099,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................       8,361,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,077,000

    The Committee recommends $6,077,000 for general expenses of 
the Capitol Police, which is $2,978,000 above the fiscal year 
1998 level and is $2,284,000 below the budget request. An 
additional $700,000 has been added for the cost of their 
computer and telecommunications functions. In prior years these 
functions were included in the Senate Sergeant at Arms budget. 
An additional $1,200,000 has been added for life cycle 
replacement of physical security equipment.
    Other expenses include office supplies and equipment, 
laundry and dry-cleaning, communications, motor vehicles, 
uniforms and equipment, investigations, training, and 
miscellaneous items. The amount recommended includes funds for 
vehicle replacement.

                        Administrative Provision

    The Committee has included a provision (sec. 101) which 
allows for funds to be transferred between the ``Salaries'' and 
``General expenses'' accounts.

               Capitol Guide and Special Services Office

Appropriations, 1998....................................      $1,991,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................       2,195,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,195,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,195,000 for 
the Capitol Guide and Special Services Office. This amount is 
$204,000 above the current level and is the same as the budget 
request. It includes an increase of $85,000 for three 
additional FTE's as authorized by the Rules Committee.

                      Statements of Appropriations

Appropriations, 1998....................................         $30,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................          30,000
Committee recommendation................................          30,000

    The Committee recommends $30,000, the same as the budget 
estimate, for the preparation of detailed statements of 
appropriations as required by law. This account is used as 
payment for the preparation of the volumes, ``Statements on 
Appropriations,'' for the second session of the 105th Congress. 
These volumes show annual appropriations made, indefinite 
appropriations, and contracts authorized, along with a 
chronological history of regular appropriations bills. The 
volumes are compiled jointly by the Senate and House Committees 
on Appropriations pursuant to a directive in the Legislative 
Appropriations Act of June 7, 1924.

                          OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

Appropriations, 1998....................................      $2,479,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................       2,286,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,286,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,286,000 for 
the salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as 
authorized by section 305 of Public Law 104-1, the 
Congressional Accountability Act of 1996. This reflects a 
decrease of $193,000 from the fiscal year 1998 funding level 
and is the same as the request.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 1998....................................     $24,797,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................      25,938,000
Committee recommendation................................      25,671,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $25,671,000 
for the Congressional Budget Office. The amount is $267,000 
below the budget estimate and $874,000 above the fiscal year 
1998 level.
    The Committee is concerned that, in its monthly budget 
reviews, the Congressional Budget Office has failed to reflect 
the off-budget status of Social Security. A letter to the CBO 
from Senators Hollings and Dorgan on this matter, as well as 
CBO's response thereto follow:
                                               U.S. Senate,
                                      Washington, DC, May 21, 1998.
Dr. June O'Neill,
Director, Congressional Budget Office,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Dr. O'Neill: The May 6 CBO monthly budget review 
estimated that the Federal budget fiscal year surplus would 
fall between $43,000,000,000 and $63,000,000,000. All of the 
newspapers dutifully reported that the CBO now predicts that 
level of surplus.
    Unfortunately, your report provides the American people 
with inaccurate information. It is true that if you pull in the 
Social Security trust funds, among others, the ``unified 
budget'' will show a surplus in this fiscal year. But you well 
know that the Federal Government will continue to increase its 
Federal indebtedness at the same time that you are projecting a 
surplus because your calculations use the Social Security trust 
funds to show that surplus.
    Section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Act couldn't be 
more clear. You have a duty to provide the American people with 
all of the relevant data about this country's fiscal policy. 
That includes not only a ``unified budget'' calculation, but 
also an estimate of what our deficit will be if you do not use 
the Social Security trust funds as part of the regular 
operating budget.
    Inasmuch as Congress has passed legislation prohibiting 
that from happening, we believe you have a responsibility to 
report accurately to the American people that, until revenues 
exceed expenditures without using the Social Security trust 
fund, there is no ``budget surplus.''
    We hope you will make the appropriate adjustments in your 
monthly report in order to comply with section 13301 of the 
Budget Enforcement Act.
            Sincerely,
                                   Ernest F. Hollings,
                                           U.S. Senator.
                                   Byron L. Dorgan,
                                           U.S. Senator.
                                ------                                

                       Congressional Budget Office,
                                             U.S. Congress,
                                      Washington, DC, June 2, 1998.
Hon. Byron L. Dorgan,
U.S. Senate,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Senator: Thank you for the letter of May 21 from you 
and Senator Hollings regarding CBO's monthly budget review. I 
agree that CBO has ``a duty to provide the American people with 
all of the relevant data about this country's fiscal policy,'' 
and I regret that the report you cited failed to report the on-
budget deficit, excluding the surplus of the Social Security 
trust funds. In future issues of the monthly budget review, CBO 
will provide separate totals for on-budget programs.
    I greatly appreciate your interest in CBO and its products. 
If you have any further concerns, do not hesitate to get in 
touch with me.
            Sincerely,
                                           June E. O'Neill,
                                                          Director.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

    The Committee has recommended a funding level of 
$142,562,000 for all activities of the Architect of the Capitol 
pertaining to direct support of the Congress. Excluded are 
House items which are traditionally left for consideration by 
that body. Additional funds are recommended in title II of the 
bill for the Architect's activities relative to the structural 
and mechanical care of the Library's buildings and grounds, and 
the Botanic Garden.
    The amount recommended in title I is $12,984,000 below the 
fiscal year 1998 amount and $35,538,000 below the budget 
estimate.
    The following table shows the request and the Committee 
recommendation:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                 Fiscal year                    
                                                            ----------------------------------------------------
                       Appropriation                                1998                               1999     
                                                             appropriation \1\    1999 request    recommendation
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capitol buildings, salaries and expenses...................       $44,477,000       $55,342,000      $44,641,000
Capitol Grounds............................................        25,116,000        26,623,000        6,055,000
Senate office buildings....................................        52,021,000        55,756,000       53,644,000
Capitol Power Plant........................................        33,932,000        40,379,000       38,222,000
                                                            ----------------------------------------------------
      Total, title I.......................................       155,546,000       178,100,000      142,562,000
                                                            ====================================================
Botanic Garden.............................................         3,016,000         3,235,000        3,180,000
Library buildings and grounds, structural and mechanical                                                        
 care......................................................        11,573,000        16,139,000       12,566,000
                                                            ----------------------------------------------------
      Total, title II......................................        14,589,000        19,374,000       15,746,000
                                                            ----------------------------------------------------
      Total................................................       170,135,000       197,474,000      158,308,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Includes fiscal year 1998 supplementals.                                                                    

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                     Capitol Buildings and Grounds

                           capitol buildings

                         Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 1998 \1\................................     $44,477,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................      55,342,000
Committee recommendation................................      44,641,000

\1\ Includes fiscal year 1998 supplemental of $7,500,000 for 
rehabilitation of the Capitol dome.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $44,641,000 
for salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant 
Architect of the Capitol, other personal services, surveys and 
studies in connection with activities under the care of the 
Architect, and necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, 
and operation of the Capitol electrical substations of the 
House and Senate office buildings. The amount recommended is 
$164,000 above the amount provided for fiscal year 1998 and 
represents a reduction of $10,701,000 from the budget request. 
The Committee has included a $20,000 limitation for travel 
related to work under the Architect.
    The Architect of the Capitol's request includes funding for 
a number of design projects for the Capitol Police, including a 
master plan. The Committee believes that the most cost-
effective approach to meeting the needs of the police would be 
to complete the master plan before proceeding with any other 
design plans. Therefore, the Committee has provided $475,000 in 
design funds for the master plan. The master plan would include 
consideration of the police needs for a communication, command 
and control facility, an offsite delivery/screening facility, 
USCP training facility, chemical and explosive storage 
facility, vehicle maintenance facility, and K-9 facility. An 
additional $1,000,000 in design funds are provided, subject to 
prior approval of the appropriate committees of the House and 
Senate, for additional security design plans for the police. 
The AOC is directed to work jointly with an individual 
appointed by the Police Board in defining the scope of work and 
implementation of a master plan. The amount of $750,000 has 
been provided to the AOC for infrastructure support for the 
physical security initiatives of the Capitol Police Board. The 
Committee directs that a quarterly accounting of these funds be 
provided to the Appropriations Committees and the Capitol 
Police Board.
    The Committee directs that no new Senate projects or 
activities other than those listed below be undertaken with 
funds provided in this or previous appropriations acts without 
the prior written approval of the Committee, and that the 
Committee be notified in writing in advance of any new Senate 
projects or activities to be undertaken with the funds provided 
for annual maintenance, repairs, alterations, or miscellaneous 
improvements.
    The Architect is to be commended for his personal 
dedication in addressing the financial management system in the 
office. The Committee remains concerned that a project of this 
magnitude requires the total devotion of an individual trained 
in this field. The Architect is strongly urged to consult with 
GAO and hire an individual from outside of the office to be the 
project manager with direct reporting authority to the 
Architect.
    The Architect is requested to provide a quarterly report to 
the Rules Committee and the Appropriations Committee 
identifying the expenditure of funds provided for 
infrastructure support of the Capitol Police security upgrades.
    The Committee has fully funded the Architect's request of 
$650,000 for the new CAFM system (computer aided facilities 
management); however, the expenditure of these funds is 
contingent upon the prior approval of the appropriate 
authorizing and Appropriations Committees.
    Funding has been provided, and may be expended with the 
prior approval of the Senate Rules Committee for design work 
for possible Senate Chamber upgrades for HVAC, ADA, lighting, 
and design funds for an upgrade of the cable television system.
    The following table displays the request and the Committee 
recommendation.

                      REQUEST VERSUS RECOMMENDATION                     
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Committee  
                  Item                        Request     recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personnel compensation and benefits.....     $24,637,000     $24,572,000
Travel, rent, and communications........         840,600         809,600
Annual maintenance, repairs, and                                        
 alterations............................       6,936,000       6,886,000
Supplies, materials, and equipment......         751,400         751,400
                                         -------------------------------
      Subtotal..........................      33,165,000      33,019,000
                                         ===============================
1999 budget projects:                                                   
    Cyclical maintenance:                                               
        Ongoing projects:                                               
            Replace House Chamber sound                                 
             reinforcement system.......         270,000         270,000
            Conservation of wall                                        
             paintings..................         200,000         200,000
            Rehabilitate dome...........       7,500,000  ..............
            Replace Minton tile.........         200,000         200,000
            Elevator/escalator                                          
             modernization program......         400,000         400,000
            Plumbing renovations........         400,000         400,000
        New requests:                                                   
            Upgrade building systems,                                   
             Capitol....................         500,000         500,000
            Repairs to east front bronze                                
             doors......................          25,000          25,000
            Analysis and renovation of                                  
             outside air intake tunnels.          50,000          50,000
            Replace six west front lower                                
             terrace windows............         150,000  ..............
            Records management and                                      
             photography branch equip-                                  
             ment.......................          57,000          57,000
            Roofing repair, around House                                
             and Senate Chambers........         160,000         160,000
            Replace windows, restore                                    
             shutters, and upgrade light-                               
               ing......................         400,000  ..............
            Replace electrical wiring in                                
             S-215, and stairwell by S-                                 
             344........................          25,000          25,000
            Provide steam humidification         210,000         210,000
            Replace dimming systems                                     
             serving east front offices.          50,000  ..............
            Cleaning of historical                                      
             architectural surfaces.....         115,000         115,000
            Repair/upgrade building                                     
             birdproofing...............          50,000          50,000
            Install cable tray and                                      
             replace corridor ceiling,                                  
             east front basement........         150,000         150,000
            Replace sheet metal                                         
             equipment..................         115,000         115,000
                                         -------------------------------
              Subtotal, cyclical                                        
               maintenance..............      11,027,000       2,927,000
                                         ===============================
    Improvements:                                                       
        Ongoing projects:                                               
            Replace sound systems,                                      
             committee and hearing rooms         120,000         120,000
            Renovation of K-9 facility,                                 
             D.C. Village...............         200,000          50,000
            Senate Chamber improvements.       1,500,000         500,000
        New requests:                                                   
            Install snow melt system on                                 
             roof.......................         250,000         250,000
            Conduit, pathways, and                                      
             telecommunication closets,                                 
             upgrade for computer.......         900,000         900,000
            House Chamber improvements..         300,000  ..............
            Upgrade the cable television                                
             system.....................       1,000,000       1,000,000
                                         -------------------------------
              Subtotal, improvements....       4,270,000       2,820,000
                                         ===============================
    Life safety and ADA:                                                
        Ongoing projects:                                               
            Installation of smoke                                       
             detectors/fire alarms, CB..         400,000         400,000
            Fire alarm system upgrade                                   
             for ADA compliance.........         150,000         150,000
            Compliance issues, South                                    
             Capitol Street warehouse...          50,000          50,000
            Complexwide fire and                                        
             emergency management system         425,000         425,000
            ADA requirements............         300,000         300,000
        New requests:                                                   
            Install emergency signs and                                 
             lighting...................          80,000          80,000
            Emergency exit directional                                  
             signs......................          25,000          25,000
            Roof fall protection........          55,000          55,000
                                         -------------------------------
              Subtotal, life safety and                                 
               ADA......................       1,485,000       1,485,000
                                         ===============================
    Security:                                                           
        Ongoing projects: Provide                                       
         infrastructure for security                                    
         installations..................       1,000,000         750,000
        New requests:                                                   
            U.S. Capitol Police command                                 
             center.....................         350,000  ..............
            U.S. Capitol Police                                         
             communications improvements       1,000,000  ..............
            Capitol complex integrated                                  
             security program...........         475,000         475,000
            Modifications to South                                      
             Capitol Street warehouse...         150,000         150,000
            Chemical and explosive                                      
             storage facility, D.C.                                     
             Village....................         250,000  ..............
            Install new door locks......         155,000  ..............
            Police security designs.....  ..............       1,000,000
            Emergency operations for                                    
             HVAC systems, Capitol......         100,000         100,000
                                         -------------------------------
              Subtotal, security........       3,480,000       2,475,000
                                         ===============================
    Technology--management systems:                                     
        Ongoing projects:                                               
            Implementation of AOCNET....         400,000         400,000
            Integrated management system                                
             [IMS]......................         650,000         650,000
        New requests:                                                   
            Computer-aided facility                                     
             management [CAFM]..........         650,000         650,000
            Update electrical system                                    
             drawings on CAD............          60,000          60,000
            CAD mechanical data base....          60,000          60,000
            Scanning equipment for                                      
             drawings and photographs...          95,000          95,000
                                         -------------------------------
              Subtotal, technology--                                    
               management systems.......       1,915,000       1,915,000
                                         ===============================
              Total, Capitol buildings..      55,342,000      44,641,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                            capitol grounds

Appropriations, 1998 \1\................................     $25,116,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................      26,623,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,055,000

\1\ Includes fiscal year 1998 supplemental of $20,000,000 for perimeter 
security.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,055,000 for 
Capitol Grounds for the care and improvements of the grounds 
surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, 
and the Capitol Power Plant. This is $19,061,000 below the 
current level and $20,568,000 below the request.
    The Committee directs that no new Senate projects or 
activities other than those listed below be undertaken with 
funds provided in this or previous appropriations acts without 
the prior written approval of the Committee, and that the 
Committee be notified in writing in advance of any new Senate 
projects or activities to be undertaken with the funds provided 
for annual maintenance, repairs, alterations, or miscellaneous 
improvements.
    The following table displays the request and the Committee 
recommendation.

                      REQUEST VERSUS RECOMMENDATION                     
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Committee  
                  Item                        Request     recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personnel compensation and benefits.....      $3,920,000      $3,916,000
Annual maintenance, repairs, and                                        
 alterations............................       1,215,000       1,051,000
Supplies, materials, and equipment......         178,000         178,000
                                         -------------------------------
      Subtotal..........................       5,313,000       5,145,000
                                         ===============================
1999 budget projects:                                                   
    Cyclical maintenance: New requests:                                 
        Parking lot improvements........         350,000  ..............
        Refurbish Taft Memorial carillon         130,000         130,000
        Maintenance of outdoor                                          
         sculpture: Peace and Garfield..          25,000          25,000
        Install new irrigation and                                      
         plantings, Rayburn House Office                                
         Building west courtyard........          50,000  ..............
        Renovate and restore Russell                                    
         Senate Office Building court-                                  
         yard...........................          40,000          40,000
                                         -------------------------------
            Subtotal, cyclical                                          
             maintenance................         595,000         195,000
                                         ===============================
    Improvements: New request:                                          
     Wayfinding signage.................         130,000         130,000
                                         ===============================
    Life safety and ADA:                                                
        Ongoing projects: ADA                                           
         requirements...................          25,000          25,000
        New requests: ADA handicapped                                   
         ramps, House and Senate                                        
         terraces.......................         500,000         500,000
                                         -------------------------------
            Subtotal, life safety and                                   
           ADA..........................         525,000         525,000
                                         ===============================
    Security: New requests: Capitol                                     
     Square and Senate grounds secur-                                   
     ity................................      20,000,000  ..............
                                         ===============================
    Technology--management systems: New                                 
     request: CAD data base development--                               
     site utilities and grounds.........          60,000          60,000
                                         ===============================
        Total, Capitol grounds..........      26,623,000       6,055,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                        senate office buildings

Appropriations, 1998....................................     $52,021,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................      55,756,000
Committee recommendation................................      53,644,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $53,644,000 
for maintenance of the Senate office buildings. The recommended 
amount is $2,112,000 below the request and is $1,623,000 above 
the current level.
    The Committee directs that no new Senate projects or 
activities other than those listed below be undertaken with 
funds provided in this or previous appropriations acts without 
the prior written approval of the Committee, and that the 
Committee be notified in writing in advance of any new Senate 
projects or activities to be undertaken with the funds provided 
for annual maintenance, repairs, alterations, or miscellaneous 
improvements.
    Funding has been provided, and may be expended with the 
prior approval of the Senate Rules Committee, for design funds 
for the legislative garage and funds for restaurant equipment.
    The following table displays the request and the Committee 
recommendation.

                      REQUEST VERSUS RECOMMENDATION                     
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Committee  
                  Item                        Request     recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personnel compensation and benefits.....     $25,450,000     $25,292,000
Annual rent, maintenance, repairs, and                                  
 alterations............................       9,436,000       9,396,000
Supplies, materials, equipment, and                                     
 Senate restaurants.....................       3,945,000       3,196,000
                                         -------------------------------
      Subtotal..........................      38,831,000      37,884,000
                                         ===============================
1999 budget projects:                                                   
    Life safety and ADA:                                                
        Ongoing projects:                                               
            Fire alarm system upgrade                                   
             for ADA, Russell Senate                                    
             Office Building and Hart                                   
             Senate Office Building.....         150,000         150,000
            ADA requirements, Senate                                    
             office buildings...........         300,000         300,000
            Plumbing renovations,                                       
             Russell Senate Office                                      
             Building...................         400,000         400,000
        New requests:                                                   
            Roof fall protection........          93,000          93,000
            Emergency exit directional                                  
             signs......................          70,000          70,000
            Upgrade emergency fire                                      
             communications system, Hart                                
             Senate Office Building.....         130,000         130,000
            Upgrade CCTV and paging to                                  
             subway.....................         153,000         153,000
                                         -------------------------------
              Subtotal, life safety and                                 
               ADA......................       1,296,000       1,296,000
                                         ===============================
    Cyclical maintenance:                                               
        Ongoing projects:                                               
            Roofing repairs, Russell                                    
             Senate Office Building and                                 
             Dirksen Senate Office                                      
             Building...................         100,000         100,000
            Modernize 12 elevators, Hart                                
             Senate Office Building.....         750,000         750,000
            Replace roof and add fall                                   
             protection, Capitol Police                                 
             headquarters...............         350,000         350,000
            Repair failed waterproofing                                 
             over SD-G82................         250,000  ..............
        New requests:                                                   
            Exterior painting, Russell                                  
             Senate Office Building.....         160,000         160,000
            Modernize elevators Nos. 2                                  
             and 13, Dirksen Senate                                     
             Office Building............         425,000         425,000
            Replace roof and add fall                                   
             protection, Webster Hall...         232,000         232,000
            Purchase garage equipment...          54,000          54,000
            Purchase of furniture.......         130,000         130,000
            Replace 34 committee sound                                  
             systems....................         280,000         280,000
            Replace carpet, Capitol                                     
             Police headquarters........         380,000  ..............
                                         -------------------------------
              Subtotal, cyclical                                        
               maintenance..............       3,111,000       2,481,000
                                         ===============================
    Improvements:                                                       
        Ongoing projects:                                               
            Electrical and                                              
             telecommunications systems                                 
             renovations, Russell Senate                                
             Office Building............       2,550,000       2,550,000
            Renovate mechanical,                                        
             telecommunications, and                                    
             restrooms, Dirksen Senate                                  
             Office Building............       8,500,000       8,500,000
            Delaware Avenue vestibule,                                  
             Russell Senate Office                                      
             Building...................         160,000  ..............
            Renovate sundry shop,                                       
             Dirksen Senate Office                                      
             Building...................          75,000          75,000
        New requests:                                                   
            New escalator, Hart Senate                                  
             Office Building............         125,000  ..............
            Upgrade and expand                                          
             telecommunications closets.         260,000         260,000
            Renovate beverage island,                                   
             Dirksen Senate Office Build-                               
               ing......................         250,000  ..............
            Install storm windows,                                      
             Capitol Police headquarters         168,000         168,000
            Expansion of legislative                                    
             garage.....................         400,000         400,000
            Furniture for Information                                   
             Technology Resource Center.          30,000          30,000
                                         -------------------------------
              Subtotal, improvements....      12,518,000      11,983,000
                                         ===============================
              Total, Senate office                                      
               buildings................      55,756,000      53,644,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          capitol power plant

Appropriations, 1998....................................     $33,932,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................      40,379,000
Committee recommendation................................      38,222,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $38,222,000 
for the operations of the Capitol Power Plant. The amount 
recommended is $4,290,000 above the amount provided for fiscal 
year 1998 and $2,157,000 below the request.
    Nearly 70 percent of the recommended amount is for the 
purchase of electricity from the local private utility, payment 
to the government of the District of Columbia for the provision 
of water and sewer services, and the procurement of boiler 
fuel, as displayed in the following table.

Fiscal year 1999 estimated utility costs

Purchase of electrical energy...........................     $21,896,000
Purchase of natural gas.................................       1,415,000
Purchase of steam.......................................         248,000
Purchase of chilled water...............................         252,000
Purchase of coal........................................       2,250,000
Purchase of oil.........................................       1,905,000
Water and sewer payments................................       1,800,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................      29,766,000

    The balance of this appropriation supports a work force to 
operate and maintain the Power Plant. The Power Plant provides 
heat, light, power, and air-conditioning for the Capitol, 
Senate and House office buildings, and the Library of Congress 
buildings; heat, light, and power for the Botanic Garden and 
the Senate and House Garages; light for the Capitol Grounds' 
street, park, and floodlighting system; steam heat for the 
Government Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, 
also known as Postal Square; and steam heat and air-
conditioning for the Union Station complex, Folger Shakespeare 
Library, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, and 
the U.S. Supreme Court Building on a reimbursable basis.
    With regard to the reimbursements, the Committee recommends 
that reimbursements continue at the fiscal year 1998 level of 
$4,000,000.
    The following table displays the request and the Committee 
recommendation.

                      REQUEST VERSUS RECOMMENDATION                     
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Committee  
                  Item                        Request     recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personnel compensation and benefits.....      $5,260,000      $5,253,000
Utilities and communications............      25,613,000      25,613,000
Annual maintenance and supplies.........       5,754,000       5,754,000
                                         -------------------------------
      Subtotal..........................      36,627,000      36,620,000
                                         ===============================
1999 budget projects:                                                   
    Cyclical maintenance: New requests:                                 
        Replace dealkalizer resin.......          85,000          85,000
        Replace bladder in sump, West                                   
         plant..........................          75,000          75,000
        Replace valves in steam and                                     
         chilled water distribution sys-                                
          tem...........................         100,000         100,000
        Replace coalyard belts..........         160,000         160,000
                                         -------------------------------
          Subtotal, cyclical maintenance         420,000         420,000
                                         ===============================
    Improvements: New requests:                                         
        Optimization of operations,                                     
         Capitol Power Plant............         100,000         100,000
        Optimization of chilled water                                   
         distribution system............         150,000  ..............
        Cogeneration facility...........       2,000,000  ..............
                                         -------------------------------
          Subtotal, improvements........       2,250,000         100,000
                                         ===============================
    Life safety and ADA:                                                
        Ongoing projects: East plant                                    
         replacement....................       5,000,000       5,000,000
        New requests: Roof fall                                         
         protection.....................          22,000          22,000
                                         -------------------------------
          Subtotal, life safety and ADA.       5,022,000       5,022,000
                                         ===============================
    Technology--management systems:                                     
     Update CAD drawings for Capitol                                    
     Power Plant........................          60,000          60,000
                                         ===============================
Less: Estimated reimbursements..........      -4,000,000      -4,000,000
                                         ===============================
      Total, Capitol Power Plant........      40,379,000      38,222,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                     Congressional Research Service

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1998....................................     $64,603,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................      68,461,000
Committee recommendation................................      67,877,483

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $67,877,483 
for the Congressional Research Service. The amount recommended 
is $3,274,483 above the fiscal year 1998 amount and $583,517 
below the request.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                   Congressional Printing and Binding

Appropriations, 1998 \1\................................     $70,652,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................      84,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      75,500,000

\1\ Supplemented by a transfer of $11,017,000 from the revolving fund.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $75,500,000, 
which is $8,500,000 below the request and $4,848,000 above the 
current fiscal year level excluding funds transferred from the 
revolving fund.
    No funds provided in the congressional printing and binding 
fund for fiscal year 1999 may be used to pay for work which was 
not performed in fiscal year 1999 and billed prior to December 
31, 2000.
    The following table compares the component categories 
within this account for fiscal year 1999. The Committee has not 
recommended separate amounts for each activity in order to give 
the GPO the flexibility needed to meet changing requirements.

                                       CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING                                       
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Appropriations                    Recommended 
                                                                       1998       Requested 1999       1999     
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Congressional Record program....................................     $19,725,000     $18,820,000  ..............
Miscellaneous publications......................................       4,290,000       5,220,000  ..............
Miscellaneous printing and binding..............................      13,720,000      15,450,000  ..............
Details to Congress.............................................       1,886,000       1,763,000  ..............
Document envelopes and document franks..........................       1,485,000       1,450,000  ..............
Business and committee calendars................................       2,992,000       2,024,000  ..............
Bills, resolutions, and amendments..............................      12,064,000      12,810,000  ..............
Committee reports...............................................       2,924,000       3,150,000  ..............
Documents.......................................................       2,046,000       2,015,000  ..............
Hearings........................................................      18,941,000      19,698,000  ..............
Committee prints................................................       1,596,000       1,600,000                
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total.....................................................      81,669,000      84,000,000     $75,500,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                        TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES

                             BOTANIC GARDEN

                         Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 1998....................................      $3,016,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................       3,235,000
Committee recommendation................................       3,180,000

    The Committee recommends $3,180,000 for salaries and 
expenses of the Botanic Garden. This amount is $164,000 above 
the current year level and $55,000 below the request.
    Funds are provided to the Botanic Garden to collect, 
cultivate, and grow the various flora of the United States and 
other countries for exhibition and display to the public and 
for study material for students, scientists, and garden clubs.
    The following table displays the request and the Committee 
recommendation.

                      REQUEST VERSUS RECOMMENDATION                     
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Committee  
                  Item                        Request     recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personnel compensation and benefits.....      $2,937,000      $2,932,000
Travel, rent, and communications........           6,000           6,000
Annual maintenance, repairs, and                                        
 alterations............................          69,000          69,000
Supplies, materials, and equipment......         157,000         157,000
                                         -------------------------------
      Subtotal..........................       3,169,000       3,164,000
                                         ===============================
1999 budget projects: Life safety and                                   
 ADA: New requests:                                                     
    Roof fall protection................          16,000          16,000
    Administrative building renovations                                 
     and ADA............................          50,000  ..............
                                         -------------------------------
      Subtotal, life safety and ADA.....          66,000          16,000
                                         ===============================
      Total, Botanic Garden.............       3,235,000       3,180,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                (Except Congressional Research Service)

                         Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 1998:
    Salaries and expenses...............................   $227,504,000 
    Authority to spend receipts.........................     (7,869,000)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Net, salaries and expenses........................    219,635,000 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Budget estimate, 1999:
    Salaries and expenses...............................    239,415,000 
    Authority to spend receipts.........................     (6,500,000)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Net, salaries and expenses........................    232,915,000 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Committee recommendation:
    Salaries and expenses...............................    239,176,542 
    Authority to spend receipts.........................     (6,500,000)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Net, salaries and expenses........................    232,676,542 

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $232,676,542 
for salaries and expenses of the Library of Congress. The 
amount recommended is $13,041,542 over the amount provided for 
fiscal year 1998 and $238,458 below the budget request.
    There is a decrease in the number of FTE positions from 
4,083 to 4,070 FTE positions due to a reduction of 13 FTE's in 
the Cataloging Distribution Service. Due to absorbing within-
grade increases, the Library has a number of unfilled FTE 
positions. The Committee has provided funds for 8 FTE's in the 
information technology area, 10 FTE's for the Congressional 
Research Service's succession planning effort, and 13 FTE's for 
additional security personnel to be consistent with Department 
of Justice minimum security standards for Federal facilities. 
An increase of six FTE's for the Copyright Office has been 
provided, the cost of which is paid through offsetting 
collections. Regarding external security, the Library is 
strongly urged to consult with the Capitol Police on external 
security matters. The Committee provides $2,000,000 to the 
Library for a 4-year project to digitize Russian and United 
States collections for ``The Meeting of the Frontiers'' United 
States-Russian digital library.
    The Committee recognizes the historical significance of the 
Lewis and Clark Expedition and its upcoming bicentennial in the 
year 2003. Therefore, the Committee directs the Library to use 
its collections to commemorate the bicentennial of the 
expedition, including: the digitization of existing materials, 
collaboration with other institutions in their efforts to 
celebrate the bicentennial, and consultation with the Congress 
on the use of those collections to commemorate the 
bicentennial. The Committee has provided initial funding of 
$250,000 to support these efforts.
    The addition of 8 new FTE's in the Information Technology 
Office will bring the total number of FTE's in that area to 
195. The Library has distinguished itself in the technology 
area and has, and will continue to be, a significant resource 
for the Congress in addressing the year 2000 conversion. With 
the creation of the Senate's new Special Committee on the Year 
2000 Technology Problem, additional expertise in this area will 
be necessary. The Committee expects that the Library will be 
called upon to provide technical assistance and encourages the 
Library to reprioritize its own technology initiatives in a way 
that will allow it to meet the needs of the Congress over the 
next few years.
    In the conference report (H. Rept. 104-733) accompanying 
the fiscal year 1997 legislative branch appropriation bill 
(Public Law 104-197), the Congressional Research Service was 
directed to coordinate, and the Library of Congress was 
directed to provide technical support, for the development of a 
legislative information retrieval system to serve the Senate.
    The Senate has undertaken a major program to rebuild its 
systems for creating and managing its legislative information. 
Although this program is going to take a number of years to 
complete, the Senate is already realizing benefits from this 
program. The Secretary of the Senate, with the technical 
support of the Sergeant at Arms, is providing Senate offices 
floor amendments electronically minutes after being introduced 
on the floor.
    The retrieval system being designed and maintained to 
provide a comprehensive legislative resource by the CRS and 
supported by the Library is proving to be a valued recourse for 
Senate and congressional office. CRS and the Library are, 
therefore, directed to continue their development of the 
legislative retrieval system for the Senate and provide an 
annual report outlining the strategic objective of this 
initiative.

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1998:
    Salaries and expenses...............................    $34,361,000 
    Authority to spend receipts.........................    (22,426,000)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Net, salaries and expenses........................     11,935,000 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Budget estimate, 1999:
    Salaries and expenses...............................     35,269,000 
    Authority to spend receipts.........................    (21,170,000)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Net, salaries and expenses........................     14,099,000 
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Committee recommendation:
    Salaries and expenses...............................     35,269,000 
    Authority to spend receipts.........................    (21,170,000)
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Net, salaries and expenses........................     14,099,000 

    The Committee recommends the direct appropriation of 
$35,269,000 for the Copyright Office and approves authority to 
spend receipts of $21,170,000 in fiscal year 1999. This is the 
same amount as the request and $2,164,000 above the enacted 
level.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1998....................................     $46,561,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................      48,145,000
Committee recommendation................................      46,895,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $46,895,000 
for salaries and expenses for Books for the Blind and 
Physically Handicapped. The amount is $334,000 above the 
enacted amount and is $1,250,000 below the request. The 
Committee has approved the Library's request to use $800,000 in 
savings from a reduction in the rental rate for the purchase of 
additional talking book machines.
    This appropriation supports a National Reading Program for 
blind and physically handicapped citizens. Books and magazines 
in braille and various recorded formats are produced by the 
National Library Services for the Blind and Physically 
Handicapped for distribution through a network of State and 
locally supported libraries. At present, 57 regional libraries 
in 49 States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, 
Puerto Rico, and Guam house and circulate books and magazines 
to eligible readers. Eighty-three subregional libraries in 17 
States assist at the local public library level; 53 libraries 
and 4 cooperating agencies distribute sound reproducers. Two 
multistate centers, under contract to the National Library 
Service, store and distribute books and other materials in 
their geographical regions. The Librarian has estimated a 
readership of 784,000 individuals in fiscal year 1998.

                       Furniture and Furnishings

Appropriations, 1998....................................      $4,178,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................       5,712,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,458,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,458,000 for 
Library furniture and furnishings in 1999. The amount is 
$280,000 above the enacted amount and is $1,254,000 below the 
request.

                       administrative provisions

    The Committee has included the routine administrative 
provisions.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

                     structural and mechanical care

Appropriations, 1998....................................     $11,573,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................      16,139,000
Committee recommendation................................      12,566,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $12,566,000 
for the care and maintenance of the Library buildings and 
grounds by the Architect of the Capitol. This is a decrease of 
$3,573,000 from the request and an increase of $993,000 over 
the current level.
    The Committee recognizes that the Architect's office 
remains responsible for the electronic security needs and 
external security of the Library of Congress buildings. The 
Committee requests that the AOC consult with the Capitol Police 
as well as the Library on an ongoing basis regarding the 
perimeter security needs of the Library.
    The following table shows the request and the Committee 
recommendation.

                      REQUEST VERSUS RECOMMENDATION                     
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Committee  
                  Item                        Request     recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personnel compensation and benefits.....      $7,456,000      $7,450,000
Annual maintenance, repairs, and                                        
 alterations............................       1,505,000       1,414,000
Supplies, materials, equipment and                                      
 grounds................................         704,000         680,000
                                         -------------------------------
      Subtotal..........................       9,665,000       9,544,000
                                         ===============================
1999 budget projects:                                                   
    Cyclical maintenance:                                               
        Ongoing projects:                                               
            Elevator/escalator                                          
             modernization..............         360,000         360,000
            Replace sprinkler heads,                                    
             Thomas Jefferson Building                                  
             and James Madison Building.         100,000         100,000
        New requests:                                                   
            Repair roof under east                                      
             parking lot, Thomas                                        
             Jefferson Building.........         200,000         200,000
            Replace deteriorated piping,                                
             Thomas Jefferson Building..         100,000         100,000
            Replace sidewalks, Thomas                                   
             Jefferson Building and                                     
             James Adams Building.......         100,000  ..............
            Replace electrical snow                                     
             melting equipment, James                                   
             Madison Building...........         100,000         100,000
            Restoration of decorative                                   
             painting, Thomas Jefferson                                 
             Building and James Adams                                   
             Building...................         100,000         100,000
            Replace variable speed                                      
             drives, Thomas Jefferson                                   
             Building and James Adams                                   
             Building...................         100,000         100,000
            Conservation of Blashfield                                  
             and other murals, Thomas                                   
             Jefferson Building.........          45,000          45,000
            Replace convector controls,                                 
             James Madison Building.....         100,000         100,000
                                         -------------------------------
              Subtotal, cyclical                                        
               maintenance..............       1,305,000       1,205,000
                                         ===============================
    Improvements: New requests:                                         
        Book stack lighting controls,                                   
         Thomas Jefferson Building and                                  
         James Adams Building...........         200,000  ..............
        Lightning protection, James                                     
         Madison Building...............          40,000          40,000
        Screening/holding facility......         500,000  ..............
        HVAC improvements NW curtain,                                   
         Thomas Jefferson Building......         600,000  ..............
        Preservations environment                                       
         monitoring.....................         100,000         100,000
        Visitors center, Thomas                                         
         Jefferson Building.............         200,000  ..............
        Copyright deposit facility, Fort                                
         Meade..........................         500,000  ..............
                                         -------------------------------
          Subtotal, improvements........       2,140,000         140,000
                                         ===============================
    Life safety and ADA:                                                
        Ongoing projects:                                               
            ADA requirements............         200,000         200,000
            Replace smoke detectors,                                    
             James Madison Building.....         100,000         100,000
            Fire alarm system upgrade                                   
             for ADA compliance.........         150,000         150,000
            Modify exit doors for                                       
             compliance.................         100,000         100,000
        New requests:                                                   
            Replace HVAC eliminator                                     
             plates, Thomas Jefferson                                   
             Building and James Adams                                   
             Building...................         150,000         150,000
            Emergency exit directional                                  
             door signs.................          62,000          62,000
            Roof fall protection........         165,000         165,000
            Compact bookstacks safety                                   
             review, James Madison                                      
             Building...................         200,000  ..............
                                         -------------------------------
                Subtotal, life safety                                   
               and ADA..................       1,127,000         927,000
                                         ===============================
    Security: New requests:                                             
        Indoor security improvements--                                  
         cages and vaults...............          50,000          50,000
        Exterior security improvements..         600,000         400,000
        Install additional readers......         652,000         300,000
        Book conveyor system security...         400,000  ..............
        Upgrade building security                                       
         systems........................         200,000  ..............
                                         -------------------------------
          Subtotal, security............       1,902,000         750,000
                                         ===============================
          Total, Library buildings and                                  
           grounds......................      16,139,000      12,566,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                        Administrative Provision

    The Committee has included an administrative provision 
(sec. 207) which provides the Architect of the Capitol with the 
authority to spend up to $2,500,000 from the account 
established pursuant to section 4 of Public Law 105-144 for the 
structural and mechanical work and refurbishment of the 
Library's Culpeper, VA facility.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                 Office of Superintendent of Documents

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1998....................................     $29,077,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................      30,200,000
Committee recommendation................................      29,600,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $29,600,000, 
which is $523,000 above the enacted level and $600,000 below 
the request.
    This appropriation provides for salaries and expenses 
associated with the distribution of Government documents to 
depository and international exchange libraries, the cataloging 
and indexing of Government publications, and the distribution 
of publications authorized by law at the request of Members of 
Congress and other Government agencies.
    The Committee has reduced the FTE level by 200. GPO 
currently has approximately 100 unfilled FTE positions. Recent 
migration to a direct-to-plate technology will result in an 
additional reduction of 113 FTE's, plus normal attrition will 
result in an additional reduction in FTE's. The funding 
provided has been reduced to correspond to this FTE reduction.
    The Committee is disappointed with the Public Printer's 
response to the Booz-Allen management review. The GPO shall 
provide the appropriate committees a quarterly report 
addressing each specific recommendation and the action that the 
Printer has taken to implement each recommendation. The 
inspector general is instructed to monitor implementation of 
the cost-saving recommendations and report quarterly to the 
appropriate committees on his findings.

                             revolving fund

Appropriations, 1998....................................................
Budget estimate, 1999 \1\...............................      $6,000,000
Committee recommendation................................................

\1\ Reflects budget amendment.

    The Committee bill continues the limitations on reception 
and representation expenses and costs of attendance at 
meetings. Per direction of the JCP, the Committee denies GPO's 
request for $6,000,000 for a new air-conditioning system until 
a total plan for capital upgrades has been completed and 
approved by the appropriate committees.

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 1998....................................    $339,499,000
Budget estimate, 1999...................................     367,728,000
Committee recommendation................................     363,298,000

    The Committee recommends funding of $363,298,000 for 
salaries and expenses of the General Accounting Office, which 
will support an FTE level of 3,300 FTE's. Additionally, 
$2,000,000 is authorized in offsetting collections derived from 
rent receipts and reimbursements for conducting financial 
audits of Government corporations. The direct appropriation is 
a reduction of $4,430,000 from the budget request and an 
increase of $23,799,000 over the fiscal year 1998 level.
    The Committee has provided funding for 75 of the 100 
requested additional FTE's. The Committee expects that a 
minimum of one-third of those positions will be in the 
information technology area and that GAO will be prepared to 
provide the Congress with the necessary support in the 
information technology area, particularly with the year 2000 
technology problem.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    In addition to several routine general provisions carried 
annually in the bill (secs. 301-307), the Committee proposes 
additional general provision (secs. 308-311), as follows:
    Section 301 bans the use of appropriated funds for service 
and maintenance of private vehicles, except under such 
regulations as may be promulgated by the House Oversight 
Committee and the Senate Rules and Administration Committee 
respectively.
    Section 302 limits the availability for obligation of 
appropriation to the fiscal year for which it is expressly 
provided in the bill accompanying this report.
    Section 303 provides that any pay rate and title 
designation for staff position created in this act, and not 
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929, is 
to be made permanent law by this act. Further, any pay rate and 
title change for a position provided for in the 1929 act is to 
be made permanent law by this act and any changes in the 
official expenses of Members, officers, and committees, and in 
the clerk hire of the House and Senate are to be made permanent 
law by this act.
    Section 304 bans the use of funds for contracts unless such 
contracts are matters of public record and are available for 
public inspection.
    Section 305 appropriates such sums as may be necessary for 
the payment of settlements and awards pursuant to Public Law 
104-1.
    Section 306 authorizes legislative branch entities 
participating in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers 
Council [LBFMC] to finance the costs of the LBFMC.
    Section 307 amends section 316 of Public Law 101-302 to 
extend for 1 year the availability of funds for the Senate art 
collection.
    Section 308 provides the Public Printer with the authority 
given to all heads of agencies in section 155 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 1992 regarding contracting with energy services 
companies. GPO estimates that this provision has a potential 
annual savings of $500,000. Savings would be used to fund 
necessary upgrades to utilities.
    Section 309 provides for the permanent reauthorization of 
the American Folklife Center.
    Section 310 provides for the reimbursement of funds 
improperly transferred from the Government Printing Office 
revolving fund and clarifies that GPO is not subject to section 
8147 of title 5.

               TITLE IV--TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW COMMISSION

    The economic situation in east and Southeast Asia will have 
ongoing implications for the United States in its economic and 
trade relationships, both in the short and long term. Among the 
potential impacts is a significant increase in the U.S. trade 
deficits. The need for a comprehensive review of U.S. trade and 
economic policies and their relationship to U.S. trade deficits 
is long overdue. It is time to establish a commission to review 
the trade deficit.
    The Committee notes that since the last comprehensive 
review of national trade and investment policies was conducted 
by a Presidential Commission in 1970, there have been massive 
worldwide economic and political changes which have profoundly 
affected world trading relationships. Globalization, the 
increased mobility of capital and technology, the role of 
transnational corporations, and the outsourcing of production 
across national boundaries, are reshaping both the comparative 
and competitive trade advantages among nations.
    The United States is once again at a critical juncture in 
trade policy development. There is need for a new consensus on 
trade policy for the future. The nature of the U.S. trade 
deficit and its causes and consequences must be analyzed and 
documented. This is the purpose for the Trade Deficit Review 
Commission.
    Persons appointed to this Commission should be individuals 
who have expertise in economics, international trade, 
manufacturing, labor, environment, business, and similar 
pertinent qualifications and experience. In appointing 
Commission members every effort should be made to ensure that 
its members are representative of a broad cross-section of 
economic and trade perspectives. In addition, the members 
should be able to provide fresh insights to analyzing the 
causes and consequences of the U.S. merchandise trade and 
current account deficits.
    The Committee expects that members would be appointed not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment, and the 
appointments would be made for the life of the Commission. In 
case of a vacancy, it would be expected that the vacancy would 
be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
    The Commission will be responsible for developing trade 
policy recommendations, by examining the economic, trade, tax, 
and investment policies and laws, and other incentives and 
restrictions that are relevant to addressing the causes and 
consequences of the U.S. merchandise trade and current account 
deficits.
    In examining and making its recommendations to Congress and 
the President, the Commission is expected to review the manner 
in which the Government of the United States establishes and 
administers the Nation's fundamental trade policies and 
objectives. This includes the relationship of the merchandise 
and current account balances to the overall well-being of the 
U.S. economy and any impact trade balances may have on wages 
and employment in various sectors of the U.S. economy. It 
should also review any effects the merchandise trade and 
current account deficits may have on the areas of manufacturing 
and technology and on defense production and innovation 
capabilities of the United States.
    The Commission should consider the impact that the U.S. 
monetary and fiscal policies may have on U.S. merchandise trade 
and current account deficits. It should also review the 
coordination, allocation and accountability of trade 
responsibilities among Federal agencies and the means for 
congressional oversight of the trade policy process.
    It is expected that the Commission will examine the causes 
and consequences of the merchandise trade and current account 
deficits and specific bilateral trade deficits. This should 
include the identification and quantification of the 
macroeconomic factors and bilateral trade barriers contributing 
to the U.S. merchandise trade and current account deficits. It 
should also include the identification and quantification of 
any impact of the merchandise trade and current account 
deficits on the domestic economy, industrial base, 
manufacturing capacity, number and quality of jobs, 
productivity, wages, and the U.S. standard of living.
    In addition, the Commission should identify and quantify 
the trade deficits within individual industrial, manufacturing, 
and production sectors, and any relationship to intraindustry 
and intracompany transactions. The Commission should review the 
adequacy of the current collection and reporting of import and 
export data, and the identification and development of 
additional data bases and economic measurements that may be 
needed to properly quantify these factors.
    The Commission is expected to determine the relationship 
that tariff and nontariff barriers may have to the merchandise 
trade and current account deficits and the extent to which such 
deficits have become structural. It should also determine the 
extent to which there is reciprocal market access substantially 
equivalent to that afforded by the United States in each 
country with which the United States has a persistent and 
substantial bilateral trade deficit. It should consider the 
impact of transshipments on these bilateral trading 
relationships.
    The Commission is expected to examine the relationship of 
U.S. merchandise trade and current account deficits to both 
comparative and competitive trade advantages within the global 
economy. This should include a systematic analysis of the U.S. 
trade patterns with different trading partners, to what extent 
the trade patterns are based on comparative and competitive 
trade advantages, and how the trade advantages relate to the 
goods that are exported to or imported from various trading 
partners.
    In this review, the Commission should determine the extent 
to which the increased mobility of capital and technology has 
changed both comparative and competitive trade advantages, the 
extent to which differences in the growth rates of the United 
States and its trading partners may impact on U.S. merchandise 
trade and current account deficits, and any impacts that labor, 
environmental, or health and safety standards may have on world 
trade.
    The Commission should examine the impact that currency 
exchange rate fluctuations and any manipulation of exchange 
rates may have on U.S. merchandise and current account 
deficits. It should also review the effect that offset and 
technology transfer agreements have on the long-term 
competitiveness of the U.S. manufacturing sectors, and any 
effects that international trade, labor, environmental, or 
other agreements may have on U.S. competitiveness.
    The Commission should consider the flow of investments both 
into and out of the United States, including any consequences 
for the U.S. economy of the current status of the United States 
as a debtor nation. It should determine the relationship 
between such investment flows and the U.S. merchandise and 
current account deficits, living standards of U.S. workers, 
U.S. labor, community, environmental, and health and safety 
standards, and how such investment flows influence the location 
of manufacturing facilities. It should also examine the effect 
of barriers to United States direct investment in developed and 
developing nations with which the United States has a 
merchandise trade and current account deficit.
    It is the hope of the Committee that following such 
extensive study and review that the report produced by this 
Commission would lead to the development of a new understanding 
of the importance of our Nation's trade relationships and a new 
consensus of how this Nation should proceed in order to meet 
the challenges of a globalized world economy.

  COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI, OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Paragraph 7 of rule XVI requires that Committee reports on 
general appropriations bills identify, with particularity, each 
Committee amendment to the House bill ``which proposes an item 
of appropriation which is not made to carry out the provisions 
of an existing law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or 
resolution previously passed by the Senate during that 
session.''
    The Committee has proposed no amendments which fall under 
this rule.

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(C), RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, the Committee 
ordered reported en bloc S. 2137, an original Legislative 
Branch appropriations bill, 1999, S. 2132, an original DOD 
appropriations bill, 1999 and S. 2138, an original Energy and 
Water Development appropriations bill, 1999, each subject to 
amendment and each subject to its budget allocations, by a 
recorded vote of 27-0, a quorum being present. The vote was as 
follows:
        Yeas                          Nays
Chairman Stevens
Mr. Cochran
Mr. Domenici
Mr. Bond
Mr. Gorton
Mr. McConnell
Mr. Burns
Mr. Shelby
Mr. Gregg
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Campbell
Mr. Craig
Mr. Faircloth
Mrs. Hutchison
Mr. Byrd
Mr. Inouye
Mr. Hollings
Mr. Leahy
Mr. Bumpers
Mr. Lautenberg
Mr. Harkin
Ms. Mikulski
Mr. Reid
Mr. Kohl
Mrs. Murray
Mr. Dorgan
Mrs. Boxer

 COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI, OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Paragraph 12 of rule XXVI requires that Committee reports 
on a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute 
or part of any statute include ``(a) the text of the statute or 
part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a 
comparative print of that part of the bill or joint resolution 
making the amendment and of the statute or part thereof 
proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through type and 
italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical 
devices the omissions and insertions which would be made by the 
bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form recommended by 
the committee.''
    In compliance with this rule, the following changes in 
existing law proposed to be made by the bill are shown as 
follows: existing law to be omitted is enclosed in black 
brackets; new matter is printed in italic; and existing law in 
which no change is proposed is shown in roman.

TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS

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CHAPTER 3--COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS

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Sec. 58. Mail, telegraph, telephone, stationery, office supplies, and 
                    home State office and travel expenses for Senators

(a) * * *

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(b) Limits for authorized expenses; recalculation formula

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    (1)(A) * * *

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    (3)(A) * * *

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          (i) * * *

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          [(iii) subject to subparagraph (B), in case the 
        Senator represents Alabama, $182,567, Alaska, $251,901, 
        Arizona, $197,079, Arkansas, $168,282, California, 
        $468,724, Colorado, $186,350, Connecticut, $160,903, 
        Delaware, $127,198, Florida, $299,746, Georgia, 
        $210,214, Hawaii, $279,512, Idaho, $163,335, Illinois, 
        $266,248, Indiana, $194,770, Iowa, $170,565, Kansas, 
        $168,177, Kentucky, $177,338, Louisiana, $185,647, 
        Maine, $147,746, Maryland, $173,020, Massachusetts, 
        $195,799, Michigan, $236,459, Minnesota, $187,702, 
        Mississippi, $168,103, Missouri, $197,941, Montana, 
        $161,725, Nebraska, $160,361, Nevada, $171,096, New 
        Hampshire, $142,394, New Jersey, $206,260, New Mexico, 
        $166,140, New York, $327,955, North Carolina, $210,946, 
        North Dakota, $149,824, Ohio, $259,452, Oklahoma, 
        $181,761, Oregon, $189,345, Pennsylvania, $266,148, 
        Rhode Island, $138,582, South Carolina, $170,451, South 
        Dakota, $151,450, Tennessee, $191,954, Texas, $348,681, 
        Utah, $168,632, Vermont, $135,925, Virginia, $193,467, 
        Washington, $214,694, West Virginia, $147,772, 
        Wisconsin, $191,569, Wyoming, $152,438, plus]
          (iii) subject to subparagraph (B), in case the 
        Senator represents Alabama, $183,565, Alaska, $252,505, 
        Arizona, $197,409, Arkansas, $168,535, California, 
        $470,272, Colorado, $187,366, Connecticut, $161,691, 
        Delaware, $127,384, Florida, $263,748, Georgia, 
        $211,784, Hawaii, $279,648, Idaho, $163,841, Illinois, 
        $267,000, Indiana, $195,391, Iowa, $171,340, Kansas, 
        $168,912, Kentucky, $176,975, Louisiana, $186,714, 
        Maine, $148,205, Maryland, $172,455, Massachusetts, 
        $196,819, Michigan, $235,846, Minnesota, $187,742, 
        Mississippi, $168,587, Missouri, $198,365, Montana, 
        $161,857, Nebraska, $160,550, Nevada, $171,208, New 
        Hampshire, $142,497, New Jersey, $207,754, New Mexico, 
        $166,721, New York, $328,586, North Carolina, $212,711, 
        North Dakota, $150,225, Ohio, $262,252, Oklahoma, 
        $181,913, Oregon, $189,258, Pennsylvania, $267,240, 
        Rhode Island, $138,637, South Carolina, $171,731, South 
        Dakota, $151,838, Tennessee, $192,508, Texas, $353,911, 
        Utah, $168,959, Vermont, $136,315, Virginia, $193,935, 
        Washington, $213,887, West Virginia, $149,135, 
        Wisconsin, $191,314, Wyoming, $153,016, plus

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  (B) In the event that the term of office of a Senator begins 
after the first month of any such fiscal year or ends (except 
by reason of death, resignation, or expulsion) before the last 
month of any such fiscal year, [the amount referred to in 
subparagraph (A)(iii)] that part of the amount referred to in 
subparagraph (A)(iii) that is not specifically allocated for 
official mail expenses shall be recalculated as follows: such 
amount, as computed under subparagraph (iii), shall be divided 
by 12, and multiplied by the number of months in such year 
which are included in the Senator's term of office, counting 
any fraction of a month as a full month; and the part of the 
amount referred to in subparagraph (A)(iii) that is allocated 
for official mail expenses shall be recalculated in accordance 
with regulations of the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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         American Folklife Preservation Act, Public Law 94-201

  [Sec. 8. There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Center to carry out the provisions of this Act $133,500 for the 
fiscal year 1976 and for the period from July 1 through 
September 30, 1976, $295,000 for the fiscal year 1977, $349,000 
for the fiscal year 1978.]

SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Center to 
carry out this Act such sums as may be necessary for each 
fiscal year.

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Public Law 94-440

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  [Sec. 106. (a) There is hereby established in the Treasury of 
the United States a revolving fund within the contingent fund 
of the Senate to be known as the Senate Employees Barber Shop 
Revolving Fund (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
``revolving fund'').
  (b) All moneys received by the Senate employees barber shop 
from fees for services or from any other source shall be 
deposited to the credit of the revolving fund. Moneys in the 
revolving fund shall be available without fiscal year 
limitation for disbursement by the Secretary of the Senate for 
additional compensation of personnel of the Senate employees 
barber shop, as determined by the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, and for necessary supplies for the 
Senate employees barber shop.
  (c) On or before December 31 of each year, the Secretary of 
the Senate shall withdraw from the revolving fund and deposit 
in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts 
an amount equal to the amount in the revolving fund at the 
close of the preceding fiscal year, reduced by the amount of 
outlays from the revolving fund after the close of such year 
attributable to obligations incurred during such year.
  (d) Disbursements from the revolving fund shall be made upon 
vouchers signed by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate.
    (e) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is 
authorized to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to 
carry out the provisions of this section.
    (f) This section shall take effect on October 1, 1976.]

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Public Law 100-458

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    [Sec. 10. (a) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate is authorized to employ, and fix the compensation of 
such employees as he determines necessary to operate the Senate 
Beauty Shop.
    (b)(1) Section 106(a) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 121a) is amended by deleting 
``Senate Barber Shops Revolving Fund'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``Senate Barber and Beauty Shops Revolving Fund''.
    (2) Section 106(b) of the legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 121a) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) All moneys received by the Senate Barber Shop and the 
Senate Beauty Shop from fees for services or from any other 
source shall be deposited to the credit of the revolving fund. 
Moneys in the revolving fund shall be deposited to the credit 
of the revolving fund. Moneys in the revolving fund shall be 
available without fiscal year limitation for disbursement by 
the Secretary of the Senate for necessary equipment, supplies, 
and expenses of the Senate Barber and Beauty Shops.''.
    (c) Any individual who, on the date of enactment of this 
section, is an employee of the Senate Building Beauty Shop and 
who, after having been employed by the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, attains 
5 years of civilian service creditable under section 8411 of 
title 5, United States Code, other than service credited 
pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, may be credited 
under such section for any service as an employee of the Senate 
Building Beauty Shop prior to such date of enactment, if such 
employee makes a payment of the amount, determined by the 
Office of Personnel Management, that would have been deducted 
and withheld from the basic pay of such employee under section 
8422 of title 5, United States code, for such period so 
credited, together with interest thereon.
    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, 
any service performed by an individual in the Senate Building 
Beauty Shop prior to the date of the enactment of this section 
is deemed to be civilian service creditable under section 8411 
of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of qualifying for 
survivor annuities and disability benefits under subchapters IV 
and V of chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, if such 
individual--
          (1) on the date of the enactment of this Act, is an 
        employee of the Senate Building Beauty Shop;
          (2) on or after the date of such enactment is 
        employed by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 
        pursuant to subsection (a) of this section; and
          (3) payment is made of an amount, determined by the 
        Office of Personnel Management, which would have been 
        deducted and withheld from the basic pay of such 
        employee under section 8422 of title 5, United States 
        Code, for such period so credited, together with 
        interest thereon.
    (e) The Office of Personnel Management shall accept the 
certification of the Secretary of the Senate concerning 
creditable service for the purpose of this section.
    (f) The foregoing provisions of this section shall take 
effect on October 1, 1988.]

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Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1997, Public Law 104-2

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Sec. 61h-6. Appointment of consultants by Majority Leader, Minority 
                    Leader, Secretary of Senate, and Legislative 
                    Counsel of Senate; compensation

    (a) The Majority Leader and the Minority Leader, are each 
authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of not more than 
four individual consultants, on a temporary or intermittent 
basis, at a daily rate of compensation not in excess of the per 
diem equivalent of the highest gross rate of annual 
compensation which may be paid to employees of a standing 
committee of the Senate. The President pro tempore of the 
Senate is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of 1 
consultant, on a temporary or intermittent basis, at a daily 
rate of compensation not in excess of that specified in the 
first sentence of this subsection. The Secretary of the Senate 
is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of not more 
than two individual consultants, on a temporary or intermittent 
basis, at a daily rate of compensation not in excess of the per 
diem equivalent of the highest gross rate of annual 
compensation which may be paid to employees of a standing 
committee of the Senate. The Legislative Counsel of the Senate 
(subject to the approval of the President pro tempore) is 
authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of not more than 
two consultants, on a temporary or intermittent basis, at a 
daily rate of compensation not in excess of that specified in 
the first sentence of this section. The provisions of [section 
8344] sections 8344 and 8468 of title 5 shall not apply to any 
individual serving in a position under this authority. 
Expenditures under this authority shall be paid from the 
contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the 
President pro tempore, Majority Leader, Minority Leader, 
Secretary of the Senate, or Legislative Counsel of the Senate, 
as the case may be.
    (b) [The Majority Leader, and the Minority Leader, in 
appointing individuals to consultant positions under authority 
of this section, may appoint one such individual to such 
position] Any or all appointments under this section may be at 
an annual rate of compensation rather than at a daily rate of 
compensation, but such annual rate shall not be in excess of 
the highest gross rate of annual compensation which may be paid 
to employees of a standing committee of the Senate.

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Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996, Public Law  104-53

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    Sec. 2. (a) There is established in the Treasury of the 
United States within the contingent fund of the Senate a 
revolving fund, to be known as the ``Office of the Chaplain 
Expense Revolving Fund'' (hereafter referred to as the 
``fund''). The fund shall consist of all moneys collected or 
received with respect to the Office of the Chaplain of the 
Senate.
    (b) The fund shall be available without fiscal year 
limitation for disbursement by the Secretary of the Senate, not 
to exceed [$10,000] $35,000 in any fiscal year, for the payment 
of official expenses incurred by the Chaplain of the Senate. In 
addition, moneys in the fund may be used to purchase food or 
food related items. The fund shall not be available for the 
payment of salaries.

                                            BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL                                            
  PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93-344, AS  
                                                     AMENDED                                                    
                                            [In millions of dollars]                                            
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                                                                  Budget authority               Outlays        
                                                             ---------------------------------------------------
                                                               Committee    Amount  of   Committee    Amount  of
                                                               allocation      bill      allocation      bill   
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Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations                                                    
 to its subcommittees of amounts for 1999: Subcommittee on                                                      
 Legislative Branch:                                                                                            
    Nondefense discretionary................................        2,399        1,585        2,299    \1\ 1,628
    Mandatory...............................................           94           94           94           94
Projections of outlays associated with the recommendation:                                                      
    1999....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........    \2\ 1,348
    2000....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........          167
    2001....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........           33
    2002....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........            9
    2003 and future year....................................  ...........  ...........  ...........            3
Financial assistance to State and local governments for 1999                                                    
 in bill....................................................           NA  ...........           NA  ...........
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\1\ Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.                                                          
\2\ Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.                                                          
                                                                                                                
NA: Not applicable.                                                                                             


  COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL 
                                                                        YEAR 1999                                                                       
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                                                                                                                        Senate Committee recommendation 
                                                                                                                            compared with (+ or- )      
                             Item                                     1998         Budget estimate      Committee    -----------------------------------
                                                                  appropriation                      recommendation         1998                        
                                                                                                                        appropriation    Budget estimate
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               TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
                            SENATE                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
                      Expense Allowances                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                        
Expense allowances:                                                                                                                                     
    Vice President............................................          $10,000           $10,000           $10,000   ................  ................
    President Pro Tempore of the Senate.......................           10,000            10,000            10,000   ................  ................
    Majority Leader of the Senate.............................           10,000            10,000            10,000   ................  ................
    Minority Leader of the Senate.............................           10,000            10,000            10,000   ................  ................
    Majority Whip of the Senate...............................            5,000             5,000             5,000   ................  ................
    Minority Whip of the Senate...............................            5,000             5,000             5,000   ................  ................
    Chairman of the Majority Conference Committee.............            3,000             3,000             3,000   ................  ................
    Chairman of the Minority Conference Committee.............            3,000             3,000             3,000   ................  ................
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      Subtotal, expense allowances............................           56,000            56,000            56,000   ................  ................
Representation allowances for the Majority and Minority                                                                                                 
 Leaders......................................................           30,000            30,000            30,000   ................  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Expense allowances and representation............           86,000            86,000            86,000   ................  ................
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               Salaries, Officers and Employees                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                        
Office of the Vice President..................................        1,612,000         1,659,000         1,659,000          +$47,000   ................
Office of the President Pro Tempore...........................          371,000           402,000           402,000           +31,000   ................
Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders..................        2,388,000         2,436,000         2,436,000           +48,000   ................
Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips....................        1,221,000         1,416,000         1,416,000          +195,000   ................
Conference committees.........................................        2,122,000         2,184,000         2,184,000           +62,000   ................
Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority                                                                                            
 and the Conference of the Minority...........................          409,000           570,000           570,000          +161,000   ................
Policy Committees.............................................        2,155,000         2,218,000         2,218,000           +63,000   ................
Office of the Chaplain........................................          260,000           276,000           267,000            +7,000           -$9,000 
Office of the Secretary.......................................       13,306,000        13,694,000        13,694,000          +388,000   ................
Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper.................       33,037,000        34,359,000        33,805,000          +768,000          -554,000 
Offices of the Secretaries for the Majority and Minority......        1,165,000         1,200,000         1,200,000           +35,000   ................
Agency contributions and related expenses.....................       19,208,000        19,332,000        19,332,000          +124,000   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, salaries, officers and employees.................       77,254,000        79,746,000        79,183,000        +1,929,000          -563,000 
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        Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses.........................................        3,605,000         3,753,000         3,753,000          +148,000   ................
                                                                                                                                                        
                Office of Senate Legal Counsel                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses.........................................          966,000         1,004,000         1,004,000           +38,000   ................
                                                                                                                                                        
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                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                        
Expenses allowances...........................................           12,000            12,000            12,000   ................  ................
                                                                                                                                                        
               Contingent Expenses of the Senate                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
Inquiries and investigations..................................       75,600,000        74,649,000        75,600,000   ................         +951,000 
Expenses of United States Senate Caucus on International                                                                                                
 Narcotics Control............................................          370,000           370,000           370,000   ................  ................
Secretary of the Senate.......................................        1,511,000         1,511,000         1,511,000   ................  ................
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.................       64,833,000        63,511,000        60,511,000        -4,322,000        -3,000,000 
Miscellaneous items...........................................        7,905,000         7,905,000         7,905,000   ................  ................
Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account.......      228,600,000       243,881,000       239,156,000       +10,556,000        -4,725,000 
Stationery (revolving fund)...................................           13,000   ................  ................          -13,000   ................
                                                                                                                                                        
                      Official Mail Costs                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Expenses......................................................          300,000           300,000           300,000   ................  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, contingent expenses of the Senate................      379,132,000       392,127,000       385,353,000        +6,221,000        -6,774,000 
                                                               =========================================================================================
      Total, Senate...........................................      461,055,000       476,728,000       469,391,000        +8,336,000        -7,337,000 
                                                               =========================================================================================
                          JOINT ITEMS                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                        
Joint Economic Committee......................................        2,750,000         2,796,000         2,796,000           +46,000   ................
Joint Committee on Printing...................................          804,000           804,000           202,000          -602,000          -602,000 
Joint Committee on Taxation...................................        5,815,500         6,018,000         5,965,400          +149,900           -52,600 
                                                                                                                                                        
               Office of the Attending Physician                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
Medical supplies, equipment, expenses, and allowances.........        1,266,000         1,383,000         1,415,000          +149,000           +32,000 
                                                                                                                                                        
                     Capitol Police Board                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
                        Capitol Police                                                                                                                  
Salaries:                                                                                                                                               
    Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives..........       34,118,000        36,603,000        35,770,000        +1,652,000          -833,000 
    Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.............       36,837,000        39,505,000        38,511,000        +1,674,000          -994,000 
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, salaries......................................       70,955,000        76,108,000        74,281,000        +3,326,000        -1,827,000 
General expenses..............................................        3,099,000         8,361,000         6,077,000        +2,978,000        -2,284,000 
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Capitol Police................................       74,054,000        84,469,000        80,358,000        +6,304,000        -4,111,000 
Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office.............        1,991,000         2,195,000         2,195,000          +204,000   ................
Statements of Appropriations..................................           30,000            30,000            30,000   ................  ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
      Total, Joint items......................................       86,710,500        97,695,000        92,961,400        +6,250,900        -4,733,600 
                                                               =========================================================================================
                     OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses.........................................        2,479,000         2,286,000         2,286,000          -193,000   ................
                                                                                                                                                        
                  CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses.........................................       24,797,000        25,938,000        25,671,000          +874,000          -267,000 
                                                                                                                                                        
                   ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
                 Capitol Buildings and Grounds                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Capitol buildings, salaries and expenses......................       44,477,000        55,342,000        44,641,000          +164,000       -10,701,000 
Capitol grounds...............................................       25,116,000        26,623,000         6,055,000       -19,061,000       -20,568,000 
Senate office buildings.......................................       52,021,000        55,756,000        53,644,000        +1,623,000        -2,112,000 
Capitol Power Plant...........................................       37,932,000        44,379,000        42,222,000        +4,290,000        -2,157,000 
    Offsetting collections....................................       -4,000,000        -4,000,000        -4,000,000   ................  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Net subtotal, Capitol Power Plant.......................       33,932,000        40,379,000        38,222,000        +4,290,000        -2,157,000 
                                                               =========================================================================================
      Total, Architect of the Capitol.........................      155,546,000       178,100,000       142,562,000       -12,984,000       -35,538,000 
                                                               =========================================================================================
                      LIBRARY OF CONGRESS                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
                Congressional Research Service                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses.........................................       64,603,000        68,461,000        67,877,483        +3,274,483          -583,517 
                                                                                                                                                        
                  GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Congressional printing and binding............................       70,652,000        84,000,000        75,500,000        +4,848,000        -8,500,000 
    (Transfer from revolving fund)............................      (11,017,000)  ................  ................     (-11,017,000)  ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
      Total, title I, Congressional Operations................      865,842,500       933,208,000       876,248,883       +10,406,383       -56,959,117 
                                                               =========================================================================================
                   TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
                        BOTANIC GARDEN                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses.........................................        3,016,000         3,235,000         3,180,000          +164,000           -55,000 
                                                                                                                                                        
                      LIBRARY OF CONGRESS                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses \1\.....................................      227,504,000       239,415,000       239,176,542       +11,672,542          -238,458 
    Authority to spend receipts...............................       -7,869,000        -6,500,000        -6,500,000        +1,369,000   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Net subtotal, Salaries and expenses.....................      219,635,000       232,915,000       232,676,542       +13,041,542          -238,458 
Copyright Office, salaries and expenses.......................       34,361,000        35,269,000        35,269,000          +908,000   ................
    Authority to spend receipts...............................      -22,426,000       -21,170,000       -21,170,000        +1,256,000   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Net subtotal, Copyright Office..........................       11,935,000        14,099,000        14,099,000        +2,164,000   ................
Books for the blind and physically handicapped, salaries and                                                                                            
 expenses.....................................................       46,561,000        48,145,000        46,895,000          +334,000        -1,250,000 
Furniture and furnishings.....................................        4,178,000         5,712,000         4,458,000          +280,000        -1,254,000 
                                                               =========================================================================================
      Total, Library of Congress (except CRS).................      282,309,000       300,871,000       298,128,542       +15,819,542        -2,742,458 
                                                               =========================================================================================
                   ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
                 Library Buildings and Grounds                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                        
Structural and mechanical care................................       11,573,000        16,139,000        12,566,000          +993,000        -3,573,000 
                                                                                                                                                        
                  GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
             Office of Superintendent of Documents                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses.........................................       29,077,000        30,200,000        29,600,000          +523,000          -600,000 
                                                                                                                                                        
           Government Printing Office Revolving Fund                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Government Printing Office revolving fund.....................  ................        6,000,000   ................  ................       -6,000,000 
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Government Printing Office.......................       29,077,000        36,200,000        29,600,000          +523,000        -6,600,000 
                                                               =========================================================================================
                   GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                        
Salaries and expenses.........................................      346,903,000       369,728,000       365,298,000       +18,395,000        -4,430,000 
    Offsetting collections....................................       -7,404,000        -2,000,000        -2,000,000        +5,404,000   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, General Accounting Office........................      339,499,000       367,728,000       363,298,000       +23,799,000        -4,430,000 
                                                               =========================================================================================
      Total, title II, Other agencies.........................      665,474,000       724,173,000       706,772,542       +41,298,542       -17,400,458 
                                                               =========================================================================================
           TITLE IV--TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW COMMISSION                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Sec. 409 Trade commission appropriation.......................  ................  ................        2,000,000        +2,000,000        +2,000,000 
                                                               =========================================================================================
      Grand total.............................................    1,531,316,500     1,657,381,000     1,585,021,425       +53,704,925       -72,359,575 
                                                               =========================================================================================
               TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                        
Senate........................................................      461,055,000       476,728,000       469,391,000        +8,336,000        -7,337,000 
Joint Items...................................................       86,710,500        97,695,000        92,961,400        +6,250,900        -4,733,600 
Office of Compliance..........................................        2,479,000         2,286,000         2,286,000          -193,000   ................
Congressional Budget Office...................................       24,797,000        25,938,000        25,671,000          +874,000          -267,000 
Architect of the Capitol......................................      155,546,000       178,100,000       142,562,000       -12,984,000       -35,538,000 
Library of Congress: Congressional Research Service...........       64,603,000        68,461,000        67,877,483        +3,274,483          -583,517 
Congressional printing and binding, Government Printing Office       70,652,000        84,000,000        75,500,000        +4,848,000        -8,500,000 
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, title I, Congressional operations................      865,842,500       933,208,000       876,248,883       +10,406,383       -56,959,117 
                                                               =========================================================================================
                   TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                        
Botanic Garden................................................        3,016,000         3,235,000         3,180,000          +164,000           -55,000 
Library of Congress (except CRS)..............................      282,309,000       300,871,000       298,128,542       +15,819,542        -2,742,458 
Architect of the Capitol (Library buildings and grounds)......       11,573,000        16,139,000        12,566,000          +993,000        -3,573,000 
Government Printing Office (except congressional printing and                                                                                           
 binding).....................................................       29,077,000        36,200,000        29,600,000          +523,000        -6,600,000 
                                                                                                                                                        
General Accounting Office.....................................      339,499,000       367,728,000       363,298,000       +23,799,000        -4,430,000 
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, title II, Other agencies.........................      665,474,000       724,173,000       706,772,542       +41,298,542       -17,400,458 
                                                               =========================================================================================
           TITLE IV--TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW COMMISSION                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                        
Sec. 409 Trade commission appropriation.......................  ................  ................        2,000,000        +2,000,000        +2,000,000 
                                                               =========================================================================================
      Grand total.............................................    1,531,316,500     1,657,381,000     1,585,021,425       +53,704,925       -72,359,575 
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\1\ Fiscal year 1998 enacted includes $488,000 provided in Public Law 105-119.                                                                          



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