[Senate Report 106-304]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




                                                       Calendar No. 565

106th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE
  2d Session                                                    106-304

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                LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS, 2001

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                  May 23, 2000.--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. 2603]

    The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 2603) 
making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2001, 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....................  $1,721,077,000
Amount of 2001 budget estimate..........................   1,867,847,000
Legislative branch appropriations, 2000.................   1,662,470,000
Amount of bill below budget estimate, 2001..............     146,770,000
Amount of bill above legislative branch appropriations, 
    2000................................................      58,607,000


                            C O N T E N T S

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Title I--Congressional operations:
    Senate.......................................................     5
    Joint Items..................................................    23
    Office of Compliance.........................................    25
    Congressional Budget Office..................................    26
    Architect of the Capitol (except Library buildings and 
      grounds)...................................................    26
    Library of Congress: Congressional Research Service..........    32
    Government Printing Office, congressional printing and 
      binding....................................................    32
Title II--Other agencies:
    Botanic Garden...............................................    33
    Library of Congress (except Congressional Research Service)..    34
    Architect of the Capitol, Library buildings and grounds......    35
    Government Printing Office revolving fund....................    36
    General Accounting Office....................................    37
Title III--General provisions....................................    43
Compliance with paragraph 7, rule XVI, of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................    45
Compliance with paragraph 7(c), rule XXVI of the Standing Rules 
  of the Senate..................................................    45
Compliance with paragraph 12, rule XXVI, of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................    46

                     GENERAL STATEMENT AND SUMMARY

    The Committee recommends new budget (obligational 
authority) of $1,721,077,000 for the legislative branch, for 
fiscal year 2001. This total is $146,770,000 below the budget 
request and $58,607,000 above the fiscal year 2000 level.
    The detail by major support agency is as follows:

                                                                   SUMMARY OF THE BILL
                                                                [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                                                                                           Senate bill compared with--
                                                                           2000            Budget         Committee    ---------------------------------
                        Department or agency                          appropriation   estimates, 2001   recommendation        2000            Budget
                                                                                                                         appropriation   estimates, 2001
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                 TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

Senate.............................................................          487,370          558,823          506,406          +19,036          -52,417
Joint Items........................................................           98,752          130,328          124,821          +26,069           -5,507
Office of Compliance...............................................            1,992            2,095            2,066              +74              -29
Congressional Budget Office........................................           26,121           28,493           27,113             +992           -1,380
Architect of the Capitol...........................................          153,768          173,658          153,246             -522          -20,412
Library of Congress: Congressional Research Service................           70,973           75,640           73,374           +2,401           -2,266
Congressional printing and binding, Government Printing Office.....           73,297           80,800           73,297  ...............           -7,503
                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, title I, Congressional operations.....................          912,273        1,049,837          960,323          +48,050          -89,514
                                                                    ====================================================================================
                      TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES

Botanic Garden.....................................................            3,412            4,916            3,653             +241           -1,263
Library of Congress (except CRS)...................................          323,380          352,447          325,632           +2,252          -26,815
Architect of the Capitol (Library buildings and grounds)...........           15,972           20,278           16,347             +375           -3,931
Government Printing Office (except congressional printing and                 29,872           40,451           30,255             +383          -10,196
 binding)..........................................................
General Accounting Office..........................................          377,561          399,918          384,867           +7,306          -15,051
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      Total, title II, Other agencies..............................          750,197          818,010          760,754          +10,557          -57,256
                                                                    ====================================================================================
      Grand total..................................................        1,662,470        1,867,847        1,721,077          +58,607         -146,770
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                   TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

                                 SENATE

                           Expense Allowances

Appropriations, 2000....................................         $56,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................          56,000
Committee recommendation................................          62,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $62,000 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, the chairmen of the majority and 
minority conference committees, and the chairman of the 
majority and minority policy 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 2000. 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 2000. 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 2000. 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 2000. 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 2000. This 
allowance was first provided in the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act for Fiscal Year 1985, Public Law 99-88, effective August 
15, 1985.
    For the expense allowance for the chairmen of the majority 
and minority policy committees, the Committee recommends $3,000 
for each chairman, for a total of $6,000.
    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, 2000....................................         $30,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................          30,000
Committee recommendation................................          30,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $30,000 for 
representation allowances for the majority and minority 
leaders.
    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, 2000....................................     $89,968,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      93,253,000
Committee recommendation................................      92,321,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $92,321,000 
for the 12 subaccounts funded under the overall account for the 
salaries of officers and employees of the Senate.
    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 2001 are 1,257 positions.

                    SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
         [Estimated staffing levels--fiscal years 2000 and 2001]
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                                                       2001
                                                     request      2000
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Office of the Vice President......................         45         45
Office of the President pro tempore...............         11         11
Office of the majority and minority leaders.......         41         40
Offices of the majority and minority whips........         16         16
Conference committees.............................         48         47
Offices of the secretaries of the conference of            12         12
 the majority and the conference of the minority..
Policy committees.................................         55         55
Office of the Chaplain............................          4          4
Office of the Secretary...........................        252        252
Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper.....        755        787
Offices of the secretaries for the majority and            18         18
 minority.........................................
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      Totals......................................      1,257      1,287
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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, 2000....................................      $1,721,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       1,785,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,785,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,785,000 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.

                  office of the president pro tempore

Appropriations, 2000....................................        $437,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................         453,000
Committee recommendation................................         453,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $453,000 for 
the Office of the President pro tempore.

              offices of the majority and minority leaders

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $2,644,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       2,742,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,742,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,742,000 for 
the offices of the majority and minority leaders.
    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 $1,371,000 for each office.

               offices of the majority and minority whips

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $1,634,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       1,770,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,722,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,722,000 for 
the offices of the majority and minority whips. It is to be 
equally divided, providing $861,000 for each office.
    The authority for the administrative and clerical staff 
funded by this appropriation was created by Public Law 84-242, 
effective July 1, 1955.

                      committee on appropriations

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $6,525,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       6,917,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,917,000

    For the salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, the 
Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,917,000.

                         conference committees

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $2,264,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       2,350,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,304,000

    For the administrative and clerical staffs of the majority 
and minority conference committees, the Committee recommends an 
appropriation of $2,304,000. The appropriation provides 
$1,152,000 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, 2000....................................        $590,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................         732,000
Committee recommendation................................         590,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $590,000 for 
the majority and minority conference secretaries.
    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, 2000....................................      $2,302,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       2,508,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,342,000

    For the salaries of the administrative and clerical staffs 
of the majority and minority policy committees, the Committee 
recommends an appropriation of $2,342,000, or $1,171,000 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.

                         office of the chaplain

Appropriations, 2000....................................        $277,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................         288,000
Committee recommendation................................         288,000

    For the Office of the Chaplain, the Committee recommends an 
appropriation of $288,000. 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 $122,400. 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, 2000....................................     $14,202,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      14,738,000
Committee recommendation................................      14,738,000

    The Committee recommends $14,738,000 for salaries of the 
Office of the Secretary. Fiscal year 2001 staffing levels are 
estimated at 252 positions.
    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 2001 
have been submitted by the Secretary to the Committee. 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 and 
legal services include: the bill clerk, chief counsel for 
employment, daily digest, enrolling clerk, journal clerk, 
legislative clerk, Official Reporters of Debate, and 
Parliamentarian.

                  OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
         [Estimated staffing levels--fiscal years 2000 and 2001]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                            2001
                                           request    2000    Difference
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Executive offices.......................        40        40  ..........
Administrative services.................       167       167  ..........
Legislative and legal services..........        45        45  ..........
                                         -------------------------------
      Totals............................       252       252  ..........
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             office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $34,794,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      35,341,000
Committee recommendation................................      34,811,000

    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 $34,811,000 for fiscal 
2001.
    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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                                                                                 2001 budget     2001 Committee
                                                               2000 level          request       recommendation
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Operations division:
    Capitol Division......................................       $11,265,000       $11,769,000       $11,592,000
        Positions.........................................               295               292               292
    Central operations....................................        $6,762,000        $6,677,000        $6,577,000
        Positions.........................................               181               167               167
    Technology Development Services.......................        $5,753,000        $5,617,000        $5,533,000
        Positions.........................................                95                87                87
    IT Support Services...................................        $5,213,000        $5,408,000        $5,327,000
        Positions.........................................               113               111               111
    Office Support Division...............................        $1,613,000        $1,653,000        $1,628,000
        Positions.........................................                31                30                30
    Staff Offices Division................................        $4,188,000        $4,217,000        $4,154,000
        Positions.........................................                72                68                68
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
          Total...........................................       $34,794,000       $35,341,000       $34,811,000
              Positions...................................               787               755               755
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        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $1,246,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       1,292,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,292,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,292,000 for 
the offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority. 
The appropriation is to be equally divided, providing $646,000 
for each office.

                          agency contributions

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $21,332,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      22,337,000
Committee recommendation................................      22,337,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $22,337,000 
for agency contributions for employees paid under the 
appropriation, ``Salaries, officers and employees.''
    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, 2000....................................      $3,901,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       4,046,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,046,000

    For the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, 
the Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,046,000. The 
fiscal year 2001 staffing level is estimated to be 35 
positions.

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $1,035,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       1,069,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,069,000

    For the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, the Committee 
recommends an appropriation of $1,069,000. 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, 2000..........................................   $12,000
Budget estimate, 2001.........................................    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 an appropriation of $12,000, providing an 
allowance of $3,000 for each office.

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate


                      inquiries and investigations

Appropriations, 2000....................................     $71,604,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      74,136,000
Committee recommendation................................      73,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $73,000,000 
for inquiries and investigations by all Senate standing, 
special, and select committees.
    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, 2000..........................................  $370,000
Budget estimate, 2001.........................................   370,000

Committee recommendation

                                                                 370,000

    The Committee recommends $370,000 for the expenses of the 
U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control.

                        secretary of the senate

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $1,511,000
Budget estimate, 2001 \1\...............................       2,077,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,077,000

\1\ Budget amendment pending.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,077,000 for 
expenses of the Office of the Secretary.
    The Committee is interested in the work being done by the 
Commission on Art, and its efforts to preserve Senate 
collections. The Commission on Art is requested to submit, on a 
semi-annual basis, to the Rules Committee and the 
Appropriations Committee, a report on the status of new and 
ongoing projects and the expenditure of funds on each project. 
The Committee notes that the Architect of the Capitol has 
jurisdiction over the conservation of wall paintings and the 
replacement of Minton tile in Senate space. Funds are provided 
within the Capitol budget for these projects, and therefore no 
funds under the control of the Secretary of the Senate shall be 
expended for those preservation projects currently funded 
through the AoC.
    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
                                                                  2000, Public     fiscal year
                                                                   Law 106-57         2001
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Executive office...............................................        $718,100        $397,800       -$320,300
Administrative services........................................         463,800       1,422,900        +959,100
Legislative services...........................................         329,100         256,300         -72,800
                                                                ------------------------------------------------
      Totals...................................................       1,511,000       2,077,000        +566,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Typical expenditures 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 be paid to employees of a standing committee of the 
Senate.
    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 or 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 Members, 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 inventory and calendar of exhibits on 
display within the Senate wing of the Capitol and Senate office 
buildings.
    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 or 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 be 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, 2000....................................     $66,261,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     101,228,000
Committee recommendation................................      71,261,000

    The Committee recommends the appropriation of $71,261,000 
for expenses of the Sergeant at Arms.
    The Sergeant at Arms budget structure reflects six major 
divisions: Capitol Division, Central Operations Division, 
Technology Development Services Division, IT Support Services 
Division, Office Support Division, and the Staff Offices 
Division. The Capitol Division centralizes all functions 
related to the maintenance and administration of the Senate 
wing of the U.S. Capitol Building, and provides mailing, 
photographic studio, and recording studio services. The Central 
Operations Division provides printing, mailing and parking 
services to the Senate. The Technology Development Services 
Division supports enterprise information technology systems, 
applications development, Internet/Intranet services, 
information security, and network engineering. The IT Support 
Services Division provides desktop computer support, mail 
system acquisition, maintenance and support, 
telecommunications, and Web and technology assessment support. 
The Office Support Division includes desktop computer 
acquisition and customer support. The Staff Offices Division 
includes Financial Management, Human Resources, and the Joint 
Office of Education and Training.
    The following table compares the component categories 
within this account for fiscal year 2001. The Committee has 
recommended a funding level $5,000,000 above the fiscal year 
2000 level. Although this is significantly below the requested 
level, severe funding constraints leave no other option. Given 
that the Committee allocation for the Legislative Branch does 
not cover all mandatory increases for the agencies, a 
$5,000,000 increase is a generous increase which acknowledges 
the importance of the mission of the Sergeant at Arms. The 
Committee has not recommended separate amounts for each 
activity in order to give the Sergeant at Arms the flexibility 
needed to meet changing requirements. The Committee requests 
that the Sergeant at Arms provide to the Committee a spending 
plan prior to the beginning of the 2001 fiscal year. Any 
deviation of more than 10 percent cumulatively to or from 
accounts from the level for each item in the spending plan will 
require the customary prior approval of the Committee.

                             EXPENSES--OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                 2001 budget     2001 Committee
                                                               2000 level          request       recommendation
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capitol Division..........................................        $1,832,000        $8,781,000
Central Operations Division...............................         2,280,000         7,487,000
Technology Development Services Division..................        12,534,000        21,634,000
IT Support Services Division..............................        27,205,000        36,666,000
Office Support Division...................................        20,170,000        25,612,000
Staff Offices Division....................................         2,240,000         1,048,000
                                                           -----------------------------------------------------
      Total...............................................        66,261,000       101,228,000       $71,261,000
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    The Committee requests that the Senate Sergeant at Arms add 
to its monthly Staff Education series an employee seminar to be 
conducted by the Architect of the Capitol on the Senate Waste 
Recycling Program. In addition, the Sergeant at Arms is 
requested to consider the production of a short instructional 
video that may be aired periodically on the Senate cable 
system. The Sergeant at Arms' experience in running educational 
programs will help the Architect of the Capitol educate Senate 
staff on the benefits of a vigorous waste recycling program.

                          miscellaneous items

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $8,655,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       8,655,000
Committee recommendation................................       8,655,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,655,000 for 
miscellaneous items, which is the same as the amount provided 
in fiscal year 2000 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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                     Committee
                                                                                  recommendation
                              Item                                  2000 level      fiscal year     Difference
                                                                                       2001
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Resolution and reorganization reserve...........................      $2,096,000      $1,757,000       -$339,000
Reserve for contingencies (miscellaneous items).................         600,000         600,000  ..............
Employees compensation fund reimbursement (workmen's                     689,000       1,027,000        +338,000
 compensation)..................................................
Civil service retirement fund reemployed annuitants.............          65,000          65,000  ..............
John Heinz Fellowship Program--(S. Res. 356, dated Oct. 7, 1992,          71,000          71,000  ..............
 S. Res. 238, dated Jul. 1, 1994, and S. Res. 180 dated Sept.
 30, 1999) (expires Sept. 30, 2004).............................
Reception of foreign dignitaries (S. Res. 247, dated Feb. 7,              25,000          25,000  ..............
 1962, as amended)..............................................
Foreign travel--Members and employees (S. Res. 179, dated May            125,000         125,000  ..............
 25, 1977)......................................................
Federal employees compensation account (Public Law 96-499, dated       1,750,000       1,750,000  ..............
 Dec. 5, 1980) (unemployment compensation)......................
Conferences for the majority and minority (Public Law 97-51,             150,000         150,000  ..............
 dated Jan. 3, 1983 and Public Law 101-520, dated Nov. 5, 1990).
Policy committees for the majority and minority (Public Law 104-         144,000         144,000  ..............
 53, dated Nov. 19, 1995).......................................
Postage \1\.....................................................           6,000           6,000  ..............
Stationery \2\..................................................          13,000          13,000  ..............
Consultants--including agency contributions (Public Law 95-26,         1,200,000       1,200,000  ..............
 dated May 4, 1977, Public Law 95-94, dated Aug. 5, 1977, and
 Public Law 105-275, dated Oct. 21, 1998).......................
National Security working group (S. Res. 75, March 25, 1999)             700,000         700,000  ..............
 (expires Dec. 31, 2000)........................................
Committee on Appropriations (Public Law 105-275, dated Oct. 21,          750,000         750,000
 1998)..........................................................
Contribution costs authorized by Public Law 102-90, dated Aug.           250,000         250,000  ..............
 14, 1991, and Public Law 103-50, dated July 2, 1993............
Training classes, conferences, and travel expenses as authorized          21,000          22,000          +1,000
 by Public Law 104-197, dated September 16, 1996................
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total.....................................................       8,655,000       8,655,000  ..............
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\1\ Postage apportionment (fiscal year 2001):
        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 2001):
        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.
    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.
    Consultants--including agency contributions.--Provides 
authority for the appointment and payment of consultants to the 
majority and minority leaders and the legislative counsel. The 
following summarizes the current authority and limitations:
    Majority leader: Four consultants at not to exceed the 
daily rate for maximum standing committee rate. All of the 
consultants may be appointed at an annual rate of compensation 
not to exceed the maximum annual rate for a standing committee.
    Minority leader: Four consultants at not to exceed the 
daily rate for maximum standing committee rate. All of the 
consultants may be appointed at an annual rate of compensation 
not to exceed the maximum annual rate for a standing committee.
    Legislative counsel (subject to PPT approval): Two 
consultants at not to exceed the daily rate for maximum 
standing committee rate. All of the consultants may be 
appointed at an annual rate of compensation not to exceed the 
maximum annual rate for a standing committee.
    President Pro Tempore: One consultant at not to exceed the 
daily rate for maximum standing committee rate. The consultant 
may be appointed at an annual rate of compensation not to 
exceed the maximum annual rate for a standing committee.
    Authority: 2 U.S.C. 61h-6.
    Senate National Security Working Group.--Provides funding 
for the Senate National Security Working Group, under the 
authority of Senate Resolution 75, agreed to March 25, 1999. 
The Senate National Security Working Group was formerly the 
Senate Arms Control Observer Group.
    Committee on Appropriations.--Pursuant to Public Law 105-
275 provides funding for administrative expenses for the 
Committee on Appropriations.
    Senate Employees Child 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 Employees Child Care Center--training classes and 
conference costs.--Provides for the reimbursement of any 
individual employed by the Senate Employees Child 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, 2000 \1\................................    $245,703,000
Budget estimate, 2001 \2\...............................     273,591,000
Committee recommendation................................     253,203,000

\1\ Less $2,035,622 rescission per Public Law 106-113.
\2\ Budget amendment pending.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation for fiscal year 
2001 of $253,203,000.
    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 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 $136,759 for a total 
of $410,277 per office, or $41,027,700 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. It should also be 
noted that the figures in the following table are preliminary, 
and that official notification of member budgets is issued by 
the Financial Clerk of the Senate after final passage of this 
bill.
    The following table illustrates the several components of 
the SOPOEA.

                             SENATORS' OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT
                                              [As of Oct. 1, 2000]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  Administrative
                                                   and clerical     Legislative      Official          Total
                      State                         assistance      assistance    office expense     allowance
                                                     allowance       allowance       allowance
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alabama.........................................      $1,347,851        $410,277        $184,326      $1,942,454
Alaska..........................................       1,347,851         410,277         252,876       2,011,004
Arizona.........................................       1,347,851         410,277         201,472       1,959,600
Arkansas........................................       1,347,851         410,277         169,211       1,927,339
California......................................       2,360,512         410,277         474,282       3,245,071
Colorado........................................       1,347,851         410,277         189,671       1,947,799
Connecticut.....................................       1,347,851         410,277         162,092       1,920,220
Delaware........................................       1,347,851         410,277         128,178       1,886,306
Florida.........................................       1,903,771         410,277         305,577       2,619,625
Georgia.........................................       1,499,465         410,277         214,898       2,124,640
Hawaii..........................................       1,347,851         410,277         280,266       2,038,394
Idaho...........................................       1,347,851         410,277         164,535       1,922,663
Illinois........................................       1,752,155         410,277         268,570       2,431,002
Indiana.........................................       1,398,388         410,277         196,639       2,005,304
Iowa............................................       1,347,851         410,277         171,852       1,929,980
Kansas..........................................       1,347,851         410,277         169,121       1,927,249
Kentucky........................................       1,347,851         410,277         179,567       1,937,695
Louisiana.......................................       1,347,851         410,277         187,223       1,945,351
Maine...........................................       1,347,851         410,277         148,748       1,906,876
Maryland........................................       1,398,388         410,277         173,698       1,982,363
Massachusetts...................................       1,448,927         410,277         197,186       2,056,390
Michigan........................................       1,600,540         410,277         238,836       2,249,653
Minnesota.......................................       1,347,851         410,277         189,776       1,947,904
Mississippi.....................................       1,347,851         410,277         169,701       1,927,829
Missouri........................................       1,398,388         410,277         199,786       2,008,451
Montana.........................................       1,347,851         410,277         162,132       1,920,260
Nebraska........................................       1,347,851         410,277         160,893       1,919,021
Nevada..........................................       1,347,851         410,277         173,492       1,931,620
New Hampshire...................................       1,347,851         410,277         143,476       1,901,604
New Jersey......................................       1,550,003         410,277         208,098       2,168,378
New Mexico......................................       1,347,851         410,277         167,743       1,925,871
New York........................................       2,037,179         410,277         328,933       2,776,389
North Carolina..................................       1,499,465         410,277         217,261       2,127,003
North Dakota....................................       1,347,851         410,277         150,483       1,908,611
Ohio............................................       1,701,619         410,277         261,791       2,373,687
Oklahoma........................................       1,347,851         410,277         181,042       1,939,170
Oregon..........................................       1,347,851         410,277         191,167       1,949,295
Pennsylvania....................................       1,752,155         410,277         267,762       2,430,194
Rhode Island....................................       1,347,851         410,277         139,253       1,897,381
South Carolina..................................       1,347,851         410,277         173,253       1,931,381
South Dakota....................................       1,347,851         410,277         152,349       1,910,477
Tennessee.......................................       1,398,388         410,277         194,907       2,003,572
Texas...........................................       2,101,847         410,277         355,607       2,867,731
Utah............................................       1,347,851         410,277         170,465       1,928,593
Vermont.........................................       1,347,851         410,277         136,839       1,894,967
Virginia........................................       1,448,927         410,277         196,715       2,055,919
Washington......................................       1,398,388         410,277         217,052       2,025,717
West Virginia...................................       1,347,851         410,277         148,772       1,906,900
Wisconsin.......................................       1,398,388         410,277         193,765       2,002,430
Wyoming.........................................       1,347,851         410,277         153,137       1,911,265
                                                 ---------------------------------------------------------------
      TOTAL.....................................     145,660,548      41,027,700      20,128,950     206,817,198
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    According to the most recent employment data compiled by 
the Secretary of the Senate, as of February 29, 2000, there 
were 4,072 individuals employed in Senators' offices throughout 
the United States and covered by this appropriation.

U.S. Senate Senators' staff as of September 30, 1989-99 and February 29, 
2000

        Year                                             Number of staff

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.............................................................. 4,022
1999.............................................................. 4,039
2000 \1\.......................................................... 4,072

\1\ As of February 29, 2000.

    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 2001 
request for this account anticipates $61,398,000 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. For fiscal year 2001, that would mean an 
appropriation of $273,591,000, $20,388,000 more than 
recommended.

                       senate official mail costs

Appropriations, 2000....................................        $300,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................         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. Provides for summary level reporting of 
selected, immaterial expense categories in the semiannual 
report of the Secretary of the Senate. This provision is 
designed to provide better reporting of Senate expenditures 
given the implementation of new Senate financial management 
systems. It will reduce the cost of the Secretary's report by 
$200,000 per year.
    Sec. 2. Provides for locality pay adjustments for Senate 
employees consistent with executive branch, judicial branch and 
other legislative branch employees.
    Sec. 3. Provides for the payment of agency contributions 
for employees of the Senate hair care services, consistent with 
the payment of other Senate employee contributions.
    Sec. 4. Establishes a revolving fund for the Senate Health 
and Fitness Facility, and encourages greater participation in 
the Senate Waste Recycling Program.
    Sec. 5. Provides an expense allowance for the Chairman of 
the Majority and Minority Policy Committees.
    Sec. 6. Provides authority for offices to make, upon 
employment termination, accrued annual leave payments for 
Senate employees.
    Sec. 7. Provides for the payment of agency contributions 
for employees of the Joint Economic Committee, consistent with 
the payment of other Senate employee contributions.
    Sec. 8. Is a technical amendment.

                              JOINT ITEMS


     joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies of 2001

Appropriations, 2000....................................................
Budget estimate, 2001 \1\...............................      $1,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,000,000

\1\ Budget amendment pending.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,000,000 for 
the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 
2001 for construction of platform and seating stands and for 
salaries and expenses of conducting the inaugural ceremonies of 
the President and Vice President of the United States, January 
20, 2001 in accordance with such program as may be adopted by 
the joint committee authorized by Senate Concurrent Resolution 
89, One Hundred Sixth Congress, agreed to March 2, 2000. Such 
funds shall be available for payment, on a direct or 
reimbursable basis, for such construction, salaries, and 
expenses, whether incurred on, before, or after, October 1, 
2000.

                        joint economic committee

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $3,200,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       3,315,000
Committee recommendation................................       3,315,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,315,000 for 
the Joint Economic Committee.

                      joint committee on taxation

Appropriations, 2000 \1\................................      $6,456,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       6,747,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,686,000

\1\ Less $25,000 rescission per Public Law 106-113.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,686,000 for 
salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation.

                   Office of the Attending Physician

Appropriations, 2000 \1\................................      $1,898,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       1,835,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,835,000

\1\ Less $7,000 rescission per Public Law 106-113.

    The Committee recommends the appropriation of $1,835,000 
for the Office of the Attending Physician. The Office was first 
established by House Resolution 253, adopted December 5, 1928.

                          Capitol Police Board


                             capitol police

                                                             Recommended

Salaries................................................    $102,700,000
Expenses................................................       6,884,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Capitol Police Board.......................     109,584,000

    The Committee continues funding the operations of the 
entire U.S. Capitol Police Force within joint items under the 
heading ``Capitol Police Board.''

                             Capitol Police


                                salaries

Appropriations, 2000 \1\................................     $78,501,000
Budget estimate, 2001 \2\...............................     106,070,000
Committee recommendation................................     102,700,000

\1\ Less $143,000 rescission per Public Law 106-113.
\2\ Budget amendment pending.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $102,700,000 
for the salaries of the U.S. Capitol Police, of which 
$51,350,000 is for the Capitol Police appointed by the Sergeant 
at Arms of the House and $51,350,000 is for the Capitol Police 
appointed by the Senate Sergeant at Arms.
    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, 2000 \1\................................      $6,574,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       9,960,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,884,000

\1\ Less $25,000 rescission per Public Law 106-113.

    The Committee recommends $6,884,000 for general expenses of 
the Capitol Police. This includes $103,000 for the purchase of 
American-made motorcycles.
    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 Provisions

    The Committee has included a provision (Sec. 101) which 
allows for funds to be transferred between the ``Salaries'' and 
``General expenses'' accounts.
    To improve the financial management of the Capitol Police, 
the Committee has included language (Sec. 102-104) that would 
establish certifying officers and employees to certify vouchers 
for payment from Capitol Police appropriations and funds. The 
certifying officers or employees would be responsible for the 
existence and correctness of facts cited in the voucher, the 
legality of the payment, and the correctness of computations. 
The certifying officers or employees would be liable for the 
amount of illegal or improper payments resulting from their 
certifications. Such officers or employees, however, could be 
relieved of liability by the Comptroller General of the United 
States under certain conditions, and be entitled to obtain 
advance decisions from the Comptroller General on any question 
of law involved in a payment. The section is similar to and 
patterned after the legislation for certifying officers and 
employees at the Library of Congress (2 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 142b, 
142c). Inherent in the requirement of this legislation is that 
the Capitol Police Board will ensure that there are vouchers or 
similar records supporting payments made with appropriations 
and funds, which will be presented to a certifying officer for 
certification.

               Capitol Guide and Special Services Office

Appropriations, 2000....................................      $2,293,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       2,371,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,371,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,371,000 for 
the Capitol Guide and Special Services Office.

                      Statements of Appropriations

Appropriations, 2000....................................         $30,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................          30,000
Committee recommendation................................          30,000

    The Committee recommends $30,000 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 
106th 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, 2000 \1\................................      $2,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       2,095,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,066,000

\1\ Less $8,000 rescission per Public Law 106-113.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,066,000 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.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE


                         Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 2000 \1\................................     $26,221,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      28,493,000
Committee recommendation................................      27,113,000

\1\ Less $100,000 rescission per Public Law 106-113.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $27,113,000 
for the Congressional Budget Office.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 105. Gives CBO the authority to enter into 1 year 
contracts for severable services that cross fiscal years and to 
enter into multi-year contracts for property and services. This 
authority is currently available to the executive branch, the 
Library of Congress, and the General Accounting Office.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

    The Committee has recommended a funding level of 
$173,246,000 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 Committee recognizes that the Architect of the Capitol 
has had many complaints, formal and informal, made regarding 
employment practices. Complaints range from unclear and 
inconsistent sick leave policies, to retaliation by managers 
for filing grievances. Members of Congress have come to this 
Committee to express their concern about the situation, because 
their offices have assumed responsibility for helping the 
Architect of the Capitol employees, in the absence of clear 
policies and approachable management. We understand that the 
Architect has taken steps to clarify policies and provide 
additional training for managers on various issues. While we 
commend these efforts, significant problems are still 
occurring.
    The Committee directs, by January 1, 2001, the Architect of 
the Capitol to create and fill a position of Employee Advocate. 
The duties of the Employee Advocate shall include:
  --educating employees about grievance policies as a 
        supplement to the responsibilities of the Human 
        Resources Management Division (HRMD) of the Architect 
        of the Capitol,
  --providing employees with assistance regarding questions or 
        concerns about employment policies and practices as a 
        supplement to the responsibilities of the HRMD,
  --providing employees with education about filing complaints 
        through the EEO process, and acting as liaison to 
        employees to the EEO office if requested,
  --assuring and maintaining confidentiality of employee 
        concerns and grievances.
    The Employee Advocate will submit quarterly reports to the 
Committee on Rules and Administration, and the Senate Committee 
on Appropriations which shall include measures taken to fulfill 
the above duties. No additional funds will be appropriated for 
this position. The position of Employee Advocate will be funded 
out of the senior executive salaries of the Architect of the 
Capitol.
    The following table shows the request and the Committee 
recommendation:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                  Fiscal year
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
                        Appropriation                                2000                              2001
                                                                appropriation     2001 request    recommendation
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Capitol buildings, salaries and expenses.....................      $46,658,000      $60,038,000      $44,191,000
Capitol Grounds..............................................        5,406,000        6,120,000        5,512,000
Senate office buildings......................................       63,795,000       66,628,000       63,974,000
Capitol Power Plant..........................................       37,909,000       40,872,000       39,569,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, title I.........................................      153,768,000      173,658,000      153,246,000
                                                              ==================================================
Botanic Garden...............................................        3,412,000        4,916,000        3,653,000
Library buildings and grounds, structural and mechanical care       15,972,000       20,278,000       16,347,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total, title II........................................       19,384,000       25,194,000       20,000,000
                                                              --------------------------------------------------
      Total..................................................      173,152,000      198,852,000      173,246,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                     Capitol Buildings and Grounds


                           capitol buildings


                         Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 2000 \1\................................     $46,836,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      60,038,000
Committee recommendation................................      44,191,000

\1\ Less $178,000 rescission per Public Law 106-113.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $44,191,000 
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 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.
    Any improvements or changes in information technology on 
the Senate side of the Capitol must be coordinated with the 
Committee on Rules and Administration and the Senate Sergeant 
at Arms.
    The following table displays the request and the Committee 
recommendation.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Committee
                  Item                        Request     recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal Year 2001 Operating Budget:
    Personal Service....................     $29,198,000     $26,173,000
    Rent Communications, Utilities &           1,019,000         982,000
     Travel.............................
    Other Services......................      13,065,000      11,216,000
    Supplies............................         685,000         685,000
    Equipment...........................         321,000         290,000
                                         -------------------------------
      Subtotal, Operating Budget........      44,288,000      39,346,000
                                         ===============================
Fiscal Year 2001 Capital Budget:
    Installation of Smoke Detectors/Fire         600,000  ..............
     Alarms, CB.........................
    Provide Infrastructure for Security          500,000         500,000
     Installations......................
    Security Project Support for AOC....         200,000  ..............
    Conservation of Wall Paintings......         200,000         200,000
    Replacement of Minton Tile..........         200,000         100,000
    Roofing Repair, Around House &               160,000         160,000
     Senate Chambers....................
    Implementation of AOCNET............         700,000         700,000
    Financial Management System (FMS)...       1,475,000       1,475,000
    Update Electrical System Drawings on          70,000          70,000
     CAD................................
    CAD Mechanical Database.............          70,000          70,000
    Computer, Telecom, & Electrical              600,000         300,000
     Support............................
    Roof Fall Protection, CB............         555,000         555,000
    Confined Spaces Survey, Capitol               90,000          90,000
     Complex............................
    Asbestos Survey, Capitol Complex....       1,225,000  ..............
    Life Safety Support Services........         400,000  ..............
    Safety and Environmental Program &           600,000  ..............
     SOP Development....................
    Wayfinding and ADA-Compliant                 130,000         100,000
     Signage, CB........................
    Off-Site Delivery/Screening Center,        4,500,000  ..............
     USCP...............................
    Computer-Aided Facility Management           525,000         525,000
     (CAFM).............................
    Design, Training Facility, USCP.....         700,000  ..............
    Design & Land, Vehicle Maintenance         2,250,000  ..............
     Facility, USCP.....................
                                         -------------------------------
      Total, Capital Budget.............      15,750,000       4,845,000
                                         ===============================
      Total Capitol Buildings...........      60,038,000      44,191,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                            capitol grounds

Appropriations, 2000 \1\................................      $5,427,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       6,120,000
Committee recommendation................................       5,512,000

\1\ Less $21,000 rescission per Public Law 106-113.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,512,000 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.
    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.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Committee
                  Item                        Request     recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal Year 2001 Operating Budget:
    Personal Services...................      $4,289,000      $4,039,000
    Other Services......................         928,000         857,000
    Supplies............................         287,000         220,000
    Equipment...........................          11,000          11,000
                                         -------------------------------
      Subtotal, Operating Budget........       5,515,000       5,127,000
                                         ===============================
Fiscal Year 2001 Capital Budget:
    ADA Requirements, CG................          25,000          25,000
    CAD Database Development--Site               250,000         160,000
     Utilities & Grounds................
    Wayfinding and ADA-Compliant                 330,000         200,000
     Signage, CG........................
                                         -------------------------------
      Subtotal, Capital Budget..........         605,000         385,000
                                         ===============================
      Total, Capitol Grounds............       6,120,000       5,512,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                        senate office buildings

Appropriations, 2000 \1\................................     $64,038,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      66,628,000
Committee recommendation................................      63,974,000

\1\ Less $243,000 rescission per Public Law 106-113.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $63,974,000 
for maintenance of the Senate office buildings.
    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. All information technology related projects must 
first be coordinated with the Senate Sergeant at Arms.
    The Committee notes that the Senate Waste Recycling Program 
has room for improvement. A stronger program will improve the 
environment and generate additional income for the Senate. 
Currently, waste is removed and sorted by a private company 
under contract with the General Services Administration. The 
company pays a fee per ton of waste. Higher fees are paid for 
less contaminated waste. In order to capitalize on this 
potential source of revenue, efforts need to be made to improve 
the Senate's recycling efforts. First, the Architect of the 
Capitol is directed to fill the position of Recycling Program 
Manager which has been vacant for approximately a year. Second, 
the Architect of the Capitol is directed to develop a program 
with the approval of the Senate Rules Committee to educate 
staff on how to properly recycle. Given the high turnover in 
staff on Capitol Hill, it is important that new employees are 
given every opportunity to learn and participate in recycling. 
This program should involve making recycling containers readily 
available in an asthetically pleasing and practical way. In 
addition, the Architect should plan to conduct monthly training 
seminars as part of the Senate Sergeant at Arms monthly Staff 
Educations series, and develop short informational segments 
which may be broadcast by the Senate Recording Studio on the 
Senate cable system. As an incentive for employee 
participation, the funds gained from the Senate recycling 
program shall be used to support the Senate Health and Fitness 
Facility, and any excess funds shall be returned to the 
Treasury for deficit reduction or other needs. This incentive 
is consistent with executive branch agencies who, by Executive 
Order, may use their recycling funds for employee programs.
    The following table displays the request and the Committee 
recommendation.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Committee
                  Item                        Request     recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal Year 2001 Operating Budget:
    Personal Services...................     $29,657,000     $28,148,000
    Rent Communications, & Utilities....       7,322,000       7,322,000
    Other Services......................       3,755,000       3,160,000
    Supplies............................       1,035,000       1,035,000
    Equipment...........................       1,840,000       1,740,000
    Senate Restaurants..................         750,000         750,000
                                         -------------------------------
      Subtotal, Operating Budget........      44,359,000      42,155,000
                                         ===============================
Fiscal Year 2001 Capital Budget:
    Fire Alarm System Upgrade for ADA,           150,000  ..............
     RSOB & HSOB........................
    ADA Requirements, SOB's.............         300,000          50,000
    Renovate Mechanical, Telecom &            19,241,000      19,241,000
     Restrooms, DSOB....................
    Replace Committee Room Sound Systems         280,000         250,000
    Repair Motor Control Centers, HSOB..         150,000         150,000
    Design, Renovate Senate Garage......         270,000         270,000
    Roof Fall Protection, SOB...........       1,678,000       1,678,000
    Wayfinding and ADA-Compliant                 200,000         180,000
     Signage, SOB.......................
                                         -------------------------------
      Total, Capital Budget.............      22,269,000      21,819,000
                                         ===============================
      Total, Senate Office Buildings....      66,628,000      63,974,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          capitol power plant

Appropriations, 2000 \1\................................     $38,054,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      40,872,000
Committee recommendation................................      39,569,000

\1\ Less $145,000 rescission per Public Law 106-113.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $39,569,000 
for the operations of the Capitol Power Plant.
    Nearly 81 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 2001 estimated utility costs

Purchase of electrical energy...........................     $22,470,000
Purchase of natural gas.................................       6,590,000
Purchase of steam.......................................         260,000
Purchase of chilled water...............................         288,000
Purchase of coal........................................         685,000
Purchase of oil.........................................         920,000
Water and sewer payments................................       4,400,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................      35,613,000

    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 
reimbursements of $4,400,000.
    The following table displays the request and the Committee 
recommendation.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                            Committee
                 Item                       Request       recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal Year 2001 Operating Budget:
    Personal Services.................      $5,887,000       $5,555,000
    Rent Communications, Utilities &        34,030,000       34,010,000
     Travel...........................
    Other Services....................       1,128,000        1,097,000
    Supplies..........................       2,364,000        2,364,000
    Reimbursement.....................      (4,400,000)      (4,400,000)
                                       ---------------------------------
      Subtotal, Operating Budget......      39,009,000       38,626,000
                                       =================================
Fiscal Year 2001 Capital Budget:
    Replace Valves in Steam & Chilled          100,000          100,000
     Water Distribution System........
    Update CAD Drawings for CPP.......          70,000           70,000
    Install Leaky Cable Comm. System           150,000          150,000
     in Tunnel........................
    Implement Emergency Shoring and            200,000          200,000
     Repairs to Tunnels...............
    Roof Fall Protection, CPP.........         323,000          323,000
    Replace Deaerator Heaters.........         320,000   ...............
    Study, Heat Balance/Efficiency             100,000          100,000
     Improvements.....................
    Design, Improve Ventilation WRP &           50,000   ...............
     Controls in Admin. Build.........
    Design, Convert Boilers 1 & 2 to           150,000   ...............
     Gas and Oil Firing...............
    Design, Install Oil Storage Tanks.         350,000   ...............
    Design, Install Additional                  50,000   ...............
     Electrical Feeds & Equip., WRP...
                                       ---------------------------------
      Total, Capital Budget...........       1,863,000          943,000
                                       =================================
      Total, Capitol Power Plant......      40,872,000       39,569,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS


                     Congressional Research Service


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2000 \1\................................     $71,244,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      75,640,000
Committee recommendation................................      73,374,000

\1\ Less $271,000 rescission per Public Law 106-113.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $73,374,000 
for the Congressional Research Service.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE


                   Congressional Printing and Binding

Appropriations, 2000 \1\................................     $73,577,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      80,800,000
Committee recommendation................................      73,297,000

\1\ Less $280,000 rescission per Public Law 106-113.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $73,297,000.
    The Committee notes that the House Committee directs the 
Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate to evaluate 
proposals for separate appropriations for the Congressional 
Printing and Binding of the House and Senate. Keeping with 
comity between the chambers, it would have been appropriate to 
request, rather than direct, that the Secretary work with the 
Clerk to accomplish mutually agreeable objectives. The Senate 
Committee would never direct the House and expects that this 
was a technical oversight on the part of the House. At this 
time, the Committee does not want the Secretary of the Senate 
to proceed with the House proposal.
    The following table compares the component categories 
within this account for fiscal year 2001. 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
                                                                       2000       Requested 2001       2001
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Congressional Record program....................................     $17,617,000     $17,809,000
Miscellaneous publications......................................       3,720,000       6,820,000
Miscellaneous printing and binding..............................      14,250,000      15,778,000
Details to Congress.............................................       2,214,000       2,352,000
Document envelopes and document franks..........................         880,000       1,026,000
Business and committee calendars................................       2,160,000       1,767,000
Bills, resolutions, and amendments..............................       9,130,000      10,260,000
Committee reports...............................................       3,876,000       4,056,000
Documents.......................................................       1,794,000       2,208,000
Hearings........................................................      16,000,000      16,900,000
Committee prints................................................       1,656,000       1,824,000
                                                                 -----------------------------------------------
      Total.....................................................      73,297,000      80,800,000     $73,297,000
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                        TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES

                             BOTANIC GARDEN

                         Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 2000 \1\................................      $3,425,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       4,916,000
Committee recommendation................................       3,653,000

\1\ Less $13,000 rescission per Public Law 106-113.

    The Committee recommends $3,653,000 for salaries and 
expenses of the Botanic Garden.
    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.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Committee
                  Item                        Request     recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal Year 2001 Operating Budget:
    Personal Services...................      $3,621,000      $2,913,000
    Rent Communications, Utilities &              56,000          23,000
     Travel.............................
    Other Services......................         396,000         252,000
    Supplies............................         545,000         220,000
    Equipment...........................          20,000          20,000
                                         -------------------------------
      Subtotal, Operating Budget........       4,638,000       3,428,000
                                         ===============================
Fiscal Year 2001 Capital Budget:
    Way Finding/ADA Signage, BG.........         203,000         150,000
    Replacement Equipment at Production           75,000          75,000
     Facility...........................
                                         -------------------------------
      Total, Capital Budget.............         278,000         225,000
                                         ===============================
      Total, Botanic Garden.............       4,916,000       3,653,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS


                (Except Congressional Research Service)


                         Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 2000:
    Salaries and expenses \1\...........................    $266,779,000
    Authority to spend receipts.........................      -6,850,000

                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Net, salaries and expenses........................     259,929,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Budget estimate, 2001:
    Salaries and expenses...............................     292,174,000
    Authority to spend receipts.........................      -6,850,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Net, salaries and expenses........................     285,324,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Committee recommendation:
    Salaries and expenses...............................     267,330,000
    Authority to spend receipts.........................      -6,850,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
          Net, salaries and expenses....................     260,480,000

\1\ Less $976,000 rescission per Public Law 106-113.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $260,480,000 
for salaries and expenses of the Library of Congress and 
approves authority to spend receipts of $6,850,000 in fiscal 
year 2001. For the American Folklife Center, the Library is 
directed to include as part of the Center's strategic planning 
process goals and objectives designed to ensure the 
preservation of endangered musical recordings.
    The Committee continues to be concerned about the Library's 
arrearages, and directs that all available resources be devoted 
toward its elimination.

                            Copyright Office


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2000:
    Salaries and expenses \1\...........................     $37,628,000
    Authority to spend receipts.........................     -26,254,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Net, salaries and expenses........................      11,374,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Budget estimate, 2001:
    Salaries and expenses...............................      38,903,000
    Authority to spend receipts.........................     -26,783,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Net, salaries and expenses........................      12,120,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Committee recommendation:
    Salaries and expenses...............................      38,332,000
    Authority to spend receipts.........................     -26,783,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
          Net, salaries and expenses....................      11,549,000

\1\ Less $143,000 rescission per Public Law 106-113.

    The Committee recommends the direct appropriation of 
$11,549,000 for the Copyright Office and approves authority to 
spend receipts of $26,783,000 in fiscal year 2001.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2000 \1\................................     $47,984,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      48,983,000
Committee recommendation................................      48,711,000

\1\ Less $182,000 rescission per Public Law 106-113.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $48,711,000 
for salaries and expenses for Books for the Blind and 
Physically Handicapped.
    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-one 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 767,600 individuals in fiscal year 2000.

                       Furniture and Furnishings

Appropriations, 2000 \1\................................      $5,415,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................       6,020,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,892,000

\1\ Less $21,000 rescission per Public Law 106-113.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,892,000 for 
Library furniture and furnishings in 2001.

                       Administrative Provisions

    The Committee has included the routine administrative 
provisions, sections 201 to 205.
    The Committee has included two new provisions, section 206 
which authorizes the transfer of funds for property acquired 
for the Library of Congress by the Architect of the Capitol. 
Section 207 which authorizes conversion of indefinite-not-to-
exceed positions to permanent positions to ensure that the 
Library can retain the current staff of the National Digital 
Library program who have gained special expertise in the 
digital area.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL


                     Library Buildings and Grounds


                     structural and mechanical care

Appropriations, 2000 \1\................................     $16,033,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      20,278,000
Committee recommendation................................      16,347,000

\1\ Less $61,000 rescission per Public Law 106-113.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $16,347,000 
for the care and maintenance of the Library buildings and 
grounds by the Architect of the Capitol.
    The following table shows the request and the Committee 
recommendation.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Committee
                  Item                        Request     recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal Year 2001 Operating Budget:
    Personal Services...................      $8,468,000      $7,959,000
    Other Services......................       1,495,000       1,388,000
    Supplies............................         584,000         579,000
    Equipment & Land and Structures.....         141,000         141,000
                                         -------------------------------
      Subtotal, Operating Budget........      10,688,000      10,067,000
                                         ===============================
Fiscal Year 2001 Capital Budget:
    Replace Sprinkler Heads, LOC........         550,000  ..............
    Replace 480 Volt Switchgear, JMMB...       1,750,000  ..............
    Replace VSD Motor Controls, TJB &            100,000          90,000
     JAB................................
    Replace Sidewalks, TJB & JAB........         100,000         100,000
    Restore Decorative Painting, TJB &           100,000         100,000
     JAB................................
    Book Stack Lighting Controls, TJB &          200,000         200,000
     JAB................................
    Preservations Environment Monitoring         100,000  ..............
    Audio Visual Conservation Center,          5,000,000       5,000,000
     Culpeper, VA.......................
    LOC Room & Partition Modifications..         500,000         300,000
    Replace Compact Stack Safety, JMMB..         300,000  ..............
    Replace Partition Supports, JMMB....         300,000         300,000
    Lightning Protection, JMMB..........         190,000         190,000
    Design, Book Storage #2, Ft. Meade..         400,000  ..............
                                         -------------------------------
      Total, Capital Budget.............       9,590,000       6,280,000
                                         ===============================
      Total, Library Buildings & Grounds      20,278,000      16,347,000
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                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE


                 Office of Superintendent of Documents


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2000 \1\................................     $29,986,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      34,451,000
Committee recommendation................................      30,255,000

\1\ Less $114,000 rescission per Public Law 106-113.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $30,255,000.
    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.

                             revolving fund

Appropriations, 2000....................................................
Budget estimate, 2001...................................      $6,000,000
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Committee bill continues the limitations on reception 
and representation expenses and costs of attendance at 
meetings.

                        Administrative Provision

    The Committee has included a provision, section 208 which 
provides flexibility in the management of the Sales of 
Publication Program.

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE


                         Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 2000 \1\................................    $379,000,000
Budget estimate, 2001...................................     399,918,000
Committee recommendation................................     384,867,000

\1\ Less $1,439,000 rescission per Public Law 106-113.

    The Committee recommends funding of $384,867,000 for 
salaries and expenses of the General Accounting Office, which 
will support an FTE level of 3,275 FTEs. Additionally, 
$3,000,000 is authorized in offsetting collections derived from 
rent receipts and reimbursements for conducting financial 
audits of Government corporations.

                       Administrative Provisions

    The Committee has included eight new provisions. Section 
209 establishes senior level positions to meet critical 
scientific, technical and profesional needs. Section 210 
provides for reassignment to senior level positions members of 
the Senior Executive Service. Section 211 provides for 
renewable terms for experts and consultants. Sections 212 and 
213 provide for voluntary early retirement authority and 
separation payment. Section 214 provides flexibility regarding 
a reduction-in-force. Section 215 provides for an annual 
report, and section 216 provides for a five year assessment. 
The following is a detailed description of the provisions:

I. Purpose

    The General Accounting Office (GAO) has requested these 
personnel authorities to enable the agency to effectively 
address human capital challenges in order to more effectively 
fulfill its mission. GAO explained that it recently completed a 
thorough evaluation of its workforce needs and resources and 
found that they do not match up. This arose in part because of 
the severe downsizing and hiring freezes from 1992-1997. Also, 
the kinds of skills, knowledge, and performance needed by GAO 
in its workforce are changing with the impact of information 
technology, globalization, and other trends in the broader 
society. Finally, these kinds of imbalances threaten to become 
worse, because the retirement of the large cohort of aging 
employees may cause a sudden loss of expertise in a few years.
    GAO has said that it is doing what it can administratively 
to correct these imbalances, e.g., by enhanced entry-level 
recruitment, active management of promotion decisions, and 
compilation of an inventory of the agency's human capital needs 
and resources. The agency is also being restructured to have 
less hierarchy and fewer field offices. GAO explained, however, 
that its current law is designed for ``downsizing,'' not 
``rightsizing,'' and prevents GAO from taking needed management 
steps.
    GAO has thus explained why this new legislative authority 
is necessary to enable GAO to effectively address the agency's 
human capital requirements. This legislation is appropriate for 
GAO considering its role and responsibilities in the 
legislative branch and its unique relationship to the Congress, 
and also taking account of the specific, fact-based 
demonstration that GAO has made explaining why the requested 
authority is needed and appropriate.
    Jurisdiction over the General Accounting Office and 
legislation governing its personnel system lies with the Senate 
Committee on Governmental Affairs. The Chairman and Ranking 
Member of the Committee on Governmental Affairs support this 
legislation and do not object to its being included in this 
bill.

II. Summary of Provisions

    The legislation provides narrowly tailored authority, 
preserving due process protections, in four specific areas: (1) 
to establish senior-level positions to meet critical 
scientific, technical or professional needs and to extend to 
those positions the rights and benefits of Senior Executive 
Service employees; (2) to offer early retirement (early-outs) 
on a voluntary basis to a limited number of qualified employees 
in each fiscal year; (3) to offer separation pay (buyouts) on a 
voluntary basis to a limited number of qualified employees in 
each fiscal year for a 5-year period after enactment of the 
legislation; and (4) to release officers and employees in a 
reduction in force (RIF) which is carried out for downsizing, 
realigning, or correcting skill imbalances. Regulations 
governing this latter provision shall give effect to military 
preference and may take into account such other factors as 
skills, knowledge and performance.
    In addition, the legislation requires that the Comptroller 
General report annually to the Congress on the use and 
effectiveness of the legislation, and provide the Congress with 
a report in 5 years summarizing the use and effectiveness of 
the legislation and recommending whether it should be continued 
or changed.

III. Employee Rights and Protections Under the New Authorities

    First, as a general matter, it is essential that the 
Comptroller General consult with employees concerning plans for 
implementation of the legislation in advance of issuing 
proposed orders or regulations for comment. GAO has described 
the efforts taken by the Comptroller General to foster two-way 
communication between the Office of the Comptroller General and 
all agency officers and employees, including extensive 
discussions regarding the need for and development of this 
legislation. Broad consultation with officers and employees 
should be continued at each stage of the legislation's 
implementation. In addition, in developing implementing 
regulations, GAO is obligated under existing law to afford 
notice and opportunity for comment, and GAO has said it will 
follow the best practices of regulatory agencies in regards to 
summarizing and responding on the public record to significant 
comments received.
    The legislation itself contains a number of provisions and 
preserves rights and protections under existing laws to assure 
that employees will not be subject to arbitrary or unreasonable 
action. Notably, this legislation in no way affects existing 
laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, 
religion, sex, national origin, age, and disability, that 
forbid prohibited personnel practices, or that require 
compliance with merit principles. GAO's implementation of the 
authorities granted by this legislation must continue to be in 
conformity with those existing laws.
    This legislation requires that, to implement the 
authorities under sections 212, 213, and 214 (early retirement, 
separation pay, and reductions in force), the agency must issue 
regulations that provide criteria for, in effect, two levels of 
decision-making: the decision to use the authorities and the 
decision regarding which officers or employees shall be subject 
to actions under the authorities.
    GAO has stated that these regulations must set forth 
clearly defined criteria and require consistent and well 
documented application of those criteria. Any decisions based 
upon individual data, such as skills/knowledge and performance, 
will be based on objective identification and measurement 
systems. Ratings from the agency's performance appraisal 
systems will be basis for measuring individual performance, and 
GAO has stated that an individual's ratings for 3 years will be 
used. Similarly, skills and knowledge must be ascertained in a 
well-documented skills inventory. GAO has explained that its 
staff will fill out such a skills inventory, subject to 
supervisory review, which will be used in conjunction with the 
agency's strategic plan to identify any ``gaps'' or 
``overages'' in workforce skills and knowledge. If GAO finds it 
necessary to use the RIF authority before a skills inventory is 
completed, the agency would use existing groups and units.
    The legislation allows the authorities under sections 212, 
213, and 214 (early retirement, separation pay, and reductions 
in force) to be exercised only for workforce realignment and 
other purposes as specified in the legislation. Addressing 
individual employee performance is not among these specified 
purposes, and it is only for the specified purposes that the 
Comptroller General may consider individual performance data 
among the criteria for offering early retirement or separation 
pay or for carrying out a reduction in force. For example, GAO 
may not use these authorities under sections 212, 213, or 214 
for the purpose of replacing lower-performing employees with 
higher-performing employees or to address problems in 
individual employees' performance. To address performance 
problems, GAO must continue to use its performance management 
system under existing law, which affords affected employees 
particular procedural and substantive rights. Under the new 
authorities granted by this legislation, performance would be, 
in effect, a secondary criterion, applicable only after GAO has 
used a skills inventory to identify gaps and overages in the 
skills and knowledge resources at the agency (or, as noted 
above, after GAO has used existing groups and units if a 
reduction in force is necessary before the skills inventory is 
completed). Thus, under both this legislation, as under 
existing law, individuals are not subject to being 
``targeted,'' i.e., reductions in force may not be carried out 
for the purpose of removing a particular individual or 
individuals.
    GAO's Personnel Appeals Board (PAB) will serve as an 
independent body to review and decide any cases arising out of 
a reduction in force where individuals feel they have been 
treated arbitrarily or unreasonably or not in accordance with 
law or regulations. GAO has stated that this review authority 
of the PAB is established under existing statute and under 
provisions of GAO's existing regulations that GAO will retain. 
If an action under the RIF authority was unlawful, the 
individual employee shall be restored to the grade or rate of 
pay to which the employee is entitled, retroactively effective 
to the date of the improper action.
    As to the senior level positions established under section 
209 of the legislation, employees appointed to those positions 
will generally enjoy the same rights and privileges as members 
of GAO's Senior Executive Service. Furthermore, except as 
otherwise specified in the legislation, the employees appointed 
to the new senior level positions will enjoy the rights and 
protections that apply generally to professional employees at 
GAO. Any employees transferred under this provision from GAO's 
SES to a non-executive senior level position will retain their 
current pay and will have an equivalent pay system to what they 
had in the SES.
    Under section 210, the new early-out authority will be in 
addition to, and will not detract from, any rights to early 
retirement established under existing law.
    Finally, the legislation requires GAO to report on the 
implementation of the new authorities both annually and in a 5-
year assessment, and GAO has said that these reports will 
include information about any impact upon employee attitudes 
and opinions, as measured by employee feedback survey 
responses. The 5-year assessment will include not only 
recommendations of the Comptroller General for continuation or 
change of the authorities granted by this legislation, but also 
any assessments or recommendations of the GAO Personnel Appeals 
Board and of any interested GAO employee groups.

IV. Major Provisions

            Section 209. Senior Level Positions
    This section would authorize the General Accounting Office 
to establish critical scientific, technical, and professional 
employee positions which have basic pay levels and many of the 
other rights and privileges currently applicable to the Senior 
Executive Service, but which do not require the exercise of 
managerial or supervisory responsibilities. The current ceiling 
on the total number of General Accounting Office employees 
whose basic pay may exceed the rate payable for grade GS-15 of 
the General Schedule is not increased.
            Section 210. Reassignment to Senior Level Positions
    This section enables the Comptroller General to convert 
existing GAO Senior Executive Service employees to the senior 
level scientific, technical, or professional positions.
            Section 211. Experts and Consultants
    This section authorizes renewal of the 3-year terms 
applicable to some experts and consultants employed by the 
General Accounting Office, and applies the same basic pay 
ceiling to all senior level experts and consultants.
            Section 212. Voluntary Early Retirement
    This section authorizes the Comptroller General to offer 
voluntary early retirement to a limited number of General 
Accounting Office employees who meet eligibility criteria 
specified in the legislation. These include the same criteria 
as those in recently enacted legislation applicable to 
executive agencies, as well as additional criteria specific to 
this provision. Offers of voluntary early retirement must only 
be for the purposes of realigning the agency workforce in order 
to meet mission needs, correcting skill imbalances, or reducing 
high-grade, managerial, or supervisory positions. The General 
Accounting Office will be required to promulgate implementing 
regulations which provide for offers of early retirement to any 
individual employee or groups of employees based on skills, 
knowledge, performance, or other similar factors or combination 
of such factors determined by the Comptroller General. Offers 
of voluntary early retirement are limited to no more than 10 
percent of the agency work force in a fiscal year.
    The annuity provisions for employees affected by this 
provision are consistent with those in existing federal law.
            Section 213. Separation Pay
    This section parallels Section 212 and enables the 
Comptroller General to provide separation pay (``buyouts'') up 
to a maximum of $25,000 to a limited number of employees 
annually. Repayment and reemployment restrictions are 
consistent with recent legislation providing separation pay 
authority to executive agencies. The separation pay may be 
offered for purposes of realigning the workforce in order to 
meet mission needs, correcting skill imbalances, or reducing 
high-grade, managerial, or supervisory positions. Implementing 
regulations must provide that buyout offers shall be based on 
skills, knowledge, performance or similar factors. The number 
of employees to whom separation pay may be provided is limited 
to 5 percent of the workforce in any fiscal year, and the 
authority expires 5 years after enactment.
    GAO must remit to the Office of Personnel Management for 
deposit in the Treasury to the credit of the Civil Service 
Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to 45 percent of 
the final annual basic pay of each employee receiving 
separation pay who retires under the Civil Service Retirement 
System or the Federal Employees' Retirement System.
            Section 214. Reduction In Force
    This section provides that the Comptroller General may 
conduct a reduction in force for purposes of organizational 
downsizing, realignment, or correcting skill imbalances. In 
seeking to achieve such purposes, the Comptroller General is 
authorized to release officers and employees of the agency 
using criteria that ``shall give effect to military preference 
and may take into account such other factors as skills, 
knowledge, and performance in such a manner and to such an 
extent as the Comptroller General determines necessary and 
appropriate.'' Employees must be given 60-days notice prior to 
release in a reduction in force, except that the advance notice 
period may be reduced to no less than 30 days if necessary 
because of circumstances not reasonably foreseeable.
            Section 215. Annual Report
    This section adds to the current annual reporting 
requirement for GAO a description of actions taken under the 
voluntary early retirement, the separation pay, and the 
reduction in force provisions, including an assessment of the 
effectiveness and usefulness of those actions in achieving the 
agency's mission, meeting its performance goals, and fulfilling 
its strategic plan.
            Section 216. Five-Year Assessment
    This section requires that, not later than 5 years after 
the date of enactment, the Comptroller General shall report to 
the Congress concerning implementation and effectiveness of the 
legislation, including a summary of the portions of prior 
annual reports describing and assessing actions pursuant to the 
legislation, recommendations for continuation or modification 
of the legislation, and any assessments or recommendations of 
the General Accounting Office Personnel Appeals Board and 
interested GAO employee groups.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    In addition to several routine general provisions carried 
annually in the bill (secs. 301-308), the Committee proposes 
additional general provisions (secs. 309 and 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 a 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 provides that, to the greatest extent 
practicable, products purchased with funds in this Act should 
be American-made.
    Section 306 appropriates such sums as may be necessary for 
the payment of settlements and awards pursuant to Public Law 
104-1.
    Section 307 authorizes legislative branch entities 
participating in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers 
Council [LBFMC] to finance the costs of the LBFMC.
    Section 308 amends section 316 of Public Law 101-302 to 
extend for 1 year the availability of funds for the Senate art 
collection.
    Section 309 amends section 3011 of Public Law 106-31 to 
extend the pilot program for the Russian Leadership Program for 
1 year.
    Section 310 transfers the Library of Congress and the 
Government Printing Office uniformed officers, and associated 
administrative support staff to the United States Capitol 
Police. The Committee believes that one unified police force 
would provide for seamless security of the Capitol Hill campus 
as well as provide efficiencies in the administrative area. The 
addition of the Library's force of approximately 156 uniformed 
officers, and the Government Printing Office's force of 
approximately 55 officers will provide the Capitol Police with 
resources to meet their desired staffing levels.
    On October 1, 2000, individuals employed as Library of 
Congress or Government Printing Office police shall be 
transferred to the U.S. Capitol Police. Individuals who choose 
to apply for employment as a member of the Capitol Police no 
later than November 15, 2000, and meet the requirements shall 
be entitled upon the completion of the training requirements to 
the same compensation and benefits as current U.S. Capitol 
Police, and shall have the option to buy into the Capitol 
Police retirement plan, and have past Library of Congress and 
Government Printing Office service treated as Capitol Police 
member service. The current age limitation on individuals 
transferring may be waived in a manner consistent with the 
waivers issued when the U.S. Capitol Police imposed the age 
limitations in Public Law 101-428, adopted October 15, 1990. 
Individuals who choose not to apply, or who do not qualify may 
continue to perform their current duties, and at their same 
salaries at their current duty station under the direction of 
the Capitol Police on an interim basis until September 30, 
2001.
    The General Accounting Office is directed to conduct a 
study on the transfer of the Library of Congress and Government 
Printing Office police to the U.S. Capitol Police, and to 
report the results thereof to the Senate Appropriations 
Committee and the U.S. Capitol Police Board no later than July 
1, 2000. The study shall include the identification of issues 
to be addressed prior to any such transfer, to ensure an 
orderly transition and the protection of the rights of effected 
employees. In conducting this study, the General Accounting 
Office shall consult with the appropriate chairmen, or their 
designees, of the labor committees of the Library of Congress 
and Government Printing Office, as well as the Chief, or his 
designee, of the U.S. Capitol Police.
    Section 311 provides a procedure for the replacement of a 
statute provided by a State for display in Statutory Hall in 
the Capital.

  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. 2603, an original Legislative 
Branch appropriations bill and S. 2593, an original Department 
of Defense appropriations bill, both subject to amendment and 
subject to the section 302 budget allocations, by a recorded 
vote of 28-0, a quorum being present.
        Yeas                          Nays
Chairman Stevens
Mr. Cochran
Mr. Specter
Mr. Domenici
Mr. Bond
Mr. Gorton
Mr. McConnell
Mr. Burns
Mr. Shelby
Mr. Gregg
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Campbell
Mr. Craig
Mrs. Hutchison
Mr. Kyl
Mr. Byrd
Mr. Inouye
Mr. Hollings
Mr. Leahy
Mr. Lautenberg
Mr. Harkin
Ms. Mikulski
Mr. Reid
Mr. Kohl
Mrs. Murray
Mr. Dorgan
Mrs. Feinstein
Mr. Durbin

 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 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF 
                            REPRESENTATIVES


Sec. 60a-1. Senate pay adjustments; action by President pro tempore of 
                    Senate

    (a) Each time the President adjusts the rates of pay of 
employees under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, 
(or section 5304 or 5304a of such title, as applied to 
employees employed in the pay locality of the Washington, D.C.-
Baltimore, Maryland consolidated metropolitan statistical area) 
the President pro tempore of the Senate shall, as he considers 
appropriate--
            (1)(A) adjust the rates of pay of personnel whose 
        pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, and 
        any minimum or maximum rate applicable to any such 
        personnel; or
    (b) in the case of such personnel whose rates of pay are 
fixed by or pursuant to law at specific rates, adjust such 
rates (including the adjustment of such specific rates to 
maximum pay rates) and, in the case of all other personnel 
whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, adjust 
only the minimum or maximum rates applicable to such other 
personnel; and
            (2) adjust any limitation or allowance applicable 
        to such personnel; by percentages which are equal or 
        equivalent, insofar as practicable and with such 
        exceptions as may be necessary to provide for 
        appropriate pay relationships between positions, to the 
        percentages of the adjustments made by the President 
        under such section 5303 (and, as the case may be, 
        section 5304 or 5304a of such title, as applied to 
        employees employed in the pay locality of the 
        Washington, D.C.-Baltimore, Maryland consolidated 
        metropolitan statistical area) for corresponding rates 
        of pay for employees subject to the General Schedule 
        contained in section 5332 of such title and adjust the 
        rates of such personnel by such amounts as necessary to 
        restore the same pay relationships that existed on 
        December 31, 1986, between personnel and Senators and 
        between positions. Such rates, limitations, and 
        allowances adjusted by the President pro tempore shall 
        become effective on the first day of the month in which 
        any adjustment becomes effective under such section 
        5303or section 3(c) of this Act.
    (b) The adjustments made by the President pro tempore shall 
be made in such manner as he considers advisable and shall have 
the force and effect of law.
    (c) Nothing in this section shall impair any authority 
pursuant to which rates of pay may be fixed by administrative 
action.
    (d) No rate of pay shall be adjusted under the provisions 
of this section to an amount in excess of the rate of basic pay 
for level III of the Executive Schedule contained in section 
5314 of title 5, except in cases in which it is necessary to 
restore and maintain the same pay relationships that existed on 
December 31, 1986, between personnel and Senators and between 
positions.
    (e) Any percentage used in any statute specifically 
providing for an adjustment in rates of pay in lieu of an 
adjustment made under section 5303 of title 5, United States 
Code, and, as the case may be, section 5304 or 5304a of such 
title for any calendar year shall be treated as the percentage 
used in an adjustment made under such section 5303, 5304, or 
5304a, as applicable, for purposes of subsection (a).
    [(e)] (f) For purposes of this section, the term 
``personnel'' does not include any Senator.

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Sec. 104a. Semiannual statements of expenditures by Secretary of Senate 
                    and Clerk of House

    (1) * * *

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    (4) * * *
    (5)(A) Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (1) 
relating to the level of detail of statement and itemization, 
each report by the Secretary of the Senate required under such 
paragraph shall be compiled at a summary level for each office 
of the Senate authorized to obligate appropriated funds.
    (B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to the reporting of 
expenditures relating to personnel compensation, travel and 
transportation of persons, other contractual services, and 
acquisition of assets.
    (C) In carrying out this paragraph the Secretary of the 
Senate shall apply the Standard Federal Object Classification 
of Expenses as the Secretary determines appropriate.

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CHAPTER 5--LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

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[Sec. 167. Buildings and grounds; designation of employees as police

    The Librarian of Congress may designate employees of the 
Library of Congress as police for duty with respect to the 
Library of Congress buildings and adjacent streets. The rank 
structure and pay for employees so designated shall be the same 
as the rank structure and pay for the Capitol Police.]

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Sec. 167f. Regulations for Library buildings and grounds; publication; 
                    effective date

    (a) In addition to the restrictions and requirements 
specified in sections 167a to 167e of this title, [the 
Librarian of Congress] the Capitol Police Board, in 
consultation with the Librarian of Congress, may prescribe such 
regulations as may be deemed necessary for the adequate 
protection of the Library of Congress buildings and grounds and 
of persons and property therein, and for the maintenance of 
suitable order and decorum within the Library of Congress 
buildings and grounds.

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Sec. 167h. Jurisdiction of police within Library buildings, grounds, 
                    and adjacent streets

    [The police provided for in section 167 of this title shall 
have the power, within the Library of Congress buildings and 
grounds and adjacent streets, to enforce and make arrests for 
violations of any provision of sections 167a to 167e of this 
title, of any regulation prescribed under section 167f of this 
title, or of any law of the United States, any law of the 
District of Columbia, or of any State, or any regulation 
promulgated pursuant thereto: Provided, That the] The 
Metropolitan Police force of the District of Columbia are 
authorized to make arrests within the Library of Congress 
buildings and grounds for any violations of any such laws or 
regulations, but such authority shall not be construed as 
authorizing the Metropolitan Police force, except with the 
consent or upon the request of the Librarian of Congress or his 
assistants, to enter the Library of Congress buildings to make 
arrests in response to complaints or to serve warrants or to 
patrol the Library of Congress buildings or grounds.

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TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE

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SUBTITLE I--GENERAL

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CHAPTER 7--GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

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732. Personnel management system.
732a. Critical positions.

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                SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL DUTIES AND POWERS


Sec. 719. Comptroller General reports

    (a) At the beginning of each regular session of Congress, 
the Comptroller General shall report to Congress (and to the 
President when requested by the President) on the work of the 
Comptroller General. A report shall include recommendations 
on--
            (1) legislation the Comptroller General considers 
        necessary to make easier the prompt and accurate making 
        and settlement of accounts; [and]
            (2) other matters related to the receipt, 
        disbursement, and use of public money the Comptroller 
        General considers advisable[.] ; and
            (3) appropriate legislative changes to sections 
        732(h), (i), and (j) of this title.
    (b)(1) The Comptroller General shall include in the report 
to Congress under subsection (a) of this section--
            (A) a review of activities under sections 717(b)-
        (d) and 731(e)(2) of this title, including 
        recommendations under section 717(c) of this title;
            (B) information on carrying out duties and powers 
        of the Comptroller General under clauses (A) and (C) of 
        this paragraph, subsections (g) and (h) of this 
        section, and sections 717, 731(e)(2), 734, 1112, and 
        1113 of this title; [and]
            (C) the name of each officer and employee of the 
        General Accounting Office assigned or detailed to a 
        committee of Congress, the committee to which the 
        officer or employee is assigned or detailed, the length 
        of the period of assignment or detail, a statement on 
        whether the assignment or detail is finished or 
        continuing, and compensation paid out of appropriations 
        available to the Comptroller General for the period of 
        the assignment or detail that has been completed[.]; 
        and
            (D) a description of the actions taken under 
        sections 732 (h), (i), and (j) of this title, including 
        information on the number of employees who received 
        voluntary early retirements and separation pay under 
        sections 732(i) and (j) and who were released under a 
        reduction in force action under section 732(h), and an 
        assessment of the effectiveness and usefulness of these 
        human capital initiatives in achieving the agency's 
        mission, meeting its performance goals, and fulfilling 
        its strategic plan.

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SUBCHAPTER III--PERSONNEL

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Sec. 731. General

    (a) * * *

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    (e) The Comptroller General may procure the services of 
experts and consultants under section 3109 of title 5 at rates 
not in excess of the maximum daily rate for GS-18 under section 
5332 of such title, except that the services of not more than--
            (1) 15 experts and consultants may be procured for 
        [not more than 3 years] 3-year renewable terms; and
            (2) 10 experts and consultants may be procured 
        permanently, temporarily, or intermittently to carry 
        out sections 717(b)-(d) and 719(b)(1)(A) of this title 
        at rates that are not more than the rate for [level V] 
        level IV of the Executive Schedule.

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Sec. 732. Personnel management system

    (a) [The Comptroller General shall maintain a personnel 
management system. The Comptroller General may prescribe a 
regulation about the system only after notice and opportunity 
for public comment. A reprisal or threat of reprisal may not be 
made against an officer or employee of the General Accounting 
Office because of comments on a proposed regulation about the 
system.] The Comptroller General may establish senior-level 
positions to meet critical scientific, technical or 
professional needs of the Office from the positions authorized 
under sections 731(d), (e)(1), (e)(2), and 732(c)(4) of this 
title. An individual serving in such a position shall--
            (a) be subject to the laws and regulations 
        applicable to the General Accounting Office Senior 
        Executive Service established under section 733 of this 
        title, with respect to rates of basic pay, performance 
        awards, ranks, carry over of annual leave, benefits, 
        performance appraisals, removal or suspension, and 
        reduction in force, to such an extent as deemed 
        practicable by the Comptroller General;
            (b) have the same rights of appeal to the General 
        Accounting Office Personnel Appeals Board that are 
        provided to the General Accounting Office Senior 
        Executive Service;
            (c) be exempt from the same provisions of law made 
        inapplicable to the General Accounting Office Senior 
        Executive Service under section 733(d) of this title;
            (d) be entitled to receive a discontinued service 
        retirement under chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, United 
        States Code, as if a member of the General Accounting 
        Office Senior Executive Service; and
            (e) be subject to reassignment by the Comptroller 
        General to any Senior Executive Service position 
        created under section 733 of this title as the 
        Comptroller General deems necessary and appropriate.

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    (g) An officer or employee of the General Accounting Office 
completing at least one year of continuous service under a 
nontemporary appointment under the personnel management system 
acquires a competitive status for appointment to a position in 
the competitive service for which the officer or employee is 
qualified.
    [(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of subchapter I of 
chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code, the Comptroller 
General shall prescribe regulations for the release of officers 
and employees of the General Accounting Office in a reduction 
in force which give due effect to tenure of employment, 
military preference, performance and/or contributions to the 
agency's goals and objectives, and length of service. The 
regulations shall, to the extent deemed feasible by the 
Comptroller General, be designed to minimize disruption to the 
Office and to assist in promoting the efficiency of the 
Office.]
    (h)(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subchapter I of 
chapter 35 of title 5, the Comptroller General shall prescribe 
regulations for the release of officers and employees of the 
General Accounting Office in a reduction in force which is 
carried out for downsizing, realigning, or correcting skill 
imbalances. The regulations shall give effect to military 
preference and may take into account such other factors as 
skills, knowledge, and performance in such a manner and to such 
an extent as the Comptroller General determines necessary and 
appropriate.
    (2) Except as provided under paragraph (3), an employee may 
not be released, due to a reduction in force, unless such 
employee is given written notice at least 60 days before such 
employee is so released. Such notice shall include--
            (A) the personnel action to be taken with respect 
        to the employee involved;
            (B) the effective date of the action;
            (C) a description of the procedures applicable in 
        identifying employees for release;
            (D) the employee's ranking relative to other 
        competing employees, and how that ranking was 
        determined; and
            (E) a description of any appeal or other rights 
        which may be available.
    (3) The Comptroller General may, in writing, shorten the 
period of advance notice required under paragraph (2) with 
respect to a particular reduction in force, if necessary 
because of circumstances not reasonably foreseeable, except 
that such period may not be less than 30 days.
    (i)(1) An officer or employee of the General Accounting 
Office who is separated from the service under conditions 
described in paragraph (2) of this subsection after completing 
25 years of service or after becoming 50 years of age and 
completing 20 years of service is entitled to an annuity in 
accordance with the provisions of chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, 
as applicable.
    (2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection applies to an officer 
or employee who--
            (A) has been employed continuously by the General 
        Accounting Office for more than 30 days before the date 
        on which the Comptroller General makes the 
        determination required under subparagraph (D);
            (B) is serving under an appointment that is not 
        limited by time;
            (C) has not received a decision notice of 
        involuntary separation for misconduct or unacceptable 
        performance that is pending decision; and
            (D) is separated from the service voluntarily 
        during a period in which the Comptroller General offers 
        the officer or employee an early retirement for the 
        purpose of realigning the agency workforce in order to 
        meet mission needs, correcting skill imbalances, or 
        reducing high-grade, managerial, or supervisory 
        positions.
    (3) For purposes of chapters 83 and 84 of title 5 
(including for purposes of computation of an annuity under such 
chapters), an officer or employee entitled to an annuity under 
this subsection shall be treated as an employee entitled to an 
annuity under section 8336(d) or 8414(b) of such title, as 
applicable.
    (4) The Comptroller General shall promulgate regulations to 
implement paragraph (1) that provide for offers of early 
retirement to any individual employee or groups of employees 
based on skills, knowledge, performance, or other similar 
factors or combination of such factors determined by the 
Comptroller General.
    (5) As used in this subsection, the terms ``employee'' and 
``annuity'' shall have the same meaning as defined in chapters 
83 and 84 of title 5, as applicable. The term ``officer'' shall 
have the same meaning as ``employee.''
    (6) The Comptroller General may not utilize the authority 
granted under this subsection to grant voluntary early 
retirements to more than 10 percent of the workforce of the 
General Accounting Office in any fiscal year.
    (j) The Comptroller General may offer separation pay to an 
officer or employee under this subsection subject to such 
limitations or conditions as the Comptroller General may 
require for purposes of realigning the workforce in order to 
meet mission needs, correcting skill imbalances, or reducing 
high-grade, managerial, or supervisory positions. Such 
separation pay--
            (1) shall be paid, at the option of the officer or 
        employee, in a lump sum or equal installment payments;
            (2) shall be equal to the lesser of--
                    (A) an amount equal to the amount the 
                officer or employee would be entitled to 
                receive under section 5595(c) of title 5 if the 
                officer or employee were entitled to payment 
                under such section; or
                    (B) $25,000;
            (3) shall not be a basis for payment, and shall not 
        be included in the computation, of any other type of 
        Government benefit;
            (4) shall not be taken into account for purposes of 
        determining the amount of any severance pay to which an 
        individual may be entitled under section 5595 of title 
        5 based on any other separation;
            (5) shall only be paid to an officer or employee 
        serving under an appointment without time limitation, 
        who has been currently employed for a continuous period 
        of at least 12 months, but does not include--
                    (A) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter 
                III of chapter 83 of title 5, chapter 84 of 
                title 5, or another retirement system for 
                employees of the Government; or
                    (B) an officer or employee having a 
                disability on the basis of which such officer 
                or employee is or would be eligible for 
                disability retirement under any of the 
                retirement systems referred to in subparagraph 
                (A);
            (6) shall terminate, upon reemployment in the 
        Federal Government, during receipt of installment 
        payments;
            (7) shall be repaid in its entirety upon 
        reemployment in the Federal Government or working for 
        any agency of the Government through personal services 
        contract within 5 years after the date of the 
        separation on which payment of the separation pay is 
        based, except that--
                    (A) if the employment is with an Executive 
                agency, the Director of the Office of Personnel 
                Management may, at the request of the head of 
                the agency, waive the repayment if the 
                individual involved possesses unique abilities 
                and is the only qualified applicant available 
                for the position;
                    (B) if the employment is with an entity in 
                the legislative branch, the head of the entity 
                or the appointing official may waive the 
                repayment if the individual involved possesses 
                unique abilities and is the only qualified 
                applicant available for the position;
                    (C) if the employment is with the judicial 
                branch, the Director of the Administrative 
                Office of the United States Courts may waive 
                the repayment if the individual involved 
                possesses unique abilities and is the only 
                qualified applicant available for the position; 
                or
                    (D) if the employment is without 
                compensation, the appointing official may waive 
                the repayment;
            (8) shall be paid under regulations providing that 
        offers of separation pay shall be based on skills, 
        knowledge, performance, or other similar factors or 
        combination of such factors determined by the 
        Comptroller General;
            (9) shall be paid upon the condition that the 
        General Accounting Office remit to the Office of 
        Personnel Management for deposit in the Treasury to the 
        credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
        Fund an amount equal to 45 percent of the final annual 
        basic pay for each employee covered under subchapter 
        III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5 to whom 
        separation pay has been paid under this section and--
                    (A) such remittance shall be in addition to 
                any other payments which the General Accounting 
                Office is required to make under subchapter III 
                of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5; and
                    (B) for purposes of this paragraph the term 
                `final basic pay' with respect to an employee 
                means the total amount of basic pay which would 
                be payable for a year of service by such 
                employee, computed using the employee's final 
                rate of basic pay, and, if last serving on 
                other than a full-time basis, with appropriate 
                adjustment therefore;
            (10) shall not be paid to more than 5 percent of 
        the workforce of the General Accounting Office in any 
        fiscal year; and
            (11) shall be paid to employees under this section 
        for a period of 5 years following the enactment of this 
        section unless Congress renews the authority for an 
        additional period of time.

Sec. 732a. Critical positions

    The Comptroller General may establish senior-level 
positions to meet critical scientific, technical or 
professional needs of the Office from the positions authorized 
under sections 731(d), (e)(1), (e)(2), and 732(c)(4) of this 
title. An individual serving in such a position shall--
            (1) be subject to the laws and regulations 
        applicable to the General Accounting Office Senior 
        Executive Service established under section 733 of this 
        title, with respect to rates of basic pay, performance 
        awards, ranks, carry over of annual leave, benefits, 
        performance appraisals, removal or suspension, and 
        reduction in force;
            (2) have the same rights of appeal to the General 
        Accounting Office Personnel Appeals Board that are 
        provided to the General Accounting Office Senior 
        Executive Service;
            (3) be exempt from the same provisions of law made 
        inapplicable to the General Accounting Office Senior 
        Executive Service under section 733(d) of this title, 
        except for section 732(e) of this title;
            (4) be entitled to receive a discontinued service 
        retirement under chapter 83 or 84 of title 5 as if a 
        member of the General Accounting Office Senior 
        Executive Service; and
            (5) be subject to reassignment by the Comptroller 
        General to any Senior Executive Service position 
        created under section 733 of this title as the 
        Comptroller General determines necessary and 
        appropriate.

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Sec. 733. Senior Executive Service

    (a) The Comptroller General may establish a General 
Accounting Office Senior Executive Service--
            (1) meeting the requirements of section 3131 of 
        title 5;
            (2) providing requirements for positions consistent 
        with section 3132(a)(2) of title 5;
            (3) providing rates of basic pay--
                    (A) not more than the maximum rate or less 
                than the minimum rate for the Senior Executive 
                Service under section 5382 of title 5; and
                    (B) adjusted at the same time and to the 
                same extent as rates in the Senior Executive 
                Service under section 5382 of title 5 are 
                adjusted;
            (4) providing a performance appraisal system 
        consistent with subchapter II of chapter 43 of title 5;
            (5) allowing the Comptroller General to award ranks 
        to officers and employees in the Office Senior 
        Executive Service consistent with section 4507 of title 
        5;
            (6) providing for removal consistent with section 
        3592 of title 5, and for removal or suspension 
        consistent with section 7543 of title 5; [and]
            (7) the Comptroller General may reassign a member 
        of the Senior Executive Service to any senior-level 
        position created under section 732a of this title as 
        the Comptroller determines necessary and appropriate; 
        and
            [(7)] (8) allowing the Comptroller General to pay 
        performance awards to officers and employees of the 
        Office Senior Executive Service consistent with section 
        5384 of title 5.

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TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS

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CHAPTER 2--CAPITOL BUILDING AND GROUNDS

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Sec. 212a. Policing of Capitol Buildings and Grounds; powers of Capitol 
                    Police; arrests by Capitol Police for crimes of 
                    violence; arrests by District of Columbia police

    The Capitol Police shall police the United States Capitol 
Buildings and Grounds under the direction of the Capitol Police 
Board, consisting of the Sergeant at Arms of the United States 
Senate, the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, 
and the Architect of the Capitol, and shall have the power to 
enforce the provisions of sections 193a to 193m, 212a, 212a-2, 
and 212b of this title and regulations promulgated under 
section 212b of this title, and to make arrests within the 
United States Capitol Buildings and Grounds for any violations 
of any law of the United States, of the District of Columbia, 
or of any State, or any regulation promulgated pursuant 
thereto: Provided, That for the fiscal year for which 
appropriations are made by this Act the Capitol Police shall 
have the additional authority to make arrests within the 
District of Columbia for crimes of violence, as defined in 
section 16 of title 18, committed within the Capitol Buildings 
and Grounds and shall have the additional authority to make 
arrests, without a warrant, for crimes of violence, as defined 
in section 16 of title 18, committed in the presence of any 
member of the Capitol Police performing official duties: 
Provided further, That the Metropolitan Police force of the 
District of Columbia are authorized to make arrests within the 
United States Capitol Buildings and Grounds for any violation 
of any such laws or regulations, but such authority shall not 
be construed as authorizing the Metropolitan Police force, 
except with the consent or upon the request of the Capitol 
Police Board, to enter such buildings to make arrests in 
response to complaints or to serve warrants or to patrol the 
United States Capitol Buildings and Grounds. For the purpose of 
this section, the word ``grounds'' shall include the House 
Office Buildings parking areas and that part or parts of 
property which have been or hereafter are acquired in the 
District of Columbia by the Architect of the Capitol, or by an 
officer of the Senate or the House, by lease, purchase, 
intergovernment transfer, or otherwise, for the use of the 
Senate, the House, or the Architect of the Capitol.
    The Librarian of Congress and the Public Printer of the 
Government Printing Office shall be nonvoting ex officio 
members of the Capitol Police Board.

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TITLE 44--PUBLIC PRINTING AND DOCUMENTS

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                 CHAPTER 3--GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

[317. Special policemen.]
317. Protection of persons and property.

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[Sec. 317. Special policemen

    The Public Printer or his delegate may designate employees 
of the Government Printing Office to serve as special policemen 
to protect persons and property in premises and adjacent areas 
occupied by or under the control of the Government Printing 
Office. Under regulations to be prescribed by the Public 
Printer, employees designated as special policemen are 
authorized to bear and use arms in the performance of their 
duties; make arrest for violations of laws of the United 
States, the several States, and the District of Columbia; and 
enforce the regulations of the Public Printer, including the 
removal from Government Printing Office premises of individuals 
who violate such regulations. The jurisdiction of special 
policemen in premises occupied by or under the control of the 
Government Printing Office and adjacent areas shall be 
concurrent with the jurisdiction of the respective law 
enforcement agencies where the premises are located.]

Sec. 317. Protection of persons and property

    The Capitol Police shall protect persons and property in 
premises and adjacent areas occupied by or under the control of 
the Government Printing Office, in accordance with the Capitol 
Security Consolidation Act of 2000.

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         CHAPTER 17--DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS

[1708. Prices for sales copies of publications; crediting of receipts; 
          resale by dealers; sales agents.]
1708. Prices for sales copies of Government information products; resale 
          by dealers; sales agents.

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[Sec. 1708. Prices for sales copies of publications; crediting of 
                    receipts; resale by dealers; sales agents

    [The price at which additional copies of Government 
publications are offered for sale to the public by the 
Superintendent of Documents shall be based on the cost as 
determined by the Public Printer plus 50 percent. A discount of 
not to exceed 25 percent may be allowed to book dealers and 
quantity purchasers, but the printing may not interfere with 
prompt execution of work for the Government. The Superintendent 
of Documents may prescribe terms and conditions under which he 
authorizes the resale of Government publications by book 
dealers, and he may designate any Government officer his agent 
for the sale of Government publications under regulations 
agreed upon by the Superintendent of Documents and the head of 
the respective department or establishment of the Government.]

Sec. 1708. Prices for sales copies of Government information products; 
                    resale by dealers; sales agents

    (a) Sales prices for Government information products will 
be established by the Public Printer to cover the costs of 
production, dissemination, and other appropriate costs 
associated with this service, including the offering of sales 
discounts and any other costs associated with the Sales 
Program.
    (b) The Superintendent of Documents may prescribe terms and 
conditions under which he authorizes the resale of Government 
information products by book dealers, and he may designate any 
Government officer his agent for the sale of Government 
information products under regulations agreed upon by the 
Superintendent of Documents and the head of the respective 
department or establishment of the Government.

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Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1990, Public Law 101-
                                  302


TITLE I--DISASTER ASSISTANCE

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TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

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    Sec. 316. (a) Effective with the fiscal year ending 
September 30, [2000] 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter, 
subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate, any unexpended and unobligated funds in the 
appropriation account for the ``Secretary of the Senate'' 
within the contingent fund of the Senate which have not been 
withdrawn in accordance with the paragraph under the heading 
``General Provisions'' of Chapter XI of the Third Supplemental 
Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 102a), shall be available for 
the expenses incurred, without regard to the fiscal year in 
which incurred, for the conservation, restoration, and 
replication or replacement, in whole or in part, of items of 
art, fine art, and historical items within the Senate wing of 
the United States Capitol, any Senate Office Building, or any 
room, corridor, or other space therein. In the case of 
replication or replacement of such items, the funds available 
under this subsection shall be available for any such items 
previously contained within the Senate wing of the Capitol, or 
an item historically accurate.
    (b) All such items of art referred to in subsection (a) 
[shall] may be known as the `United States Senate Collection'.

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    Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999, Public Law 105-275

    Sec. 6. (a) * * *

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    (c)(1) All moneys received by Senate Hair Care Services 
from fees for services or from any other source shall be 
deposited in the revolving fund.
    (2) Moneys in the revolving fund shall be available without 
fiscal year limitation for disbursement by the Secretary of the 
Senate--
            (A) for the payment of salaries [and agency 
        contributions] of employees of Senate Hair Care 
        Services; and
            (B) for necessary supplies, equipment, and other 
        expenses of Senate Hair Care Services.
    (3) Agency contributions for employees of Senate Hair Care 
Services shall be paid from the appropriations account for 
``Salaries, Officers and Employees''.

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 To Authorize Acquisition of Certain Real Property for the Library of 
          Congress, and for Other Purposes, Public Law 105-144


SECTION 1. ACQUISITION OF FACILITY IN CULPEPER, VIRGINIA

      (a) Acquisition.--* * *

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      (b) Uses.--* * *

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      (c) Transfer Payment by Architect.--Notwithstanding the 
limitation on reimbursement or transfer of funds under 
subsection (a) of this section, the Architect of the Capitol 
may, not later than 90 days after acquisition of the property 
under this section, transfer funds to the entity from which the 
property was acquired by the Architect of the Capitol. Such 
transfers may not exceed a total of $16,500,000.

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   1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, Public Law 106-31

    Sec. 3011. Russian Leadership Program. (a) Purpose.--It is 
the purpose of this section to establish, in accordance with 
the provisions of this section--
            (1) a pilot program within the Library of Congress 
        for [fiscal year 2000] fiscal years 2000 and 2001; and
            (2) a permanent program within the Executive agency 
        designated by the President of the United States for 
        fiscal years [2001] 2002 and thereafter,
to enable emerging political leaders of Russia at all levels of 
government to gain significant, firsthand exposure to the 
American free market economic system and the operation of 
American democratic institutions through visits to governments 
and communities at comparable levels in the United States.
    (b) Grants.--
            (1) * * *

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            (4) * * *
                    (A) * * *

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                    (B) Waiver of competitive bidding.--The 
                Librarian of Congress, after consultation with 
                the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress, 
                may enter into contracts under subparagraph 
                (A)(i) to carry out the pilot program during 
                [fiscal year 2000] fiscal years 2000 and 2001 
                without regard to section 3709 of the Revised 
                Statutes or any other requirement for 
                competitive contracting or the providing of 
                notice of contracting opportunities.

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    (d) * * *
            (1) * * *
            (3) Waiver.--The Librarian of Congress may waive 
        the requirement of this subsection in carrying out the 
        pilot program during [fiscal year 2000] fiscal years 
        2000 and 2001.
    (e) Advisory Board.--
            (1) In general.--There is established a Russian 
        Leadership Program Advisory Board which shall advise 
        the head of the administering agency as to the carrying 
        out of the permanent program during fiscal years [2001] 
        2002 and thereafter.

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    (h) * * *
            (1) * * *
                    (A) for [fiscal year 2000] fiscal years 
                2000 and 2001, the Library of Congress; and
                    (B) for fiscal year [2001] 2002, and 
                subsequent fiscal years, the Executive agency 
                designated by the President of the United 
                States under subsection (a)(2).

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                                            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 in the First Concurrent
 Resolution for 2001: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch:
    General purpose, non-defense discretion-  ary...........        2,500        1,721        2,502    \1\ 1,801
    Mandatory...............................................           97           97           97           97
Projections of outlays associated with the recommendation:
    2001....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........    \2\ 1,449
    2002....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........          176
    2003....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........           46
    2004....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........           13
    2005 and future year....................................  ...........  ...........  ...........            4
Financial assistance to State and local governments for 2001           NA  ...........           NA  ...........
 in bill....................................................
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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 2000 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL
                                                                        YEAR 2001
                                                                [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                                                                                        Senate Committee recommendation
                                                                                                                             compared with (+ or-)
                             Item                                     2000         Budget estimate      Committee    -----------------------------------
                                                                  appropriation                      recommendation         2000
                                                                                                                        appropriation    Budget estimate
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               TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

                            SENATE

                      Expense Allowances

Expense allowances:
    Vice President............................................               10                10                10   ................  ................
    President Pro Tempore of the Senate.......................               10                10                10   ................  ................
    Majority Leader of the Senate.............................               10                10                10   ................  ................
    Minority Leader of the Senate.............................               10                10                10   ................  ................
    Majority Whip of the Senate...............................                5                 5                 5   ................  ................
    Minority Whip of the Senate...............................                5                 5                 5   ................  ................
    Chairman of the Majority Conference Committee.............                3                 3                 3   ................  ................
    Chairman of the Minority Conference Committee.............                3                 3                 3   ................  ................
    Chairman of the Majority Policy Committee.................  ................  ................                3                +3                +3
    Chairman of the Minority Policy Committee.................  ................  ................                3                +3                +3
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, expense allowances............................               56                56                62                +6                +6

Representation allowances for the Majority and Minority                      30                30                30   ................  ................
 Leaders......................................................
                                                               =========================================================================================
      Total, Expense allowances and representation............               86                86                92                +6                +6

               Salaries, Officers and Employees

Office of the Vice President..................................            1,721             1,785             1,785               +64   ................
Office of the President Pro Tempore...........................              437               453               453               +16   ................
Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders..................            2,644             2,742             2,742               +98   ................
Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips....................            1,634             1,770             1,722               +88               -48
Committee on Appropriations...................................            6,525             6,917             6,917              +392   ................
Conference committees.........................................            2,264             2,350             2,304               +40               -46
Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority                590               732               590   ................             -142
 and the Conference of the Minority...........................
Policy Committees.............................................            2,302             2,508             2,342               +40              -166
Office of the Chaplain........................................              277               288               288               +11   ................
Office of the Secretary.......................................           14,202            14,738            14,738              +536   ................
Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper.................           34,794            35,341            34,811               +17              -530
Offices of the Secretaries for the Majority and Minority......            1,246             1,292             1,292               +46   ................
Agency contributions and related expenses.....................           21,332            22,337            22,337            +1,005   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, salaries, officers and employees.................           89,968            93,253            92,321            +2,353              -932

        Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

Salaries and expenses.........................................            3,901             4,046             4,046              +145   ................

                Office of Senate Legal Counsel

Salaries and expenses.........................................            1,035             1,069             1,069               +34   ................
Expense Allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at               12                12                12   ................  ................
 Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secretaries for the
 Majority and Minority of the Senate: Expenses allowances.....

               Contingent Expenses of the Senate

Inquiries and investigations..................................           71,604            74,136            73,000            +1,396            -1,136
Expenses of United States Senate Caucus on International                    370               370               370   ................  ................
 Narcotics Control............................................
Secretary of the Senate \1\...................................            1,511             2,077             2,077              +566   ................
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.................           66,261           101,228            71,261            +5,000           -29,967
Miscellaneous items...........................................            8,655             8,655             8,655   ................  ................
Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account \1\...          245,703           273,591           253,203            +7,500           -20,388

                      Official Mail Costs

Expenses......................................................              300               300               300   ................  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, contingent expenses of the Senate................          394,404           460,357           408,866           +14,462           -51,491
                                                               =========================================================================================
      Total, Senate...........................................          489,406           558,823           506,406           +17,000           -52,417

Across the board rescission (0.38 percent)....................           -2,036   ................  ................           +2,036   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Net total, Senate.......................................          487,370           558,823           506,406           +19,036           -52,417
                                                               =========================================================================================
                          JOINT ITEMS

Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2001...............  ................  ................            1,000            +1,000            +1,000
Joint Economic Committee......................................            3,200             3,315             3,315              +115   ................
Joint Committee on Taxation...................................            6,431             6,747             6,686              +255               -61

               Office of the Attending Physician

Medical supplies, equipment, expenses, and allowances.........            1,891             1,835             1,835               -56   ................

                     Capitol Police Board

                        Capitol Police
Salaries:
    Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives \1\......           37,582            51,952            51,350           +13,768              -602
    Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate \1\.........           40,776            54,118            51,350           +10,574            -2,768
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, salaries......................................           78,358           106,070           102,700           +24,342            -3,370

General expenses..............................................            6,549             9,960             6,884              +335            -3,076
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Subtotal, Capitol Police................................           84,907           116,030           109,584           +24,677            -6,446

Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office.............            2,293             2,371             2,371               +78   ................
Statements of Appropriations..................................               30                30                30   ................  ................
                                                               =========================================================================================
      Total, Joint items......................................           98,752           130,328           124,821           +26,069            -5,507
                                                               =========================================================================================
                     OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

Salaries and expenses.........................................            1,992             2,095             2,066               +74               -29

                  CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

Salaries and expenses.........................................           26,121            28,493            27,113              +992            -1,380

                   ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                 Capitol Buildings and Grounds

Capitol buildings, salaries and expenses......................           46,658            60,038            44,191            -2,467           -15,847
Capitol grounds...............................................            5,406             6,120             5,512              +106              -608
Senate office buildings.......................................           63,795            66,628            63,974              +179            -2,654

Capitol Power Plant...........................................           41,894            45,272            43,969            +2,075            -1,303
    Offsetting collections....................................           -3,985            -4,400            -4,400              -415   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Net subtotal, Capitol Power Plant.......................           37,909            40,872            39,569            +1,660            -1,303
                                                               =========================================================================================
      Total, Architect of the Capitol.........................          153,768           173,658           153,246              -522           -20,412

                      LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                Congressional Research Service

Salaries and expenses.........................................           70,973            75,640            73,374            +2,401            -2,266

                  GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

Congressional printing and binding............................           73,297            80,800            73,297   ................           -7,503
                                                               =========================================================================================
      Total, title I, Congressional Operations................          912,273         1,049,837           960,323           +48,050           -89,514
                                                               =========================================================================================
                   TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES

                        BOTANIC GARDEN

Salaries and expenses.........................................            3,412             4,916             3,653              +241            -1,263

                      LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Salaries and expenses.........................................          265,803           292,174           267,330            +1,527           -24,844
    Authority to spend receipts...............................           -6,850            -6,850            -6,850   ................  ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Net subtotal, Salaries and expenses.....................          258,953           285,324           260,480            +1,527           -24,844

Copyright Office, salaries and expenses.......................           37,485            38,903            38,332              +847              -571
    Authority to spend receipts...............................          -26,254           -26,783           -26,783              -529   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Net subtotal, Copyright Office..........................           11,231            12,120            11,549              +318              -571

Books for the blind and physically handicapped, salaries and             47,802            48,983            48,711              +909              -272
 expenses.....................................................
Furniture and furnishings.....................................            5,394             6,020             4,892              -502            -1,128
                                                               =========================================================================================
      Total, Library of Congress (except CRS).................          323,380           352,447           325,632            +2,252           -26,815

                   ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                 Library Buildings and Grounds

Structural and mechanical care................................           15,972            20,278            16,347              +375            -3,931

                  GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

             Office of Superintendent of Documents

Salaries and expenses.........................................           29,872            34,451            30,255              +383            -4,196

           Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

GPO revolving fund............................................  ................            6,000   ................  ................           -6,000
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Government Printing Office.......................           29,872            40,451            30,255              +383           -10,196

                   GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

Salaries and expenses.........................................          378,961           402,918           387,867            +8,906           -15,051
    Offsetting collections....................................           -1,400            -3,000            -3,000            -1,600   ................
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, General Accounting Office........................          377,561           399,918           384,867            +7,306           -15,051
                                                               =========================================================================================
      Total, title II, Other agencies.........................          750,197           818,010           760,754           +10,557           -57,256
                                                               =========================================================================================
      Grand total.............................................        1,662,470         1,867,847         1,721,077           +58,607          -146,770

               TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

Senate........................................................          487,370           558,823           506,406           +19,036           -52,417
Joint Items...................................................           98,752           130,328           124,821           +26,069            -5,507
Office of Compliance..........................................            1,992             2,095             2,066               +74               -29
Congressional Budget Office...................................           26,121            28,493            27,113              +992            -1,380
Architect of the Capitol......................................          153,768           173,658           153,246              -522           -20,412
Library of Congress: Congressional Research Service...........           70,973            75,640            73,374            +2,401            -2,266
Congressional printing and binding, Government Printing Office           73,297            80,800            73,297   ................           -7,503
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, title I, Congressional operations................          912,273         1,049,837           960,323           +48,050           -89,514
                                                               =========================================================================================
                   TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES

Botanic Garden................................................            3,412             4,916             3,653              +241            -1,263
Library of Congress (except CRS)..............................          323,380           352,447           325,632            +2,252           -26,815
Architect of the Capitol (Library buildings and grounds)......           15,972            20,278            16,347              +375            -3,931
Government Printing Office (except congressional printing and            29,872            40,451            30,255              +383           -10,196
 binding).....................................................
General Accounting Office.....................................          377,561           399,918           384,867            +7,306           -15,051
                                                               -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, title II, Other agencies.........................          750,197           818,010           760,754           +10,557           -57,256
                                                               =========================================================================================
      Grand total.............................................        1,662,470         1,867,847         1,721,077           +58,607          -146,770
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