[House Report 108-279]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



108th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    108-279

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 MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 
           ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2004, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

                                _______
                                

               September 18, 2003.--Ordered to be printed

                                _______
                                

Mr. Kingston, from the committee of conference, submitted the following

                           CONFERENCE REPORT

                        [To accompany H.R. 2657]

      The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of 
the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill 
(H.R. 2657) ``making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other 
purposes'', having met, after full and free conference, have 
agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses 
as follows:
      Amendment numbered 1:
      That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same with 
an amendment, as follows:
      In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes, namely:

               TITLE I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS

                                 SENATE

                           Expense Allowances

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

    Representation Allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders

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

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

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

                      OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

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

                  OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

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

              office of the president pro tempore emeritus

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

              OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

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

               OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

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

                      COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

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

                         CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

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

 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE MAJORITY AND THE 
                       CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

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

                           POLICY COMMITTEES

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

                         OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

    For Office of the Chaplain, $327,000.

                        OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

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

             OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

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

        OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY

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

               AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

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

            Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

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

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

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

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

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

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate

                      INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

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

EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS 
                                CONTROL

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

                        SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

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

             SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

    For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, $135,243,000, of which $30,835,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2006, and of which 
$4,255,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2008.

                          MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

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

        SENATORS' OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT

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

                          OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

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

                       ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

    Section 1. Gross Rate of Compensation in Offices of 
Senators. Effective on and after October 1, 2003, each of the 
dollar amounts contained in the table under section 
105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1968 
(2 U.S.C. 61-1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to be the dollar 
amounts in that table, as adjusted by law and in effect on 
September 30, 2003, increased by an additional $50,000 each.
    Sec. 2. Payment of Expenses of Conferences of Majority and 
Minority. (a) In General.--Section 120 of Public Law 97-51 (2 
U.S.C. 61g-6) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``an 
amount, not in excess of $100,000,'' and inserting ``such 
amount as necessary''.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect 
to fiscal year 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 3. Provisions Relating to Senate Commission on Art. 
(a) Authority To Acquire and Dispose.--
            (1) In general.--The Senate Commission on Art 
        (referred to in this section as the ``Commission'') 
        may--
                    (A) accept gifts of money; and
                    (B) acquire (by gift, purchase, or 
                otherwise) any work of art, historical object, 
                document, or material relating to historical 
                matters, or exhibit, for placement or 
                exhibition in the Senate Wing of the Capitol, 
                the Senate Office Buildings, or in rooms, 
                spaces, or corridors thereof.
            (2) Accession or disposal.--All works of art, 
        historical objects, documents, or material related to 
        historical matters, or exhibits, acquired by the 
        Commission may, as determined by the Commission and 
        after consultation with the Curatorial Advisory Board, 
        be--
                    (A) retained for accession to the United 
                States Senate Collection or other use; or
                    (B) disposed of by sale or other 
                transaction.
            (3) Repeal.--Senate Resolution 95, 92d Congress, 
        agreed to April 1, 1971, and enacted into law by 
        section 901(a) of Public Law 100-696 (2 U.S.C. 2106) is 
        repealed.
    (b) Advisory Boards.--
            (1) Curatorial advisory board.--There is 
        established a Board which shall be chaired by the 
        Senate Curator. The Curatorial Advisory Board shall 
        provide advice and assistance to the Commission on the 
        acquisition, care, and disposition of items for or 
        within the United States Senate Collection, and on such 
        other matters as the Commission determines appropriate.
            (2) Additional advisory boards.--
                    (A) In general.--The Commission, or the 
                chairman and vice chairman acting jointly on 
                behalf of the Commission and after giving 
                notice to the Commission, may establish 1 or 
                more additional advisory boards.
                    (B) Term.--The term of existence for an 
                additional advisory board--
                            (i) shall be specified by the 
                        Commission but no longer than 4 years; 
                        and
                            (ii) shall be renewable.
                    (C) Purpose.--The purpose of an additional 
                advisory board shall be to provide advice and 
                assistance to the Commission and to further the 
                purposes of the Commission.
            (3) Appointments.--
                    (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph 
                (B), the Curatorial Advisory Board and other 
                advisory boards established by the Commission 
                under paragraph (2) shall be composed of 
                members appointed by the Commission, or the 
                chairman and vice chairman acting jointly on 
                behalf of the Commission and after giving 
                notice to the Commission.
                    (B) Applicable rules.--Members appointed 
                under subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) shall be appointed from public 
                        and private life and shall serve at the 
                        pleasure of the Commission; and
                            (ii) in the case of individuals 
                        appointed to the Curatorial Advisory 
                        Board, shall be experts or have 
                        significant experience in the field of 
                        arts, historic preservation, or other 
                        appropriate fields.
                Each member of the Commission may have 
                appointed to an advisory board created by the 
                Commission at least 1 individual requested by 
                that member.
            (4) Members.--A member of a board under this 
        subsection--
                    (A) may, at the discretion of the 
                Commission, be reimbursed for actual and 
                necessary expenses incurred in the performance 
                of the official duties of the board from any 
                funds available to the Commission in accordance 
                with applicable Senate regulations for such 
                expenses; and
                    (B) shall not, by virtue of such member's 
                service on the board, be deemed to be an 
                officer, employee, or agent of the Senate and 
                may not bind the Senate in any contract or 
                obligation.
            (5) Terms for additional advisory board members.--
        Members appointed to the other advisory boards created 
        under paragraph (2) shall serve for terms as stated in 
        their appointment, but no longer than a term of 4 
        years, except that any member may be reappointed upon 
        the expiration of their term.
            (6) Regulations.--The Commission, or the chairman 
        and vice chairman acting jointly on behalf of the 
        Commission and after giving notice to the Commission, 
        in consultation with the Committee on Rules and 
        Administration, may promulgate such regulations 
        governing advisory boards established under this 
        subsection as are necessary to carry out the purposes 
        of this subsection.
            (7) Assistance.--The Executive Secretary of the 
        Commission shall provide assistance to an advisory 
        board as authorized by the Commission.
    (c) Establishment of Senate Preservation Fund.--
            (1) Establishment.--There is established in the 
        Treasury a fund, to be known as the ``Senate 
        Preservation Fund'' (in this section referred to as the 
        ``fund''), which shall consist of amounts deposited and 
        credited under paragraph (3).
            (2) Payment of costs.--The fund shall be available 
        to the Commission for the payment of acquisition and 
        transaction costs incurred for acquisitions under 
        subsection (a), for official activities of any advisory 
        board established under subsection (b), and for any 
        purposes for which funds from the contingent fund of 
        the Senate may be used under section 316(a) of Public 
        Law 101-302 (2 U.S.C. 2107).
            (3) Deposits, credits, and disbursements.--
                    (A) Deposits.--The Commission shall deposit 
                in the fund amounts appropriated for use of the 
                fund, gifts of money, and proceeds of 
                transactions under subsection (a).
                    (B) Credits.--The Secretary of the Treasury 
                shall credit to the fund the interest on, and 
                the proceeds from sale or redemption of, 
                obligations held in the fund.
                    (C) Disbursements.--Disbursements from the 
                fund shall be made on vouchers approved by the 
                Commission and signed by the Executive 
                Secretary of the Commission.
            (4) Investments.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary of the 
                Treasury shall invest any portion of the fund 
                that, as determined by the Commission, is not 
                required to meet current withdrawals.
                    (B) Type of obligation.--Each investment 
                required by this paragraph shall be made in an 
                interest bearing obligation of the United 
                States or an obligation guaranteed as to the 
                principal and interest by the United States 
                that, as determined by the Commission, has a 
                maturity suitable for the fund.
                    (C) Commission approval.--In carrying out 
                this subsection, the Secretary of the Treasury 
                may make such purchases, sales, and redemption 
                of obligations as may be approved by the 
                Commission.
            (5) Services and support.--The Library of Congress 
        shall provide financial management and disbursing 
        services and support to the Commission as may be 
        required and mutually agreed to by the Librarian of 
        Congress and the Executive Secretary of the Commission.
            (6) Audits.--The Comptroller General of the United 
        States shall conduct annual audits of the Senate 
        Preservation Fund and shall report the results of each 
        audit to the Commission.
    (d) Administrative Changes.--
            (1) Senate commission on art.--Section 1 of Senate 
        Resolution 382, 90th Congress, agreed to October 1, 
        1968, and enacted into law by section 901(a) of Public 
        Law 100-696 (2 U.S.C. 2101) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b), by striking the 
                first sentence and inserting ``The Majority 
                Leader and Minority Leader of the Senate shall 
                be the chairman and vice chairman, 
                respectively, of the Commission.''; and
                    (B) by striking subsection (c) and 
                inserting the following:
    ``(c) The Secretary of the Senate shall appoint a Senate 
Curator approved by the Senate Commission on Art. The Senate 
Curator shall be an employee of the Secretary of the Senate 
assigned to assist the Commission. The Secretary of the Senate 
shall assign additional employees to assist the Commission, and 
provide such other assistance, as the Commission determines 
necessary.''.
            (2) Purchase of art.--The first sentence of section 
        316(a) of Public Law 101-302 (2 U.S.C. 2107(a)) is 
        amended by inserting after ``in which incurred,'' the 
        following: ``for the purchase of art and historical 
        objects for the United States Senate Collection, for 
        exhibits and public education relating to the United 
        States Senate Collection, for administrative and 
        transitional expenses of the Senate Commission on Art, 
        and''.
    Sec. 4. Orientation Seminars. The first sentence of section 
107(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1979 (Public Law 
96-38; 2 U.S.C. 69a) is amended by striking ``$10,000'' and 
inserting ``$25,000''.
    Sec. 5. Expense Allowances for Certain Officers of the 
Senate. (a) In General.--Section 119(a) of the joint resolution 
entitled ``Joint resolution making continuing appropriations 
for the fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes'', approved 
October 1, 1981 (2 U.S.C. 65c) is amended by striking 
``$3,000'' and inserting ``$6,000''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2004, and each fiscal 
year thereafter.
    Sec. 6. Consultants. With respect to fiscal year 2004, the 
first sentence of section 101(a) of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h-6(a)) shall be applied 
by substituting ``nine individual consultants'' for ``eight 
individual consultants''.
    Sec. 7. United States Senate Collection. Section 316 of 
Public Law 101-302 (2 U.S.C. 2107) is amended in the first 
sentence of subsection (a) by striking ``2003'' and inserting 
``2004''.
    Sec. 8. Data Communication Lines. Notwithstanding section 
1348 of title 31, United States Code, the Committee on Rules 
and Administration of the Senate may authorize the installation 
of data communication lines and other appropriate Internet 
connections (not including voice connections) in the private 
residence of a Senator and up to 2 staff members designated by 
a Senator and the majority and minority staff director of a 
committee for conducting the work of the Senate subject to 
guidelines issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
    Sec. 9. Provision of Services and Equipment on a 
Reimbursable Basis.
    (a) In General.--Subject to the approval of the Committee 
on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms 
and Doorkeeper of the Senate may provide services and equipment 
funded by appropriations available to the Senate to persons and 
entities not funded by such appropriations.
    (b) Reimbursement Required.--The provision of services and 
equipment under subsection (a) shall be on a reimbursable 
basis.
    (c) Crediting of Reimbursed Amounts.--In the case of 
services or equipment provided under subsection (a) that were 
procured using amounts available to the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate in the account for Contingent 
Expenses, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 
amounts received under subsection (b) as reimbursement for the 
provision of such services or equipment shall be credited to 
that account or, if applicable, to any subaccount of that 
account. Amounts credited to any such account or subaccount 
shall be merged with amounts in that account or subaccount and 
shall be available to the same extent, and subject to the same 
terms and conditions, as amounts in that account or subaccount.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal 
year 2004 and each succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 10. High Cost of Living Allowance. (a) In General.--
Under the authority of section 105(d)(2) of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61-1(d)(2)), a 
Senator from a noncontiguous State may pay a high cost of 
living allowance to any employee employed in an office of the 
Senator located in that State.
    (b) Limitation.--An allowance under this section may not 
exceed 25 percent of the basic pay of an employee, determined 
without regard to this section.
    (c) Basic Pay Treatment.--An allowance under this section 
shall be treated as part of the basic pay of an employee.
    (d) Payment.--
            (1) Aggregate gross compensation.--The amount of 
        any allowance under this section shall not be taken 
        into account for determining the amount of aggregate 
        gross compensation in the table under section 
        105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
        Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61-1(d)(1)(A)).
            (2) Appropriations.--Allowances under this section 
        shall be paid from appropriations under the heading 
        ``senators' official personnel and office expense 
        account''.
    (e) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect 
to fiscal year 2004 and each fiscal year thereafter.

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                         Salaries and Expenses

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

                        HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

    For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$18,142,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $2,630,000, 
including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office 
of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,965,000, including $10,000 for 
official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the 
Minority Floor Leader, $2,756,000, including $10,000 for 
official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 
$1,684,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief 
Deputy Minority Whip, $1,259,000, including $5,000 for official 
expenses of the Minority Whip; Speaker's Office for Legislative 
Floor Activities, $460,000; Republican Steering Committee, 
$862,000; Republican Conference, $1,448,000; Democratic 
Steering and Policy Committee, $1,542,000; Democratic Caucus, 
$768,000; nine minority employees, $1,380,000; training and 
program development--majority, $290,000; training and program 
development--minority, $290,000; Cloakroom Personnel--majority, 
$404,000; and Cloakroom Personnel--minority, $404,000.

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

    For Members' representational allowances, including 
Members' clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 
$514,454,000.

                          Committee Employees

                Standing Committees, Special and Select

    For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special 
and select, authorized by House resolutions, $107,188,000: 
Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such 
salaries and expenses until December 31, 2004.

                      Committee on Appropriations

    For salaries and expenses of the Committee on 
Appropriations, $24,926,000, including studies and examinations 
of executive agencies and temporary personal services for such 
committee, to be expended in accordance with section 202(b) of 
the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available 
for reimbursement to agencies for services performed: Provided, 
That such amount shall remain available for such salaries and 
expenses until December 31, 2004.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $156,896,000, including: for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than 
$13,000, of which not more than $10,000 is for the Family Room, 
for official representation and reception expenses, 
$19,452,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Sergeant at Arms, including the position of Superintendent of 
Garages, and including not more than $3,000 for official 
representation and reception expenses, $5,471,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, 
$111,141,000, of which $8,400,000 shall remain available until 
expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Inspector General, $3,847,000; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Operations, 
$5,200,000, to remain available until expended; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, $926,000; for 
the Office of the Chaplain, $153,000; for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the 
Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, 
$1,560,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law 
Revision Counsel of the House, $2,263,000; for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 
$6,233,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Interparliamentary Affairs, $500,000; and for other authorized 
employees, $150,000: Provided, That of the amounts provided 
under this heading to the Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, up to $2,500,000 may be transferred to the Office of 
the Architect of the Capitol, subject to the approval of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

                        Allowances and Expenses

    For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $192,858,000, including: supplies, 
materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$3,975,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 
and administrative offices of the House, $410,000; Government 
contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and 
other applicable employee benefits, $187,783,000; and 
miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, 
repair and operation of House motor vehicles, 
interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of 
deceased employees of the House, $690,000.

                           Child Care Center

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

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 101. (a) Requiring Amounts Remaining in Members' 
Representational Allowances To Be Used for Deficit Reduction or 
To Reduce the Federal Debt.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
``HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--Members' 
Representational Allowances'' shall be available only for 
fiscal year 2004. Any amount remaining after all payments are 
made under such allowances for fiscal year 2004 shall be 
deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, 
if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments 
have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner 
as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
    (b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of 
the House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe 
regulations to carry out this section.
    (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``Member 
of the House of Representatives'' means a Representative in, or 
a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
    Sec. 102. None of the funds in this Act may be used to 
provide supplemental dental or vision health insurance benefits 
for Members and employees of the House of Representatives.
    Sec. 103. Office of Interparliamentary Affairs.
    (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established in the 
House of Representatives an office to be known as the ``Office 
of Interparliamentary Affairs'' (hereafter in this section 
referred to as the ``Office'').
    (b) Duties.--The duties of the Office are as follows:
            (1) To receive and respond to inquiries from 
        foreign parliamentarians or foreign legislative bodies 
        regarding official visits to the House of 
        Representatives.
            (2) To coordinate official visits to the House of 
        Representatives by parliamentarians, officers, or 
        employees of foreign legislative bodies.
            (3) To coordinate with the Sergeant at Arms, the 
        Clerk, and other officers of the House of 
        Representatives in providing services for delegations 
        of Members on official visits to foreign nations.
            (4) To carry out other activities to--
                    (A) discharge and coordinate the activities 
                and responsibilities of the House of 
                Representatives in connection with 
                participation in various interparliamentary 
                exchanges and organizations;
                    (B) facilitate the interchange and 
                reception in the United States of members of 
                foreign legislative bodies and permanent 
                officials of foreign governments; and
                    (C) enable the House to host meetings with 
                senior government officials and other 
                dignitaries in order to discuss matters 
                relevant to United States relations with other 
                nations.
    (c) Director.--
            (1) Appointment.--The Office shall be headed by the 
        Director of Interparliamentary Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives (hereafter in this section referred to 
        as the ``Director''), who shall be appointed by the 
        Speaker without regard to political affiliation and 
        solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of 
        the position. Any person so appointed shall serve at 
        the pleasure of the Speaker.
            (2) Compensation.--The Director shall be paid at an 
        annual rate determined by the Speaker.
    (d) Other Staff.--
            (1) In general.--With the approval of the Speaker, 
        or in accordance with policies and procedures approved 
        by the Speaker, the Director may appoint and set the 
        pay of such other employees as may be necessary to 
        carry out the functions of the Office. Any such 
        appointment shall be made without regard to political 
        affiliation and solely on the basis of fitness to 
        perform the duties of the position. Any person so 
        appointed may be removed by the Director with the 
        approval of the Speaker, or in accordance with policies 
        and procedures approved by the Speaker.
            (2) Compensation.--Any employee of the Office 
        appointed under this subsection shall be paid at an 
        annual rate determined by the Director with the 
        approval of the Speaker or in accordance with policies 
        approved by the Speaker.
    (e) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (b) of the first 
section of House Resolution 1047, Ninety-Fifth Congress, agreed 
to April 4, 1978, as enacted into permanent law by section 111 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 
130-1), is amended by striking ``$80,000'' and inserting 
``$40,000''.
    (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
to be appropriated for fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding 
fiscal year such sums as may be necessary to carry out this 
section.
    (g) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect upon 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 104. (a) Section 8401(20) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking the semicolon at the end and 
inserting the following: ``, and who (in the case of an 
individual who is a Member of the House of Representatives, 
including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) 
serves as a Member prior to the date of the enactment of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004;''.
    (b)(1) During the 60-day period which begins on the date of 
the enactment of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2004, any individual who, as of such date, is serving as a 
Member of the House of Representatives and on such date is not 
subject to chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, may elect 
to become subject to such chapter.
    (2) Any election under this paragraph shall be carried out 
in accordance with such procedures as the Office of Personnel 
Management may provide.
    (3) In this subsection, the term ``Member of the House of 
Representatives'' includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 
to the Congress.
    Sec. 105. (a) Section 311(d) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e(d)) is amended in the 
matter preceding paragraph (1)--
            (1) by striking ``in the House, or official 
        expenses''; and
            (2) by striking ``in the Senate''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2004 and each succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 106. (a)(1) Effective October 1, 2003--
            (A) 3 of the positions in the Corrections Calendar 
        Office, and the functions associated with such 
        positions, shall be transferred to the Office of the 
        Speaker; and
            (B) 2 of the positions in the Corrections Calendar 
        Office, and the functions associated with such 
        positions, shall be transferred to the Office of the 
        Minority Leader.
    (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case 
of any individual who is an incumbent of a position transferred 
under paragraph (1) at the time of the transfer, the total 
number of days of annual leave and the total number of days of 
sick leave which were provided by the Corrections Calendar 
Office to the individual and which remain unused as of the date 
of the transfer shall remain available for the individual to 
use after the transfer.
    (b) Effective with respect to fiscal year 2004 and each 
succeeding fiscal year, the lump sum allowance for salaries and 
expenses of the Corrections Calendar Office provided under 
House Resolution 130, One Hundred Fifth Congress, agreed to 
April 24, 1997, as enacted into permanent law by section 101 of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 (2 U.S.C. 74d-1 
et seq.), is transferred as follows:
            (1) 63.5 percent of such allowance shall be 
        transferred to the Office of the Speaker.
            (2) 36.5 percent of such allowance shall be 
        transferred to the Office of the Minority Leader.

                              JOINT ITEMS

    For Joint Committees, as follows:

     Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2005

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

                        Joint Economic Committee

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

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

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

                   Office of the Attending Physician

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

           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

    For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and 
Special Services Office, $3,511,000, to be disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount 
may be used to employ more than 58 individuals: Provided 
further, That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, during 
emergencies, to employ not more than two additional individuals 
for not more than 120 days each, and not more than 10 
additional individuals for not more than 6 months each, for the 
Capitol Guide Service.

                      Statements of Appropriations

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

                             CAPITOL POLICE

                                Salaries

    For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including 
overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Government 
contributions for health, retirement, social security, and 
other applicable employee benefits, $197,600,000, to be 
disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee.

                            General Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 
motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, security 
equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, 
materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 
stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 
employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 
communication services, travel advances, relocation of 
instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be 
expended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol 
Police in connection with official representation and reception 
expenses, $23,500,000, of which $1,745,000 shall remain 
available until expended, to be disbursed by the Chief of the 
Capitol Police or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the cost of basic training for the 
Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 
for fiscal year 2004 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security from funds available to the Department of Homeland 
Security.

                       Administrative Provisions

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    Sec. 1001. Transfer Authority. Amounts appropriated for 
fiscal year 2004 for the Capitol Police may be transferred 
between the headings ``salaries'' and ``general expenses'' upon 
the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives.
    Sec. 1002. Legal Representation Authority. (a) In 
General.--
            (1) Authorization of representation.--Any counsel 
        described under paragraph (2) may for the purposes of 
        providing legal assistance and representation to the 
        United States Capitol Police Board or the United States 
        Capitol Police enter an appearance in any proceeding 
        before any court of the United States or of any State 
        or political subdivision thereof, without compliance 
        with any requirement for admission to practice before 
        such court.
            (2) Counsel.--Paragraph (1) refers to--
                    (A) the General Counsel for the United 
                States Capitol Police Board and the Chief of 
                the Capitol Police;
                    (B) the Employment Counsel for the United 
                States Capitol Police Board and the United 
                States Capitol Police;
                    (C) any attorney employed in the Office of 
                the General Counsel for the United States 
                Capitol Police or the Office of Employment 
                Counsel for the United States Capitol Police;
                    (D) the counsel for, or any attorney 
                employed by, any successor office of either 
                office described under subparagraph (C); and
                    (E) any attorney retained by contract with 
                either office described under subparagraph (C).
    (b) Limitations.--
            (1) Direction for appearance.--Entrance of 
        appearance authorized under subsection (a) shall be 
        subject to the direction of the Capitol Police Board.
            (2) United states supreme court.--The authority 
        under subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to 
        the admission of any person to practice before the 
        United States Supreme Court.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal 
year 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 1003. Extended Capitol Police Jurisdiction Zone for 
the Truck Interdiction Program. (a) In General.--Section 9B of 
the Act entitled ``An Act to define the area of the United 
States Capitol Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for 
other purposes'', approved July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 1967) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' 
                after the semicolon;
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``in 
                subsection (b) of this section.'' and inserting 
                ``under subsection (b)(1); and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) within the area described under subsection 
        (b)(2)--
                    ``(A) with respect to any crime of violence 
                committed in the presence of the member, if the 
                member is in the performance of official 
                duties, as defined under such regulations, when 
                the crime is committed; and
                    ``(B) to prevent imminent loss of life or 
                injury to person or property, if the officer is 
                in the performance of official duties, as 
                defined under such regulations, when the 
                authority is exercised.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(b)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) The area referred to under subsection (a)(5) 
        is that area bounded by the north curb of Constitution 
        Avenue from 14th Street, N.W., to 3rd Street, N.W., the 
        east curb of 3rd Street from Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
        to Independence Avenue, S.W., the south curb of 
        Independence Avenue from 3rd Street, S.W., to 14th 
        Street, S.W., and the west curb of 14th Street from 
        Independence Avenue, S.W., to Constitution Avenue, 
        N.W.''.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in the amendments made 
by this section may be construed to limit the authority of the 
Capitol Police as in effect before the effective date of this 
section.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the 
date on which the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 
Senate and the Committee on House Administration of the House 
of Representatives approve regulations prescribed by the 
Capitol Police Board for the sole implementation, execution and 
maintenance of the truck interdiction program.
    Sec. 1004. Retirement Treatment for Capitol Police 
Hazardous Materials Response Team Members. (a) Retirement 
Treatment.--
            (1) In general.--For purposes of chapters 83 and 84 
        of title 5, United States Code, a hazardous materials 
        response team member of the Capitol Police shall be 
        treated as a member of the Capitol Police.
            (2) Application.--This subsection shall apply to 
        periods of service performed as a hazardous materials 
        response team member of the Capitol Police on and after 
        December 1, 2002.
    (b) Treatment of Incumbents.--
            (1) Definitions.--In this subsection, the term--
                    (A) ``incumbent'' means an individual who--
                            (i) is first appointed as a 
                        hazardous materials response team 
                        member of the Capitol Police before the 
                        effective date of this section; and
                            (ii) is employed as a hazardous 
                        materials response team member of the 
                        Capitol Police on that date; and
                    (B) ``prior service'' means any period of 
                service performed by an incumbent as a 
                hazardous materials response team member of the 
                Capitol Police before the effective date of 
                this section.
            (2) Individual contributions.--
                    (A) In general.--An incumbent shall pay 
                with respect to prior service an amount into 
                the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
                Fund equal to--
                            (i) the difference between the 
                        individual contributions that were 
                        actually made for such prior service 
                        and the individual contributions that 
                        would have been made for such service 
                        if subsection (a) had then been in 
                        effect; and
                            (ii) interest computed on the 
                        amount under clause (i) based on 
                        section 8334(e) of title 5, United 
                        States Code.
                    (B) Effect of not contributing.--If no part 
                of or less than the full amount required under 
                subparagraph (A) is paid, all prior service of 
                the incumbent shall remain fully creditable as 
                treated under subsection (a), but the resulting 
                annuity shall be reduced in a manner similar to 
                that described under section 8334(d)(2) of 
                title 5, United States Code, to the extent 
                necessary to make up the amount unpaid.
            (3) Government contributions for prior service.--
        The Capitol Police shall pay with respect to prior 
        service of each incumbent an amount into the Civil 
        Service Retirement and Disability Fund equal to--
                    (A) the difference between the Government 
                contributions that were actually made for such 
                prior service and the Government contributions 
                that would have been made for such service if 
                subsection (a) had then been in effect; and
                    (B) interest computed on the amount under 
                subparagraph (A) based on section 8334(e) of 
                title 5, United States Code.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the 
first day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or 
after the date of enactment of this Act.
    Sec. 1005. Technical. (a) In General.--Section 1005 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 108-7; 
117 Stat. 358) is repealed.
    (b) Effective Date.--The repeal made by this section shall 
be effective as of February 20, 2003.
    Sec. 1006. Training, Detailing, and Hiring Authority 
Pending Transfer of Library of Congress Police Employees. (a) 
Training and Detailing.--
            (1) In general.--To provide for a more effective 
        and efficient transfer under section 1015 of the 
        Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 
        1901 note)--
                    (A) the Chief of the Capitol Police shall 
                provide for training, on a reimbursable basis, 
                of Library of Congress Police employees who on 
                the date of enactment of this Act, are 42 years 
                of age or less and have 5 years or less of 
                service as a Library of Congress Police 
                employee, which shall be supplemental to 
                Library of Congress Police training;
                    (B) the Librarian of Congress may detail, 
                with or without reimbursement, Library of 
                Congress Police employees to the Capitol 
                Police; and
                    (C) the Chief of the Capitol Police may 
                detail, on a reimbursable basis, members of the 
                Capitol Police to the Library of Congress 
                Police.
            (2) Beginning of training.--Training under 
        paragraph (1) shall begin within 90 days of the date of 
        enactment of this Act.
            (b) Hiring.--
            (1) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms 
        ``Act of August 4, 1950'' and ``Library of Congress 
        Police employee'' have the meanings given such terms 
        under section 1015(c) of the Legislative Branch 
        Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1901 note).
            (2) Limitation on new library of congress police 
        employees.--Notwithstanding the first section of the 
        Act of August 4, 1950 or any other provision of law, 
        the Librarian of Congress may not--
                    (A) hire any individual as a Library of 
                Congress Police employee; or
                    (B) transfer any employee of the Library of 
                Congress to a Library of Congress Police 
                employee position.
            (3) Hiring of individuals.--
                    (A) In general.--The Librarian of Congress 
                may select individuals to be submitted to the 
                Chief of the Capitol Police for purposes of 
                subparagraph (B).
                    (B) Hiring.--If an individual submitted 
                under subparagraph (A) meets all qualifications 
                to be a member of the Capitol Police, the Chief 
                of the Capitol Police shall hire that 
                individual as a member of the Capitol Police.
                    (C) Limitation.--During fiscal year 2004, 
                the number of individuals hired under this 
                subsection may not exceed the total of--
                            (i) 23 individuals; and
                            (ii) the number of Library of 
                        Congress Police employees who separate 
                        from service or transfer to a position 
                        other than a Library of Congress Police 
                        employee position.
            (4) Training and detailing.--An individual hired 
        under this subsection shall receive necessary training, 
        including training by the Library of Congress Police, 
        and be detailed to the Library of Congress Police.
            (5) Assignments and reassignments.--Nothing under 
        this subsection may be construed to affect the 
        authority of the Chief of the Capitol Police, after the 
        date of the transfer of Library of Congress Police 
        employees under section 1015 of the Legislative 
        Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1901 note), to 
        assign or reassign any member of the Capitol Police 
        hired under this subsection.
            (6) Effective date.--This subsection shall take 
        effect on the date of enactment of this Act and apply 
        with respect to--
                    (A) any remaining portion of fiscal year 
                2003, if this Act is enacted before October 1, 
                2003; and
                    (B) fiscal year 2004 and each fiscal year, 
                thereafter.

                          OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

                         Salaries and Expenses

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

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

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

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         General Administration

    For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 
personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys 
and studies in connection with activities under the care of the 
Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the 
general and administrative support of the operations under the 
Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic Garden; 
electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and House office 
buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the 
Architect of the Capitol; including furnishings and office 
equipment; including not more than $5,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, to be expended as the 
Architect of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or exchange, 
maintenance, and operation of a passenger motor vehicle, 
$77,053,000, of which $4,200,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2008.

                            Capitol Building

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the Capitol, $28,188,000, of which $13,002,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2008.

                            Capitol Grounds

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

                        Senate Office Buildings

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

                         House Office Buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the House office buildings, $62,816,000, of which 
$27,750,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2008.

                          Capitol Power Plant

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power 
(including the purchase of electrical energy) and water and 
sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House office 
buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds about 
the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and air conditioning 
refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of such 
buildings; heating the Government Printing Office and 
Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for 
air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the Union 
Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary 
Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which 
shall be advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect 
of the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into 
the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, $81,543,000, 
of which $36,652,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2008: Provided, That not more than $4,400,000 of the funds 
credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 
provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 
2004.

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

    For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
buildings and grounds, $39,159,000, of which $21,286,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2008.

                  Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds

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

                             Botanic Garden

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, 
grounds, and collections; and purchase and exchange, 
maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor 
vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the 
Library, $6,189,000, of which $152,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2008: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall not be available for construction of the National Garden.

                         Capitol Visitor Center

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

    For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Center 
project, $35,800,000, to remain available until expended, and 
in addition, $1,039,000 for Capitol Visitor Center operation 
costs of which $750,000 shall remain available until expended: 
Provided, That in addition to such amounts, there is 
transferred to the account under this heading $12,000,000 of 
the amounts made available for the United States Capitol Police 
headquarters under the heading ``ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL'', 
``Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds'' in chapter 8 of title 
I of the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
2003 (Public Law 108-11; 117 Stat. 586), to remain available 
until expended: Provided further, That the Architect of the 
Capitol may not obligate any of the funds which are made 
available for the Capitol Visitor Center without an obligation 
plan approved by the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and House of Representatives: Provided further, That the total 
amount of Federal funds which may be obligated or expended on, 
before, or after the date of the enactment of this Act for the 
construction of a tunnel connecting the Capitol Visitor Center 
with the Library of Congress may not exceed $10,000,000.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 1101. (a) Section 133(a) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2002 (Public Law 107-68; 115 Stat. 581), is 
amended--
            (1) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) the 
        following new subparagraph:
            ``(E) An individual who is covered by a collective 
        bargaining agreement entered into by the Architect of 
        the Capitol establishing terms and conditions of 
        employment which include eligibility for life 
        insurance, health insurance, retirement, and other 
        benefits.''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new 
        paragraph:
    ``(4) The Architect of the Capitol shall make employer 
contributions for benefits for employees of the Architect 
(including temporary employees) directly to any third party 
designated to receive such contributions on behalf of the 
employees under a collective bargaining agreement, 
participation agreement, or any other arrangement entered into 
by the Architect which provides for such contributions.''.
    (b) Any individual who exercised an option offered by the 
Architect of the Capitol under section 133(a)(2) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002, prior to the date 
of the enactment of this Act may revoke the option during the 
90-day period which begins on the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
    (c) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect 
as if included in the enactment of section 133(a) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002.
    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon 
enactment of this Act the Architect of the Capitol shall take 
all steps which may be required to carry out section 133(a) of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002.
    Sec. 1102. Leasing of Space. (a) In General.--Funds 
appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol shall be 
available--
            (1) for the leasing of space in areas within the 
        District of Columbia and its environs beyond the 
        boundaries of the United States Capitol Grounds to meet 
        space requirements of the United States Senate, United 
        States House of Representatives, United States Capitol 
        Police, and the Architect of the Capitol under such 
        terms and conditions as the Committee or Commission 
        referred to under subsection (b) may authorize; and
            (2) to incur any necessary expense in connection 
        with any leasing of space under paragraph (1).
    (b) Conditions to Lease Space.--The Architect of the 
Capitol may lease space under subsection (a) upon submission of 
written notice of intent to lease such space to, and approved 
by--
            (1) the Committee on Rules and Administration of 
        the Senate for space to be leased for the Senate;
            (2) the House Office Building Commission for space 
        to be leased for the House of Representatives; and
            (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
        and House of Representatives.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect 
to fiscal year 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 1103. (a) In General.--There are transferred into the 
account under the subheading ``General Administration'' under 
the heading ``ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL'' $63,000,000, of 
which--
            (1) $44,000,000 shall be transferred from 
        unobligated funds transferred to ``Architect of the 
        Capitol'', ``Capitol Buildings and Grounds'', ``Capitol 
        Buildings'' (under the subheading ``legislative branch 
        emergency response fund (including transfer of funds)'' 
        under the heading ``JOINT ITEMS'' under the heading 
        ``LEGISLATIVE BRANCH'' under chapter 9 of division B of 
        the Department of Defense and Emergency Supplemental 
        Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to 
        Terrorist Attacks on the United States Act, 2002 
        (Public Law 107-117)) from amounts made available in 
        Public Law 107-38;
            (2) $10,000,000 shall be transferred from 
        unobligated funds transferred to ``Capitol Police 
        Board'', ``Capitol Police'', ``General Expenses'' under 
        that subheading (relating to the Legislative Branch 
        Emergency Response Fund) from amounts made available in 
        Public Law 107-38; and
            (3) $9,000,000 shall be transferred from 
        unobligated funds appropriated under the subheading 
        ``Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds'' under the 
        heading ``ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL'' under chapter 8 of 
        title I of the Emergency Wartime Supplemental 
        Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 108-11).
    (b) Funds under subsection (a) shall be obligated upon 
notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
and Senate.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on 
September 30, 2004.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 
otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance 
of the Library's catalogs; custody and custodial care of the 
Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and 
repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the 
custody of the Library; operation and maintenance of the 
American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation and 
distribution of catalog records and other publications of the 
Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; and 
expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not 
properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the 
Board, $370,897,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall be 
derived from collections credited to this appropriation during 
fiscal year 2004, and shall remain available until expended, 
under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 
U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from 
collections during fiscal year 2004 and shall remain available 
until expended for the development and maintenance of an 
international legal information database and activities related 
thereto: Provided, That the Library of Congress may not 
obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under the 
Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for 
obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided 
further, That the total amount available for obligation shall 
be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than the 
$6,850,000: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $11,546,000 shall remain available until expended 
for acquisition of books, periodicals, newspapers, and all 
other materials including subscriptions for bibliographic 
services for the Library, including $40,000 to be available 
solely for the purchase, when specifically approved by the 
Librarian, of special and unique materials for additions to the 
collections: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be expended, on the 
certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses for the Overseas 
Field Offices: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $905,000 shall remain available until expended 
for the acquisition and partial support for implementation of 
an Integrated Library System (ILS): Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated, $8,750,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the purpose of teaching educators 
and librarians how to incorporate the Library's digital 
collections into school curricula and shall be transferred to 
the educational consortium formed to conduct the ``Adventure of 
the American Mind'' project as approved by the Library: 
Provided further, That of the amount appropriated, $250,000 
shall remain available until expended, and shall be transferred 
to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for carrying out 
the purposes of Public Law 106-173, of which amount $10,000 may 
be used for official representation and reception expenses of 
the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Provided further, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $1,380,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2008 for the acquisition and 
partial support for implementation of a Central Financial 
Management System: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $11,060,000 shall remain available until expended 
for partial support of the National Audio-Visual Conservation 
Center: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $2,762,000 shall remain available until expended 
for the development and maintenance of the Alternate Computer 
Facility: Provided further, That, of the total amount 
appropriated, $500,000 shall remain available until expended 
and shall be transferred to the Knox College Abraham Lincoln 
Studies Center for exhibits relating to the Lincoln-Douglas 
Debates and the Underground Railroad and for other educational 
activities of the Center: Provided further, That, of the total 
amount appropriated, $500,000 shall remain available until 
expended and shall be transferred to the Louisiana Department 
of Culture, Recreation and Tourism for activities relating to 
the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Celebration.

                            Copyright Office

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

                     Congressional Research Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

                       Administrative Provisions

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

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                   Congressional Printing and Binding

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

                 Office of Superintendent of Documents

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

               Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

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

                       Administrative Provisions

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

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

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

``Sec. 318. Transfer of surplus property; acceptance of voluntary 
                    services

    ``(a) The Public Printer may--
            ``(1) transfer or donate surplus Government 
        publications and condemned Government Printing Office 
        machinery, material, equipment, and supplies to--
                    ``(A) other Federal entities;
                    ``(B) any organization described under 
                section 501(c)(3) or (4) of the Internal 
                Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation 
                under 501(a) of such Code; or
                    ``(C) State or local governments; and
            ``(2) accept voluntary and uncompensated services, 
        notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31.
    ``(b) Individuals providing voluntary and uncompensated 
services under subsection (a)(2) shall not be considered 
Federal employees, except for purposes of chapter 81 of title 5 
(relating to compensation for work injuries) and chapter 171 of 
title 28 (relating to tort claims).''.
    (b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of 
sections for chapter 3 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 317 the 
following:

``318. Transfer of surplus property; acceptance of voluntary 
          services.''.

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, 
including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the 
certification of the Comptroller General of the United States 
in connection with official representation and reception 
expenses; temporary or intermittent services under section 
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual 
rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under 
section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor 
vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance 
with section 3324 of title 31, United States Code; benefits 
comparable to those payable under section 901(5), (6), and (8) 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and 
(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller 
General of the United States, rental of living quarters in 
foreign countries, $460,322,000: Provided, That not more than 
$4,806,200 of payments received under section 782 of title 31, 
United States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 
2004: Provided further, That not more than $1,200,000 of 
reimbursements received under section 9105 of title 31, United 
States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 2004: 
Provided further, That this appropriation and appropriations 
for administrative expenses of any other department or agency 
which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum 
or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available 
to finance an appropriate share of either Forum's costs as 
determined by the respective Forum, including necessary travel 
expenses of non-Federal participants: Provided further, That 
payments hereunder to the Forum may be credited as 
reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs involved 
are initially financed: Provided further, That this 
appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of 
any other department or agency which is a member of the 
American Consortium on International Public Administration 
(ACIPA) shall be available to finance an appropriate share of 
ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including any expenses 
attributable to membership of ACIPA in the International 
Institute of Administrative Sciences.

                        Administrative Provision

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

         PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND

    For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust 
Fund for financing activities of the Open World Leadership 
Center, $13,500,000.

                      TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 201. Maintenance and Care of Private Vehicles. No part 
of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the 
maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for emergency 
assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations 
relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives 
issued by the Committee on House Administration and for the 
Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
    Sec. 202. Fiscal Year Limitation. No part of the funds 
appropriated in this Act shall remain available for obligation 
beyond fiscal year 2004 unless expressly so provided in this 
Act.
    Sec. 203. Rates of Compensation and Designation. Whenever 
in this Act any office or position not specifically established 
by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is 
appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designation of 
any office or position appropriated for is different from that 
specifically established by such Act, the rate of compensation 
and the designation in this Act shall be the permanent law with 
respect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act for 
the various items of official expenses of Members, officers, 
and committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and 
clerk hire for Senators and Members of the House of 
Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect 
thereto.
    Sec. 204. Consulting Services. The expenditure of any 
appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through 
procurement contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such 
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for 
public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued under 
existing law.
    Sec. 205. Awards and Settlements. Such sums as may be 
necessary are appropriated to the account described in 
subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congressional 
Accountability Act (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay awards and 
settlements as authorized under such subsection.
    Sec. 206. Costs of LBFMC. Amounts available for 
administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity which 
participates in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers 
Council (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 
be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs as 
determined by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to 
be shared among all participating legislative branch entities 
(in such allocations among the entities as the entities may 
determine) may not exceed $2,000.
    Sec. 207. The Architect of the Capitol, in consultation 
with the District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain and 
improve the landscape features, excluding streets and 
sidewalks, in the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by 
Washington Avenue, SW on the northeast, Second Street SW on the 
west, Square 582 on the south, and the beginning of the I-395 
tunnel on the southeast.
    Sec. 208. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer 
made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any 
other appropriation Act.
    Sec. 209. Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board. 
During fiscal year 2004 and any succeeding fiscal year, any 
entity in the legislative branch which is a member of the 
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board may use funds made 
available to the entity for the fiscal year to finance an 
appropriate share of the costs of the Board for the year.

           TITLE III--FISCAL YEAR 2003 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL

                               CHAPTER 1

                             THE JUDICIARY

    Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    For an additional amount for ``Salaries and Expenses'', 
$12,187,000, to remain available until expended, for costs 
associated with judgeships authorized by section 312 of Public 
Law 107-273.

                           DEFENDER SERVICES

    For an additional amount for ``Defender Services'', 
$17,228,000, to remain available until expended.

                    FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

    For an additional amount for ``Fees of Jurors and 
Commissioners'', $2,778,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                               CHAPTER 2

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                         Department of the Army

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

                 FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES

    For an additional amount for ``Flood Control and Coastal 
Emergencies'', for emergency expenses due to flood control, 
hurricane, and shore protection activities, as authorized by 
section 5 of the Flood Control Act of August 16, 1941, as 
amended (33 U.S.C. 701n), $60,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.

                               CHAPTER 3

                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

                  EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

                            Disaster Relief

    For an additional amount for ``Disaster Relief'' for 
necessary expenses in carrying out the functions of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $441,700,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                               CHAPTER 4

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management

                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For an additional amount to repay advances from other 
appropriations transferred for wildfire suppression and 
emergency rehabilitation activities of the Department of the 
Interior, $36,000,000, to remain available until expended.

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                          RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

    For an additional amount for ``Resource Management'' for 
Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, $5,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $4,500,000 is for oil spill 
cleanup activities, and of which $500,000 is for airfield 
operations.

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

    For an additional amount to repay advances from other 
appropriations from which funds were transferred for wildfire 
suppression, and for mitigation and emergency rehabilitation 
activities of the Forest Service, $283,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That of the funds provided, 
$10,000,000 is for hazardous fuels reduction and hazard 
mitigation in southern California and $20,000,000 is for State 
and volunteer fire assistance in southern California: Provided 
further, That $20,000,000 of funds made available in the 
previous proviso shall be transferred to the ``State and 
Private Forestry'' account to fund hazard mitigation, fuels 
reduction and forest health protection and mitigation 
activities on State and private lands in southern California.

                               CHAPTER 5

             NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

                           Human Space Flight

    For an additional amount for ``Human Space Flight'' to 
cover necessary expenses for responding to the Space Shuttle 
Columbia accident, $50,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                               CHAPTER 6

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 3601. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 3602. The Secretary of Agriculture shall use 
$9,700,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, to 
remain available until expended, to provide assistance under 
the tree assistance program, subtitle C of title X of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8201 et 
seq.), to compensate eligible orchardists (as defined in 
section 10201 of such Act) for tree losses incurred since 
January 1, 2000, due to fire blight in the State of Michigan.
    Sec. 3603. The Secretary of Agriculture shall use 
$20,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, 
to remain available until expended, for the suppression and 
control of the Mormon cricket infestation on public and private 
land in Nevada, Utah, and Idaho, that amount to be expended in 
equal amounts among the 3 States.
    Sec. 3604. The statement of the managers of the committee 
of conference accompanying H.R. 4577 (Public Law 106-554; House 
Report 106-1033), in chapter 13 of division A of the 
explanatory language on H.R. 5666 (Miscellaneous Appropriations 
Act, 2001), in the matter under the heading ``Community 
Development Fund'', is deemed to be amended with respect to the 
amount made available to the City of Paso Robles, California by 
striking ``for the Oak Parks Housing Project for modernization 
and rehabilitation projects'' and inserting ``for construction 
of a senior citizen project''.
    Sec. 3605. The referenced statement of the managers under 
the heading ``Community development fund'' in title II of 
Division K of the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 
(Public Law 108-7; House Report 108-10) is deemed to be amended 
with respect to item number 526 by striking ``for an economic 
development study for the revitalization of Westchester'' and 
inserting ``for the reconstruction of renaissance plaza at 
Maine and Mamaroneck in downtown White Plains''.
    Sec. 3606. Notwithstanding the first paragraph of the item 
in title II of Division K of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Resolution, 2003 (Public Law 108-7) relating to ``Federal 
Housing Administration, General and special risk program 
account'', during fiscal year 2003, commitments to guarantee 
loans to carry out the purposes of sections 238 and 519 of the 
National Housing Act shall not exceed a loan principal of 
$25,000,000,000.
    Sec. 3607. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds awarded under a grant to the San Diego Workforce 
Partnership on June 30, 2001, pursuant to section 173 of the 
Workforce Investment Act (29 U.S.C. 2918), may be used to 
provide services to spouses of members of the Armed Forces.
    Sec. 3608. The matter under the heading ``Department of 
Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, Health Resources and Services'' in division G 
of Public Law 108-7, as amended by chapter 5 of title II of 
Public Law 108-11, is further amended--
            (1) by striking ``$296,638,000'' and inserting 
        ``$296,238,000'' preceding the first proviso; and
            (2) by inserting after ``$1,000,000 is available 
        for the Geisinger Health System, Harrisburg, PA, to 
        establish centers of excellence for the treatment of 
        autism'' the following: ``, $400,000 is available for 
        the Muskegon Community Health Project, Muskegon, 
        Michigan for the Access Health insurance program,''.
    Sec. 3609. The matter under the heading ``Department of 
Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, Health Resources and Services'', in Division G 
of Public Law 108-7, as amended by chapter 5 of title II of 
Public Law 108-11, is further amended--
            (1) by striking ``Venago County Area Vo-tech, Oil 
        City, PA'' and inserting ``Victim Resource Center, 
        Inc., of Pennsylvania'' in lieu thereof;
            (2) by striking ``$115,900,000 is available'' and 
        inserting ``$116,650,000 is available''; and
            (3) by inserting after ``health services to at-risk 
        children in day care'' the following: ``, $350,000 is 
        available for the Phoenix Children's Health Project in 
        Arizona to address the health needs of extremely 
        vulnerable homeless and runaway youth in underserved 
        rural and urban areas, $200,000 is available for the 
        Pittsburgh Mercy Health System, Pittsburgh, PA, for 
        health outreach and education, $200,000 is available 
        for the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental 
        Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, for its minority outreach 
        oral health initiative,''.
    Sec. 3610. (a) The matter under the heading ``Department of 
Education, Special Education'', in Public Law 108-7 is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``$10,095,639,000'' and inserting 
        ``$10,095,139,000''; and
            (2) by striking ``$7,715,000'' and inserting 
        ``$7,215,000''.
    (b) In the statement of the managers of the committee of 
conference accompanying H.J. Res. 2 (Public Law 108-7; House 
Report 108-10), in the matter in title III of Division G, 
relating to research and innovation under the heading ``Special 
Education'', the provision specifying $500,000 for the Ohio 
Alliance of Community Center for the Deaf, Worthington, Ohio, 
for Ohio Deaf Assistive Services Model project shall be 
deleted.
    Sec. 3611. (a) The matter under the heading ``Department of 
Education, Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research'', 
in Public Law 108-7 is amended--
            (1) by striking ``$2,956,382,000'' and inserting 
        ``$2,956,882,000''; and
            (2) by striking ``$3,540,000'' and inserting 
        ``$4,040,000''.
    (b) In the statement of the managers of the committee of 
conference accompanying H.J. Res. 2 (Public Law 108-7; House 
Report 108-10), in the matter in title III of Division G, 
relating to vocational rehabilitation demonstration and 
training under the heading ``Rehabilitation Services and 
Disability Research'', a provision shall be added that reads: 
``Ohio Alliance of Community Center for the Deaf, Worthington, 
Ohio, for Ohio Deaf Assistive Services Model project, 
$500,000''.
    Sec. 3612. In the statement of the managers of the 
committee of conference accompanying H.J. Res. 2 (Public Law 
108-7; House Report 108-10), in the matter in title III of 
Division G, relating to the Fund for the Improvement of 
Postsecondary Education under the heading ``Higher Education'', 
the provision specifying $1,000,000 for the Southern Illinois 
University, Carbondale, IL, for the Paul Simon Public Policy 
Institute shall be deemed to read: ``Southern Illinois 
University, Carbondale, IL, for the Paul Simon Public Policy 
Institute, including an endowment, $1,000,000''.
    Sec. 3613. In the statement of the managers of the 
committee of conference accompanying H.J. Res. 2 (Public Law 
108-7; House Report 108-10), in the matter in title III of 
Division G, relating to the Fund for the Improvement of 
Postsecondary Education under the heading ``Higher Education'', 
the provision specifying $275,000 for the Spoon River College, 
Canton, IL, for equipment for community technology centers in 
Canton and Macomb, Illinois shall be deemed to read: ``Spoon 
River College, Canton, IL, for community technology centers in 
Canton and Macomb, Illinois, $275,000''.
    Sec. 3614. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
during the period from September 1 through September 30, 2003, 
the Secretary of Education shall transfer to the Education for 
the Disadvantaged account an amount not to exceed $4,353,368 
from amounts that would otherwise lapse at the end of fiscal 
year 2003 and that were originally made available under the 
Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2003 or any 
Department of Education Appropriations Act for a previous 
fiscal year: Provided, That the funds transferred to the 
Education for the Disadvantaged account shall be obligated by 
September 30, 2003: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress of any such transfer: Provided further, That any 
amounts transferred to the Education for the Disadvantaged 
account pursuant to this paragraph shall be for carrying out 
subpart 2 of part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965, and shall be allocated, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, only to those States that received 
funds under that subpart for fiscal year 2003 that were less 
than those States received under that subpart for fiscal year 
2002: Provided further, That the Secretary of Education shall 
use these additional funds to increase those States' 
allocations under that subpart up to the amount they received 
under that subpart for fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That 
each such State shall use the funds appropriated under this 
paragraph to ratably increase the amount of funds for each 
eligible local educational agency in the State that received 
less under that subpart in fiscal year 2003 than it received 
under that subpart in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall not take into account the funds made 
available under this paragraph in determining State allocations 
under any other program administered by the Secretary in any 
fiscal year.
    Sec. 3615. Funds made available under the heading, 
``Special Benefits for Disabled Coal Miners'' in Division G of 
Public Law 108-7, shall be subject to the provisions of Public 
Law 107-275, notwithstanding section 514 of such Division G.
    Sec. 3616. The amounts provided or made available by this 
title are designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 502 of H. Con. Res. 95 (108th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2004.
    Sec. 3617. This title shall be effective immediately upon 
the enactment of this Act.
    This title may be cited as the ``Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2003''.

                          TITLE IV--REFERENCES

    Sec. 4001. Except as expressly provided otherwise, any 
reference to ``this Act'' contained in titles I and II of this 
Act shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of 
such titles, and any reference to ``this Act'' contained in 
title III of this Act shall be treated as referring only to the 
provisions of such title.
      And the Senate agree to the same.
      Amendment numbered 2:
      That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
amendment of the Senate numbered 2, and agree to the same with 
an amendment, as follows:
      Delete the matter stricken, delete the matter inserted, 
and strike all beginning on page 7, line 6, down through and 
including page 12, line 22, of the House engrossed bill, H.R. 
2657.
      And the Senate agree to the same.
      Amendment numbered 3:
      That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
amendment of the Senate numbered 3, and agree to the same with 
an amendment, as follows:
      Delete the matter stricken, delete the matter inserted, 
and strike all beginning on page 12, line 23, down through and 
including page 30, line 18, of the House engrossed bill, H.R. 
2657.
      And the Senate agree to the same.

                For consideration of the House bill and the 
                Senate amendments, except for title III in the 
                Senate amendment numbered 3, and modifications 
                committed to conference:
                                   Jack Kingston,
                                           (except for the Capitol 
                                               Visitor Center tunnel)
                                   Ray LaHood,
                                   Todd Tiahrt,
                                   John Culberson,
                                   Mark Kirk,
                                   Bill Young,
                                   James P. Moran,
                                   David E. Price,
                                   James E. Clyburn,
                For consideration of title III in the Senate 
                amendment numbered 3, and modifications 
                committed to conference:
                                   Bill Young,
                                   Charles H. Taylor,
                                 Managers on the Part of the House.

                                   Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
                                   Robert F. Bennett,
                                   Ted Stevens,
                                   Thad Cochran,
                                   Kit Bond,
                                   Richard J. Durbin,
                                   Tim Johnson,
                                   Robert C. Byrd,
                                   Barbara A. Mikulski,
                                Managers on the Part of the Senate.
       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE

      The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at 
the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on 
the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2657) making 
appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes, submit the 
following joint statement to the House and Senate in 
explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the 
managers and recommended in the accompanying conference report.
      The Senate amended the House bill with 3 numbered 
amendments. The conference agreement addresses all the 
differences contained in the 3 amendments in the disposition of 
the first numbered amendment. The first numbered amendment 
therefore includes a complete version of the Legislative Branch 
bill. An explanation of the resolution of the differences of 
the other 2 numbered amendments is included in the first 
numbered amendment. The disposition of the other 2 numbered 
amendments therefore is purely technical in nature to enable 
the complete bill text to be included in the first amendment.

                     LEGISLATIVE BRANCHWIDE MATTERS

      The conferees note that over the past several years there 
have been significant increases made to virtually all existing 
programs in the Legislative Branch. In addition, several new 
initiatives and programs have been undertaken which in some 
cases have supplemented existing efforts and in others 
augmented them. Even though a large part of these increases has 
been due to inflation, the conferees believe that overall, 
increases requested and approved do not adequately reflect 
offsets which can be reasonably expected through productivity 
gains resulting from substantial investments in enabling 
technology, the purchase of new systems and equipment, 
increases in training, and increased flexibility resulting from 
human resources changes including increased base salaries, 
early out and buyout authority. As a result, the conferees 
believe that there are considerable opportunities to realize 
meaningful savings by carefully reviewing each agency's budget 
requirements from a zero base rather than an incremental one. 
Such a review would assist the House and Senate Appropriations 
Committees in their appropriating and oversight 
responsibilities by permitting better understanding of program 
priorities, scope, effectiveness, and results. The conferees 
direct the General Accounting Office to develop a budget 
template for committee approval that can be used by Legislative 
Branch agencies to present their budget requirements from a 
zero base as a supplement to their FY 2005 budget submission to 
Congress. The GAO is also directed to present to the Committees 
a recommended budget review process that will facilitate the 
examination of each agency's funding and FTE requirements from 
a zero base. The General Accounting Office shall report to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate its 
findings, conclusions and recommendations by October 15, 2003.
      Amendment No. 1: Deletes the matter inserted and inserts 
complete bill text excluding the short title.
      Many items in both House and Senate Legislative Branch 
Appropriations bills are identical and are included in the 
conference agreement without change. The conferees have 
endorsed statements of policy contained in the House and Senate 
reports accompanying the appropriations bills, unless amended 
or restated herein. With respect to those items in the 
conference agreement that differ between House and Senate 
bills, the conferees have agreed to the following with the 
appropriate section numbers, punctuation, and other technical 
corrections:

                                TITLE I

                                 SENATE

      Appropriates $716,769,000 for Senate operations, and 
includes, at the request of the managers on the part of the 
Senate, amendments that address data communication lines, 
provision of services and equipment on a reimbursable basis and 
allowances for high cost States.
      Inasmuch as these items relate solely to the Senate, and 
in accord with long practice under which each body determines 
its own housekeeping requirements and the other concurs without 
intervention, the managers on the part of the House, at the 
request of the managers on the part of the Senate, have receded 
to the amendments of the Senate.

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

      Appropriates $1,014,464,000 for House operations, and 
includes, at the request of the managers on the part of the 
House, amendments that add language establishing an Office of 
Interparliamentary Affairs, a provision related to expenses of 
Members of Congress, and language regarding certain employees.
      Inasmuch as these items relate solely to the House, and 
in accord with long practice under which each body determines 
its own housekeeping requirements and the other concurs without 
intervention, the managers on the part of the Senate, at the 
request of the managers on the part of the House, have receded 
to the amendments of the House.
      The Committee on Appropriations of the House requires 
information from each Legislative Branch entity during the 
budget formulation and execution process. The Finance Office in 
the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, of the House of 
Representatives, is responsible for collecting this information 
from each House entity and responding to the Committee's 
requests. To carry out this role effectively, the Finance 
Office shall establish deadlines for budget calls and 
reprogramming activities in order to comply with Committee 
deadlines. The Committee expects each House entity to provide 
its utmost support in meeting Office of Finance deadlines. At 
times this may necessitate an immediate response with little or 
no advance notification. This is particularly important during 
the appropriation process as the Committee is working on final 
adjustments to the House of Representatives budget. In the 
event the House entity is not available to respond to the 
Finance Office, the Committee expects the Finance Office to 
provide their independent analysis to the Committee.

                              JOINT ITEMS

     Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2005

      Appropriates $1,250,000 for the Joint Congressional 
Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies for inaugural preparation as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees agreed to strike the word 
``construction'' from the bill language.

                        Joint Economic Committee

      Appropriates $3,988,000 as proposed by the Senate instead 
of $3,805,000 as proposed by the House and provides for two 
additional FTEs.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

      Appropriates $8,112,000 as proposed by the House and the 
Senate.

                   Office of the Attending Physician

      Appropriates $2,236,000 as proposed by the House and the 
Senate. The conferees direct that future budget requests from 
the Office of the Attending Physician reflect an appropriate 
adjustment for allowances, in line with Department of Defense 
policy.

           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

      Appropriates $3,511,000 for the Capitol Guide Service and 
Special Services Office as proposed by the House and the 
Senate. This amount provides for employment of not more than 58 
individuals as proposed by the House instead of not more than 
70 individuals as proposed by the Senate.

                      Statements of Appropriations

      Appropriates $30,000 as proposed by the House and the 
Senate.

                             CAPITOL POLICE

                                Salaries

      Appropriates $197,600,000 for salaries of officers, 
members, and employees of the Capitol Police instead of 
$189,913,000 as proposed by the House and $207,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The increase above the House allowance provides funding 
for 1,592 sworn positions and 401 civilian positions, an 
increase of 75 civilian positions. This will allow 30 sworn 
positions to be civilianized during fiscal year 2004. The 
conferees direct the Chief of Police to recruit for 75 new 
positions as follows: Chief of Police (5 positions, including 3 
mid level working attorneys for the Office of General Counsel); 
Chief of Operations (33 positions, including 3 intelligence 
analysts and 13 positions for the Security Services Bureau); 
and the Chief Administrative Officer (37 positions). The 
conferees note that should the Capitol Police strategic plan, 
and associated staffing plan, be completed and approved by the 
House and Senate Appropriations Committees, during fiscal year 
2004, there is ample funding from the Emergency Response Fund 
for new sworn positions.
      Section 1006 of the conference agreement authorizes the 
Capitol Police to recruit and train new officers who are to be 
assigned to the Library of Congress. For fiscal year 2004, 23 
new sworn positions are authorized. Funding to accommodate this 
effort has been included in the Capitol Police budget.
      In fiscal year 2002, the conferees approved an additional 
14 FTE's for the sole purpose of establishing an Emergency 
Preparedness Division. The Committees approved the plans for 
the establishment of this office during the summer of 2002. It 
has come to the conferees' attention that these positions have 
been moved to other areas of the Department, without notifying 
the Committees, and the division has yet to be established. The 
conferees reiterate the House report language requiring 
notification and consultation with the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations prior to implementing organization 
changes or realignments that result in the redistribution, 
reprogramming, or reallocation of FTE's or funds in a manner 
different from that presented in each budget year's 
appropriation hearings; position reports to the Committees; and 
the final approved budget.

                            General Expenses

      Appropriates $23,500,000 for general expenses of the 
Capitol Police instead of $21,917,000 as proposed by the House 
and $33,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the amount 
appropriated $1,745,000 shall remain available until expended 
as proposed by the House instead of $1,700,000 as proposed by 
the Senate. General Expenses shall be executed as provided to 
the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations dated 
September 17, 2003.

                       Administrative Provisions

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      The conferees have included an administrative provision 
allowing for the transfer of funds upon the approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate.
      In addition, the conferees have included administrative 
provisions that authorize the United States Capitol Police 
counsel to appear before the courts; provide retirement 
benefits to the hazardous materials response team members that 
are comparable to other federal firefighters and law 
enforcement officers; language that repeals Section 1005 of 
P.L. 108-7, regarding recruitment without regard to age; and 
language to provide for a more effective and efficient merger 
of the Library of Congress Police and Capitol Police Force. In 
addition, language is included which redefines jurisdictional 
authority of the police for purposes of implementing the truck 
interdiction program. The Capitol Police Board is directed to 
promulgate regulations solely for the implementation, 
execution, and maintenance of the truck interdiction program, 
which shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations.

                          OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

                         Salaries and Expenses

      Appropriates $2,255,000 as proposed by the House and the 
Senate.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

      Appropriates $33,820,000 and two additional FTE's for 
salaries and expenses of the Congressional Budget Office, as 
proposed by the House instead of $33,612,000 and one FTE as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees have agreed, as proposed 
by the House, to provide authority in a General Provision for 
Legislative agencies that are members of the Federal Accounting 
Standards Advisory Board to pay an appropriate share of the 
Board's costs. Further, the conferees have included language 
that prohibits the purchase or hire of a passenger motor 
vehicle as proposed by the House.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

      The conferees are concerned that without the proper funds 
control and administration procedures in place in the office of 
the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) that the standard accepted 
government separation of duties lends itself to the potential 
for waste, fraud and abuse in such areas as travel, training, 
official representation funds, and credit card purchases. AOC 
is directed to issue agency-wide procedures within 180 days of 
the enactment of this Act, delineating the funds control 
procedures and process to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. A 
copy of the procedures will be provided to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
      The conferees encourage the Architect of the Capitol, in 
cooperation with other relevant Legislative Branch agencies, to 
take appropriate steps to increase the volume and visibility of 
works of art reflecting the participation and contributions of 
African-Americans in American history for display in the 
Capitol and the various legislative office buildings of the 
House and the Senate, including the new Capitol Visitor Center.

                         General Administration

      Appropriates $77,053,000 for General Administration, 
instead of $84,513,000 as proposed by the House and $71,697,000 
as proposed by the Senate. Of the amount appropriated, 
$4,200,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2008 as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $11,660,000 as proposed by 
the House.
      The conferees have agreed to defer the transfer of FTEs 
and associated costs related to energy services to the Capitol 
Power Plant appropriation as proposed by the House until the 
study on the AOC organizational structure and administrative 
services that was directed in the House report has been 
completed and submitted to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations for review and action. The Architect of the 
Capitol is directed to submit the analysis with recommendations 
for approvals to the Committees not later than 180 days after 
the enactment of this Act.
      The conferees emphasize that the scope of the AOC study 
will be comprehensive and will include all aspects of AOC 
central and administrative staff, including any administrative 
positions that have been established in the offices of the 
superintendents to ensure that duplicative services do not 
occur; that all positions are required to conduct business; and 
that they are aligned with the AOC strategic plan. The AOC is 
reminded that this study must be conducted within the purview 
of the AOC Human Resources Act and other pertinent legislation 
that provides protections to AOC employees. The Architect is 
further reminded to consider appropriate committee 
jurisdictional and legislative authority in the final 
recommendations of the study.
      The conferees have agreed to fund the replacement of high 
voltage switchgear in the appropriations of the jurisdictions 
where the projects will take place as proposed by the Senate 
including Senate Office Buildings ($2,040,000); House Office 
Buildings ($3,592,000); and Library Buildings and Grounds 
($1,828,000).
      With respect to the object class and projects the House 
and Senate conferees have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget........................................     $72,584,000
Project Budget:
    1. AOC Procurement Training Initiative..............         150,000
    2. Bucket Truck.....................................          75,000
    3. Flat Bed Truck...................................          44,000
    4. Capitol Complex Master Plan......................       4,200,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, General Administration.....................      77,053,000

                            Capitol Building

      Appropriates $28,188,000, of which $13,002,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2008, for maintenance, 
care and operation of the Capitol, by the Architect of the 
Capitol, instead of $23,307,000, of which $7,863,000 to remain 
available until September 30, 2008 as proposed by the House, 
and instead of $27,777,000, of which $12,302,000 to remain 
available until September 30, 2008, as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees have agreed to provide $630,000 for study, 
design, and condition assessment, including the Restoration of 
Marble Steps ($105,000); Seismic Study ($120,000); Replacement 
of Dimming Systems, East Front Offices ($40,000); Upgrade 
Restrooms ($40,000); Upgrade Electrical Service to House 
Chamber ($50,000); and Upgrade Emergency Evacuation and 
Notification System ($275,000).
      With respect to object class and projects the House and 
Senate conferees have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget........................................     $13,179,000
Project Budget:
    1. ADA Requirements.................................         132,000
    2. Elevator/Escalator Modernization Program.........         750,000
    3. Replacement of Minton Tile.......................         525,000
    4. Computer, Telecom, & Electrical Support..........         300,000
    5. Wayfinding and ADA Signage.......................         130,000
    6. Bird Control System..............................         170,000
    7. Study, Design, and Condition Assessment..........         630,000
    8. Minor Construction...............................       2,500,000
    9. U.S. Capitol Master Plan Phase 2.................       6,000,000
    10. Improvements in the Rotunda.....................         672,000
    11. Restore Shutters & Upgrade Window Lighting......         400,000
    12. Presidential Inaugural Stands...................       2,800,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Capitol Building...........................      28,188,000

                            Capitol Grounds

      Appropriates $6,886,000, of which $585,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2008, to the Architect of the 
Capitol for the care and improvements of the grounds 
surrounding the Capitol, House and Senate office buildings, and 
the Capitol Power plant, as proposed by the House, instead of 
$6,986,000, of which $685,000 is to remain available until 
September 30, 2008, as proposed by the Senate.
      With respect to object class and projects the House and 
Senate conferees have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget........................................      $6,301,000
Project Budget:
    1. Renovate Former D. C. Street Lights..............         435,000
    2. Wayfinding and ADA-Compliant Signage.............         100,000
    3. Study, Design, and Condition Assessment..........          50,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Capitol Grounds............................       6,886,000

      The conferees have agreed to provide $50,000 for study, 
design, and condition assessment to address tunnel drainage, 
S.W. Drive.

                        Senate Office Buildings

      Appropriates $63,388,000, of which $17,433,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2008, for the maintenance, 
care, and operation of the Senate office buildings to the 
Architect of the Capitol. Inasmuch as this item relates solely 
to the Senate, and in accord with long practice under which 
each body determines its own housekeeping requirements and the 
other concurs without intervention, the managers on the part of 
the House, at the request of the managers on the part of the 
Senate, have receded to the Senate.

Operating Budget........................................     $45,145,000
Project Budget:
    1. Refinish Historic Woodwork.......................         300,000
    2. Repair/Replace Marble Floors & Clean Arch 
      Surfaces..........................................         510,000
    3. Renovate Restrooms, ADA, DSOB....................       2,692,000
    4. Renovate Restrooms, ADA, HSOB....................       1,724,000
    5. Minor Construction...............................       5,000,000
    6. Study, Design, and Condition Assessment..........       1,000,000
    7. Replace Modular Furniture, HSOB..................       3,000,000
    8. Wayfinding & ADA Signage.........................       1,133,000
    9. Replace Elevator, Webster Hall...................         495,000
    10. Replace Doors, 3rd Floor Balcony................         349,000
    11. Replace High Voltage Switchgear.................       2,040,000
      Total, Senate Office Buildings....................      63,388,000

                         House Office Buildings

      Appropriates $62,816,000, of which $27,750,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2008, for the maintenance, 
care, and operation of the House office buildings to the 
Architect of the Capitol. Inasmuch as this item relates solely 
to the House, and in accord with long practice under which each 
body determines its own housekeeping requirements and the other 
concurs without intervention, the managers on the part of the 
Senate, at the request of the managers on the part of the 
House, have receded to the House.

Operating Budget........................................     $34,946,000
Project Budget:
    1. Major Elevator Equipment Improvements............         120,000
    2. Elevator Modernization Program, FHOB.............       9,460,000
    3. Minor Construction...............................       5,000,000
    4. Study, Design, and Condition Assessment..........       1,000,000
    5. Sound Improvements, Committee Rooms..............         240,000
    6. Wayfinding and ADA Compliant Signage.............         407,000
    7. Upgrade Public Restrooms.........................       1,500,000
    8. Upgrade Data Center..............................       4,323,000
    9. Escalator Modernization..........................       1,617,000
    10. Replace Halon System............................         611,000
    11. Replace High Voltage Switchgear.................       3,592,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, House Office Buildings.....................      62,816,000

                          Capitol Power Plant

      In addition to the $4,400,000 made available from 
receipts credited as reimbursements to this appropriation, 
appropriates $81,543,000 to the Architect of the Capitol for 
maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol power plant, as 
proposed by the House, instead of $88,979,000 as proposed by 
the Senate. Of this amount, $36,652,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2008, as proposed by the House, instead of 
$38,402,000, as proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees are concerned that current Capitol Power 
plant operations may not adequately reflect up-to-date 
requirements associated with operational flexibility, such as 
the need to maintain, secure and upgrade the Capitol Power 
Plant's utility distribution infrastructure; and the ability to 
maximize potential efficiency gains in energy consumption and 
manpower utilization. In addition, the conferees are concerned 
with the need to complete timely and within budget the West 
Refrigeration Plant expansion, currently underway. Therefore, 
the General Accounting Office (GAO) is directed to review the 
Capitol Power Plant master plan, its operations and its overall 
management and report to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations by March 1, 2004 its findings and 
recommendations on the adequacy of the master plan, the 
capacity and efficiency of plant operations, the reliability 
and security of its distribution infrastructure, as well as the 
status of the expansion project.
      With respect to object class and project differences the 
House and Senate conferees have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget (net)..................................     $44,791,000
Project Budget:
    1. Emergency Shoring and Repairs to Tunnels.........         100,000
    2. Repair South Capitol Street Steam Line...........         711,000
    3. West Refrigeration Plant Expansion...............      22,021,000
    4. Study, Design, and Condition Assessment..........         630,000
    5. Replace Utility Tunnel Expansion Joints..........         440,000
    6. Replace Stokers, Boilers 1 & 2...................       1,200,000
    7. Install Emergency Egress, Tunnel Access..........         350,000
    8. Install Oil Storage Tanks........................       4,200,000
    9. Installation of Distributed Control System.......       6,500,000
    10. Intrinsic Health Monitoring System..............         600,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Capitol Power Plant (net)..................      81,543,000

      The conferees have agreed to provide $630,000 for study, 
design, and condition assessment including Boilers & 
Auxiliaries Replacement and Overhaul ($180,000) and Long-term 
Preventative Maintenance Plan ($450,000).

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

      Appropriates $39,159,000 for structural and mechanical 
care, Library Buildings and Grounds instead of $34,750,000 as 
proposed by the House and $41,620,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. Of this amount, $21,286,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2008 instead of $16,877,000 as proposed by 
the House and $23,747,000 as proposed by the Senate.
      With respect to object class and projects the House and 
Senate conferees have agreed to the following:

Operating Budget........................................     $13,235,000
Project Budget:
    1. ADA Requirements.................................         100,000
    2. Preservation Environmental Monitoring............         100,000
    3. Restore Decorative-Painting......................         110,000
    4. Replace Sidewalks, JAB & TJB.....................         100,000
    5. Book Storage Facility, Ft. Meade Support.........         580,000
    6. Replace Partitions Supports, JMMB................         300,000
    7. Replace Compact Stack Safety, JMMB...............         600,000
    8. Repair Deteriorated Wood Panels..................         190,000
    9. Painting of Interior Arches, TJB.................         170,000
    10. Culpeper Support................................       1,263,000
    11. Fire Extinguishers..............................          75,000
    12. Fire Safety Project Management..................         250,000
    13. Repair Life Safety Deficiencies.................         800,000
    14. Minor Construction..............................       1,000,000
    15. Replace Halon Fire Suppression System...........       1,997,000
    16. Extend/Upgrade Fire Alarm.......................         504,000
    17. ADA Modifications, Pickford Theater.............         424,000
    18. ADA Modifications, S.W. Entrance, JMMB..........       1,280,000
    19. Collections Security............................         857,000
    20. Landscaping, Ft. Meade..........................         250,000
    21. Elevator Modernization..........................       1,342,000
    22. Water Tank, Ft. Meade...........................       4,103,000
    23. Study, Design, and Condition Assessment.........       7,701,000
    24. Replace High Voltage Switchgear.................       1,828,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Library Buildings and Grounds..............      39,159,000

      The conferees have agreed to provide $7,701,000 for 
study, design, and condition assessment including Logistics 
Warehouse Facility, Ft. Meade ($2,520,000); Offsite Storage 
Facility ($600,000); Book Storage Module 5, Ft. Meade 
($1,500,000); Upgrade Emergency Lighting ($350,000); Replace 
Bathroom Exhaust System, Jefferson Building ($225,000); Damper 
Smoke Control Study ($1,397,000); ADA Bathroom Renovations, 
Adams Building ($236,000); Upgrade Book Conveyor System 
($200,000); and Master Plan, Fort Meade ($673,000).

                  Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds

      Appropriates $3,308,000, of which $2,075,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2008, and 3 FTE's as proposed by 
the House and the Senate.

                             Botanic Garden

      Appropriates $6,189,000 for salaries and expenses, 
Botanic Garden, instead of $6,062,000 as proposed by the House 
and $6,239,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, 
$152,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2008 
instead of $25,000 as proposed by the House and $202,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees have included language, 
as proposed by the House, prohibiting the use of appropriated 
funds for construction of the National Garden. With respect to 
object class and projects the conferees have agreed to the 
following:

Operating Budget........................................      $5,045,000
Project Budget:
    1. Partnership Support..............................         450,000
    2. CAFM Data Capture (Bartholdi Project)............          50,000
    3. Damper Control, D.C. Village.....................         100,000
    4. Environmental Control System Replacement.........         100,000
    5. Conservatory Electronics System..................          90,000
    6. West Gallery Exhibit.............................         202,000
    7. Study, Design, and Condition Assessment..........         152,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Botanic Garden.............................       6,189,000

      The conferees have agreed to provide $152,000 for study, 
design, and condition assessment including Production Facility 
Floor Drainage Correction ($127,000) and ADA Elevator 
Replacement ($25,000).

                         Capitol Visitor Center

      The conference agreement provides $48,839,000 for 
construction, salaries and operational costs of the Visitor 
Center, of which $1,039,000 reflects operational costs and the 
balance reflects the estimated cost to complete. Of the amount 
provided $48,550,000 shall remain available until expended. 
Additionally, the conference agreement established a limit on 
the amount of Federal funds, which can be obligated for a 
tunnel connecting the Center to the Library of Congress. The 
Architect of the Capitol is directed not to obligate any funds 
for this project without an obligation plan approved by the 
chairs and ranking members of the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and House of Representatives. The plan should 
specify the purpose, amount, and timing of anticipated 
obligations.
      The conferees direct the General Accounting Office to 
perform quarterly performance reviews of the project so that 
the Congress is kept abreast of important issues such as cost 
and scheduling. It is expected that this quarterly reporting 
will avail the Committee on Appropriations of the House and 
Senate and the Capitol Preservation Commission with timely 
information to properly oversee this effort and address 
important issues.
      The conferees direct that thirty days prior to initiating 
excavation for the eastern portion of the tunnel between the 
Library of Congress and the Capitol Visitor Center, the 
Architect of the Capitol will notify the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House and Senate and the Capitol 
Preservation Commission, and include in the notification a 
description of possible construction risks that might be 
encountered, their implications, and delineating all efforts 
that have been completed to ameliorate those risks.
      The conferees recognize the work of all the parties in 
creating an exhibit for the Capitol Visitor Center. The 
conferees urge the exhibit designers and content providers to 
work with the Library of Congress to ensure that the exhibit 
presents history of the Congress as well as the role of the 
Congress in the preservation of the cultural and artistic 
heritage of the American people.
      The conference agreement limits to $10,000,000 the total 
amount of Federal funds which may be obligated or expended for 
the tunnel connecting the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson 
Building to the Capitol Visitor Center.

                       Administrative Provisions

      The conference agreement includes several administrative 
provisions related to the operations of the Architect of the 
Capitol. There is a provision that clarifies authority for 
benefits for temporary employees; provides authority to lease 
space; and provides transfer authority for an alternate 
computing facility.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         Salaries and Expenses

      Provides $370,897,000 for salaries and expenses, Library 
of Congress, which will fund 2,896 FTE's, instead of 
$366,520,000 as proposed by the House and $367,539,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. Of this amount $6,850,000 is made 
available from receipts collected by the Library of Congress 
and is to remain available until expended; and $11,546,000 is 
to remain available until expended for acquisition of books, 
periodicals, newspapers, and all other library materials as 
proposed by the House instead of $11,596,000 as proposed by the 
Senate and $11,236,000 as proposed by the House.
      With respect to program allowances the conferees have 
agreed to the following:

1. Adventures of the American Mind......................      $8,750,000
2. Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission..............         250,000
3. Security Enhancements................................       1,077,000
4. Emergency Management.................................         511,000
5. NAVCC--Culpeper......................................      11,060,000
6. Purchase of Library Materials--Foreign Law...........         310,000
7. Meeting of the Frontiers.............................         379,000
8. Retail Activities Project (Not-to-exceed 3 years)....         335,000
9. Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Celebration (Final 
    Year)...............................................         500,000
10. Lincoln-Douglas Debates/Underground RR Exhibit......         500,000
11. Veterans History Project............................         589,000
12. Alternate Computer Facility.........................       2,762,000
13. Mass Deacidification................................         919,000

      The conference agreement includes funding in the amount 
of $1,380,000 to remain available until September 30, 2008 for 
the central financial management system; and includes funding 
to remain available until expended for seven programs: 
$8,750,000 for the Adventures of the American Mind project; 
$250,000, which includes $10,000 for official representation 
and reception expenses, for the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial 
Commission; $905,000 for the Integrated Library System; 
$11,060,000 for the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center; 
$500,000 relating to the Lincoln-Douglas debates; $500,000 for 
the final year of funding for the Louisiana Purchase 
Bicentennial celebration and $2,762,000 for the development of 
the Alternate Computing Center.
      The Conferees are encouraged by the efforts of the U.S. 
Capitol Police, working with the Library of Congress, to craft 
an implementation plan to merge the Library's police force with 
the U.S. Capitol Police. However, concerns have been expressed 
about the governance structure for a merged police force. While 
the conferees recognize that change is inherently difficult, it 
is expected that security of the Capitol complex will take the 
highest priority, overriding jurisdictional concerns.

                            Copyright Office

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Provides $48,290,000, including $29,664,000 made 
available from receipts, for salaries and expenses, Copyright 
Office, as proposed by the Senate instead of $47,290,000 as 
proposed by the House. This level of funding provides for 530 
full-time equivalents.

                     Congressional Research Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Appropriates $91,726,000 for salaries and expenses, 
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $93,590,000 as proposed by 
the House. This level of funding provides for 729 full-time 
equivalents.
      The Congressional Research Service request for voluntary 
separation incentive authority has been denied because the 
request was received late in the budget process and prevented 
appropriate committee review and oversight during the regular 
hearing cycle. The conferees suggest that CRS review their 
request and if appropriate include it in their next budget 
submission.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      Appropriates $51,706,000 as proposed by the House and the 
Senate.

                       Administrative Provisions

      In addition to various technical corrections the 
conferees have agreed to a provision pertaining to the National 
Audiovisual Conservation Center.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                   Congressional Printing and Binding

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $91,111,000 as proposed by the House and the 
Senate.
      The Government Printing Office currently supports Xywrite 
and the locator code application used by the Office of the 
Senate Legislative Counsel and the Office of the Senate 
Enrolling Clerk to draft and update legislative documents. The 
conferees direct that with the implementation of the 
Legislative Editing in XML Application (LEXA) that the GPO 
shall also serve as the entity responsible for providing 
support for this new application.

               Office of the Superintendent of Documents

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

      Appropriates $34,456,000 as proposed by the House and the 
Senate.

               Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

      Appropriates $10,000,000 as proposed by the Senate 
instead of $5,000,000 proposed by the House. An amount of 
$5,000 for official representation as proposed by the Senate is 
included instead of $7,500 proposed by the House.

                       Administrative Provisions

      The conferees have agreed to a provision in the Senate 
bill that increases the pay level for the Public Printer and 
Deputy Public Printer; and to a provision that authorizes the 
transfer of surplus property and acceptance of voluntary 
services.

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

      Provides $466,328,000, of which $6,006,000 is from 
offsetting collections, for salaries and expenses, General 
Accounting Office instead of $464,539,000 as proposed by the 
House and $468,118,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees 
have agreed, as proposed by the House, to provide authority in 
a General Provision, for legislative agencies that are members 
of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board to pay an 
appropriate share of the Board's costs.
      For the past two years the General Accounting Office 
(GAO) has been conducting an evaluation of the need for a 
technology assessment capability in the Legislative Branch. The 
results of that evaluation have generally concluded that such a 
capability would enhance the ability of key congressional 
committees to address complex technical issues in a more timely 
and effective manner. To assist in determining the most cost 
effective and efficient manner of providing that capability to 
the Congress, the conferees direct that the General Accounting 
Office report to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations the impact that assuming a technology assessment 
role would have on its current mission and resources. The 
report should be submitted by December 15, 2003.
      The conferees instruct the General Accounting Office to 
establish and strictly adhere to a non-partisan protocol for 
formal briefings of Members of Congress and their staffs. The 
legislative work schedule is always complex and never 
convenient, but the GAO must always work within the context of 
that schedule. When individuals on the GAO staff have personal 
commitments which might prevent them from presenting or 
attending a Congressional briefing, the individual's supervisor 
shall attend in that person's place.

         PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND

      Appropriates $13,500,000 for a payment to the Open World 
Leadership Center Trust Fund, instead of $13,000,000 as 
proposed by the House and $14,000,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. The conferees recommend consultation with the 
Appropriations Committees prior to decisions on pilot programs 
by the Board.

                      TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS

      In Title II, General Provisions, section numbers have 
been changed to conform to the conference agreement and 
technical corrections have been made.
      The conferees have included a provision that authorizes 
the Architect of the Capitol to maintain and improve landscape 
features of property located near the House office buildings.
      The conferees have included the House provision that 
prohibits funding in this Act from being transferred except as 
provided in this Act; and provides for Legislative Branch 
entities that are members of the Federal Accounting Standards 
Advisory Board to pay an appropriate share of the Board's 
costs.

           TITLE III--FISCAL YEAR 2003 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL

      The conference agreement includes, as Title III, fiscal 
year 2003 emergency supplemental appropriations totaling 
$937,593,000, as follows:

                               CHAPTER 1

                             THE JUDICIARY

    Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conference agreement provides $12,187,000, as 
requested, for costs associated with 15 district judgeships 
authorized by Section 312 of Public Law 107-273.

                           DEFENDER SERVICES

      The conference agreement provides $17,228,000 for the 
Defender Services account, as requested.

                    FEES OF JURORS AND COMMISSIONERS

      The conference agreement provides $2,778,000 for the Fees 
of Jurors and Commissioners account, as requested.

                               CHAPTER 2

                      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE--CIVIL

                         DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

                 FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES

      The conference agreement provides $60,000,000 for Flood 
Control and Coastal Emergencies to permit the Corps of 
Engineers to respond to emergencies resulting from hurricanes, 
flooding, and other natural disasters.

                               CHAPTER 3

                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

                  Emergency Preparedness and Response

                            DISASTER RELIEF

      The conference agreement provides $441,700,000, instead 
of $1,550,000,000 as proposed by the House and by the Senate. 
This amount is in addition to the $983,600,000 made available 
for this program in P.L. 108-69.

                               CHAPTER 4

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                       Bureau of Land Management

                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

      The conference agreement provides $36,000,000 for 
wildland fire management activities of the Department of the 
Interior as proposed by the House, instead of $61,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The funding provided should be used to 
refund funds transferred from other accounts during wildfire 
emergencies. This level provides only partial payback.
      The conference agreement does not include language 
proposed by the House directing that any funds not needed this 
year be used to repay funds borrowed from other appropriations 
accounts during the fiscal year 2002 fire season. The managers 
understand that substantially more funds than provided herein 
have been expended during extreme wildfire events this year and 
should be repaid. The $25,000,000 recommended by the Senate for 
wildfire hazard reduction activities is included under the 
Forest Service wildland fire management account.

                United States Fish and Wildlife Service

                          RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

      The conference agreement provides $5,000,000 for 
emergency expenses at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge as 
recommended by the House instead of no funding as proposed by 
the Senate. Of the funds provided, $4,500,000 is for oil spill 
cleanup and remediation and $500,000 is for continued airport 
operations. Without funding for airport operations, the airport 
would be shut down this month and Federal Aviation 
Administration certification would expire.

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                             Forest Service

                        WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

                     (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

      The conference agreement provides $283,000,000 for 
wildland fire management activities of the Forest Service as 
proposed by the House instead of $253,000,000 as proposed by 
the Senate. Of the funds provided, $253,000,000, as requested, 
should be used to refund funds transferred from other accounts 
during wildfire emergencies. This level provides only partial 
payback. The remaining $30,000,000 should be used for the 
disastrous situation in southern California as described in the 
House Committee report. Of this funding for southern 
California, $10,000,000 is for Forest Service hazardous fuels 
reduction activities and $20,000,000 is for transfer to the 
State and private forestry account for State and volunteer fire 
assistance and related forest health work in the vicinity of 
the San Bernardino National Forest. The conference agreement 
does not include the House language directing that any funds 
not needed this year be used to repay funds borrowed from other 
appropriations accounts during the fiscal year 2002 fire 
season. The managers understand that substantially more funds 
than provided herein have been expended during extreme wildfire 
events this year and should be repaid.

                               CHAPTER 5

             NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

                           Human Space Flight

      The conferees agree to provide $50,000,000 for expenses 
necessary for responding to the Space Shuttle Columbia 
accident, the same as the amount in the supplemental request. 
The amount recommended is in addition to funding provided in 
the fiscal year 2003 Omnibus Appropriations Act. The conferees 
direct NASA to provide the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House and the Senate, by September 30, 2003, with detailed 
information on the expenditure of the funds already 
appropriated and the expenses which will be covered by this 
additional increment of funding. In addition, this accounting 
should include an updated estimate of fiscal year 2003 savings, 
by activity, associated with the suspension of shuttle flight 
following the Columbia accident and how NASA intends to apply 
those savings to both recovery and investigation as well as 
return to flight efforts.

                               CHAPTER 6

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

      The conference agreement includes a provision (Section 
3601) regarding the availability of funds, as proposed by the 
House.
      The conference agreement (Section 3602) provides 
$9,700,000, to remain available until expended, from the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, for the Tree Assistance Program 
authorized by subtitle C of title X of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8201 et seq.), to 
compensate eligible orchardists for tree losses incurred since 
January 1, 2000, due to fire blight in the State of Michigan. 
The Senate bill did not include funding for this provision.
      The conference agreement (Section 3603) provides 
$20,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
suppression and control of Mormon cricket infestation on public 
and private land in Nevada, Utah, and Idaho, to be expended in 
equal amounts among the three states. The House bill did not 
include funding for this provision.
      The conference agreement (Section 3604) includes language 
making a technical correction to a targeted economic 
development grant funded in a prior appropriations Act.
      The conference agreement (Section 3605) includes language 
making a technical correction to a targeted economic 
development grant funded in a prior appropriations Act.
      The conference agreement (Section 3606) includes language 
to increase the loan commitment level for certain FHA loans 
during fiscal year 2003 to correspond with estimated loan 
volume.
      The conference agreement includes a general provision 
(Section 3607) to permit spouses of military personnel to be 
eligible for training under a National Emergency Grant (NEG) 
awarded to the San Diego Workforce Partnership on June 30, 
2001. The Senate bill has no comparable provision.
      The conference agreement includes two general provisions 
(Sections 3608 and 3609) making technical corrections to 
several projects funded under the Health Resources and Services 
Administration (HRSA) in the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2003. The Senate bill does not include 
comparable provisions to those reported by the House. The 
conference agreement includes in Section 3610 additional 
technical corrections to several projects by transferring 
$750,000 from the Rural Health Outreach Grants program to the 
Maternal and Child Health Block Grants Special Projects of 
Regional and National Significance program. In the statement of 
the managers of the committee of conference accompanying H.J. 
Res. 2 (Public Law 108-7; House Report 108-10), in the matter 
in title II of Division G, under the heading ``Health Resources 
and Services''
            --The provision specifying $350,000 for the Phoenix 
        Children's Health Project in Arizona to address the 
        health needs of extremely vulnerable homeless and 
        runaway youth in underserved rural and urban areas 
        shall be deleted;
            --The provision specifying $200,000 for the 
        Pittsburgh Mercy Health System, Pittsburgh, PA, for 
        health outreach and education shall be deleted; and
            --The provision specifying $200,000 for the 
        University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, 
        Philadelphia, PA, for its minority outreach oral health 
        initiative shall be deleted.
      The conference agreement includes four general provisions 
(Sections 3610 through 3613) making technical corrections to 
several Department of Education projects funded in the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003. The Senate bill 
does not include comparable provisions.
      The conference agreement includes a general provision 
(Section 3614) directing the Secretary of Education to transfer 
up to $4,353,368 from any account that would otherwise lapse to 
the Title I program for the purpose of providing additional 
funds to certain states. The House bill has no comparable 
provision.
      The conference agreement includes a general provision 
(Section 3615) to permit the transfer of funds, appropriated in 
the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003, from 
the Social Security Administration to the Department of Labor 
in order to implement the Black Lung Consolidation of 
Responsibility Act (P.L. 107-275).
      The conference agreement includes a general provision 
(Section 3616) designating the amounts in Title III as an 
emergency requirement, as proposed by the House and by the 
Senate.
      The conference agreement includes a general provision 
(Section 3617) concerning the effective date of this Act.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

        Titles I and II--Legislative Branch Appropriations, 2004

      The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
fiscal year 2004 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2003 amount, the 2004 
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2004 
follow:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational authority, fiscal year 2003....      $3,461,323
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 
    year 2004...........................................       3,849,643
House bill, fiscal year 2004............................       2,699,688
Senate bill, fiscal year 2004...........................       3,574,611
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2004..................       3,548,408
Conference agreement compared with:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
      2003..............................................         +87,085
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2004..................................        -301,235
House bill, fiscal year 2004............................        +848,720
Senate bill, fiscal year 2004...........................         -26,203

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

         Title III--Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, 2003

      The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
fiscal year 2003 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
with comparisons to the 2003 budget estimates, and the House 
and Senate bills for 2003 follow:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 
    year 2003 *.........................................      $1,921,193
House bill, fiscal year 2003 *..........................       2,025,893
Senate bill, fiscal year 2003 *.........................       2,044,000
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2003..................         937,593
Conference agreement compared with:
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2003..................................        -983,600
    House bill, fiscal year 2003........................      -1,088,300
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2003.......................      -1,106,407

*Includes $983,600,000 for Disaster relief, which was provided in P.L. 
108-69.

                For consideration of the House bill and the 
                Senate amendments, except for title III in the 
                Senate amendment numbered 3, and modifications 
                committed to conference:
                                   Jack Kingston,
                                           (except for the Capitol 
                                               Visitor Center tunnel)
                                   Ray LaHood,
                                   Todd Tiahrt,
                                   John Culberson,
                                   Mark Kirk,
                                   Bill Young,
                                   James P. Moran,
                                   David E. Price,
                                   James E. Clyburn,
                For consideration of title III in the Senate 
                amendment numbered 3, and modifications 
                committed to conference:
                                   Bill Young,
                                   Charles H. Taylor,
                                 Managers on the Part of the House.

                                   Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
                                   Robert F. Bennett,
                                   Ted Stevens,
                                   Thad Cochran,
                                   Kit Bond,
                                   Richard J. Durbin,
                                   Tim Johnson,
                                   Robert C. Byrd,
                                   Barbara A. Mikulski,
                                Managers on the Part of the Senate.

                                
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