Senate Report 118-60 - LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS, 2024

[Senate Report 118-60]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

Calendar No. 130
118th Congress } { Report
SENATE
1st Session } { 118-60

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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS, 2024

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July 13, 2023.--Ordered to be printed

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

REPORT

[To accompany S. 2302]

The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 2302)
making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes, reports
favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that the
bill do pass.

Amount of new budget (obligational) authority

Total of bill as reported to the Senate................. $4,740,753,000
Amount of 2023 appropriations........................... 4,936,998,000
Amount of 2024 budget estimate.......................... 5,040,551,000
Bill as recommended to Senate compared to--
2023 appropriations................................. -196,245,000
2024 budget estimate................................ -299,798,000

CONTENTS

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Page
General Statement and Summary.................................... 4
Title I:
Legislative Branch Appropriations:
Senate:
Expense Allowances................................... 8
Representation Allowances for the Majority and
Minority Leaders................................... 8
Salaries, Officers, and Employees.................... 9
Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate...... 15
Office of Senate Legal Counsel....................... 15
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............................................. 15
Contingent Expenses of the Senate.................... 15
Administrative Provisions............................ 29
Joint Items:
Joint Economic Committee............................. 30
Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies
of 2025............................................ 30
Joint Committee on Taxation.......................... 30
Office of the Attending Physician.................... 31
Office of Congressional Accessibility Services....... 31
Capitol Police:
Salaries............................................. 31
General Expenses..................................... 34
Office of Congressional Workplace Rights: Salaries and
Expenses 34
Congressional Budget Office: Salaries and Expenses 35
Architect of the Capitol:
Capital Construction and Operations.................. 37
Capitol Building..................................... 38
Capitol Grounds...................................... 38
Senate Office Buildings.............................. 40
Capitol Power Plant.................................. 40
Library Buildings and Grounds........................ 42
Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and Security....... 42
Botanic Garden....................................... 44
Capitol Visitor Center............................... 44
Administrative Provision............................. 45
Library of Congress:
Salaries and Expenses................................ 45
Copyright Office..................................... 49
Congressional Research Service....................... 50
National Library Services for the Blind and Print
Disabled........................................... 51
Government Publishing Office: Congressional Publishing 52
Public Information Programs of the Office of
Superintendent of Documents........................ 53
Government Publishing Office Business Operations
Revolving Fund..................................... 54
Government Accountability Office: Salaries and Expenses 54
Congressional Office for International Leadership Fund... 56
John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and
Develop-
ment................................................... 56
Title II: General Provisions..................................... 58
Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XVI, of the Standing Rules of
the Sen-
ate............................................................ 59
Compliance With Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules
of the Senate.................................................. 59
Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI, of the Standing Rules of
the Senate..................................................... 60
Budgetary Impact of Bill......................................... 64
Comparative Statement of Budget Authority........................ 65

GENERAL STATEMENT AND SUMMARY

The Legislative Branch appropriations bill provides funding
for the Congress and for the agencies that serve the Congress.
Multiple agencies funded through this bill provide oversight of
executive branch agencies, including objective, nonpartisan,
and timely audits and analysis of Federal programs. The funding
in this bill also ensures that the public has permanent access
to printed and electronic information products of the Federal
Government. All accounts in the bill have been examined in
detail to ensure that the funding provided is appropriate for
the agencies to carry out their responsibilities and to
continue to respond to Congress in a timely and accurate
manner. Details on the accounts, the funding levels provided,
and the Committee's justification for the funding levels are
included in the explanatory statement. Conforming to
longstanding practice under which each body of Congress
determines its own housekeeping requirements and the other
concurs without intervention, funds for neither the House of
Representatives nor House office buildings are included in the
bill. Similarly, the House will consider a Legislative Branch
appropriations bill that addresses House but not Senate
funding.
The Committee recommends new budget (obligational)
authority of $4,741,753,000 for the legislative branch for
fiscal year 2024. This amount excludes House items as per
normal protocol. This total is $297,598,474 below the fiscal
year 2024 budget request and $183,397,000 below the fiscal year
2023 appropriation.
The bill includes $1,238,495,000 for the operations of the
Senate, which is $88,146,000 above the fiscal year 2023
appropriations and $23,857,000 below fiscal year 2024 request.
The bill includes $797,699,000 for the Architect of the
Capitol, excluding the House Office Buildings, to maintain,
improve, and construct buildings and facilities for the
Congress. The recommendation for the Architect of the Capitol
is $135,110,000 below the fiscal year 2024 request and
$395,024,000 below the fiscal year 2023 appropriation. The
recommendation provides for needed upgrades to project
management systems, supports the day-to-day operations of each
jurisdiction, and allows for the most critical capital
improvements across campus. The bill also includes $792,473,000
for the Capitol Police; $813,968,000 for the Government
Accountability Office; $855,848,000 for the Library of
Congress; and $131,566,000 for the Government Publishing
Office.
The Committee directs legislative branch departments and
agencies to ensure that all reports are completed in the
timeframe noted in each respective directive. All legislative
branch departments and agencies are reminded that funding
should be utilized according to congressional intent and that
reallocations or repurposing of funds, whether within or above
reprogramming thresholds, should be done with the intent for
the appropriation of the specific funding in mind.
All legislative branch departments and agencies are
directed to follow prior year directives adopted in Public Law
117-328 and Division I--Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
2023 on ``Reprogramming guidelines'', ``Full-time equivalent
[FTE]'', ``Science and Technology Assistance for Congress'' and
``Zero-based Budgeting''.
Good Accounting Obligation in Government Act.--The Good
Accounting Obligation in Government Act, or GAO-IG Act (Public
Law 115-414) requires that each Federal agency, including the
agencies of the legislative branch, include an accounting of
any public recommendations by the Government Accountability
Office or the agency's Office of Inspector General that have
not yet been implemented and the timeframe for implementation.
It is expected that each agency in this bill include such a
report in its fiscal year 2025 congressional budget
justification.
Implementation of Recommendations Issued by Oversight
Entities.--Each legislative branch agency is directed to
continue to address recommendations from oversight entities,
such as the GAO and OIGs, in a timely manner and to request
resources, as appropriate, to fully implement these
recommendations. In addition, each legislative branch agency is
directed to provide a summary of all open oversight
recommendations within the agency's annual budget
justification, to include reasons for the recommendation
remaining open and the cost proposals for fully implementing
each unresolved oversight recommendation.
Offices of Inspectors General [OIG] Budgets.--The Committee
believes it is important to ensure independence between
legislative branch OIGs and their respective reporting agencies
and expects a separate section included in each agency's fiscal
year 2025 budget justification reflecting a detailed budget
request for the agency's OIG. Additionally, the Committee
directs each OIG to keep the Committee fully apprised of its
funding needs. The Committee also directs each agency to avoid
interfering with or requiring approval for such communications.
Congressional Requirements for Legislative Branch Cyber and
Physical Data Security.--The Committee reiterates that
legislative branch agencies should consider proactive steps to
protect critical Information Technology [IT] infrastructure,
including prevention of cyberattacks, secure data storage, and
ensuring continuity of government operations. The Committee
recommends that, as part of their production, redundant, and
backup network architecture solutions, legislative branch
agencies utilize computing and cloud facilities designed for
concurrent maintainability (equivalent to ANSI/ TIA-942-A, or
Uptime Institute Tier III standards and industry best
practices), and also consider geographic diversity. The
Committee directs each legislative branch agency to continue to
build on the action plan it submitted detailing a schedule,
cost, and implementation plan ensuring robust, secure, and
resilient data center infrastructure for agency IT systems and
data, as required of all legislative branch agencies by the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, and to provide the
Committee with quarterly status updates on progress.
Cybersecurity for the Legislative Branch.--Legislative
branch agencies are charged with combating cyber-attacks that
could disrupt Congress' ability to perform its constitutional
duties. Accordingly, the legislative branch agencies, including
the U.S. Senate, must have the tools and resources necessary to
defend our networks against sophisticated adversaries. The
Committee recommendation includes funding requested by
legislative branch agencies in fiscal year 2024 to strengthen
cyber defenses. Each legislative branch agency shall provide
quarterly briefings to the Committee on Appropriation on the
status of its cybersecurity program, to include milestones,
significant activities, challenges, and the status of the
execution of funding provided for this purpose.
Legislative Branch Support Agency Information Working
Group.--The Committee understands the importance of data access
to certain of the legislative branch agencies' missions.
Accordingly, the Committee directs the Congressional Budget
Office, the Library of Congress, and the Government
Accountability Office to provide a briefing on the efforts of
the working group to identify the challenges they face in
obtaining timely, detailed, and sufficient access to Federal
agency information. The working group should continue to
develop options for ensuring that legislative branch agencies
have access to the information they need at the time, in the
formats and level of detail necessary for them to complete
their work. The task force shall continue to meet from time to
time to monitor the situation and make recommendations to the
relevant committees, as appropriate.
Use of Government Vehicles.--Legislative branch agencies
are reminded that Federal Government vehicles are to be
utilized for official government business only and are not to
be used for general personal use. In fiscal year 2023, all
legislative branch agencies were directed to implement policies
regarding the acquisition and use of Federal Government
vehicles, including price limitations, equipment installation,
and lifecycle replacement procedures.
Further, all legislative branch agencies were required to
implement internal controls over home-to-work vehicle programs
where vehicles are issued to employees for the purposes of
responding to their assignment to fulfil an official duty in a
timely manner. These controls were to include an annual
recertification of home-to-work justifications for any vehicle
assigned to agency personnel for this purpose. This process was
required to include the justification for the issuance of the
home-to-work vehicle, the estimated roundtrip mileage for the
vehicle to and from the employee's residence on a daily basis,
and the estimated cost to the agency resulting from the
assignment of the vehicle.
Within 30 days of enactment of this act, legislative branch
agencies shall provide a report to the Committee on
Appropriations and the Committee on Rules and Administration of
the Senate on agency internal controls, policies and procedures
for the use of government vehicles, to include home-to-work
justifications, as described above.
Single-Use Plastic.--Since fiscal year 2019, each
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act has included a provision
that directs all agencies and offices funded by this act with a
food service provider to reduce plastic waste. The Architect of
the Capitol [AOC], which holds the contract with the primary
food service provider in the Senate, has worked to reduce
plastic waste within its operations in the Senate. The AOC is
expected to continue this effort. Including options for
utilizing high content recycled products. The Committee
continues the directive contained in the explanatory statement
accompanying Public Law 117-328 regarding the report on
products currently in use.
Child Care.--The Committee believes that access to licensed
and certified child care is critical for recruiting and
retaining personnel within offices and committees of the Senate
and other legislative branch entities. The Committee also
recognizes that onsite child care centers are critical to the
work-life balance of legislative branch personnel. The
Committee recognizes that the child care requirements of the
legislative branch entities far exceeds the capacity of
established child care centers within the branch. Therefore,
the Committee authorizes the use of appropriated funds, subject
to the availability of funds, to provide a child care subsidy
for fulltime personnel within legislative branch entities, to
include the Senate.
Support for Nursing Mothers.--The Committee encourages
legislative branch entities to continue to enhance the
locations and access to spaces dedicated for the use of nursing
mothers. Further, the Committee directs the Architect of the
Capitol to retrofit identified spaces, where practical within
the historical buildings on the Capitol complex, to better meet
the needs of nursing mothers. Dedicated lactation rooms should
be provided, subject to the limitations of the physical
locations that include access to running water, appropriate
temperature controlled storage, furniture and equipment for
this purpose. The Committee recommends $1,000,000 to be
utilized to implement recommended enhancements for these
lactation spaces.
Legislative Branch Agencies--Reporting.--The Committee
directs legislative branch agencies and departments to submit
within 30 days of the enactment of this act an annual operating
plan for the execution of funds appropriated for its programs
and quarterly execution reports thereafter that provide
execution data against the annual operating plan. These
controls will allow the Committee to conduct necessary
oversight of the utilization of funding against the
implementation and continuance of programs and initiatives for
which appropriated funding was provided. These quarterly
reports should include information regarding deviations,
transfers or reprogramming of funds for activities other than
those included in the agencies annual operating plan.

TITLE I

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS

SENATE

Expense Allowances

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $195,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 195,000
Committee recommendation................................ 195,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $195,000 for
the expense allowances of the Vice President, the President Pro
Tempore and President Pro Tempore Emeritus of the Senate, the
majority and minority leaders, the majority and minority whips,
the chairmen of the majority and minority conference
committees, and the chairmen of the majority and minority
policy committees. The recommendation is equal to the fiscal
year 2023 appropriation and the fiscal year 2024 request. The
recommended allowances are as follows: For the expense
allowance of the Vice President, the Committee recommends an
amount of $20,000. For the expense allowance of the President
Pro Tempore, the Committee recommends an amount of $40,000. For
the expense allowance of the President Pro Tempore Emeritus,
the Committee recommends an amount of $15,000. For the expense
allowance of the majority and minority leaders, the Committee
recommends $40,000 for each leader, for a total of $80,000. For
the expense allowance of the majority and minority whips, the
Committee recommends $10,000 for each whip, for a total of
$20,000. For the expense allowance for the chairmen of the
majority and minority conference committees, the Committee
recommends $5,000 for each chairman, for a total of $10,000.
For the expense allowance for the chairmen of the majority and
minority policy committees, the Committee recommends $5,000 for
each chairman, for a total of $10,000. Expenditures from all
the foregoing allowances are made upon certification from the
individuals for whom the allowances are authorized, and are
reported semiannually in the report of the Secretary of the
Senate.

Representation Allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $30,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 30,000
Committee recommendation................................ 30,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $30,000 for
representation allowances for the majority and minority
leaders. The recommendation is equal to the fiscal year 2023
appropriation and the fiscal year 2024 request. This allowance
was established in the Supplemental Appropriations Act for
Fiscal Year 1985 (Public Law 99-88). The funds were authorized
to be used by the majority and minority leaders solely for the
discharge of their appropriate responsibilities in connection
with official visits to the United States by members of foreign
legislative bodies and representatives of foreign governments
and intergovernmental agencies. The recommended amount is to be
divided equally between the two leaders. Expenditures from this
allowance are made upon certification of the leaders and are
reported in the semiannual report of the Secretary of the
Senate.

Salaries, Officers, and Employees

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $258,677,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 283,978,200
Committee recommendation................................ 277,470,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $277,470,000
for the subaccounts funded under the overall account for the
salaries of officers and employees of the Senate. The
recommendation is $18,793,000 above the fiscal year 2023
appropriation and $6,508,200 below the fiscal year 2024
request. It should be noted that, except for a handful of
positions in the Offices of the Secretary and the Sergeant at
Arms that are required by statute, specific staffing levels are
not stipulated either by the budget request or by the
Committee's recommendation. Rather, lump-sum allowances are
provided to fund staffing levels that each office finds
necessary and appropriate for the performance of its duties.
Estimated staffing levels for offices funded under this
appropriation for fiscal year 2024 are approximately 1,562
positions.

SALARIES, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES
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Fiscal year 2024
Fiscal year 2024 Committee
Request recommendation
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Office of the Vice President........ $3,061,100 $2,944,000
Office of the President Pro Tempore. 878,000 843,000
Office of the President Pro Tempore 380,000 364,000
Emeritus...........................
Offices of the majority and minority 6,522,000 6,272,000
leaders............................
Offices of the majority and minority 4,082,000 3,934,000
whips..............................
Conference committees............... 3,982,000 3,828,000
Offices of the secretaries of the 992,000 952,000
conference of the majority and the
conference of the minority.........
Policy committees................... 4,068,000 3,910,000
Office of the Chaplain.............. 631,000 606,000
Office of the Secretary............. 31,467,000 30,288,000
Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 120,834,000 116,194,000
Doorkeeper.........................
Offices of the secretaries for the 2,240,000 2,644,000
majority and minority..............
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Totals........................ 179,137,100 172,779,000
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Any change from the allocation of funds in the subaccounts
within this appropriation is subject to the approval of the
Committee. The total amount appropriated is allocated to the
various offices of the Senate as displayed under the headings
for the offices that follow.

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $2,907,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 3,061,100
Committee recommendation................................ 2,944,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,944,000 to
fund the salaries of the administrative and clerical staff of
the Office of the Vice President in connection with her duties
as the President of the Senate.

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $832,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 878,000
Committee recommendation................................ 843,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $843,000 for
the Office of the President Pro Tempore.

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $359,000
Budget Estimate, 2024................................... 380,000
Committee recommendation................................ 364,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $364,000 for
the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emeritus.

OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $6,196,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 6,522,000
Committee recommendation................................ 6,272,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,272,000 for
the offices of the majority and minority leaders. The amount
recommended is to be equally divided, providing $3,136,000 for
each office. The administrative and clerical staffs funded by
this appropriation were authorized under the provisions of
Public Law 91-145, effective November 1, 1969.

OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $3,876,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 4,082,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,934,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,934,000 for
the offices of the majority and minority whips. It is to be
equally divided, providing $1,967,000 for each office. The
authority for the administrative and clerical staff funded by
this appropriation was created by Public Law 84-242, effective
July 1, 1955.

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $17,900,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 18,839,000
Committee recommendation................................ 18,688,000

For the salaries of the staff of the Committee on
Appropriations, the Committee recommends an appropriation of
$18,688,000.

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $3,782,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 3,982,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,828,000

For the administrative and clerical staffs of the majority
and minority conference committees, the Committee recommends an
appropriation of $3,828,000. The appropriation provides
$1,914,000 in salaries for the staff of each conference
committee. The chairman of each conference committee may
transfer to or from amounts provided for salaries of each
conference to the account for conference committee expenses
within the ``Miscellaneous Items'' appropriation.

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

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $940,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 992,000
Committee recommendation................................ 952,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $952,000 for
the majority and minority conference secretaries. These offices
were created by section 6 of Senate Resolution 17, agreed to
January 10, 1977, and two positions in each office were first
funded in the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 (Public Law
95-26). Section 102 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1979 (Public Law 96-38), abolished the specific positions and
established a lump-sum allowance for the employment of staff,
effective October 1, 1979. The amount recommended is to be
divided equally between the majority secretary and the minority
secretary.

POLICY COMMITTEES

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $3,862,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 4,068,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,910,000

For the salaries of the administrative and clerical staffs
of the majority and minority policy committees, the Committee
recommends an appropriation of $3,910,000. The appropriation
provides $1,955,000 in salaries for the staff of each
committee. The chairman of each policy committee may transfer
to or from amounts provided for salaries of each policy
committee to the account for policy committee expenses within
the ``Miscellaneous Items'' appropriation.

OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $598,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 631,000
Committee recommendation................................ 606,000

For the Office of the Chaplain, the Committee recommends an
appropriation of $606,000. The amount recommended provides the
salaries for the Chaplain of the Senate and support staff to
assist the Chaplain with his pastoral duties. The Office of the
Chaplain may transfer to or from amounts provided for salaries
to the account for expenses within the ``Miscellaneous Items''
appropriation.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $29,282,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 31,467,000
Committee recommendation................................ 30,288,000

The Committee recommends $30,288,000 for salaries of the
Office of the Secretary. Fiscal year 2024 staffing levels are
estimated at 250 positions. This appropriation provides funds
for four statutory positions (Secretary of the Senate,
Assistant Secretary of the Senate, Financial Clerk of the
Senate, and Parliamentarian of the Senate) and lump-sum
allowances for the employment and adjustment of salaries of
personnel in the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, as
authorized by Public Law 97-51, effective October 1, 1981 (2
U.S.C. 6539). The following departmental guidelines for fiscal
year 2024 have been submitted by the Secretary to the
Committee. The departmental budgets under executive offices
include: the Executive Office of the Secretary of the Senate,
Page School, Senate Security, Information Systems, and Web
Technology. The departmental budgets grouped under
administrative services include the following: conservation and
preservation, curator, disbursing office, gift shop, historical
office, human resources, interparliamentary services, library,
printing and document services, public records, chief counsel
for employment, and the stationery room. The departmental
budgets grouped under legislative services include the
following: the bill clerk, daily digest, enrolling clerk,
journal clerk, legislative clerk, Official Reporters of
Debates, captioning services, executive clerk, Legislative
Information System project office, and Parliamentarian. The
Committee provides these funds to the Secretary of the Senate
without apportionment in the interest of facilitating financial
management duties and restructuring that occurs from time to
time. The Committee expects to be notified in writing in a
timely manner of any changes to the staffing levels,
distribution of staff, or related funding.

OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $108,929,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 120,834,000
Committee recommendation................................ 116,194,000

This appropriation provides funds for the salaries of three
statutory positions (Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, Deputy
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, and Administrative Assistant
to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper) and lump-sum allowances
for employment and adjustments of salaries of personnel in the
Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, as
authorized by Public Law 97-51, effective October 1, 1981 (2
U.S.C. 6597). The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$116,194,000 for fiscal year 2024, which supports a staffing
level of 1,037 FTEs. The recommendation includes funding to
enhance the information technology operations in the Senate;
continue implementation of a Unified Communications system; and
fully support the continued initiative to expand the Senate's
cybersecurity capabilities. The Committee expects to be updated
regularly as the SAA develops its strategic plan to modernize
and harden the Senate's cyber defense. The Sergeant at Arms is
the chief law enforcement officer, the chief protocol officer,
and an executive officer of the Senate.
To fulfill these responsibilities, the Sergeant at Arms
operates through four principal units:
--The Office of Security and Emergency Preparedness prepares
the Senate to respond to a full spectrum of emergencies
that may disrupt normal business operations. This
preparation includes programs that support life safety,
intelligence, security, and continuity of operations
policies and programs throughout the U.S. Senate,
including Senate home state offices, as well as
strategic and analytic assistance to the Sergeant at
Arms in her capacity as Chairman or Member of the
Capitol Police Board and Chief Law Enforcement Officer
of the Senate.
--Capitol Operations is responsible for many of the services
provided within the Capitol building that support the
day-to-day operation of the Senate. Services include
Chamber operations maintained by the Doorkeepers;
official business visitor processing provided by the
Senate Appointment Desks; as well as credentialing and
interfacing with the news media via the Senate Media
Galleries. In addition, the Senate Recording Studio
provides audio and video services.
--The Operations Division provides an array of services to
the Senate community to include identification,
transportation, parking, and photographic services;
printing, publishing, graphic design, and framing
services; and USPS mail screening, and mailing and
package delivery services. Operations furnishes and
maintains the Senate side of the Capitol Building and
supports the maintenance of Senate state offices.
--The Office of the Chief Information Officer [OCIO] builds,
operates, and supports the Senate's information
infrastructure. The OCIO is responsible for information
security, technology infusion, telecommunications,
helpdesk, IT systems to support Continuity of
Operations and Continuity of Government, enterprise
computing systems, data networks, web services and
hosting, system development, and office equipment.
Executive and other offices provide general management,
human resource, financial, and training support to the
Senate. The offices and personnel covered by this
appropriation are shown in the following table.

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Office of Protective Services and Continuity............... 124
Capitol Operations......................................... 177
Operations................................................. 193
Chief Information Officer.................................. 382
Executive and administrative offices....................... 162
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Total................................................ 1,037
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OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $2,126,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 2,240,000
Committee recommendation................................ 2,644,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,644,000 for
the offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority.
The appropriation is to be equally divided, providing
$1,322,000 for each office.

AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $77,088,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 86,002,100
Committee recommendation................................ 86,003,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $86,003,000
for agency contributions for employees paid under certain
appropriations, including ``Salaries, officers, and
employees,'' ``Joint Economic Committee,'' ``Office of the
Legislative Counsel of the Senate,'' and ``Office of Senate
Legal Counsel.'' Agency contributions include the Senate's
contributions as an employer to the Civil Service Retirement
System, the Federal Employees' Retirement System, the Thrift
Savings Plan, Federal employee group life insurance, Federal
employee health insurance programs, and payments required by
the Federal Insurance Contributions Act. The Senate is required
by law to make these payments, and the total required is
dependent upon the number of Senate employees, their
compensation levels, the benefit programs in which they are
enrolled, and the extent of the benefits elected.

Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $8,150,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 8,983,000
Committee recommendation................................ 8,460,000

For the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate,
the Committee recommends an appropriation of $8,460,000. This
amount provides for the salaries and expenses of the office.
Funding necessary to cover agency contributions for employees
of the Office of Legislative Counsel of the Senate is included
in the Committee's recommendation for the ``Agency
Contributions'' heading, which is a subheading of the
``Salaries, officers, and employees'' appropriation.

OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $1,350,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 1,415,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,365,000

The Office of Senate Legal Counsel was established pursuant
to section 701 of Public Law 95-521. The Committee recommends
an appropriation of $1,365,000 for the Office of Senate Legal
Counsel. The amount provided pays for the salaries and expenses
of the office. Funding necessary to cover agency contributions
for employees of the office of Senate Legal Counsel is included
in the Committee's recommendation for the ``Agency
Contributions'' heading, which is a subheading of the
``Salaries, officers, and employees'' appropriation.

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

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $30,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 30,000
Committee recommendation................................ 30,000

Section 119 of Public Law 97-51 authorized an expense
allowance for the Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms
and Doorkeeper of the Senate, the Secretary for the Majority,
and the Secretary for the Minority. Since fiscal year 1983, the
amount has been provided through a direct appropriation. The
Committee recommends an appropriation of $30,000 providing an
allowance of $7,500 for each office.

Contingent Expenses of the Senate

INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $145,615,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 174,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 176,600,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $176,600,000
for inquiries and investigations by Senate standing, special,
and select committees, of which $28,385,000 shall be available
until September 30, 2025. The recommendation is $30,985,000
above the fiscal year 2023 appropriation and $2,600,000 above
the fiscal year 2024 request. This appropriation funds the
liquidation of obligations incurred by committees under the
authorization provided in Committee funding resolutions at the
beginning of each new Congress.
Committee Intern Pay.--Senate committees have the authority
and sufficient resources needed to pay committee interns from
within funding made available to committees. The Committee
reiterates that the significant increase provided to this
account will more than allow for committees to pay their
interns if they so choose. The Committee advises any committee
that wishes to seek additional funding for intern pay to
include such an increase in its budget request to the Committee
on Rules and Administration of the Senate, so that this
Committee can fully consider the needs of Senate committees
under such budgetary advisement.

U.S. SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $552,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 582,000
Committee recommendation................................ 582,000

The Committee recommends $582,000 for the expenses of the
U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control.
Established in 1985 by the Foreign Relations Authorization Act
(Public Law 99-93), the Caucus was created to monitor and
promote international compliance with narcotics control
treaties and monitor and encourage U.S. Government and private
programs seeking to expand international cooperation against
drug abuse. The Caucus is composed of seven Senators, four from
the majority party and three from the minority party, with a
chair from the majority party and a co-chair from the minority
party.

SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $17,515,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 17,381,183
Committee recommendation................................ 17,494,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $17,494,000
for expenses of the Office of the Secretary. The recommendation
is $21,000 below the fiscal year 2023 appropriation and
$112,817 above the fiscal year 2024 request. Of the total
provided, the Committee recommends an appropriation of
$4,500,000 to remain available until expended, of which
$3,825,123 is for Financial Management Information System
Modernization [FMIS] enhancements, and $13,000,000 to remain
available until September 30, 2028, of which $5,974,000 is for
the Senate Information Services program and $5,682,060 is for
FMIS support. Further, of the funds provided, $112,000 shall be
available to address requirements associated with Public Law
117-326. The Secretary of the Senate shall continue to provide
semi-annual updates to the Committee on FMIS progress starting
within 30 days of enactment of this act. The Committee provides
these funds to the Secretary of the Senate without
apportionment in the interest of facilitating financial
management duties and restructuring that occurs from time to
time. The Committee expects notification in writing in a timely
manner of any cumulative changes in excess of 10 percent to the
funding levels between programs, projects, or activities.
Typical expenditures of the Secretary of the Senate include:
Consultants.--Funding is provided for not to exceed two
individual consultants as authorized by section 110 of Public
Law 95- 94, August 5, 1977, which amends section 101 of Public
Law 95- 26, May 4, 1977. Consultants employed under this
authority shall not be paid in excess of the per diem
equivalent of the highest gross rate of annual compensation,
which may be paid to employees of a standing committee of the
Senate.
Legal Reference Volumes.--Funding is provided to furnish
U.S. Senators with volumes of the U.S. Code Annotated or U.S.
Code service, pocket parts and supplements, as authorized by
Public Law 92-51, July 9, 1971. The Disbursing Office is
responsible for providing the U.S. Code Annotated or the U.S.
Code Service to Senators when they assume office and upon
receipt of a written request of a Senator.
Contractual Legal and Administrative Services and
Miscellaneous Expenses.--Funding is provided for various
contractual, administrative, and miscellaneous expenses
incurred by the Office of the Secretary. In addition, the
Office of the Secretary has incurred various types of legal and
other expenses, which have been authorized by the Senate.
Funding is provided for contractual and other expenses
necessary to update and publish the Senate's legislative
precedents and procedure documentation. Administrative services
and miscellaneous expenses are housekeeping expenses of the
Office of the Secretary.
Travel and Registration Fees.--Funding is provided for
travel expenses and registration fees incurred by the Secretary
of the Senate and the employees of the Office of the Secretary.
This line item excludes funding for travel expenses for the
Federal Election Campaign Act under the Office of Public
Records, which is provided separately under the authority of
Public Law 92-342. The authority for the travel portion of this
account was provided for by section 101 of Public Law 94-59,
July 25, 1975.
Orientation and Training.--Funding is provided for expenses
incurred by the Secretary of the Senate to conduct orientation
seminars or similar meetings for Senators, Senate officials, or
members of staffs of Senators or Senate officials, not to
exceed $30,000 under the authority of 2 U.S.C. 6514. The Office
of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is also
authorized under these provisions to conduct seminars or
similar meetings in the same manner and to the same extent as
the Office of the Secretary of the Senate.
Postage.--This account also provides funding for postage
for the Office of the Secretary of the Senate for special
delivery, registered mail, and additional postage not covered
under the frank.
Education of Senate Pages.--Funding is provided for the
education of Senate pages. Senate Resolution 184, July 29,
1983, authorized the Secretary of the Senate to provide such
educational services and items in such manner as the Secretary
may deem appropriate. Public Law 98-125, October 13, 1983,
amended Public Law 98-51, July 14, 1983, striking out the
heading and paragraph ``Education of Pages'' under the heading
``Joint Items'', and redesignated the funds provided in Public
Law 98-51.
Stationery.--Funding is provided for stationery supplies
for the Office of the Secretary of the Senate. The funds
provided have been allocated to the various departments of the
Office of the Secretary.
Senate Commission on Art.--Funding is provided for the
Senate Commission on Art, authorized by Public Law 100-696,
November 18, 1988, as amended, and Public Law 108-83, September
30, 2003, as amended to acquire, accept, supervise, hold,
place, protect, make known, conserve, restore, replicate, or
replace any work of art, historical object, documents, or
material relating to historical matters, or exhibits for
placement or exhibition within the Senate wing of the Capitol,
any Senate office building, or in rooms, spaces, or corridors
thereof, and to publish as a Senate document a list of all
works of art, historical objects, and exhibits currently within
the Senate wing of the Capitol and Senate office buildings. The
Senate Commission on Art was formerly the Commission on Arts
and Antiquities of the United States Senate, which was
authorized by Senate Resolution 382, October 1, 1968, as
amended by Senate Resolution 95, April 1, 1977, and Senate
Resolution 400, March 23, 1988.
Representation Expenses.--Funding is provided, not to
exceed $50,000, to the Secretary of the Senate to coordinate
and carry out responsibilities in connection with foreign
parliamentary groups or other foreign officials visiting the
United States. Authorized by section 2, chapter VIII of Public
Law 100-71, November 21, 1989, as amended.
Office of Conservation and Preservation.--Funding is
provided for the Office of Conservation and Preservation to
develop and coordinate programs directly related to the
conservation and protection of Senate records and materials for
which the Secretary of the Senate has statutory authority.
Book Preservation.--Funding is provided for the Office of
Conservation and Preservation to use outside sources for the
preservation and protection of the Senate book collection,
including historically valuable documents under the care of the
Secretary of the Senate.
Office of Public Records.--Funding is provided for expenses
of the Office of Public Records. This office has evolved
through various pieces of legislation and various
responsibilities authorized by the Federal Election Campaign
Act, as amended, the Ethics in Government Act, as amended, and
the Lobbying Disclosure Act, as amended. The Office of Public
Records is mentioned for the first time in Public Law 93-145,
November 1, 1973, which authorizes the Secretary of the Senate
to appoint and fix the compensation of a superintendent and
other positions for the Office of Public Records. In addition,
under the authority of Public Law 95-521, October 26, 1978
(Ethics in Government Act) reports filed under section 101
shall be available for public inspection and a copy of the
report shall be provided to any person upon request. Any person
requesting a copy of a report may be required to pay a
reasonable fee to cover the cost of reproduction. Any moneys
received by the Secretary shall be deposited into the Office of
Public Records Revolving Fund under the authority of Public Law
101-163, November 21, 1989. The office also performs functions
such as registration of mass mailings.
Disbursing Office.--Funding is provided for expenses
incurred in the operation of the disbursing office. Typical
expenses for this office include notary bonds, seals, and
necessary supplies in conjunction with the various machinery
maintained in the office, which are not available in the
stationery room.
Office of Captioning Services.--Funding is provided for the
closed captioning of the televised Senate floor proceedings for
the hearing impaired. Closed captioning was first authorized
under Public Law 101-163, November 21, 1989.
Senate Chief Counsel for Employment.--Funding is provided
for the Office of the Senate Chief Counsel for Employment. This
office is a nonpartisan office formed in May 1993 at the
direction of the joint leadership and is charged with providing
legal advice and representation of Senate offices in all areas
of employment law.

SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $171,844,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 194,084,000
Committee recommendation................................ 194,942,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $194,942,000
for expenses of the Sergeant at Arms, which is $23,098,000
above the fiscal year 2023 appropriation and $185,934,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2028 $858,000 above the
fiscal year 2024 request. Of the total provided, $9,500,000 is
to remain available until expended, to include $5,000,000 for
Senate hearing room audiovisual equipment improvements, as
requested in the fiscal year 2024 budget $2,500,000 for the
residential security systems program and $2,000,000 for the
Senate's share of the JAWS program. The Committee continues to
express its support for the Sergeant at Arms Fellowships
program.
The following table compares the fiscal year 2024 Committee
recommendation for the component categories within this account
to the fiscal year 2024 budget request.

EXPENSES-OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal year 2024 Committee
request recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Office of Security and Emergency $4,453,000 $4,453,000
Preparedness.......................
Capitol Operations.................. 5,635,000 5,635,000
Operations.......................... 8,812,000 8,812,000
Chief Information Officer........... 135,117,000 135,975,000
Executive and Other Offices......... 30,567,000 30,567,000
Senate Residential Security System 2,500,000 2,500,000
Program............................
Joint Audible Warning System........ 2,000,000 2,000,000
Hearing Room Audiovisual Equipment.. 5,000,000 5,000,000
-----------------------------------
Grand Total................... 194,084,000 194,942,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Committee provides these funds to the Sergeant at Arms
without apportionment in the interest of facilitating financial
management duties and restructuring that occurs from time to
time. The Committee expects to be notified in writing in a
timely manner of any cumulative changes in excess of 10 percent
to the funding levels between programs, projects, or
activities.
Hearing Room Audiovisual Equipment.--The Committee
recommends $5,000,000 in no-year funding to partially or fully
renovate two to four hearing rooms per year, as per the
request. The audiovisual equipment and systems in these hearing
rooms has or will soon exceed their useful life and must be
replaced. The failure of hearing room audiovisual systems
disrupted several high-profile hearings in recent years, and
represents a problem that will only grow worse as the equipment
and systems reach their useful life. The Committee expects the
SAA to continue working with the Architect of the Capitol and
the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Rules and
Administration to develop a replacement plan to avoid equipment
failure.
Unified Communications and Collaboration [UCC] System.--The
Committee directs the SAA to provide quarterly updates to the
Committee on the implementation of the UCC system through
complete implementation of the program.
Training to ``Stop the Bleed''.--For the past several
years, the SAA has offered Senate staff the opportunity to
train in Tactical Combat Casualty Care, also known as ``Stop
the Bleed'' training, which increases survivability from mass
shootings and other casualty events causing life-threatening
external bleeding. The Committee supports the SAA Office of
Security, Emergency Preparedness and Continuity's continued
utilization of ``Stop the Bleed'' training on the Capitol
campus so that more Senate staff know how to respond to and
administer basic bleeding control techniques to individuals
with trauma if such a situation arises and for emergency
preparedness purposes.
Congressional Staff Directory.--The Committee notes the
unavailability or insufficiency of currently-provided
congressional staff contact information. The absence of a
congressional staff directory that covers the Senate, House,
support offices, and support agencies makes it difficult for
congressional staff to identify and connect with relevant
staff. The Committee directs SAA, in consultation with relevant
support offices and agencies, including the Office of the Clerk
and Chief Administrative Officer of the House of
Representatives, to explore the creation of a centrally-managed
staff directory for Congress and congressional support agencies
to enhance the exchange of information and improve
collaboration across the legislative branch. The SAA shall
brief the Committee on the efforts to create a centralized
congressional staff directory, including associated costs and
directory information features and access.
Website Attachments.--The Committee recognizes the
importance of receiving letters and other appropriate documents
from members' constituents, and notes that SAA worked with
Senate offices to develop a safe, web-based solution that
accepts attachments from constituents and routes those
attachments directly to an office's Constituent Support
Systems. However, additional enhancements are necessary in
order to ensure that attachments can be made to submissions on
Senate websites in a manner that meets the needs of the Senate
offices. The Committee strongly encourages SAA to continue
reviewing its policy concerning the receipt of attachments from
a Senate network cybersecurity perspective and to conduct
focused discussions with Senate offices to determine the
specific needs of the Senate community regarding website
attachments.
Cyber Tools.--The Committee directs the SAA to evaluate and
provide a briefing within 180 days of enactment of this act to
the Committee on the feasibility of Member office and committee
use of cloud-based word processing and document real-time
collaboration tools in a SAA-hosted and CIO-operated data
center.
IT Requirements for State Offices.--The Committee
appreciates the work of the SAA across the information
technology platform. To continue to stay abreast of these
requirements, the SAA shall conduct an updated survey with
personal State offices to validate the IT requirements for each
office. Based on the results of the survey, the SAA shall
provide a report to the Committee within 180 days of enactment
of the act summarizing the identified requirements, potential
service gaps and providing recommendations for addressing those
IT service gaps.
Training for System Administrators.--The Committee notes
that the SAA Chief Information Officer [CIO] has worked to
provide Linked in Learning training for Senate offices' and
committees' system administrators and expects the CIO to
continue exploring and recommending training options for system
administrators.
Cyber Care Education for Senators and Staff.--The Committee
recognizes the threat of hacking and cyberattacks on Senators
and staff on their official and personal devices and accounts.
SAA is working to improve personal cybersecurity, cyber
advisories, and cybersecurity best practice documents tailored
to such devices and accounts, and should continue to educate
members and staff on such practices. In addition, the SAA
shall, in coordination with this Committee, the Senate
Committee on Rules and Administration, and Senate majority and
minority leadership, continue to explore ways-including the
options presented in the bipartisan Senators' Personal
Cybersecurity Working Group's report-in-which it may better
provide voluntary cybersecurity support to any Senator seeking
assistance with their personal devices or accounts under
existing ethics, rules, appropriations, statutory, and civil
law, including whether investments in additional IT hardware
and software, additional personnel, and additional guidelines
are needed. The Committee also directs SAA to provide increased
training opportunities so that members and staff traveling
abroad are aware of cyber threats and appropriate best
practices to mitigate such threats to their devices, and to
brief this Committee on whether members and staff are utilizing
these awareness tools.
Enterprise Software.--Employees of the Senate use and rely
upon software approved and managed by the SAA to carry out
their responsibilities on behalf of the American people. While
SAA appropriately focuses on the safety, security and integrity
of these software applications and license agreements, the SAA
is encouraged to make available software that is best suited to
the requirements of its end users. The SAA is encouraged to
conduct a needs assessment with all Senate committees and
personal offices to determine the specific enterprise software
requirements, which may be used to inform the SAA's budget
justifications. The Committee directs SAA to brief the
Committee within 60 days of the enactment of this act on its
enterprise software management process, to include its current
efforts to determine and evaluate software requirements based
on an alignment to the needs and positional responsibilities of
Senate employees. Further, within 180 days of the enactment of
this act, the SAA shall conduct a needs assessment within the
Senate community to determine the overall enterprise software
requirements for each entity's mission. The outcome of this
needs assessment shall be utilized by the SAA to inform the
SAA's Chief Information Officer's Strategic and Operational
Objectives.
Residential Security System Program.--The SAA shall brief
the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate within 60 days of enactment of
this act on the progress of the implementation of the
Residential Security System Program.
Sergeant-at-Arms Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Fund.--The SAA shall provide a report to the Committee within
30 days of enactment of this act on the utilization of the
Sergeant at Arms Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
[BCDR] fund, which was established under section 103 of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-
103).
McCain-Mansfield Fellowship Program.--The Committee
continues to support the SAA's efforts to implement the McCain-
Mansfield Fellowship Program. The SAA shall brief the Committee
within 90 days of the enactment of the act on the SAA's
progress in implementing the fellowship program.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $27,814,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 26,516,445
Committee recommendation................................ 26,517,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $26,517,000
for miscellaneous items to remain available until September 30,
2026. Any deviation of more than 10 percent cumulatively from
the stated levels for each item will require the customary
prior approval of the Committee. The following table sets forth
the apportionment of funds under this appropriation:

FISCAL YEAR 2024 BUDGET--MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS APPORTIONMENT SCHEDULE
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal year 2024 Committee
Item request recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Resolution and reorganization $4,000,000 $4,000,000
reserve............................
Unallocated......................... 10,000,000 10,000,000
Reserve for contingencies 800,000 800,555
(miscellaneous items)..............
Reception of foreign dignitaries (S. 30,000 30,000
Res. 247, dated February 7, 1962,
as amended by S. Res. 370, dated
October 10, 2000)..................
Foreign travel--Members and 125,000 125,000
employees (S. Res. 179, dated May
25, 1977)..........................
Federal employees compensation 600,000 600,000
account (Public Law 96--499, dated
December 5, 1980) (Unemployment
Compensation)......................
Conferences for the Majority and 300,000 300,000
Minority (Public Laws: 97--51,
dated January 3, 1983; 101--250,
dated November 5, 1990; and 107--
68, dated November 12, 2001).......
Policy Committees for the Majority 150,000 150,000
and Minority (Public Law 104--53,
dated November 19, 1995)...........
Postage............................. 6,000 6,000
Stationery.......................... 16,500 16,500
Communications...................... 72,000 72,000
Consultants including agency 8,000,000 8,000,000
contributions (2 U.S.C. 6501 as
amended)...........................
National Security Working Group 700,000 700,000
(Public Law 115--244, dated
September 21, 2018)................
Committee on Appropriations (Public 950,000 950,000
Law 105--275, dated October 21,
1998)..............................
Office of the Chaplain (Public Law 40,000 40,000
108--199, dated January 23, 2004)..
Senate Child Care Center:
Agency Contribution costs 510,000 510,000
authorized by Public Laws 102--
90, dated August 14, 1991 and
103--50, dated July 2, 1993....
Reimbursement of salaries 193,945 193,945
authorized by S. Res. 329,
dated July 29, 2021............
Training classes, conferences, 23,000 23,000
and travel expenses as
authorized by Public Law 104--
197, dated September 16, 1996..
-----------------------------------
Total......................... 26,516,445 26,517,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Senate Employees' Child Care Center.--Under current law,
Congress may only provide funding for employee benefits and
travel expenses for employee training activities for the Senate
Employees' Child Care Center [SECCC], and the reimbursement of
salaries for the executive director and assistant director of
the center, which are provided for and fully funded in this
act. However, funds for all other employees' salaries and
operational expenses are paid by the Center's operating budget
and cannot be supplemented with appropriated funds. In agreeing
to provide salary reimbursements for the SECCC executive
director and the assistant director, the Committee recognizes
the importance of access to high quality, affordable child care
for recruitment and retention of U.S. Senate employees and
supports the ability of the Center to employ high caliber
faculty, maintain its commitment to early childhood education,
and continue to serve the growing number of Senate employees
who require child care for their infant to pre-school children.
Furthermore, the Committee understands these payments will free
up the Center's operating budget to provide salary increases
for all day care faculty, allowing the Center to pay its staff
competitive salaries comparable with the House of
Representatives Child Care Center.
Resolution and Reorganization Reserve.--This line item is
used to cover the costs of Senate resolutions and public laws
that authorize expenditures from the contingent fund of the
Senate that do not have specific appropriations for such
purpose.
Reserve for Contingencies.--This line item includes payment
for gratuities for family members of deceased Senate employees;
damage to automobiles in the Senate parking lots; contractual,
legal, and administrative services; and miscellaneous expenses,
and is controlled by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Employees' Compensation Fund Reimbursements (Worker's
Compensation).--This amount is for reimbursements made to the
U.S. Department of Labor for total benefits and other payments
made on behalf of Senate employees from the employees'
compensation fund. Payments are authorized to be made from
expired balances, a practice that is consistent with the other
agencies of the legislative branch.
Reception of Foreign Dignitaries.--The Committee on Foreign
Relations is authorized to expend not to exceed $30,000 each
fiscal year to receive foreign dignitaries under the authority
of Senate Resolution 247, agreed to February 7, 1962, as
amended.
Foreign Travel: Members and Employees.--Senate Resolution
179, agreed to May 25, 1977, authorized payment from the
contingent fund of the Senate of the domestic portion of
transportation costs and travel expenses incurred by Members
and employees of the Senate when engaged in authorized foreign
travel.
Federal Employees' Compensation Account (Unemployment
Compensation).--This line item provides for expenses incurred
for the Senate to reimburse the Federal employees' compensation
account, pursuant to Public Law 96-499, approved December 5,
1980, for unemployment compensation payments made to Senate
employees.
Conferences for the Majority and Minority.--The amount
recommended provides for the expenses of the majority and
minority conference committees.
Policy Committees for the Majority and Minority.--The
amount recommended provides for the expenses of the majority
and minority policy committees.
Postage.--The amount recommended provides for postage
allowances for the President of the Senate, Secretary of the
Majority, Secretary of the Minority, and Senate Chaplain.
Stationery.--The amount recommended provides funds for
stationery and office supplies for the President of the Senate,
conference committees of the Senate, Office of the Chaplain,
and the Senate Chamber.
Communications.--The amount recommended provides funds for
cellular telephone and mobile data devices and services for the
Office of the Vice President, Secretary for the Majority,
Secretary for the Minority, Office of the Chaplain, Majority
Leader, Minority Leader, Majority Whip, and Minority Whip.
Consultants: Including Agency Contributions.--This item
provides authority for the appointment and payment of
consultants to the majority and minority leaders, President Pro
Tempore, President Pro Tempore Emeritus, and the legislative
counsel.
The following summarizes the current authority and
limitations:
Majority Leader.--Twelve consultants at not to exceed the
daily rate for maximum standing committee rate. All of the
consultants may be appointed at an annual rate of compensation
not to exceed the maximum annual rate for a standing committee.
Minority Leader.--Twelve consultants at not to exceed the
daily rate for maximum standing committee rate. All of the
consultants may be appointed at an annual rate of compensation
not to exceed the maximum annual rate for a standing committee.
Legislative Counsel (Subject to President Pro Tempore
Approval).--Two consultants at not to exceed the daily rate for
maximum standing committee rate. All of the consultants may be
appointed at an annual rate of compensation not to exceed the
maximum annual rate for a standing committee.
President Pro Tempore.--Three consultants at not to exceed
the daily rate for maximum standing committee rate. The
consultants may be appointed at an annual rate of compensation
not to exceed the maximum annual rate for a standing committee.
President Pro Tempore Emeritus.--One consultant at not to
exceed the daily rate for maximum standing committee rate. The
consultant may be appointed at an annual rate of compensation
not to exceed the maximum annual rate for a standing committee.
Senate National Security Working Group.--Provides funding
for the Senate National Security Working Group, under the
authority of Senate Resolution 75, agreed to March 25, 1999.
The Senate National Security Working Group was formerly the
Senate Arms Control Observer Group. The Senate National
Security Working Group shall operate without future expiration
of authority.
Committee on Appropriations.--Pursuant to Public Law 105-
275, provides funding for administrative expenses for the
Committee on Appropriations.
Senate Employees' Child Care Center: Agency
Contributions.--Provides for the payment of agency contribution
costs as authorized by Public Law 102-90, approved August 14,
1991, and Public Law 103-50, approved July 2, 1993, for
employees of the Senate Employees' Child Care Center. The
Senate Employees' Child Care Center is intended for the
children of Members and employees of the Senate.
Senate Employees' Child Care Center: Reimbursement of
Salaries.--Provides for the reimbursement costs to the Senate
Employees' Child Care Center for the basic pay paid to the
Executive Director and for the basic pay paid to the Assistant
Director of the Center, as authorized by Senate Resolution 329,
approved July 29, 2021.
Senate Employees' Child Care Center: Training Classes and
Conference Costs.--Provides for the reimbursement of any
individual employed by the Senate Employees' Child Care Center
for the cost of training classes and conferences in connection
with the provision of child care services and for travel,
transportation, and subsistence expenses incurred in connection
with the training classes and conferences, as authorized by
Public Law 104-197, approved September 16, 1996.
Student Loan Repayment Program.--$9,800,000 is provided for
this program for fiscal year 2024 for the repayment of student
loans, for eligible employees at the discretion of the
employing office, to enhance recruitment and retention of
Senate staff.

SENATORS' OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $512,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 550,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 534,510,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation for fiscal year
2024 of $534,510,000 for the Senators' Official Personnel and
Office Expense Account [SOPOEA]. The recommendation is an
increase of $22,510,000 above the fiscal year 2023
appropriation and $15,490,000 below the fiscal year 2024
request. Of the funding provided, $49,169,000 is available
until September 30, 2026. This account funds salaries and
benefits of Senators' staffs as well as the office expense
allowance for Senators' offices. The SOPOEA is comprised of
three components. Two of these are for salaries of personnel in
Senators' offices. The allowance for administrative and
clerical assistance is based on the population of States,
beginning with States with a population of fewer than five
million people to States with a population of 28 million or
more. The table illustrates the allowances per population
category and the States that fall into those categories. The
estimate for fiscal year 2024 totals $351,214,514. The second
component of the salaries allowance is for legislative
assistance to Senators, as authorized by Public Law 95-94 as
amended. This allowance provides funding for three positions in
each Senator's office for a total of $636,300 per office, or
$63,630,000 for all 100 Senators. The third component of the
SOPOEA account is for official office expenses and totals
$20,128,950. Each Senator's office is allocated an amount for
office expenses, as displayed in the following table. It should
be noted that the amounts provided for the various components
of the SOPOEA are interchangeable. Amounts provided for
salaries may be used for expenses, and vice versa, subject to
regulations set by the Committee on Rules and Administration
with respect to official mail. It should also be noted that the
figures in the following table are preliminary, and that
official notification of member budgets is issued by the
Financial Clerk of the Senate after enactment of this bill.
The following table illustrates the several components of
the SOPOEA.

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION FOR SENATORS' OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE FISCAL YEAR 2024
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Administrative
and clerical Legislative O.O.E.A. Total
State assistance assistance allowance 10/1/ allowance 10/1/
allowance 10/1/ allowance 10/1/ 2023 2023
2023 2023
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Alabama......................................... 3,335,145 636,300 184,274 4,155,719
Alaska.......................................... 3,242,182 636,300 252,727 4,131,209
Arizona......................................... 3,521,079 636,300 206,610 4,363,989
Arkansas........................................ 3,242,182 636,300 168,839 4,047,321
California...................................... 5,105,016 636,300 451,429 6,192,745
Colorado........................................ 3,335,145 636,300 195,321 4,166,766
Connecticut..................................... 3,242,182 636,300 160,899 4,039,381
Delaware........................................ 3,242,182 636,300 129,410 4,007,892
Florida......................................... 4,748,148 636,300 325,544 5,709,992
Georgia......................................... 3,799,986 636,300 222,254 4,658,540
Hawaii.......................................... 3,242,182 636,300 279,153 4,157,635
Idaho........................................... 3,242,182 636,300 166,647 4,045,129
Illinois........................................ 3,985,918 636,300 262,167 4,884,385
Indiana......................................... 3,428,114 636,300 193,868 4,258,282
Iowa............................................ 3,242,182 636,300 170,370 4,048,852
Kansas.......................................... 3,242,182 636,300 168,049 4,046,531
Kentucky........................................ 3,242,182 636,300 177,612 4,056,094
Louisiana....................................... 3,242,182 636,300 184,513 4,062,995
Maine........................................... 3,242,182 636,300 148,243 4,026,725
Maryland........................................ 3,428,114 636,300 171,937 4,236,351
Massachusetts................................... 3,521,079 636,300 197,458 4,354,837
Michigan........................................ 3,799,986 636,300 233,183 4,669,469
Minnesota....................................... 3,335,145 636,300 189,889 4,161,334
Mississippi..................................... 3,242,182 636,300 166,516 4,044,998
Missouri........................................ 3,428,114 636,300 196,520 4,260,934
Montana......................................... 3,242,182 636,300 162,314 4,040,796
Nebraska........................................ 3,242,182 636,300 161,911 4,040,393
Nevada.......................................... 3,242,182 636,300 177,257 4,055,739
New Hampshire................................... 3,242,182 636,300 143,493 4,021,975
New Jersey...................................... 3,707,012 636,300 202,519 4,545,831
New Mexico...................................... 3,242,182 636,300 166,067 4,044,549
New York........................................ 4,629,189 636,300 316,956 5,582,445
North Carolina.................................. 3,799,986 636,300 225,872 4,662,158
North Dakota.................................... 3,242,182 636,300 150,630 4,029,112
Ohio............................................ 3,892,953 636,300 254,622 4,783,875
Oklahoma........................................ 3,242,182 636,300 181,179 4,059,661
Oregon.......................................... 3,242,182 636,300 192,200 4,070,682
Pennsylvania.................................... 4,078,883 636,300 257,441 4,972,624
Rhode Island.................................... 3,242,182 636,300 140,018 4,018,500
South Carolina.................................. 3,335,145 636,300 178,202 4,149,647
South Dakota.................................... 3,242,182 636,300 152,207 4,030,689
Tennessee....................................... 3,521,079 636,300 197,127 4,354,506
Texas........................................... 5,105,016 636,300 378,579 6,119,895
Utah............................................ 3,242,182 636,300 174,868 4,053,350
Vermont......................................... 3,242,182 636,300 136,528 4,015,010
Virginia........................................ 3,614,049 636,300 198,594 4,448,943
Washington...................................... 3,521,079 636,300 220,459 4,377,838
West Virginia................................... 3,242,182 636,300 145,264 4,023,746
Wisconsin....................................... 3,335,145 636,300 193,623 4,165,068
Wyoming......................................... 3,242,182 636,300 153,113 4,031,595
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Total..................................... 175,607,257 31,815,000 10,064,475 217,486,732
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x2 x2 x2 x2
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Grand Total............................... 351,214,514 63,630,000 20,128,950 434,973,464
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According to the most recent employment data compiled by
the Secretary of the Senate, as of May 31, 2023, there were
4,287 individuals employed in Senators' offices throughout the
United States and covered by this appropriation. In addition to
providing funds for compensation of employees within Senators'
offices, this appropriation also provides for agency
contributions for those employees; that is, the Senate's share,
as an employer, of the various employee benefit programs for
which Senate employees are eligible. These payments are
mandatory, and fluctuate according to the programs in which
employees are enrolled, the level of compensation, and the
degree of participation. Budget requests for this account
prepared by the Financial Clerk must be based on both
experience and evaluation of trends. The fiscal year 2024
funding level for this account anticipates $150,967,000 in
agency contribution costs. The amount recommended by the
Committee for the SOPOEA is less than would be required to
cover all obligations that could be incurred under the
authorized allowances for all Senators. The Committee is able
to recommend an appropriation of a lesser amount than
potentially necessary because Senators typically do not
obligate funds up to the absolute ceiling of their respective
allowances.
Senate Intern Compensation.--The Committee continues to
believe that Senate internships should be available to the
broadest possible pool of candidates who have the ability and
interest to serve. Unfortunately, unpaid internships exclude
those who cannot independently afford to work without pay,
hindering students' future career opportunities and making it
more difficult for Senators to attract and hire the most
qualified interns, regardless of socioeconomic status.
Providing interns financial compensation provides an avenue for
more students to have the opportunity to serve their country
and gain experience toward a career in public service. To date,
94 percent of Senators' offices expended funds provided in
fiscal year 2023 to compensate interns. In addition to funding
allocated in the table above for Senators' office allowances
and for agency contribution costs, the bill includes $7,000,000
for the sole purpose of providing financial compensation to
interns. This will allow offices to continue to diversify their
intern hires and, if an office chooses to do so, provide
stipends to better help interns with travel and housing costs.
Any intern compensation funding that remains unspent by any
office will be returned to the Treasury in accordance with
section 101 of the bill. Such funding is directed to be
allocated among Senators' offices in relative proportion to
funds allocated for each office's administrative and clerical
assistance allowance for fiscal year 2024 shown in the table
above, which reflect natural variables including State
populations, with a small additional amount for non-contiguous
States. On average, each office will be allocated an estimated
$70,000 for intern compensation.

SENATORS' OFFICE ALLOCATIONS FOR INTERN COMPENSATION FISCAL YEAR 2024
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State Amount
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Alabama.................................................... $66,300
Alaska..................................................... 69,750
Arizona.................................................... 70,000
Arkansas................................................... 64,400
California................................................. 101,500
Colorado................................................... 66,300
Connecticut................................................ 64,400
Delaware................................................... 64,400
Florida.................................................... 94,400
Georgia.................................................... 75,500
Hawaii..................................................... 69,750
Idaho...................................................... 64,400
Illinois................................................... 79,200
Indiana.................................................... 68,100
Iowa....................................................... 64,400
Kansas..................................................... 64,400
Kentucky................................................... 64,400
Louisiana.................................................. 64,400
Maine...................................................... 64,400
Maryland................................................... 68,100
Massachusetts.............................................. 70,000
Michigan................................................... 75,500
Minnesota.................................................. 66,300
Mississippi................................................ 64,400
Missouri................................................... 68,100
Montana.................................................... 64,400
Nebraska................................................... 64,400
Nevada..................................................... 64,400
New Hampshire.............................................. 64,400
New Jersey................................................. 73,700
New Mexico................................................. 64,400
New York................................................... 92,000
North Carolina............................................. 75,500
North Dakota............................................... 64,400
Ohio....................................................... 77,400
Oklahoma................................................... 64,400
Oregon..................................................... 64,400
Pennsylvania............................................... 81,100
Rhode Island............................................... 64,400
South Carolina............................................. 66,300
South Dakota............................................... 64,400
Tennessee.................................................. 70,000
Texas...................................................... 101,500
Utah....................................................... 64,400
Vermont.................................................... 64,400
Virginia................................................... 71,800
Washington................................................. 70,000
West Virginia.............................................. 64,400
Wisconsin.................................................. 66,300
Wyoming.................................................... 64,400
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Total................................................ 3,500,000
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x2
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Grand Total.......................................... 7,000,000
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OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $300,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 300,000
Committee recommendation................................ 300,000

For the official mail costs of the Senate, the Committee
recommends an appropriation of $300,000 which is equal to the
fiscal year 2023 appropriation and the fiscal year 2024
request.

Administrative Provisions

Sec. 101. This provision requires that amounts remaining in
the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account be
used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt.
Sec. 102. This provision amends the terms for the
expiration date of the National Security Working Group.
Sec. 103. This provision amends the guidance on the number
of consultants utilized within the Senate.
Sec. 104. This provision extends executive branch authority
to legislative branch agencies and the Senate to utilize
appropriated funds for child care.
Sec. 105. This provision addresses security of office space
rented by Senators.

JOINT ITEMS

Joint Economic Committee

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $4,283,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 4,283,000
Committee recommendation................................ 4,283,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,283,000 for
the Joint Economic Committee [JEC]. The recommendation is equal
to the fiscal year 2023 appropriation and the fiscal year 2024
request. The Joint Economic Committee was created by the
Employment Act of 1946 (Public Law 79-304). The primary tasks
of the JEC are to review economic conditions and to recommend
improvements in economic policy. The JEC performs research and
economic analysis, and monitors and analyzes current economic,
financial, and employment conditions.

Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies

Appropriations, 2023....................................................
Budget estimate, 2024................................... $3,675,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,675,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,675,000 for
salaries and expenses of the Joint Congressional Committee on
Inaugural Ceremonies.

Joint Committee on Taxation

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $12,948,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 14,125,000
Committee recommendation................................ 14,125,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $14,125,000
for salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation.
The recommendation is $1,177,000 above the fiscal year 2023
appropriation and equal to the fiscal year 2024 request.
The Joint Committee is established under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to:
--investigate the operation and effects of internal revenue
taxes and the administration of such taxes;
--investigate measures and methods for the simplification of
such taxes;
--make reports to the House Committee on Ways and Means and
the Senate Committee on Finance (or to the House and
the Senate) on the results of such investigations and
studies and to make recommendations; and
--review any proposed refund or credit of income or estate
and gift taxes, or certain other taxes set forth in
Code section 6405 in excess of $2,000,000. In addition
to these functions that are specified in the Internal
Revenue Code, the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
(Public Law 93-344) requires the Joint Committee to
provide revenue estimates for all tax legislation
considered by either the House of Representatives or
the Senate.

Office of the Attending Physician

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $4,181,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 6,299,000
Committee recommendation................................ 6,000,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,000,000 for
the Office of the Attending Physician. The recommendation is
$1,819,000 above the fiscal year 2023 appropriation and
$299,000 below the fiscal year 2024 request. The Office was
first established by House Resolution 253, adopted December 5,
1928.

Office of Congressional Accessibility Services

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $1,702,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 1,766,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,766,000

The Committee recommends $1,766,000 for the Office of
Congressional Accessibility Services [OCAS]. This office is a
successor to the Special Services Office following enactment of
the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-437).
The OCAS provides and coordinates accessibility services for
individuals with disabilities, including Members of Congress,
staff, and visitors to the U.S. Capitol complex. These services
include sign language interpreting, adaptive tours, and
wheelchair loans. OCAS also provides information regarding
accessibility for individuals with disabilities, as well as
related training and staff development to Members of Congress
and employees of the Senate and House of Representatives.

CAPITOL POLICE

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $734,576,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 840,942,000
Committee recommendation................................ 792,473,000

The United States Capitol Police [USCP] is charged with the
protection of the United States Congress, its legislative
processes, Members, employees, visitors, and facilities within
the U.S. Capitol complex from crime, disruption, or terrorism
so that the Congress may fulfill its constitutional
responsibilities in a safe and open environment. The Committee
recommends $792,473,000 for the USCP. The recommendation is
$57,897,000 above the fiscal year 2023 appropriation and
$48,469,000 below the fiscal year 2024 request.
Risk-Based Protections for Members of Congress.--Threats
against Members of Congress have increased significantly since
calendar year 2021. In light of this, the Committee continues
to find that ensuring the continuity of government must include
protecting the overall security of Members of Congress. The
recommendation provides $2,000,000 for the Department to
continue to provide Member security outside of the Capitol
campus in the National Capital Region [NCR], as warranted by
risk-based analyses. The Committee expects the USCP to continue
working closely with the Sergeants at Arms and law enforcement
partners in the NCR, as well as educating Member offices, on
the USCP strategy for Members' protection within the NCR while
off the Capitol Grounds, per the December 2018 report detailing
the Department's plans to enhance off-campus Member security in
the NCR.
Enhanced Member Protection.--The Committee continues to
recognize the expanding mission requirements for the United
States Capitol Police in the area of Member protection. The
Department has been provided significant funding to support
complex enhanced Member protection initiatives over the last
two fiscal years. The Department shall provide quarterly
briefings to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee
on Rules and Administration of the Senate on the Department's
progress in implementing these initiatives.
Contract Security Officers.--The Committee directs the USCP
to submit to the Committee within 30 days of enactment of this
act a report on the cost benefit analysis for using the
Contract Security Officers [CSO] and on the performance of CSO
ability to assist the USCP with meeting mission requirements.
Realizing this report will contain law enforcement sensitive
information, the report should be secured when provided to the
Committee. The updated secured report should include decisional
metrics for CSO location utilization and the benefits of
supporting sworn officers. The report must detail the
Department's contractor suitability policies for the CSO and
any additional security training that may be needed in future
contracts. Additionally, the report is required to detail the
estimated cost savings for using CSO, to include the offsets of
departmental overtime utilization resulting from the CSO.
Mutual Aid Reimbursements.--The USCP is directed to
continue to expand the use of other Federal, State and local
law enforcement entities through reimbursable mutual aid
agreements and to ensure a collaborative two-way sharing of
critical information to meet USCP mission requirements.
Chaplain Program.--The Committee commends the USCP for its
efforts to expand its wellness program for its employees.
Maintaining the overall wellness of the USCP workforce is of
great importance. The Department is directed to brief the
Committee within 60 days of enactment of this act on the status
of the implementation of the volunteer chaplain service enacted
in Fiscal Year 2023. The briefing should include the number of
volunteer chaplains projected for the program, and how USCP is
ensuring that personnel are aware of the availability of the
service, including how to access such services.
Arrest Summary Data Sharing Update.--The Committee
appreciates the USCP's efforts to provide its arrest data in a
more searchable manner and encourages it to continue this
effort.
Use of Drones and Other Sensitive Technologies.--The
Committee remains concerned that the Department previously
purchased drones that were manufactured by a company based in
the People's Republic of China for off-site training outside of
Washington, D.C. The Committee appreciates that the Department
has stopped the use of the drones, disposed of them, and is
taking internal steps to make sure such purchases do not occur
again. The Department is directed to further strengthen
procedures for the purchasing of sensitive technologies in
order to ensure that none are acquired for routine law
enforcement purposes from entities identified by the United
States Government as posing a cyber or other threat. In
addition, the Department is directed to brief the Committee on
these efforts within 45 days of enactment of this act.
Bicycle Access.--The Committees directs the USCP, AOC, and
the Senate SAA to continue to work with the District of
Columbia Department of Transportation to determine if a
protected bike lane on Louisiana Avenue can be safely developed
to connect residents, commuters, and tourists to the U.S.
Capitol, Union Station, and the National Mall.

Salaries

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $541,730,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 612,270,000
Committee recommendation................................ 588,627,000

The amount provided covers salaries, benefits, overtime
costs and salaries related incentives programs to recruit and
retain highly qualified personnel. The Committee recommends
$588,627,000 for USCP salaries, which is $46,897,000 above the
fiscal year 2023 appropriation and $23,643,000 below the fiscal
year 2024 request.
USCP OIG.--The Committee includes funds to support not less
than 12 FTEs within the USCP OIG. The Committee notes that
additional oversight of the USCP is conducted by the Government
Accountability Office to supplement the work of the USCP OIG,
as needed, as well as the oversight of the USCP provided by the
Capitol Police Board, the Committees on Appropriations, the
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, the Committee on
House Administration, and Senate and House Leadership offices.
Overtime.--The Committee recommends no more than
$74,976,000 for overtime in fiscal year 2024. This provides for
approximately 988,241 hours of additional duty. The Committee
notes that overtime pay is a standard practice law enforcement
entities utilize to respond to unscheduled and unanticipated
events. However, understanding the impact of overtime on the
onboard personnel, the Committee finds that keeping overtime
pay at a minimum should continue to be a goal of the USCP. The
Committee directs the USCP to continue its efforts to better
track and manage overtime pay in order to keep overtime costs
to a minimum. Further, the Committee directs the USCP to
provide a detailed report to the Committee on the Department's
efforts to manage the use of overtime on a quarterly basis. The
Committee directs the USCP to provide for overtime in
accordance with the budget request, as provided for in the
following table.

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Hours
Funding estimated
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Scheduled, (Base)....................... $74,027,000 945,638
Unscheduled............................. 4,702,000 60,000
Training................................ 1,900,000 24,000
LOC--non-reimbursable events............ 594,000 7,500
National Capital Region (NCR) Member 2,000,000 25,259
Protected Events (non-leadership)......
Conventions/Pre-Inauguration............ 3,167,000 40,000
Offset--Contract Security Officer....... (11,414,000) (114,156)
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Total............................. 74,976,000 988,241
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The recommendation does not include funds for USCP overtime
for requirements associated with major construction projects
undertaken by the Architect of the Capitol [AOC], as those
funds are provided to the AOC as part of the overall project
costs for those major projects and are paid to the USCP on a
reimbursable basis. The Committee expects the USCP to operate
within the designated funding level for requirements associated
with each project. The Committee directs the USCP to provide
for any additional requirement costs beyond that allocation.
USCP Overtime and Staffing Report.--The Committee directs
the USCP to submit to the Committee on Appropriations a report
within 30 days of issuance of this report that outlines the on-
board strength of the USCP broken down by officials, officers,
sworn recruits and civilians; a summary of the overall mission
set required by the USCP; the number of additional duty
(overtime and compensatory) hours worked by each USCP officer;
a 3-year sworn attrition summary by rank; a summary of the
timeline for training new sworn recruits; the challenges to
sworn recruiting and hiring; and the USCP's multi-year strategy
to remediate staffing shortages and incentivize sworn hiring
and retention in future fiscal years. The Committee expects
this report to be thorough and timely from the Department. The
USCP shall provide quarterly updates to the Committee
thereafter on its staffing efforts.

General Expenses

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $192,846,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 228,672,000
Committee recommendation................................ 203,846,000

Expenses include office supplies and equipment,
communications, motor vehicles, uniforms and equipment,
investigations, training, and miscellaneous items. The
Committee recommends $203,846,000 for general expenses, which
is $11,000,000 above the fiscal year 2023 appropriation and
$24,826,000 below the fiscal year 2024 request.
Stop the Bleed Training.--The Committee appreciates the
USCP's commitment to conducting ``Stop the Bleed'' training for
its sworn workforce. The USCP is encouraged to continue to
provide this training to all new sworn personnel upon
appointment to the Department.
Field Office Update Report.--The USCP shall provide the
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate with a report within 30 days of
enactment of this act on the status of the USCP's field office
implementation and operations, to include the Department's
efforts to facilitate an understanding of the field office
operational mission for State and local government entities.
Concept of Operations Update.--The Committee supports the
efforts of the Department to address emerging requirements to
better understand its staffing and resources needs in out
years. The USCP shall provide a report within 90 days of
enactment of this act to the Committee on the progress of the
development of the USCP's Concept of Operations.

OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE RIGHTS

Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $8,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 8,549,646
Committee recommendation................................ 8,300,000

The Congressional Accountability Act [CAA] (Public Law 104-
1) established an independent Office of Congressional Workplace
Rights [OCWR], formerly the Office of Compliance, to apply the
rights and protections of the following labor and employment
statutes to covered employees within the Legislative Branch:
the Fair Labor Standards Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights
Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age
Discrimination in Employment Act, the Family and Medical Leave
Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the Federal
Service Labor Management Relations Act, the Employee Polygraph
Protection Act, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and the Uniformed
Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. That act was
amended in 1998 to apply the Veterans Employment Opportunities
Act and in 2008 to apply the Genetic Information and
Nondiscrimination Act. On December 21, 2018, the Congressional
Accountability Act of 1995 Reform Act (Public Law 115- 397) was
signed into law expanding the Office's duties and
responsibilities, as well as the number of employees covered by
the CAA and the CAA Reform Act [CAARA]. The Office of
Congressional Workplace Rights administers and ensures the
integrity of the neutral dispute resolution process concerning
claims that arise under the CAA and CAARA. The Office also
carries out an education and training program for congressional
Members, employing offices and congressional employees to
assist them in understanding their rights and responsibilities
under the CAA and CAARA. The Committee recommends an
appropriation of $8,300,000 for the salaries and expenses of
the OCWR, which is $300,000 above the fiscal year 2023 enacted
level and $249,646 below the fiscal year 2024 request. Of such
amount, $2,500,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2025.

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $63,237,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 70,775,000
Committee recommendation................................ 70,125,000

The Congressional Budget Office [CBO] is responsible for
providing to the Congress objective, nonpartisan, and timely
analyses to aid in economic and budgetary decisions on the wide
array of programs covered by the Federal budget, as well as the
information and estimates required for the congressional budget
process. The Committee recommends an appropriation of
$70,125,000 for the CBO. The recommendation is $6,888,000 above
the fiscal year 2023 appropriation and $650,000 below the
fiscal year 2024 request.
Promoting Timeliness and Transparency.--The Congressional
Budget Office provides Congress with budgetary and economic
analysis that is important to the legislative process and can
have significant policy implications. The Committee
acknowledges that CBO has undertaken efforts to improve and
promote transparency of the agency's modeling and cost
estimates process. The Committee encourages CBO to strengthen
its efforts on transparency to respect the interest of Congress
and to maintain the agency's professional independence. As with
prior year budget submissions, the Committee expects CBO to
include in its fiscal year 2025 budget request details about
the agency's ongoing and future efforts to implement the multi-
year plan to increase its capacity to make CBO's work as
transparent and responsive as possible.

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

The Office of the Architect of the Capitol [AOC] is
responsible to the United States Congress for the maintenance,
operation, development, and preservation of 16.5 million square
feet of buildings and more than 450 acres of land throughout
the Capitol complex. This includes the Capitol, the Capitol
Visitor Center, the House and Senate office buildings, the
Library of Congress buildings, the U.S. Botanic Garden, the
Capitol Power Plant, and other facilities. The AOC also
provides professional expertise with regard to the preservation
of architectural and artistic elements entrusted to its care
and provides recommendations concerning design, construction,
and maintenance of the facilities and grounds. The Committee
recommends a funding level of $797,699,000 for activities of
the Architect of the Capitol, excluding the House Office
Buildings account. The recommendation is $395,024,000 below the
fiscal year 2023 appropriation and $135,110,000 below the
fiscal year 2024 request. The following table compares the
Committee recommendation for the AOC accounts to the fiscal
year 2024 request, excluding the House Office Buildings
account.

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Fiscal year 2024 Committee
Item request recommendation Difference
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Capitol Construction and Operations............. $175,765,000 $161,833,000 ($13,932,000)
Capitol Building................................ 119,267,000 108,174,000 (11,093,000)
Capitol Grounds................................. 17,556,000 16,600,000 (956,000)
Senate Office Buildings......................... 170,581,000 147,501,000 (23,080,000)
Capitol Power Plant............................. 158,024,000 149,650,000 (8,374,000)
Library Buildings and Grounds................... 120,766,000 78,578,000 (42,188,000)
Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and Security.. 119,828,000 86,757,000 (33,071,000)
Botanic Garden.................................. 21,187,000 20,606,000 (581,000)
Capitol Visitor Center.......................... 29,835,000 28,000,000 (1,835,000)
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Total..................................... 932,809,000 797,699,000 (135,110,000)
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AOC Vehicle Usage.--The AOC is required to comply with 31
U.S.C. 1343 and, as such, limited by the statutory controls
over motor vehicle acquisition and use, including price
limitation, equipment, and replacement of motor vehicles, and
per regulations set forth by the Government Services
Administration [GSA]. The Committee directs the AOC to adhere
to GSA regulations on official use of agency vehicles to
perform AOC's mission, including proper identification of the
vehicle as Federal Government-issued and -owned, as well as
home-to-work policies.
Child Care Facilities.--The Committee recognizes the long-
standing capacity and space issues related to the Senate
Employee's Child Care Center and Little Scholars Child Care
Center. The Architect of the Capitol is directed to provide a
briefing to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee
on Rules and Administration of the Senate on updates to the
Senate Child Care Facilities study contained in S. Rept. 115-
274 within 90 days of the issuance of this report. The briefing
should include updated assessments for operationalizing the
remaining space in the Little Scholars Child Care Center
building to be utilized for child care purposes.
Hygiene Products.--The Committee appreciates the AOC's
efforts to ensure menstrual hygiene products are available at
no cost to all those who use restroom facilities throughout the
Capitol Complex buildings and grounds. The AOC is expected to
continue making bulk purchases of, storing, and distributing
daily menstrual hygiene products throughout the Capitol complex
buildings, in coordination with partnering agencies.
Resiliency Efforts.--The Committee provides $500,000 for
resiliency efforts as outlined in the explanatory statement
accompanying Public Law 117-328.
Miscellaneous Improvements Notifications.--The Committee
appreciates the AOC's efforts to document and notify the
Committee of ``Miscellaneous Improvements'' projects, which are
completed projects that costs less than $5,000 for labor and
materials.
Minor Construction.--The Committee understands the evolving
requirements the AOC faces throughout the fiscal year that
impact minor construction accounts. However, the AOC must
improve its processes for monitoring and communicating changes,
as well as impacts, resulting from deviations. The Committee
directs the AOC to provide detailed quarterly reports on Minor
Construction projects, including a description and cost of each
project, the status of total funding set aside for each
purpose, the total amount of remaining funds for the fiscal
year in this area and a description of all deviations from
fiscal year projected Minor Construction projects.
Physical Accessibility Barriers Report.--The Committee
acknowledges the work of the Architect of the Capitol to
address potential accessibility barriers identified by the
Office of Congressional Workplace Rights. The AOC shall provide
a briefing to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee
on Rules and Administration within 60 days of enactment of this
act on the status of addressing the remaining potential
physical accessibility barriers on the Capitol Complex. The
report should include an explanation of each potential barrier,
recommended mitigation for each, the estimated costs to
mitigate as necessary, and challenges to addressing each item.
Senate Restaurants--Addressing Deferred Maintenance and
Realigning Physical Operations to Better Address
Requirements.--As a part of the AOC's multi-year Senate
restaurant renovations project, the Committee supports the
AOC's efforts to realign the physical operations of the Senate
restaurant locations to better utilize space and address the
requirements for the function in a manner that also utilizes
funding to address long-deferred maintenance and achieve
lifecycle replacement requirements.
Beef Products.--The Committee encourages the management of
food service facilities in the Capitol and Senate to source
beef and beef products that are marked ``Product of USA,''
which indicates the products are born, raised, and processed in
the United States.

Capital Construction and Operations

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $145,843,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 175,765,000
Committee recommendation................................ 161,833,000

The Capital Construction and Operations appropriation
provides funding for salaries and related benefits of the
Architect, officers, administrative and support staff, and
engineering and architecture employees. This account also
provides for administrative items such as agency-wide
contractual services; surveys and studies; information
technology; and safety engineering operations. The Committee
recommends an appropriation of $161,833,000 for capital
construction and operations. The recommendation is $15,990,000
above the fiscal year 2023 appropriation and $13,932,000 below
the fiscal year 2024 request. Of such amount, $8,600,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2028. The recommendation
provides $500,000 to address resiliency costs; $1,000,000 to
retrofit certain nursing mothers' locations across the Capitol
complex.
Library of Congress Visitor Experience Project.--The
Committee is concerned with the progress made to date on the
LOC's Visitor Experience project. Additionally, the Committee
remains concerned about the manner in which the AOC conducts
its cost estimation and project scoping for its projects and
initiatives. The AOC is directed to adopt better industry
standards to improve performance in this area. Further, the AOC
is directed to assign a dedicated project manager to the
Visitor Experience within 30 days of the issuance of this
report, so that the proper focus and internal controls can be
achieved to complete this initiative in a timely manner.
AOC Office of Inspector General.--Within the total, the
Committee provides no less than $6,110,000 for the AOC OIG. The
recommendation includes the request of $487,000 for 2
additional FTEs. The Committee also directs the AOC to ensure
that sufficient funding is available for contracts and other
expenses identified by the AOC OIG to fulfill its mission.
Finally, the Committee reiterates that the independence of the
AOC OIG is of the utmost importance.
Studying Sustainability.--The AOC's annual Performance and
Accountability Report [PAR] provides the results of the AOC's
financial performance each fiscal year, as well as demonstrates
the AOC's commitment to the accomplishment of its mission and
accountability for its financial resources. As part of the PAR
completed for fiscal year 2024, the AOC will report on
greenhouse gas emissions analysis as data is available for the
Capitol complex. The Committee further directs the AOC to
include information in each PAR that reflects all significant
measures taken to address efficient use of steam and
electricity. The AOC will continue to include this information
as part of this report on an annual basis to leverage energy
conservation and maximize the use of energy efficient sources
throughout the legislative branch facilities.

Capitol Building

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $80,589,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 119,267,000
Committee recommendation................................ 108,174,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $108,174,000
for necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, and operation
of the Capitol, which is $27,585,000 above the fiscal year 2023
appropriation and $11,093,000 below the fiscal year 2024
request. Of such amount, $21,300,000 shall remain available
until expended and $52,500,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2028.
The following table displays the budget detail.

CAPITOL BUILDING
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Committee
Item Amount requested recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal Year 2024 Operating
Budget

Subtotal, Operating Budget $33,638,000 $34,374,000
=======================================
Fiscal Year 2024 Project Budget

Building Envelope Repairs, 25,000,000 25,000,000
Capitol--Phase IV..............
Presidential Inaugural Stands 22,000,000 22,000,000
Construction, Capitol..........
U.S. Capitol Retro-Commissioning 300,000 ..................
Electrical Power Distribution 10,700,000 ..................
Replacement, Senate, Capitol -
Phase I........................
Post Pandemic Indoor Air Flow 230,000 ..................
Validation and Correction for
Safety.........................
Senate Restaurant Renovation 21,300,000 21,300,000
Program........................
Minor Construction.............. 5,500,000 5,500,000
Conservation of Fine and 599,000 ..................
Architectural Art..............
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Subtotal, Project Budget.. 85,629,000 73,800,000
=======================================
Total, Capitol Building... 119,267,000 108,174,000
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Capitol Grounds

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $16,365,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 17,556,000
Committee recommendation................................ 16,600,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $16,600,000
for Capitol Grounds for the care and improvements of the
grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office
buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant. The recommendation is
$235,000 above the fiscal year 2023 appropriation and $956,000
below the fiscal year 2024 request. Of the amount recommended,
$2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2028.
Composting Program.--While the Committee recommendation
does not provide additional funding for composting activities,
the Committee encourages the AOC to continue exploring options
for composting and food waste reduction with offices who are
interested from within existing resources.
Bio-based Materials.--The Committee recognizes the benefits
of utilizing bio-based products on the Capitol grounds. The
Committee encourages the AOC to explore opportunities to
incorporate bio-based products into ongoing projects where
appropriate.
Outdoor Recycling.--The Committee commends the efforts of
the AOC and the United States Capitol Police for implementing
outdoor recycling programs on the Capitol grounds while
maintaining security of the complex. The Committee encourages
the Architect of the Capitol and the USCP to continue to
collaborate and work together to expand these efforts where
appropriate in high-traffic areas across the Capitol complex.
The AOC is also encouraged to work with the USCP to find
additional locations where garbage and recycling cans can be
co-located and clearly marked on the Capitol grounds.
The following table displays the budget detail:

CAPITOL GROUNDS
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Amount Committee
Item requested recommendation
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Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Budget

Subtotal, Operating Budget........ $15,556,000 $14,600,000
===============================
Fiscal Year 2024 Project Budget

Minor Construction...................... 2,000,000 2,000,000
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Subtotal, Project Budget.......... 2,000,000 2,000,000
===============================
Total, Capitol Grounds............ 17,556,000 16,600,000
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Senate Office Buildings

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $184,596,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 170,581,000
Committee recommendation................................ 147,501,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $147,501,000
for maintenance of the Senate office buildings. The
recommendation is $37,095,000 below the fiscal year 2023
appropriation and $23,080,000 below the fiscal year 2024
request. Of the amount recommended, $60,700,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2028, and $1,000,000 shall remain
available until expended. Of the amount recommended, $5,135,000
shall be available for contractual obligations of the Senate
restaurants. Further, $12,589,000 is provided for lease
obligations and related costs within the Senate jurisdiction,
subject to the approval of the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate to enter into said leases.
The following table displays the budget detail:

SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS
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Amount Committee
Item requested recommendation
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Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Budget

Subtotal, Operating Budget........ $88,641,000 $85,801,000
===============================
Fiscal Year 2024 Project Budget

Daniel Webster Renovation--Phase I...... 10,000,000 10,000,000
Senate Elevator Refurbishment Program... 2,300,000 2,300,000
Senate Underground Garage............... .............. 4,000,000
Senate Facilities Plan.................. 15,000,000 ..............
Post Pandemic Indoor Air Flow Validation 240,000 ..............
and Correction for Safety..............
Senate Restaurant Operations............ .............. 1,000,000
Senate Restaurant Renovation Program.... 10,000,000 ..............
Air Handling Unit Refurbishments & 28,000,000 28,000,000
Replacements, Phase II, Hart...........
Committee Room Modernization............ 8,000,000 8,000,000
Minor Construction...................... 8,400,000 8,400,000
-------------------------------
Subtotal, Project Budget.......... 81,940,000 61,700,000
===============================
Total, Senate Office Buildings.... 170,581,000 147,501,000
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Calder Mountain and Clouds Sculpture.--The Committee
directs the AOC to continue working with outside partners on
the restoration of the Calder Mountain and Clouds sculpture.
The AOC is expected to continue providing the Senate Committees
on Appropriations and the Committee on Rules and Administration
of the Senate with quarterly updates on the status of these
efforts.

Capitol Power Plant

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $166,951,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 158,024,000
Committee recommendation................................ 149,650,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $149,650,000
for the operations of the Capitol Power Plant. This is
supplemented by $10,000,000 in reimbursements, for a total of
$159,650,000. The recommendation is $17,301,000 below the
fiscal year 2023 appropriation and $8,374,000 below the fiscal
year 2024 request. Of the amount provided, $44,400,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2028. The Power Plant
provides heat, light, power, and air-conditioning for the
Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, and the Library of
Congress buildings; heat, light, and power for the Botanic
Garden and the Senate and House Garages; light for the Capitol
Grounds' street, park, and floodlighting system; steam heat for
the Government Publishing Office and Washington City Post
Office, also known as Postal Square; and steam heat and air-
conditioning for the Union Station complex, Folger Shakespeare
Library, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, and
the U.S. Supreme Court Building on a reimbursable basis. The
Committee supports continuation of the project, initiated in
fiscal year 2012, to replace the cooling towers in the West
Refrigeration Plant. The Committee notes that the project cost
will total $257,916,000 and that $191,516,000 in appropriations
has already been provided spanning multiple fiscal years.
Within the operating budget, the recommended amounts for the
purchase of electricity from the local private utility, payment
to the government of the District of Columbia for the provision
of water and sewer services, and the procurement of boiler fuel
are displayed in the following table.

FISCAL YEAR 2024 ESTIMATED UTILITY COSTS
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Cost
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Purchase of electrical energy........................... $29,777,000
Purchase of natural gas................................. 18,851,000
Purchase of steam....................................... 200,000
Purchase of oil......................................... 1,600,000
Purchase of solid fuel.................................. ..............
Water and Sewer payments................................ 9,305,000
Utilities for Postal Square............................. 825,000
Energy Saving Performance Contracts..................... 17,385,000
Energy Reduction Services Contracts..................... 500,000
Reimbursement, Steam & Chilled Water.................... (10,000,000)
---------------
Total............................................. 68,443,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

The balance of this appropriation supports a workforce to
operate and maintain the Power Plant.
The following table displays the budget detail:

CAPITOL POWER PLANT
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Amount Committee
Item requested recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Budget

Subtotal, Operating Budget...... $106,024,000 $105,250,000
=================================
Fiscal Year 2024 Project Budget

Pipe Expansion Joint Repairs, G Tunnel 7,600,000 ...............
Mechanical System Replacement, 30,800,000 30,800,000
Refrigeration Plant--Phase VII.......
Utility Tunnels Concrete Repairs, 8,600,000 8,600,000
Tunnels B&R..........................
Minor Construction.................... 5,000,000 5,000,000
---------------------------------
Subtotal, Project Budget........ 52,000,000 44,400,000
=================================
Total, Capitol Power Plant...... 158,024,000 149,650,000
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Library Buildings and Grounds

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $144,220,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 120,766,000
Committee recommendation................................ 78,578,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $78,578,000
for the care and maintenance of the Library buildings and
grounds by the AOC, of which $41,400,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2028. The recommendation is $65,642,000
below the fiscal year 2023 appropriation and $42,188,000 below
the fiscal year 2024 request.
The following table displays the budget detail:

LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
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Amount Committee
Item requested recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Budget

Subtotal, Operating Budget........ $39,866,000 $37,178,000
===============================
Fiscal Year 2024 Project Budget

Fire Alarm System Repairs, Jefferson.... 13,600,000 13,600,000
Building Envelope Repairs, Jefferson.... 33,400,000 ..............
Roof Replacement , Adams--Phase II...... 23,800,000 23,800,000
Elevator Repairs, Adams................. 6,100,000 ..............
Visitor Experience. Jefferson........... .............. ..............
Minor Construction...................... 4,000,000 4,000,000
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Subtotal, Project Budget.......... 80,900,000 41,400,000
===============================
Total, Library Buildings and 120,766,000 78,578,000
Grounds..........................
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Library of Congress Visitor Experience.--The Committee is
concerned with the progress made to date on the Visitor
Experience project. The Committee directs the AOC to assign a
dedicated full-time project manager to the Visitor Experience
project within 30 days of the issuance of this report. This
project manager will ensure proper focus and internal controls
are utilized to complete the Visitor Experience project.

Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds, and Security

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $402,907,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 119,828,000
Committee recommendation................................ 86,757,000

The Committee recommends $86,757,000 for Capitol Police
Buildings, Grounds, and Security, which is $316,150,000 below
the fiscal year 2023 appropriation and $33,071,000 below the
fiscal year 2024 request, of which $27,719,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2028. This funding will continue
to support the maintenance, care and operations of buildings,
grounds and security enhancements of the USCP and AOC security
and resilience/ continuity programs. As noted in the fiscal
year 2023 and 2024 budget submission of the Capitol Police, the
Department's growth since January 6, 2021, and ongoing threats
translates into the need for adequate facilities and
infrastructure support from within the AOC's annual Capitol
Police Buildings, Grounds, and Security appropriation. The
operational, administrative, training, and logistical support
needs of a Federal law enforcement agency of the size and
complexity of the USCP has and will continue to have
significant fiscal impacts for the AOC. The funds provided by
the Committee for core security needs will support the USCP
mission and its efforts to transform the manner and means by
which the Department performs its mission. The Committee is
concerned by the extended timelines and increased costs for
addressing critical initiatives. The AOC is directed to
implement controls and management focus over these initiatives.
Further, the AOC should address any internal impediments, such
as non-cleared acquisition processes or disjointed project
management that may be impacting the ability to address
projects in a timely manner.
The Committee directs the AOC to submit a detailed project
status report within 60 days of the issuance of this statement
and every 30 days thereafter, for both the Physical Security
Assessment Design and Construction Program and the Enhanced
Screening Vestibules Design and Construction Program. The
detailed project status reports may be provided in a classified
setting and should provide specific timelines and details for
the execution of the various projects.
Project 116-DS.--The Committee provides $1,300,000 for the
continuation of Senate Project 116-DS. Project 116-DS shall be
completed in coordination with the Office of Senate Security
and the Senate Committees on Appropriations and Rules and
Administration.
The following table displays the budget detail:

CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND SECURITY
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Amount Committee
Item requested recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Budget
Subtotal, Operating Budget.... $70,122,000 $60,338,000
===================================
Fiscal Year 2024 Project Budget

Additional Building Lease........... 6,500,000 519,000
Emergency Management Accreditation 2,430,000 ..................
Program............................
Mobile Legislative Call System...... 2,000,000 ..................
Personnel Suitability Program....... 1,000,000 ..................
Special Event Support............... 620,000 ..................
Fairchild Lease Expansion........... 556,000 ..................
A/E Backlog......................... 500,000 ..................
Accountability System............... 400,000 ..................
Employee Emergency Preparedness..... 200,000 ..................
Program Software Support Services... 200,000 ..................
JEMNS Support....................... 100,000 ..................
Generator Addition and New Utility 5,800,000 5,800,000
Service............................
Air Conditioning Unit Replacements-- 5,300,000 ..................
Phase II...........................
Barrier and Security Kiosks 9,100,000 9,100,000
Replacement........................
Lease Space Buildout for USCP....... 10,000,000 10,000,000
USCP Security Assessment Support.... 1,000,000 1,000,000
Minor Construction.................. 4,000,000 ..................
-----------------------------------
Subtotal, Project Budget...... 49,706,000 26,419,000
===================================
Total, Capitol Police 119,828,000 86,757,000
Buildings, Grounds, and
Security.....................
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Botanic Garden

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $23,560,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 21,187,000
Committee recommendation................................ 20,606,000

The Committee recommends $20,606,000 for salaries and
expenses of the Botanic Garden. The recommendation is
$2,954,000 below the fiscal year 2023 appropriation and
$581,000 below the fiscal year 2024 budget request. Of this
amount, $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2028.
The following table displays the budget detail:

BOTANIC GARDEN
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Amount Committee
Item requested recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal Year 2024 Operating Budget

Subtotal, Operating Budget...... $16,187,000 $15,606,000
=================================
Fiscal Year 2024 Project Budget

Minor Construction.................... 5,000,000 5,000,000
---------------------------------
Subtotal, Project Budget........ 5,000,000 5,000,000
=================================
Total, Botanic Garden........... 21,187,000 20,606,000
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Capitol Visitor Center

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $27,692,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 29,835,000
Committee recommendation................................ 28,000,000

The Committee recommends a total of $28,000,000 for the
operation of the Capitol Visitor Center. The recommendation is
$308,000 above the fiscal year 2023 appropriation and
$1,835,000 below the fiscal year 2024 request.
The following table displays the budget detail:

CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER
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Committee
Item Amount requested recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal Year 2024 Operating
Budget

Subtotal, Operating Budget $29,050,000 $28,000,000
=======================================
Orientation Theater 550,000 .................
Projection Upgrade, CVC....
Special Exhibits............ 135,000 .................
Disaster Recovery Site...... 100,000 .................
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Subtotal, Project Budget.. 785,000 .................
=======================================
Total, Capitol Visitor 29,835,000 28,000,000
Center...................
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Administrative Provision

Sec. 120. This provision prohibits payment of bonuses to
contractors behind schedule or over budget.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

The Library of Congress [LOC] is the largest library in the
world and an unmatched source of information for Congress, the
American people, and beyond. The LOC acquires, registers,
preserves, protects, and makes accessible the creative record
of the United States. It is the main research arm of the United
States Congress, and its resources and services are used by
millions of people every month. Its mission is to support the
Congress in fulfilling its constitutional duties and to further
the progress of knowledge and creativity for the benefit of the
American people. The LOC's collections include more than 170
million items (books, photographs, maps, sound recordings,
films, sheet music, legal materials) in 470 languages. Digital
technology is transforming the way the LOC does its work, and
the institution plays an important leadership role in
superimposing digital library collections and services on those
that are analog based. The Library of Congress houses the
Congressional Research Service, U.S. Copyright Office, National
Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Law Library
of Congress, and numerous other programs and services. The
Committee recommends a total of $855,848,000 for the Library of
Congress, an increase of $27,300,000 above the fiscal year 2023
appropriation and $39,356,000 below the fiscal year 2024
request. In addition to the appropriation, the Library
estimates receipts of $45,591,000, funds from gifts and trusts
totaling $62,078,000, and reimbursable and revolving funds
totaling $324,110,000. Total funds available to support Library
operations, including the Architect of the Capitol's Library
Buildings and Grounds account, are expected to be approximately
$1,365,855,000 in fiscal year 2024 under the Committee
recommendation.

Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $582,529,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 618,570,000
Committee recommendation................................ 596,101,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $596,101,000
for salaries and expenses of the Library of Congress. The
recommendation is $13,572,000 above the fiscal year 2023
appropriation and $22,469,000 below the fiscal year 2024
request.
IT Continuous development.--The Committee continues to
invest in IT continuous development initiative at the Library
and directs the Library to brief the Committee regularly on
these efforts.
Thomas Jefferson Building Visitor Experience.--Along with
budget submissions as part of the regular appropriations
process, the Library, in continued coordination with the AOC,
is directed to continue to provide bi-weekly status reports to
the Committee, including designs, cost estimates, and
anticipated timelines for construction and implementation of
the Library's updated Visitor Experience Master Plan. These
updates should also include progress on fundraising initiatives
for private funding, including both donations in-hand and
verbal commitments, to support the Visitor Experience. The
update should provide specific recommendations for resolving
identified issues, so that the project can move toward project
implementation and completion.
The Committee directs the LOC to assign a dedicated full-
time project manager to the Visitor Experience project within
30 days of the issuance of this report. This project manager
will ensure proper focus and internal controls are utilized to
complete the Visitor Experience project.
American Folklife Center--Appalachian Culture and
Traditions.--The LOC is directed to brief the Committee within
30 days of enactment of the act on its efforts to preserve
Appalachian culture and traditions through the American
Folklife Center programs and initiatives.
Veterans History Project.--The Committee recommends an
appropriation of $4,205,000 for the Library of Congress'
Veterans History Project [VHP]. VHP is a critically important
initiative designed to oversee a nationwide effort to build an
archive of oral histories, from World War I through current
conflicts, by collecting, preserving, and making available the
personal stories of American war veterans and the civilian
workers who support them. The VHP collection includes
submissions from every State and is the largest oral history
project in the United States. The LOC shall provide a briefing
within 30 days of the issuance of this report to the Committee
on the progress of the VHP.
Teaching with Primary Sources.--The Committee recommends an
appropriation of $12,739,000 for the Library's successful
Teaching with Primary Sources program [TPS], a teacher training
initiative that encourages educators to incorporate the
Library's online primary sources into school curricula. The TPS
program achieves this by making grants funding available to a
broad array of eligible organizations in every State in order
to develop innovative strategies, tools, and materials for
meaningful teaching and learning experiences using primary
source material from LOC collections. The Committee is aware of
the important role that colleges, universities, and other
educational institutions and foundations have held in
developing and expanding the scope and reach of the TPS program
since its authorization in 2005. The Committee encourages the
Library to maintain funding for these partnerships to continue
and expand this effective teacher training initiative that
incorporates the Library's impressive digital collections into
school curricula.
The Committee believes that competitive, merit-based grants
should be awarded through the TPS Consortium of partner
organizations, such as colleges and universities, educational
nonprofits, libraries, and advocacy organizations, so that
grant recipients benefit from the experiences of consortium
members located in different geographic areas experimenting
with projects, sharing ideas, and working toward common goals.
The Committee directs the Library to provide a briefing to the
Committee on its plans to implement this initiative no later
than 180 days after the enactment of this act.
Preservation of the Collection.--The Committee encourages
the LOC to evaluate the need for the deacidification program.
The LOC may utilize up to $1,000,000 in available funds for
this purpose in fiscal year 2024.
National Film and Sound Recording Preservation Programs.--
The Committee recognizes the important work of the National
Film Preservation Program and the National Sound Recording
Preservation Program, including the federally chartered
National Film and National Recording Preservation Foundations
[Foundations]. Consistent with the authorizing statute, the
Foundations utilize both public and private matching funds to
provide grants to a wide array of educational and non-profit
organizations that help preserve historical and cultural
artifacts that would otherwise disappear or be destroyed over
time. Given that these programs were reauthorized under the
Library of Congress Sound Recording and Film Preservation
Programs Reauthorization Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-217), the
Committee expects that the Library will continue to provide
support to these programs to emphasize their importance.
Congress.gov Update Study.--The Committee recognizes that
Congress.gov is an important tool for members, staff, and the
public to follow and understand the congressional process. The
Committee appreciates the Library's efforts to date to conduct
the initial study of how to improve Congress.gov and the
ongoing efforts to enhance the capabilities of Congress.gov.
The Committee requests that the Library provide regular updates
to the public on the ongoing efforts to enhance Congress.gov.
The Committee understands that the study identified
potential challenges for further enhancements. The Committee
directs the Library to brief the Committees on Appropriations,
the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and the
Committee on House Administration on these challenges and
recommended solutions within 90 days of enactment of this act.
Reading Room Access.--The Committee appreciates the efforts
to date of the Library in opening up the Main Reading Room to
the public, while ensuring that critical research activities
can continue in an appropriate environment. The Library is
directed to brief the Committee within 90 days of enactment of
this act on its continuing efforts to expand public access.
Access to Appropriations Data.--The Committee realizes the
complexity of presenting annual and supplemental appropriations
data in a comprehensive manner in similar formats for public
access. The Committee directs the Library to provide a detailed
report within 45 days of the issuance of this report on various
options for providing appropriations data for public access;
the challenges to doing so in a consistent manner; and the
resources that would be required to implement the requirement.
Teaching with Primary Sources--Influence of Language.--The
Committee encourages the Library to continue to support
Teaching with Primary Sources activities focused on the
importance of the various languages that helped to form the
foundational development of the United States. These activities
should include, but are not limited, the influence of the
Spanish language in various States' governing constitutional
practices.
Teaching with Primary Sources- Lewis-Houghton Civics and
Democracy Initiative.--The Committee appreciates the Library's
efforts to develop and implement the Lewis-Houghton civics
education grants initiative. The LOC is reminded that the
implementation of the initiative shall be done consistent with
the intent expressed in Public Law 117-328 and the associated
explanatory statement. The Committee remains committed to the
success of this program and directs the Library to provide
quarterly updates on its progress to implement the funding
previously provided for initiating the program and the proposed
operating plan for the $2,379,000 requested in fiscal year
2024. The Committee directs the Library to provide the first of
these updates on this effort within 60 days of issuance of this
statement.
Information Literacy.--In recognition of the critical need
for Americans of all ages to develop information literacy
skills, the Committee directs the Library of Congress to
collaborate with and provide consultative support to the
Institute of Museum and Library Services [IMLS] as IMLS carries
out the activities of the Information Literacy Taskforce for
the priorities and guidelines described in the explanatory
statement to accompany the Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103).
Surplus Books.--The Committee remains committed to the
Surplus Book Program and recommends an appropriation of
$250,000 for this purpose.
Data Storage and Migration Methods Initiative.--The
Committee supports the Library of Congress' ongoing work to
optimize its large-scale data storage infrastructure and
explore promising new technical solutions for long-term
preservation of digital collections. The Committee directs the
Library to conduct a feasibility pilot study on the use of
evolving data storage and migration methods for the
preservation and recovery of library data at scale. The
Committee understands the feasibility pilot study will be
conducted with a subset of the Library's data from a variety of
data sources, and that data storage and migration technology is
in development. Therefore, the pilot study will seek to
optimize the current state of the industry during the pilot
study. The bill provides $5,521,526 of the total funding
provided to remain available until expended for the Library to
conduct this work, including the acquisition of necessary
subject matter expertise and technical support. The Committee
directs the Library to provide a briefing on plans to implement
this pilot study no later than 90 days after enactment of the
act.
America 250.--The Committee encourages the Library to
collaborate with the IMLS on outreach and activities to engage
the diverse community of museums and libraries across the
Nation in celebrating and commemorating the semiquincentennial
anniversary of the Nation's founding.

salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $53,762,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 57,537,000
Committee recommendation................................ 57,537,000

The United States Copyright Office plays an important role
in our Nation's intellectual property system. Copyright law is
the foundation for the creation and dissemination of American
artistic works, leading to substantial economic and cultural
benefits. The Copyright Office serves multiple central roles in
the copyright system, overseeing the registration of
copyrighted works, administering the copyright law, and
providing counsel to Congress on copyright policy. The
Committee recommends the direct appropriation of $57,537,000
for the Copyright Office, and approves authority to spend
receipts of $44,591,000 and $1,000,000 available from prior
year unobligated balances, for a total of $103,128,000 in
fiscal year 2024. The recommendation for total funding
available is $2,454,000 above the fiscal year 2023
appropriation and equal to the fiscal year 2024 request.
Information Technology Continuous Development.--The
Committee recommends funding for Copyright Office IT continuous
development. The Committee directs the Copyright Office and the
Library's Office of Chief Information Officer [OCIO] to
continue to work together to achieve efficiencies in shared
services, while allowing for mission specific continued
improvements to be the responsibility of the Copyright Office.
The Committee directs the Copyright Office to provide a
detailed report for the IT continuous development efforts
intended to be addressed with the funds provided in fiscal year
2024.
Artificial Intelligence Impacts on Copyrights.--The
Committee recognizes the increasingly important role of
Artificial Intelligence [AI] and the potential impact this
technology will have on the creation and use of new and
existing copyrighted materials. Therefore, the Committee
strongly encourages the Copyright Office to continue on an
expedited basis with its AI initiative to support its critical
roles in administering the Copyright Act and advising Congress
and others on copyright law and policy. The Library is directed
to brief the Committee within 90 days of enactment of this act
on its efforts.
Independence for the Purpose of Issuing Copyright
Decisions.--The Committee continues to support the independence
of the Copyright Office from the Library of Congress for the
purposes of consideration and issuance of copyright decisions.

Congressional Research Service

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $133,600,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 146,574,000
Committee recommendation................................ 136,080,000

The Committee recommends an appropriation of $136,080,000
for the Congressional Research Service [CRS]. The
recommendation is $2,480,000 above the fiscal year 2023
appropriation and $10,494,000 below the fiscal year 2024
request.
Congressional Research Service Modernization.--The
Committee recognizes the tremendous value that CRS has added to
Congress by providing objective, authoritative, nonpartisan,
and confidential research and analysis on the breadth of policy
issues considered during each legislative session since its
inception in 1914. The Committee continues to support
modernization of CRS mission-specific information systems to
increase efficiency of the office while protecting
confidentiality of congressional data. An important part of
this modernization is the enhancement of the timeliness and
transparency of the CRS. The Committee directs the Library of
Congress and the CRS to provide quarterly updates on these
efforts, to include benchmarks for reaching these expected
outcomes.
Personnel Performance Measurements.--The Committee directs
the Librarian to provide a report to the Committee on
Appropriation and the Committee on Rules and Administration of
the Senate within 30 days of enactment of this act regarding
the CRS's personnel performance measurement processes. The
report shall include the management methodology and criteria
used to evaluate the responsiveness and effectiveness of CRS
employees in addressing to needs of the Congress. The criteria
utilized by the CRS shall be approved by the Librarian prior to
implementation.
Employee Viewpoint Survey.--The Federal Employee Viewpoint
Survey [FEVS] offers organizational leadership with insight
into an organization's climate and employee satisfaction. In
order to ensure that CRS employees can perform the mission of
the agency effectively, the Committee directs the Librarian of
Congress to formulate CRS specific questions for the LOC's
annual FEVS to gauge CRS employee satisfaction and to use
employee responses to guide CRS leadership objectives and
performance measurement.
Science and Technology Research Capacity.--The Committee
continues to support CRS's efforts to increase the depth and
breadth of its capacity to provide research and policy analysis
on current and emerging legislative issues related to science
and technology [S&T] and Federal uses and oversight of S&T. The
Committee encourages CRS to continue developing this capacity,
as recommended in the National Academy of Public Administration
study directed in conference report H.R. 115-929. This added
expertise will allow CRS to meet the expanding requirements of
Congress for timely, complex, and multidisciplinary analysis of
policy issues related to these rapidly changing technologies,
the role of the Federal Government in oversight of such
technologies, and the effects of Federal S&T policies across
all sectors. The Committee directs the CRS to partner with the
Government Accountability Office to maximize the legislative
branch capabilities in this area. The Committee also encourages
CRS to increase outreach efforts to make Members and
congressional staff more aware of the resources it provides
related to S&T policy analysis, including on current and
emerging S&T issues Congress is examining. The CRS shall
provide a briefing to the Committee within 60 days of enactment
of this act on its progress to expand the CRS' capacity.
Exploratory Study on Big Data Analytics.--The Committee
continues to have interest in CRS' ability to analyze and
create forecast models using big data sets. The Committee
directs the CRS to provide a briefing within 60 days of the
issuance of this report to the Committee on Appropriations and
the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate on its
progress in this area.
Augmenting Existing Data Analysis Capacity.--The Committee
encourages CRS to continue to explore ways to augment its
ability to perform quantitative analysis of research data.
Within 90 days of enactment of this act, CRS shall brief the
Committee on its ongoing efforts, the future plans for meeting
established capacity expectations, and the resources necessary
to do so.
Ensuring a Highly Qualified Workforce at the CRS.--The
Library shall provide a briefing to the Committee on
Appropriations and the Committee on Rule and Administration
within 90 days of enactment of this act on the Library's
efforts to ensure that the CRS recruits, develops and retains a
highly qualified and diverse workforce.

National Library Services for the Blind and Print Disabled

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $58,657,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 72,523,000
Committee recommendation................................ 66,130,000

This appropriation supports a national reading program for
eligible residents of the United States and U.S. citizens
living overseas who are blind or print disabled. Books and
magazines in braille and various recorded formats are produced
by the National Library Service for the Blind and Print
Disabled [NLS] for distribution through a network of State and
locally supported libraries. At present, 55 regional libraries
in 49 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the
U.S. Virgin Islands house and circulate books and magazines to
eligible readers. Twenty-eight subregional libraries in 10
States and Guam assist at the local public library level. In
addition, 15 Advisory and Outreach Centers assist regional
libraries in provision of services. Fifty-three of the regional
libraries and three separate cooperating agencies distribute
sound reproducers. Two multi-State centers, under contract to
the NLS, store and distribute books and other materials in
their geographical region. The program supports a readership of
approximately 800,000.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $66,130,000
for salaries and expenses for NLS. The recommendation is
$7,473,000 above the fiscal year 2023 appropriation and
$6,393,000 below the fiscal year 2024 request.
The Committee recommendation includes additional funding
for Braille eReaders and Talking Book Machines to expand user
access and modernize the program. The additional funding will
allow for NLS to increase its supply so that more people in
need may receive the braille and talking book machines. The
Committee continues to support the Braille and Audio Reading by
Download website replacement.
The Committee also continues to support providing a new
location for NLS. The Committee understands that the LOC and
the Architect of the Capitol are reviewing an option to
relocate the NLS into the Madison Building of the Library of
Congress rather than lease or construct an alternate location
for the NLS. The LOC and the AOC are directed to provide a
briefing no later than 30 days after the issuance of this
report. The briefing should provide specific details on the
options and the expected costs for each option.
The Committee encourages the Library, in consultation and
coordination with the IMLS, to provide increased assistance to
the State Library Administrative Agencies to expand access to
materials from the NLS, with additional support provided to
IMLS for these activities.

GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE

The U.S. Government Publishing Office [GPO] is the Federal
Government's primary centralized resource for gathering,
cataloging, producing, providing, and preserving published
information in all its forms. By law and tradition, the GPO's
mission is to provide expert publishing and printing services
to all three branches of Government; to provide, in partnership
with Federal depository libraries, permanent public access to
the printed and electronic information products of all three
branches of the Federal Government; and to sell copies of
authentic printed and electronic documents and other government
information products to the public. GPO's core mission dates to
1813 when Congress determined that information regarding the
work of the Federal Government should be available to all
Americans. Over 200 years later, GPO's mission remains
unchanged. However, the means for producing and distributing
that information has transformed dramatically with the advent
of the digital revolution. Today, GPO provides free online
public access to more than 1.5 million searchable titles,
including the Budget of the U.S. Government, the Code of
Federal Regulations, the Congressional Record, and
congressional bills, hearings, and reports. GPO also provides
access to Government information in digital format through
apps, eBooks, and related technologies. Since 2009, GPO has
experienced more than 1.5 billion digital retrievals from its
Federal Digital System, and in February 2019 GPO introduced the
next generation of its digital information system, govinfo.gov,
symbolizing the evolution of how Americans access Government
information in the digital era. Last year, the govinfo system
averaged approximately 70 million retrievals per month.

Congressional Publishing

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $82,992,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 83,000,000
Committee recommendation................................ 83,000,000

The appropriation for Congressional Publishing supports
transparency of the congressional process by funding digital
and print publication of congressional proceedings, including
the Congressional Record, bills, amendments, Committee reports,
and hearing transcripts. This appropriation also supports the
direct publication and printing needs of Congress. The
Committee recommends $83,000,000 for congressional publishing.
The recommendation is $8,000 above the fiscal year 2023
appropriation and equal to the fiscal year 2024 request. The
following table compares the component categories within this
account for fiscal year 2023 and the fiscal year 2024 request.
The Committee has not recommended separate amounts for each
activity in order to give GPO the flexibility to meet changing
requirements.

CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal year 2023 Fiscal year 2024
enacted requested
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Congressional Record Publications. $23,281,000 $24,116,000
Miscellaneous publications........ 2,073,000 2,381,000
Miscellaneous publishing and 25,154,000 20,466,000
services.........................
Details to Congress............... 7,846,000 8,057,000
Document envelopes and document 537,000 591,000
franks...........................
Business and committee calendars.. 3,156,000 4,757,000
Bills, resolutions, and amendments 4,980,000 4,632,000
Committee reports................. 1,981,000 1,890,000
Documents......................... 2,123,000 2,494,000
Hearings.......................... 18,777,000 15,432,000
Committee prints.................. 850,000 654,000
Transfers......................... (7,765,000) (2,470,000)
-------------------------------------
Total....................... 82,993,000 83,000,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Public Information Programs of the Office of Superintendent of
Documents

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $35,257,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 37,388,000
Committee recommendation................................ 36,476,000

This appropriation provides for salaries and expenses
associated with the distribution of electronic and printed
Government documents to depository and international exchange
libraries, the cataloging and indexing of Government
publications, and the distribution of electronic and printed
publications authorized by law at the request of Members of
Congress and other Government agencies. The Committee
recommends $36,476,000 for salaries and expenses of the Public
Information Programs of the Office of the Superintendent of
Documents. The recommendation is $1,219,000 above the fiscal
year 2023 appropriation and $912,000 below to the fiscal year
2024 request. The Committee supports GPO's introduction of its
next generation information system, govinfo.gov, as well as the
agency's other information technology systems, given that these
efforts continue to reduce costs.

Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $11,605,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 12,100,000
Committee recommendation................................ 12,090,000

The Committee recommends $12,090,000 for the GPO Business
Operations Revolving Fund. The recommendation is $485,000 above
the fiscal year 2023 appropriation and $10,000 below to the
fiscal year 2024 request. The Committee supports continued
investment in the Revolving Fund as the most efficient solution
to both cutting costs and ensuring efficient online access to
government documents. One reason GPO is able to meet the
increased work demands and continually reduce costs is through
its constant focus on capital investments to modernize
information systems, production equipment, and major facility
repairs.
Paper-Based Publications.--The Committee directs the GPO to
provide a briefing within 90 days of the enactment of this act
on all paper-based publications produced by the GPO. The
briefing should provide an overview of each paper-based
product, the reason for the product to be paper-based, and
option for providing the document in various other media, to
include the cost for each option.

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

Salaries and Expenses

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $790,319,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 859,653,000
Committee recommendation................................ 813,968,000

The U.S. Government Accountability Office [GAO] is an
independent nonpartisan agency that was established by the
Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 (Public Law 67-13) to act as
an auditor for Congress and investigate how the Federal
Government spends taxpayer dollars.
The function of GAO includes auditing agency operations to
determine whether Federal funds are being spent efficiently and
effectively; investigating allegations of illegal and improper
activities; reporting on how well Government programs and
policies are meeting their objectives; performing policy
analyses and outlining options for congressional consideration;
and issuing legal decisions and opinions, such as bid protest
rulings and reports on agency rules.
The Committee recommends funding of $813,968,000 for
salaries and expenses of the GAO. The recommendation is
$23,649,000 above the fiscal year 2023 appropriation and
$45,685,000 below the fiscal year 2024 request. The funding
provided will allow GAO to continue to support for the work in
evolving science and technology issues; cybersecurity threats;
and rising healthcare costs. GAO will also be able to continue
the multiphase initiative to modernize its aging information
technology infrastructure and begin to address the backlog of
deferred maintenance at its headquarters building.
Additionally, $71,902,000 is authorized in offsetting
collections derived from rent receipts and reimbursements for
conducting financial audits of Government corporations, for a
total of $885,870,000.
GAO Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics Team.--
The Committee applauds the efforts of GAO's STAA team and
encourages STAA to continue providing Congress with unbiased
explanatory data, as well as assessments of future science and
technology issues relevant to Congress. The Committee also
supports the ongoing growth and adaptation of the STAA team to
meet congressional needs, to include the impacts of artificial
intelligence. In the fiscal year 2019, the Committee directed
GAO to provide a comprehensive plan to reconfigure its science
and technology function to better address the evolving and
timely needs of Congress, and in January 2019, GAO established
a Science, Technology Assessment, and Analytics [STAA] team. In
consultation with internal and external stakeholders, academic
and nonprofit organizations, and Members of Congress, the STAA
team submitted its plan for staffing needs, resources, areas of
expertise, and the products and services that the team will
provide or is currently providing to Congress. The plan
demonstrates STAA's value and ability to assess upcoming
technological and digital innovations. Presently, the STAA is
providing Congress with technology assessments, technical
assistance, and reports in the areas of oversight of Federal
technology and science programs, as well as best practices in
engineering sciences and cybersecurity.
Congressionally Directed Spending and Community Project
Funding Transparency and Accountability.--The Committee directs
the GAO to again undertake an audit of Congressionally Directed
Spending [CDS] and Community Project Funding [CPF] contained in
fiscal year 2023 appropriations legislation. The audit shall
include the same characteristics GAO adhered to in its fiscal
year 2022 CDS and CPF directive after consulting with the
Committees on Appropriations. In conducting its audit, GAO
shall provide periodic briefings and reports based on available
data to the Committees.
Unimplemented Government Accountability Office
Recommendations.--Within 180 days of enactment of this act, GAO
shall publish on its website and provide to the Committees on
Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, the
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee,
and the House Oversight Committee a report estimating the
financial costs of unimplemented GAO recommendations.
Staffing Practices.--The GAO is directed to brief the
Committee within 90 days of enactment of this act on the total
amount of staff within each mission team and how the agency
considers work experience and educational background when
hiring for or assigning personnel to those mission teams.
GAO Methodology for Estimating Savings.--The Committee
encourages GAO to explore a methodology for estimating
potential cost savings through budget requests. Given the many
assumptions and caveats required of such analysis, the
Committee expects a briefing from GAO to discuss such
methodology within 180 days of enactment of this act.
Appropriations and Budget Law.--The Committee acknowledges
that GAO legal decisions, including those related to the
Congressional Review Act, are often fact specific and time
consuming. The Committee commends the improvements made by the
GAO Appropriations Law Group to increase resources dedicated to
supporting Congress' oversight role. The Committee continues
the directives contained in the explanatory statement
accompanying Public Law 117-328. Further, the GAO is directed
to brief the Committee on its efforts to expeditiously respond
to Congressional Review Act requests, including the average
response time to those requests, within 90 days of enactment of
this act.

CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE FOR INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $6,000,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 7,200,000
Committee recommendation................................ 6,000,000

The Committee recommends $6,000,000 as a payment to the
Congressional Office for International Leadership [COIL] Fund,
which is equal to the fiscal year 2023 appropriation and
$1,200,000 below the fiscal year 2024 request. Founded in 1999
by Congress, COIL, formerly the Open World Leadership Center,
serves as the dedicated support agency for congressional
legislative diplomacy efforts. Legislative diplomacy is crucial
in providing critical advice and consultation to nascent
parliamentary bodies trying to build nonpartisan resources to
improve legislative output. The Office provides this support
for Members of Congress by encouraging both inter-parliamentary
and judicial contacts, and by conducting exchanges that
establish lasting professional relationships between emerging
leaders and their U.S. counterparts. The Office also supports
Congress in achieving outcomes that include the further
promotion of common values, particularly strengthening
international diplomatic relations between legislative bodies,
and lasting partnerships between Members of Congress and
foreign parliamentarians.
The Office maintains a vast network of more than 29,000
alumni in strategic countries across Eurasia. These alumni are
placed at all levels of their societies, including regional and
Federal elected positions and ministries. Their presence
provides assurances that U.S. interests are understood and
considered.
Ukraine.--The Committee continues to be deeply troubled by
the Russian invasion of Ukraine and supports COIL's efforts to
reinstate programming in Ukraine, as possible. The Committee
further urges COIL's engagement with Ukrainians outside of
Ukraine to maintain democratic advancement throughout wartime.
Expansion of Program to Other Countries.--The Committee
continues to request that COIL keeps the Committee apprised of
any new developments on expanding programming to include other
regions and countries that may be of strategic necessity to the
United States.

JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

Appropriations, 2023.................................... $430,000
Budget estimate, 2024................................... 430,000
Committee recommendation................................ 430,000

The John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and
Development was created by Congress in 1988. The mandate of the
Center is to promote and strengthen public service. The
Committee recommends the budget request of $430,000 as
authorized by 2 U.S.C. 1105, for the Center's congressional
staff training and development programs.

TITLE II

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Included are several general provisions carried annually in
this act (sections 201-211), as follows:
Section 201 bans the use of appropriated funds for service
and maintenance of private vehicles, except under such
regulations as may be promulgated by the House Administration
Committee and the Senate Rules and Administration Committee,
respectively.
Section 202 limits the availability for obligation of
appropriations to the fiscal year for which it is expressly
provided in this act.
Section 203 provides that any pay rate and title
designation for a staff position created in this act, and not
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929, is
to be made permanent law by this act. Further, any pay rate and
title change for a position provided for in the 1929 Act is to
be made permanent law by this act and any changes in the
official expenses of Members, officers, and committees, and in
the clerk hire of the House and Senate are to be made permanent
law by this act.
Section 204 bans the use of funds for contracts unless such
contracts are matters of public record and are available for
public inspection.
Section 205 authorizes legislative branch entities
participating in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers
Council [LBFMC] to finance the costs of the LBFMC.
Section 206 prohibits unauthorized transfers of funds to
other agencies.
Section 207 ensures continuation of the staff-led tours of
the Capitol.
Section 208 prohibits funds made available in this act to
be used to acquire certain telecommunications equipment unless
the agency meets certain criteria.
Section 209 prohibits the use of funds to establish or
maintain a computer network unless such network blocks the
viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography, except for
law enforcement investigation, prosecution, or adjudication
activities, or other official government activities.
Section 210 directs agencies in this act to work with food
service providers to reduce or eliminate plastic waste.
Section 211 relates to limitations to the cost of living
adjustments for Members of Congress.

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

Paragraph 7 of rule XVI requires that Committee reports
accompanying general appropriations bills identify each
recommended amendment which proposes an item of appropriation
which is not made to carry out the provisions of an existing
law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or resolution previously
passed by the Senate during that session. The Committee is
filing an original bill, which is not covered under this rule,
but reports this information in the spirit of full disclosure.

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

Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, on July 13, 2023,
the Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill (S.
2302) making appropriations for the legislative branch for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes,
provided, that the bill be subject to amendment and that the
bill be consistent with the subcommittee funding guidance, and
provided that the Chairman of the Committee or his designee be
authorized to offer the substance of the original bill as a
Committee amendment in the nature of a substitute to the House
companion measure, by a recorded vote of 29-0, a quorum being
present. The vote was as follows:
Yeas Nays
Chair Murray
Mrs. Feinstein
Mr. Durbin
Mr. Reed
Mr. Tester
Mrs. Shaheen
Mr. Merkley
Mr. Coons
Mr. Schatz
Ms. Baldwin
Mr. Murphy
Mr. Manchin
Mr. Van Hollen
Mr. Heinrich
Mr. Peters
Ms. Collins
Mr. McConnell
Ms. Murkowski
Mr. Graham
Mr. Moran
Mr. Hoeven
Mr. Boozman
Mrs. Capito
Mr. Kennedy
Mrs. Hyde-Smith
Mr. Hagerty
Mrs. Britt
Mr. Rubio
Mrs. Fischer

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

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

TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS

Chapter 24--Congressional Accountability

Subchapter II--Extension of Rights and Protections

PART A--EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION, FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE, FAIR LABOR
STANDARDS, EMPLOYEE POLYGRAPH PROTECTION, WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND
RETRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT OF VETERANS, AND INTIMIDATION

Sec. 1313. Rights and protections under Fair Labor Standards Act of
1938

(a) Fair labor standards

(1) In general

The rights and protections established by
subsections (a)(1) and (d) of section 6, section 7,
[and section 12(c)] section 12(c), and section 18D of
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206
(a)(1) and (d), 207, 212(c), 218d) shall apply to
covered employees.

* * * * * * *

Chapter 63--Senate Members

Subchapter II--Employees, Expenses, and Allowances

Sec. 6317. Home State office space for Senators; lease of office space

(a) Procurement by Sergeant at Arms of Senate in places
designated by Senator; places subject to use; lease of office
space

* * * * * * *

(b) Maximum amount of aggregate square feet for each Senator

[The aggregate] (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the aggregate
square feet of office space secured for Senator shall not at
any time exceed--

[(1)] (A) 5,000 square feet if the population of
the State of the Senator is less than 3,000,000;

[(2)] (B) 5,200 square feet if such population is
3,000,000 but less than 4,000,000;

[(3)] (C) 5,400 square feet if such population is
4,000,000 but less than 5,000,000;

[(4)] (D) 5,800 square feet if such population is
5,000,000 but less than 7,000,000;

[(5)] (E) 6,200 square feet if such population is
7,000,000 but less than 9,000,000;

[(6)] (F) 6,400 square feet if such population is
9,000,000 but less than 10,000,000;

[(7)] (G) 6,600 square feet if such population is
10,000,000 but less than 11,000,000;

[(8)] (H) 6,800 square feet if such population is
11,000,000 but less than 12,000,000;

[(9)] (I) 7,000 square feet if such population is
12,000,000 but less than 13,000,000;

[(10)] (J) 7,400 square feet if such population is
13,000,000 but less than 15,000,000;

[(11)] (K) 7,800 square feet if such population is
15,000,000 but less than 17,000,000; or

[(12)] (L) 8,200 square feet if such population is
17,000,000 or more.

(2) The aggregate square feet of an office space
for purposes of paragraph (1) shall not include any
portion of the office space used for security or safety
enhancements that are--

(A) of a kind authorized by the Committee
on Rules and Administration of the Senate,
which shall include an information technology
security closet and a secure lobby or reception
area; and

(B) approved by the Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate.

(c) Maximum annual rental rate; maximum aggregate amount for
acquisition of furniture, equipment, and other office
furnishings

(1) [The maximum] (A) Subject to subparagraph (B),
the maximum annual rate that may be paid for the rental
of an office secured for a Senator not in a post office
or other Federal building shall not exceed the highest
rate per square foot charged Federal agencies on the
first day of the lease of such office by the
Administrator of General Services, based upon a 100
percent building quality rating, for office space
located in the place in which the Senator's office is
located, multiplied by the number of square feet
contained in that office used by the Senator and his
employees to perform their duties.

(B) The portion of the cost of a rental described
in subparagraph (A) that is attributable to building
security and safety measures shall not be included in
determining the annual rate paid for the rental for
purposes of subparagraph (A) if--

(i) the costs are for building security and
safety measures--

(I) of a kind authorized by the
Committee on Rules and Administration
of the Senate, which shall include
guard services, access control, and
facility monitoring; and

(II) approved by the Sergeant at
Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate; and

(ii) such costs are itemized separately in
a manner approved by the Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate.

* * * * * * *

Chapter 65--Senate Officers and Administration

Subchapter I--General

Sec. 6501. Appointment of consultants by Majority Leader, Minority
Leader, Secretary of Senate, and Legislative
Counsel of Senate; compensation

(a) In general

The Majority Leader and the Minority Leader, are each
authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of not more than
[nine] 12 individual consultants, on a temporary or
intermittent basis, at a daily rate of compensation not in
excess of the per diem equivalent of the highest gross rate of
annual compensation which may be paid to employees of a
standing committee of the Senate. * * *
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TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS

Subtitle I--Federal Property and Administrative Services

Chapter 5--Property Management

Subchapter V--Operation of Buildings and Related Activities

Sec. 590. Child Care

(a) Guidance, Assistance, and Oversight.--* * *

* * * * * * *

(g) Appropriated Amounts for Affordable Child Care.--

(1) Definition.--* * *

* * * * * * *

(6) Application to house of representatives.--* * *

* * * * * * *

(B) amounts may be made available to
implement this subsection with respect to the
House of Representatives without advance notice
to the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate.

(7) Application to senate and other legislative
branch agencies.--This subsection shall apply with
respect to the Senate and agencies in the legislative
branch that are not entities of the Senate or of the
House of Representatives (in this paragraph referred to
as ``legislative branch agencies'') in the same manner
as it applies to an Executive agency, except that--

(A) the authority granted to the Office of
Personnel Management shall be exercised--

(i) with respect to a legislative
branch agency, by the head of the
legislative branch agency; or

(ii) with respect to the Senate, by
the Majority and Minority Leaders of
the Senate, in accordance with
regulations promulgated by the
Committee on Rules and Administration
of the Senate; and

(B) amounts may be made available to
implement this subsection with respect to the
Senate without advance notice to the Committee
on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.

BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL

PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93-344, AS
AMENDED
[In millions of dollars]
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Budget authority Outlays
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Committee Amount in Committee Amount in
allocation bill allocation bill
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Comparison of amounts in the bill with the subcommittee
allocation for 2024: Subcommittee on the Legislative
Branch:
Mandatory........................................... 137 137 137 \1\137
Discretionary....................................... 6,761 4,742 6,657 \1\4,905
Defense......................................... ............ ............ ............ ............
Non-defense..................................... 6,761 4,742 ............ 4,905
Projection of outlays associated with the
recommendation:
2024................................................ ............ ............ ............ \2\3,747
2025................................................ ............ ............ ............ 629
2026................................................ ............ ............ ............ 182
2027................................................ ............ ............ ............ 59
2028 and future years............................... ............ ............ ............ (5)
Financial assistance to State and local governments for NA ............ NA ............
P2024.................................................. ......\2\
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\1\Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
\2\Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

NA: Not applicable.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2024
[In thousands of dollars]
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Senate Committee recommendation
compared with (+ or -)
Item 2023 Budget estimate Committee -----------------------------------
appropriation recommendation 2023
appropriation Budget estimate
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TITLE I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

SENATE

Expense Allowances

Vice President................................................ 20 20 20 ................ ................
President Pro Tempore of the Senate........................... 40 40 40 ................ ................
Majority Leader of the Senate................................. 40 40 40 ................ ................
Minority Leader of the Senate................................. 40 40 40 ................ ................
Majority Whip of the Senate................................... 10 10 10 ................ ................
Minority Whip of the Senate................................... 10 10 10 ................ ................
President Pro Tempore Emeritus of the Senate.................. 15 15 15 ................ ................
Chairman of the Majority Conference Committee................. 5 5 5 ................ ................
Chairman of the Minority Conference Committee................. 5 5 5 ................ ................
Chairman of the Majority Policy Committee..................... 5 5 5 ................ ................
Chairman of the Minority Policy Committee..................... 5 5 5 ................ ................
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Subtotal, Expense Allowances.............................. 195 195 195 ................ ................

Representation Allowances for the Majority and Minority 30 30 30 ................ ................
Leaders......................................................
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Total, Expense Allowances................................. 225 225 225 ................ ................
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Salaries, Officers and Employees

Office of the Vice President.................................. 2,907 3,061 2,944 +37 -117
Office of the President Pro Tempore........................... 832 878 843 +11 -35
Office of the President Pro Tempore Emeritus.................. 359 380 364 +5 -16
Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders.................. 6,196 6,522 6,272 +76 -250
Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips.................... 3,876 4,082 3,934 +58 -148
Committee on Appropriations................................... 17,900 18,839 18,688 +788 -151
Conference committees......................................... 3,782 3,982 3,828 +46 -154
Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority 940 992 952 +12 -40
and the Conference of the Minority...........................
Policy committees............................................. 3,862 4,068 3,910 +48 -158
Office of the Chaplain........................................ 598 631 606 +8 -25
Office of the Secretary....................................... 29,282 31,467 30,288 +1,006 -1,179
Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper................. 108,929 120,834 116,194 +7,265 -4,640
Offices of the Secretaries for the Majority and Minority...... 2,126 2,240 2,644 +518 +404
Agency contributions and related expenses..................... 77,088 86,002 86,003 +8,915 +1
Outlays....................................................... ................ ................ ................ ................ ................
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Total, Salaries, Officers and Employees................... 258,677 283,978 277,470 +18,793 -6,508
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Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

Salaries and expenses......................................... 8,150 8,983 8,460 +310 -523

Office of Senate Legal Counsel

Salaries and expenses......................................... 1,350 1,415 1,365 +15 -50

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

Expense allowances............................................ 30 30 30 ................ ................

Contingent Expenses of the Senate

Inquiries and investigations.................................. 145,615 174,000 176,600 +30,985 +2,600
Expenses of United States Senate Caucus on International 552 582 582 +30 ................
Narcotics Control............................................
Secretary of the Senate....................................... 17,515 17,381 17,494 -21 +113
Financial Management Information System Modernization......... ................ ................ ................ ................ ................
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate................. 171,844 194,084 194,942 +23,098 +858
Sergeant at Arms Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery ................ 4,858 ................ ................ -4,858
Fund.........................................................
Sergeant at Arms Fellowship Fund.............................. 6,277 ................ ................ -6,277 ................
Miscellaneous items........................................... 27,814 26,516 26,517 -1,297 +1
Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account....... 512,000 550,000 534,510 +22,510 -15,490
Official Mail Costs........................................... 300 300 300 ................ ................
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Total, Contingent Expenses of the Senate.................. 881,917 967,721 950,945 +69,028 -16,776
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Total, Senate............................................. 1,150,349 1,262,352 1,238,495 +88,146 -23,857
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(Discretionary)....................................... 1,150,349 1,262,352 1,238,495 +88,146 -23,857
(Mandatory)........................................... ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

Payment to Widows and Heirs of Deceased Members of Congress 174 ................ ................ -174 ................
(FY23 CR funding) (Public Law117-180)........................

Salaries and Expenses

Total, Allowance for Compensation of Interns.............. ................ ................ ................ ................ ................
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Outlays....................................................... ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

JOINT ITEMS

Joint Economic Committee...................................... 4,283 4,283 4,283 ................ ................
Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies......... ................ 3,675 3,675 +3,675 ................
Joint Committee on Taxation................................... 12,948 14,125 14,125 +1,177 ................

Office of the Attending Physician

Medical supplies, equipment, expenses, and allowances......... 4,181 6,299 6,000 +1,819 -299

Office of Congressional Accessibility Services

Salaries and expenses......................................... 1,702 1,766 1,766 +64 ................
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Total, Joint Items........................................ 23,114 30,148 29,849 +6,735 -299
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CAPITOL POLICE

Salaries...................................................... 541,730 612,270 588,627 +46,897 -23,643
General expenses.............................................. 192,846 228,672 203,846 +11,000 -24,826
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Total, Capitol Police..................................... 734,576 840,942 792,473 +57,897 -48,469
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OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE RIGHTS

Salaries and expenses......................................... 8,000 8,550 8,300 +300 -250

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

Salaries and expenses......................................... 63,237 70,775 70,125 +6,888 -650

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL [AOC]

Capital Construction and Operations........................... 145,843 175,765 161,833 +15,990 -13,932
Capitol building.............................................. 80,589 119,267 108,174 +27,585 -11,093
Capitol grounds............................................... 16,365 17,556 16,600 +235 -956
Senate office buildings....................................... 184,596 170,581 147,501 -37,095 -23,080
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Subtotal, AOC House Buildings............................. ................ ................ ................ ................ ................

Capitol Power Plant........................................... 176,951 168,024 159,650 -17,301 -8,374
Spending from offsetting collections...................... -10,000 -10,000 -10,000 ................ ................
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Subtotal, Capitol Power Plant......................... 166,951 158,024 149,650 -17,301 -8,374

Library buildings and grounds................................. 144,220 120,766 78,578 -65,642 -42,188
Capitol police buildings, grounds and security................ 402,907 119,828 86,757 -316,150 -33,071
Botanic Garden................................................ 23,560 21,187 20,606 -2,954 -581
Capitol Visitor Center........................................ 27,692 29,835 28,000 +308 -1,835
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Total, Architect of the Capitol........................... 1,192,723 932,809 797,699 -395,024 -135,110
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Salaries and expenses......................................... 582,529 618,570 596,101 +13,572 -22,469
Copyright Office, Salaries and expenses....................... 100,674 103,128 103,128 +2,454 ................
Authority to spend receipts............................... -43,912 -45,591 -44,591 -679 +1,000
Prior year unobligated balances........................... -3,000 ................ -1,000 +2,000 -1,000
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Subtotal, Copyright Office............................ 53,762 57,537 57,537 +3,775 ................

Congressional Research Service, Salaries and expenses:
Salaries and expenses..................................... 133,600 146,574 136,080 +2,480 -10,494

National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled

Salaries and expenses..................................... 58,657 72,523 66,130 +7,473 -6,393
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Total, Library of Congress............................ 828,548 895,204 855,848 +27,300 -39,356
=========================================================================================

GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE

Congressional publishing...................................... 82,992 83,000 83,000 +8 ................
Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of 35,257 37,388 36,476 +1,219 -912
Documents, Salaries and expenses.............................
Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving 11,605 12,100 12,090 +485 -10
Fund.........................................................
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Total, Government Publishing Office....................... 129,854 132,488 131,566 +1,712 -922
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GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

Salaries and expenses......................................... 846,184 933,629 885,870 +39,686 -47,759
Offsetting collections........................................ -55,865 -73,976 -71,902 -16,037 +2,074
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Total, Government Accountability Office................... 790,319 859,653 813,968 +23,649 -45,685
=========================================================================================

CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE FOR INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND

Payment to the Congressional Office for International 6,000 7,200 6,000 ................ -1,200
Leadership (COIL) Fund.......................................

JOHN C STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING AND
DEVELOPMENT

Stennis Center for Public Service............................. 430 430 430 ................ ................
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Total, Title I, Legislative Branch........................ 4,927,324 5,040,551 4,744,753 -182,571 -295,798
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TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS

Adjustments to Compensation (CBO estimate).................... -3,000 ................ -4,000 -1,000 -4,000
Capitol Complex Health and Safety............................. 5,000 ................ ................ -5,000 ................
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Total, Title II, General Provisions....................... 2,000 ................ -4,000 -6,000 -4,000
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OTHER APPROPRIATIONS

ADDITIONAL UKRAINE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022
(Public Law117-128)

Payment to Widows and Heirs of Deceased Members of Congress 174 ................ ................ -174 ................
(Sec 603)....................................................

ADDITIONAL UKRAINE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023
(Public Law117-328)

DIVISON M

Government Accountability Office

Salaries and expenses (emergency)............................. 7,500 ................ ................ -7,500 ................
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Total, Other Appropriations............................... 7,674 ................ ................ -7,674 ................
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Grand total................................................... 4,936,998 5,040,551 4,740,753 -196,245 -299,798
=========================================================================================
Appropriations............................................ (4,929,498) (5,040,551) (4,740,753) (-188,745) (-299,798)
Emergency appropriations.................................. (7,500) ................ ................ (-7,500) ................
(Discretionary)........................................... (4,936,650) (5,040,551) (4,740,753) (-195,897) (-299,798)
(Mandatory)............................................... (348) ................ ................ (-348) ................
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