[Senate Report 112-197]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Calendar No. 486
112th Congress Report
SENATE
2d Session 112-197
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LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS, 2013
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August 2, 2012.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Nelson, from the Committee on Appropriations,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 5882]
The Committee on Appropriations, to which was referred the
bill (H.R. 5882) making appropriations for the legislative
branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for
other purposes, reports the same to the Senate with an
amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
Amount of new budget (obligational) authority
Total of bill as reported to the Senate................. $4,320,114,000
Amount of 2012 appropriations........................... 4,304,999,000
Amount of 2013 budget estimate.......................... 4,512,471,000
Amount of House allowance............................... 3,329,760,000
Bill as recommended to Senate compared to--
2012 appropriations................................. +15,115,000
2013 budget estimate................................ -192,357,000
House allowance..................................... +990,354,000
CONTENTS
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Page
General Statement and Summary.................................... 4
Title I:
Legislative Branch Appropriations:
Senate:
Expense Allowances................................... 5
Representation Allowances for the Majority and
Minority Leaders................................... 5
Salaries, Officers, and Employees.................... 6
Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate...... 11
Office of Senate Legal Counsel....................... 11
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............................................. 12
Contingent Expenses of the Senate.................... 12
House of Representatives................................. 22
Joint Items:
Joint Economic Committee............................. 22
Joint Committee on Taxation.......................... 22
Office of the Attending Physician.................... 23
Office of Congressional Accessibility Services....... 23
United States Capitol Police............................. 23
Salaries............................................. 24
General Expenses..................................... 25
Office of Compliance: Salaries and Expenses.............. 25
Congressional Budget Office: Salaries and Expenses....... 25
Architect of the Capitol................................. 26
General Administration............................... 26
Capitol Building..................................... 27
Capitol Grounds...................................... 28
Senate Office Buildings.............................. 28
House Office Buildings............................... 29
Capitol Power Plant.................................. 29
Library Buildings and Grounds........................ 31
Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds, and Security...... 31
Botanic Garden....................................... 32
Capitol Visitor Center............................... 33
Library of Congress...................................... 33
Salaries and Expenses................................ 36
Copyright Office..................................... 36
Congressional Research Service....................... 37
Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped....... 37
Government Printing Office:
Congressional Printing and Binding................... 38
Office of Superintendent of Documents................ 39
Government Printing Office Revolving Fund............ 39
Government Accountability Office: Salaries and Expenses.. 40
Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund.................. 40
John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and
Develop-
ment................................................... 41
Title II: General Provisions..................................... 42
Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XVI, of the Standing Rules of
the
Senate......................................................... 43
Compliance With Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI of the Standing Rules
of the Senate.................................................. 43
Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI, of the Standing Rules of
the Senate..................................................... 44
Budgetary Impact of Bill......................................... 51
Comparative Statement of Budget Authority........................ 52
GENERAL STATEMENT AND SUMMARY
The Committee recommends new budget (obligational)
authority of $4,320,114,000, for the legislative branch for
fiscal year 2013. This total is $192,357,000 below the budget
request and $15,115,000 below the fiscal year 2012
appropriation.
The bill includes $871,336,000 for the operations of the
Senate, which is $39,179,000 below the fiscal year 2013
request. Within funding for the Senate, the recommendation
includes $2,000,000 under the accounts for the Secretary of the
Senate and the Sergeant at Arms, the total amount necessary,
for implementation of Public Law 112-105, the Stop Trading On
Congressional Knowledge [STOCK] Act. The bill includes
$579,816,000 for the Architect of the Capitol to maintain,
improve, and construct buildings and facilities for the
Congress. The recommendation is $88,372,000 below the fiscal
year 2013 request, but includes $61,247,000, the total amount
of funding requested, to remain available until expended, for
the second of four phases of the plan to rehabilitate the U.S.
Capitol Dome. The recommendation would allow for comprehensive
repairs and life-safety systems improvements to remain on
schedule in a manner that does not interfere with Presidential
Inaugurals. The bill also includes $333,137,000 for the U.S.
Capitol Police; $513,842,000 for the Government Accountability
Office; $592,244,000 for the Library of Congress; and
$126,200,000 for the Government Printing Office.
Reprogramming and Operating Plan Guidelines.--The Committee
expects all agencies to notify the Committee of any significant
departures from budget plans presented to the Committee in any
agency's budget justifications. In particular, agencies funded
through this bill are required to notify the Committee prior to
each reprogramming of funds in excess of the lesser of 10
percent or $500,000 between programs, projects or activities,
or in excess of $500,000 between object classifications (except
for shifts within the pay categories, object class 11, 12, and
13 or as further specified in each agency's respective
section). This includes cumulative reprogrammings that together
total at least $500,000 from or to a particular program,
activity, or object classification as well as reprogramming of
FTEs or funds to create new organizational entities within the
Agency or to restructure entities which already exist. The
Committee desires to be notified of reprogramming actions which
involve less than the above-mentioned amounts if such actions
would have the effect of changing an agency's funding
requirements in future years or if programs or projects
specifically cited in the Committee's reports are affected.
The Committee also expects all agencies to submit operating
plans for the Committee's approval within 30 days of the bill's
enactment.
TITLE I
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS
SENATE
Expense Allowances
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $174,840
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 174,840
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 174,840
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $174,840 for
the expense allowances of the Vice President, the President pro
tempore of the Senate, the majority and minority leaders, the
majority and minority whips, the chairmen of the majority and
minority conference committees, and the chairmen of the
majority and minority policy committees. The recommendation is
identical to the fiscal year 2012 appropriation and the fiscal
year 2013 request. The recommended allowances are as follows:
For the expense allowance of the Vice President, the
Committee recommends an amount of $18,760.
For the expense allowance of the President pro tempore, the
Committee recommends an amount of $37,520.
For the expense allowance of the majority and minority
leaders, the Committee recommends $39,920 for each leader, for
a total of $79,840.
For the expense allowance of the majority and minority
whips, the Committee recommends $9,980 for each whip, for a
total of $19,960.
For the expense allowance for the chairmen of the majority
and minority conference committees, the Committee recommends
$4,690 for each chairman, for a total of $9,380.
For the expense allowance for the chairmen of the majority
and minority policy committees, the Committee recommends $4,690
for each chairman, for a total of $9,380.
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, 2012.................................... $28,140
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 28,140
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 28,140
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $28,140 for
representation allowances for the majority and minority
leaders. The recommendation is identical to the fiscal year
2012 appropriation and the fiscal year 2013 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, 2012.................................... $175,763,738
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 182,068,705
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 178,204,590
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $178,204,590
for the subaccounts funded under the overall account for the
salaries of officers and employees of the Senate. The
recommendation is $2,440,852 above the fiscal year 2012
appropriation and $3,864,115 below the fiscal year 2013
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 each office finds necessary and
appropriate for the performance of its duties. Estimated
staffing levels for offices funded under this appropriation for
fiscal year 2013 are approximately 1,476 positions.
SALARIES, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES
[Estimated staffing levels--fiscal years 2012 and 2013]
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2013 Committee
2012 recommendation
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Office of the Vice President............ 45 45
Office of the President Pro Tempore..... 11 11
Offices of the majority and minority 43 43
leaders................................
Offices of the majority and minority 30 30
whips..................................
Conference committees................... 48 48
Offices of the secretaries of the 12 12
conference of the majority and the
conference of the minority.............
Policy Committees....................... 55 55
Office of the Chaplain.................. 4 4
Office of the Secretary................. 253 253
Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 959 957
Doorkeeper.............................
Offices of the secretaries for the 18 18
majority and minority..................
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Totals............................ 1,478 1,476
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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, 2012.................................... $2,361,248
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 2,370,248
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 2,370,248
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,370,248 to
fund the salaries of the administrative and clerical staff of
the Office of the Vice President in connection with his duties
as the President of the Senate.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $705,466
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 708,466
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 708,466
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $708,466 for
the Office of the President pro tempore.
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $5,201,576
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 5,221,576
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 5,221,576
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,221,576 for
the offices of the majority and minority leaders. The amount
recommended is to be equally divided, providing $2,610,788 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, 2012.................................... $3,281,424
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 3,295,424
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 3,295,424
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,295,424 for
the offices of the majority and minority whips. It is to be
equally divided, providing $1,647,712 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, 2012.................................... $14,863,573
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 14,864,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 14,864,000
For the salaries of the staff of the Committee on
Appropriations, the Committee recommends an appropriation of
$14,864,000 for fiscal year 2013. The recommendation is $427
above the fiscal year 2012 appropriation and identical to the
fiscal year 2013 request.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $3,238,390
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 3,252,390
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 3,252,390
For the administrative and clerical staffs of the majority
and minority conference committees, the Committee recommends an
appropriation of $3,252,390. The appropriation provides
$1,626,195 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, 2012.................................... $797,402
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 797,402
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 797,402
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $797,402 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, 2012.................................... $3,307,810
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 3,321,810
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 3,321,810
For the salaries of the administrative and clerical staffs
of the majority and minority policy committees, the Committee
recommends an appropriation of $3,321,810. The appropriation
provides $1,660,905 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, 2012.................................... $405,886
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 407,886
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 407,886
For the Office of the Chaplain, the Committee recommends an
appropriation of $407,886. The amount recommended would provide
the salaries for the Chaplain of the Senate and support staff
to assist the Chaplain with his pastoral duties. The Fiscal
Year 1988 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, Public Law
100-202, established the rate of pay for the Chaplain at
Executive Level IV.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $24,194,115
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 24,285,115
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 24,695,000
The Committee recommends $24,695,000 for salaries of the
Office of the Secretary. Fiscal year 2013 staffing levels are
estimated at 253 positions.
This appropriation provides funds for four statutory
positions (Secretary of the Senate, Assistant Secretary of the
Senate, Financial Clerk of the Senate, and Parliamentarian of
the Senate) and lump-sum allowances for the employment and
adjustment of salaries of personnel in the Office of the
Secretary of the Senate, as authorized by Public Law 97-51,
effective October 1, 1981 (2 U.S.C. 61a-11).
The following departmental guidelines for fiscal year 2013
have been submitted by the Secretary to the Committee. The
departmental budgets grouped in the apportionment schedule
under executive offices include: the Executive Office of the
Secretary of the Senate, Page School, Senate Security,
Information Systems, and Web Technology. The departmental
budgets grouped in the apportionment schedule under
administrative services include: 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 in the apportionment schedule under legislative and
legal services include: the bill clerk, daily digest, enrolling
clerk, journal clerk, legislative clerk, Official Reporters of
Debate, captioning services, executive clerk, LIS project
office, and Parliamentarian.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
[Estimated staffing levels--fiscal years 2012 and 2013]
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2013 Committee
2012 recommendation
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Executive offices....................... 32 32
Administrative services................. 172 172
Legislative and legal services.......... 49 49
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Totals............................ 253 253
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OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $73,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 75,274,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 73,000,000
This appropriation provides funds for the salaries of three
statutory positions (Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, Deputy
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, and Administrative Assistant
to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper) and lump-sum allowances
for employment and adjustments of salaries of personnel in the
Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, as
authorized by Public Law 97-51, effective October 1, 1981 (2
U.S.C. 61f-7).
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $73,000,000
for fiscal year 2013, which is identical to the fiscal year
2012 appropriation and $2,274,000 below the fiscal year 2013
request. The Committee recommendation fully funds the SAA at a
staffing level of 957 FTEs.
The Sergeant at Arms structure reflects five major
divisions: Capitol Division, Operations Division, Technology
Development Services Division, IT Support Services Division,
and Staff Offices Division. The Capitol Division consists of
the Executive Office of the Sergeant at Arms, the Office of
Security and Emergency Preparedness, the U.S. Capitol Police
Liaison, the Senate Post Office and Recording Studio. These
offices provide the executive management and leadership of the
Sergeant at Arms for day-to-day operations; for security of the
Senate side of the Capitol complex; for liaison with the United
States Capitol Police; and mailing and recording studio
services. The Operations Division provides printing and
photographic services; furnishes and maintains the Senate side
of the Capitol Building; and offers office support services
such as desktop computer acquisition, State office liaison, and
customer support. The Technology Development Services Division
supports enterprise information technology systems,
applications development, Internet/intranet services,
information security, and network engineering. The IT Support
Services Division provides desktop computer support;
correspondence management system acquisition, maintenance and
support; telecommunications equipment and services; general
office equipment; and new technology assessment. The Staff
Offices Division includes Financial Management, Human
Resources, The Joint Office of Education and Training, and
Process Management and Innovation.
The offices and personnel covered by this appropriation are
shown in the following table.
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE APPORTIONMENT SCHEDULE
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Committee
Positions 2013 request recommendation Difference
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Capitol Division................................ 225 $20,828,000 $15,558,000 -$5,270,000
Operations Division............................. 367 19,961,000 23,487,000 +3,526,000
Technology Development Services Division........ 145 16,172,000 15,913,000 -259,000
IT Support Services Division.................... 113 7,779,000 7,686,000 -93,000
Process Management and Innovation............... 35 4,241,000 4,227,000 -14,000
Staff Offices Division.......................... 72 6,293,000 6,129,000 -164,000
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Total..................................... 957 75,274,000 73,000,000 -2,274,000
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The Committee recommendation includes an increase of
$175,000 in the Technology Development Services Division for
implementation of the STOCK Act. The Committee expects to be
notified in writing in a timely manner of any changes to the
staffing levels or distribution of staff.
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $1,722,388
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 1,730,388
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 1,730,388
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,730,388 for
the offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority.
The appropriation is to be equally divided, providing $865,194
for each office.
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $42,684,460
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 46,540,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 44,540,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $44,540,000
for agency contributions for employees paid under the
appropriation, ``Salaries, officers, and employees'', employees
paid under the appropriation ``Expenses of the United States
Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control,'' employees
paid under the appropriation ``Joint Economic Committee,'' and
employees paid by the ``Senate Hair Care Services Revolving
Fund.''
Agency contributions include the Senate's contributions as
an employer to the Civil Service Retirement System, the Federal
Employees' Retirement System, the Thrift Savings Plan, Federal
employee group life insurance, Federal employee health
insurance programs, and FICA. The Senate is required by law to
make these payments, and the total required is dependent upon
the number of Senate employees, their compensation levels, the
benefit programs in which they are enrolled, and the extent of
the benefits elected.
Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $6,995,300
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 7,022,300
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 7,022,300
For the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate,
the Committee recommends an appropriation of $7,022,300. This
amount provides for the salaries, expenses, and agency
contributions of the office.
Office of Senate Legal Counsel
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $1,449,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 1,455,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 1,455,000
The Office of Senate Legal Counsel was established pursuant
to section 701 of Public Law 95-521. The Committee recommends
an appropriation of $1,455,000 for the Office. The amount
provided pays for the salaries, expenses, and agency
contributions of the Office.
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, 2012.................................... $28,440
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 28,440
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 28,440
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 $28,440 providing an
allowance of $7,110 for each office.
Contingent Expenses of the Senate
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $131,305,860
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 138,000,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 133,932,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $133,932,000
for inquiries and investigations by Senate standing, special,
and select committees of which $26,650,000 shall be available
until September 30, 2015. The recommendation is $2,626,140
above the fiscal year 2012 appropriation and $4,068,000 below
the fiscal year 2013 request.
This appropriation funds the liquidation of obligations
incurred by committees under the authorization provided in
Committee funding resolutions.
U.S. SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $487,822
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 520,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 487,822
The Committee recommends $487,822 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 and five
members from the public sector with a chairman from the
majority party and a co-chairman from the minority party.
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $5,816,344
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 5,816,344
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 6,350,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,350,000 for
expenses of the Office of the Secretary, an increase of
$533,656 above both the fiscal year 2012 appropriation and the
fiscal year 2013 request. The Committee recommendation includes
the necessary funds for implementation of the STOCK Act.
The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration authorized
the transfer of the Senate Information Services [SIS] program
from the Office of the Sergeant at Arms to the Office of the
Secretary of the Senate in fiscal year 2011. The Committee
recommends an appropriation of $4,350,000 for the Secretary of
the Senate for this activity. This funding will remain
available until September 30, 2017.
The table printed below sets forth the apportionment of
funds under this appropriation, followed by a brief description
of the line items. Any deviation of more than 10 percent
cumulatively from the stated levels for each item will require
the customary prior approval of the Committee.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY APPORTIONMENT SCHEDULE
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Committee
Item 2012 enacted recommendation
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Departmental operating budget:
Executive office................ $444,495 $500,000
Administrative services......... 5,323,359 5,801,510
Legislative services............ 48,490 48,490
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Total operating budget........ 5,816,344 6,350,000
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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. The Office of the
Secretary of the Senate has contractual authority under Public
Law 92-342, for the Federal Election Campaign Act and has
utilized this authority to employ professional legal services
in the past. In addition, the Office of the Secretary has
incurred various types of legal and other expenses which have
been authorized by the Senate. Administrative services and
miscellaneous expenses are housekeeping expenses of the Office
of the Secretary.
Travel and Registration Fees.--Funding is provided for
travel expenses and registration fees incurred by the Secretary
of the Senate and the employees of the Office of the Secretary.
This line item excludes funding for travel expenses for the
Federal Election Campaign Act under the Office of Public
Records, which is provided separately under the authority of
Public Law 93-342.
The authority for the travel portion of this account was
provided for by section 101 of Public Law 94-59, July 25, 1975.
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. 69a.
The Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the
Senate is also authorized under these provisions to conduct
seminars or similar meetings in the same manner and to the same
extent as the Office of the Secretary of the Senate.
Newspapers.--Funding is provided to furnish newspapers and
magazines for official purposes to the Marble Room, leadership
offices, Republican and Democratic Cloakrooms, Senate officers,
and certain other offices.
Senate Service Awards.--Funding is provided for the
issuance of service pins or emblems as authorized by Senate
Resolution 21, September 10, 1965. Senate Resolution 21
authorizes the Secretary of the Senate, under the direction of
the Committee on Rules and Administration and in accordance
with regulations promulgated by the Committee, to procure such
pins or emblems and award them to Members, officers, and
employees of the Senate who are entitled.
Postage.--This account also provides funding for postage
for the Office of the Secretary of the Senate for special
delivery, registered mail, and additional postage not covered
under the frank.
Education of Senate Pages.--Funding is provided for the
education of Senate pages. Senate Resolution 184, July 29,
1983, authorized the Secretary of the Senate to enter into a
contract, agreement, or other arrangement with the board of
education of the District of Columbia, or to provide such
educational services and items in such other manner as 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, to acquire any work of art, historical
object, documents or material relating to historical matters,
or exhibits for placement or exhibition within the Senate wing
of the Capitol, any Senate office building, or in rooms,
spaces, or corridors thereof, and to publish a Senate
historical objects inventory and calendar of exhibits on
display within the Senate wing of the Capitol and Senate office
buildings.
The Senate Commission on Art was formerly the Commission on
Arts and Antiquities, which was authorized by Senate Resolution
382, October 1, 1968, as amended by Senate Resolution 95, April
1, 1977, and Senate Resolution 400, March 23, 1988.
Representation Expenses.--Funding is provided (not to
exceed $50,000 to the Secretary of the Senate to coordinate and
carry out responsibilities in connection with foreign
parliamentary groups or other foreign officials visiting the
United States. Authorized by section 2 of Public Law 101-163,
November 21, 1989.
Office of Conservation and Preservation.--Funding is
provided for the Office of Conservation and Preservation to
develop and coordinate programs directly related to the
conservation and protection of Senate records and materials for
which the Secretary of the Senate has statutory authority.
Book Preservation.--Funding is provided for the Office of
Conservation and Preservation to use outside sources for the
preservation and protection of the Senate book collection,
including historically valuable documents under the care of the
Secretary of the Senate.
Office of Public Records.--Funding is provided for expenses
of the Office of Public Records. This office has evolved
through various pieces of legislation and various
responsibilities authorized by the Federal Election Campaign
Act, as amended, the Ethics in Government Act, as amended, and
the Lobbying Disclosure Act, as amended. Public Law 92-342,
July 10, 1972, authorizes the Secretary of the Senate to
procure technical support services, consultants, use of
detailed employees and travel expenses in carrying out his
duties under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. The
Office of Public Records is mentioned for the first time in
Public Law 93-145, November 1, 1973, which authorizes the
Secretary of the Senate to appoint and fix the compensation of
a superintendent and other positions for the Office of Public
Records. In addition, under the authority of Public Law 95-521,
October 26, 1978 (Ethics in Government Act) 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 online access charges for the
Department of the Treasury systems, notary bonds, seals and
supplies, necessary supplies in conjunction with the various
machinery maintained in the office, which are not available in
the stationery room, and necessary insurance policies required
for the protection of the disbursing officer of the Senate for
moneys assigned to his accountability.
Office of Captioning Services.--Funding is provided for the
closed captioning of the televised Senate floor proceedings for
the hearing impaired. Closed captioning was first authorized
under the authority of Public Law 101-163, November 21, 1989.
Senate Chief Counsel for Employment.--Funding is provided
for the Office of the Senate Chief Counsel for Employment. This
office is a nonpartisan office formed in May 1993 at the
direction of the joint leadership and is charged with providing
legal advice and representation of Senate offices in all areas
of employment law.
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $130,722,080
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 130,173,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 128,910,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $128,910,000
for expenses of the Sergeant at Arms, to remain available until
September 30, 2017, which is $1,812,080 below the fiscal year
2012 appropriation and $1,263,000 below the fiscal year 2013
request. Of the funding provided, $1,490,000 is for
implementation of the STOCK Act.
The following table compares the fiscal year 2013 Committee
recommendation for the component categories within this account
to the fiscal year 2013 budget request.
EXPENSES--OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER
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Committee
2013 request recommendation Difference
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Capitol Division................................................ $11,831,000 $8,683,000 -$3,148,000
Operations Division............................................. 22,047,000 23,392,000 +1,345,000
Technology Development Services Division........................ 32,339,000 33,658,000 +1,319,000
IT Support Services Division.................................... 57,687,000 56,983,000 -704,000
Process Management and Innovation............................... 4,297,000 4,297,000 ..............
Staff Offices Division.......................................... 1,972,000 1,897,000 -75,000
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Total..................................................... 130,173,000 128,910,000 -1,263,000
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The Committee recommendation includes $1,490,000 under the
Technology Development Services Division to fully fund the
STOCK Act. The Committee recommendation provides no funding for
special projects. Any deviation of more than 10 percent
cumulatively from the level for each item in the spending plan
will require the customary approval of the Committee.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $19,360,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 19,360,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 20,260,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $20,260,000
for miscellaneous items to remain available until September 30,
2015. 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 2013 BUDGET--MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS APPORTIONMENT SCHEDULE
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Fiscal year 2012
Item Public Law 112- Committee Difference
74 recommendation
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Resolution and reorganization reserve..................... $3,100,000 $4,000,000 +$900,000
Unallocated............................................... 6,000,000 6,000,000 ................
Reserve for contingencies (miscellaneous items)........... 800,000 780,000 -20,000
Employees' compensation fund reimbursement (worker's 968,500 988,500 +20,000
compensation)............................................
Reception of foreign dignitaries (S. Res. 247, dated 30,000 30,000 ................
February 7, 1962, as amended by S. Res. 370, dated
October 10, 2000).......................................
Foreign travel--Members and employees (S. Res. 179, dated 125,000 125,000 ................
May 25, 1977)............................................
Federal employees compensation account (Public Law 96-499, 1,750,000 1,750,000 ................
dated December 5, 1980) (Unemployment Compensation)......
Conferences for the Majority and Minority (Public Laws: 97- 300,000 300,000 ................
51, dated January 3, 1983; 101-250, dated November 5,
1990; and 107-68, dated November 12, 2001)...............
Policy Committees for the Majority and Minority (Public 150,000 150,000 ................
Law 104-53, dated November 19, 1995).....................
Postage................................................... 6,000 \1\6,000 ................
Stationery................................................ 16,500 \2\16,500 ................
Communications............................................ 72,000 \3\72,000 ................
Consultants--including agency contributions (2 U.S.C. 61h- 4,000,000 4,000,000 ................
6 as amended)............................................
National Security Working Group (S. Res. 480, November 21, 700,000 700,000 ................
2004) (expires December 31, 2012)........................
Committee on Appropriations (Public Law 105-275, dated 950,000 950,000 ................
October 21, 1998)........................................
Office of the Chaplain (Public Law 108-199, dated January 50,000 50,000 ................
23, 2004)................................................
Senate Child Care Center:
Agency Contribution costs authorized by Public Laws 320,000 320,000 ................
102-90, dated August 14, 1991 and 103-50, dated July
2, 1993..............................................
Training classes, conferences, and travel expenses as 22,000 22,000 ................
authorized by Public Law 104-197, dated September 16,
1996.................................................
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Total............................................. 19,360,000 20,260,000 +900,000
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\1\Postage Apportionment (Fiscal year 2013):
President of the Senate.............................. $2,700
Secretary for the Majority........................... 1,100
Secretary for the Minority........................... 1,100
Chaplain............................................. 1,100
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TOTAL.............................................. 6,000
\2\Stationery Apportionment (Fiscal year 2013):
President of the Senate.............................. $8,000
Conference of the Majority........................... 300
Conference of the Minority........................... 300
Chaplain............................................. 700
Senate Chamber....................................... 7,200
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TOTAL.............................................. 16,500
\3\Communications Apportionment (Fiscal year 2013):
Office of the Vice President......................... $1,000
Secretary for the Majority........................... 10,000
Secretary for the Minority........................... 10,000
Office of the Chaplain............................... 1,000
Majority Leader...................................... 15,000
Minority Leader...................................... 15,000
Majority Whip........................................ 10,000
Minority Whip........................................ 10,000
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TOTAL.............................................. 72,000
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).--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.
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.--Provides for postage allowances for the President
of the Senate, Secretary of the Majority, Secretary of the
Minority, and Senate Chaplain.
Stationery.--Provides funds for stationery and office
supplies for the President of the Senate, conference committees
of the Senate, Office of the Chaplain, and the Senate Chamber.
Communications.--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.--Provides
authority for the appointment and payment of consultants to the
majority and minority leaders, President pro tempore, and the
legislative counsel. The following summarizes the current
authority and limitations:
Majority leader: Nine 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: Nine 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.
Senate National Security Working Group.--Provides funding
for the Senate National Security Working Group, under the
authority of Senate Resolution 75, agreed to March 25, 1999.
The Senate National Security Working Group was formerly the
Senate Arms Control Observer Group.
Committee on Appropriations.--Pursuant to Public Law 105-
275 provides funding for administrative expenses for the
Committee on Appropriations.
Senate Employees' Child Care Center: Agency
Contributions.--Provides for the payment of agency contribution
costs as authorized by Public Law 102-90, approved August 14,
1991, and Public Law 103-50, approved July 2, 1993, for
employees of the Senate Employees Child Care Center. The Senate
Employees' Child Care Center is intended primarily for the
children of members and employees of the Senate.
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.--$6,000,000 is provided for
this program for fiscal year 2013 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, 2012.................................... $396,180,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 425,569,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 394,202,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation for fiscal year
2013 of $394,202,000 for the Senators' Official Personnel and
Office Expense Account [SOPOEA]. The recommendation is
$1,978,000 below the fiscal year 2012 appropriation and
$31,367,000 below the fiscal year 2013 request. Of the funding
provided, $18,921,206 is available until September 30, 2015.
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 5 million people to States with a
population of 28 million or more. The table illustrates the
allowances per population category and the States which fall
into those categories. The estimate for fiscal year 2013 totals
$254,201,698.
The second component of the salaries allowance is for
legislative assistance to Senators, as authorized by Public Law
95-94. This allowance provides funding for three positions in
each Senator's office for a total of $477,874 per office, or
$47,787,400 for all 100 Senators.
The third component of the SOPOEA account is for official
office expenses and totals $18,921,206. Each Senator's office
is allocated an amount for office expenses, as displayed in the
following table. In addition, an amount of $188,000 is provided
to cover additional expenses that may be incurred in the event
of the death or resignation of a Senator, and to provide for
transitional expenses during election years subject to
regulations set by the Committee on Rules and Administration
with respect to official mail.
It should be noted that the amounts provided for the
various components of the SOPOEA are 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.
SENATORS' OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ALLOWANCE FISCAL YEAR 2013
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Administrative
and clerical Legislative O.O.E.A. Total
State assistance assistance allowance 10/ allowance 10/
allowance 10/ allowance 10/ 1/2012 1/2012
1/2012 1/2012
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Alabama......................................... $2,361,820 $477,874 $172,065 $3,011,759
Alaska.......................................... 2,361,820 477,874 237,232 3,076,926
Arizona......................................... 2,500,737 477,874 195,117 3,173,728
Arkansas........................................ 2,361,820 477,874 158,961 2,998,655
California...................................... 3,753,614 477,874 454,144 4,685,632
Colorado........................................ 2,431,275 477,874 180,485 3,089,634
Connecticut..................................... 2,361,820 477,874 151,507 2,991,201
Delaware........................................ 2,361,820 477,874 121,022 2,960,716
Florida......................................... 3,353,663 477,874 299,206 4,130,743
Georgia......................................... 2,709,112 477,874 205,902 3,392,888
Hawaii.......................................... 2,361,820 477,874 264,058 3,103,752
Idaho........................................... 2,361,820 477,874 155,826 2,995,520
Illinois........................................ 2,917,493 477,874 247,912 3,643,279
Indiana......................................... 2,500,737 477,874 181,487 3,160,098
Iowa............................................ 2,361,820 477,874 159,073 2,998,767
Kansas.......................................... 2,361,820 477,874 157,573 2,997,267
Kentucky........................................ 2,361,820 477,874 165,879 3,005,573
Louisiana....................................... 2,361,820 477,874 174,868 3,014,562
Maine........................................... 2,361,820 477,874 139,207 2,978,901
Maryland........................................ 2,431,275 477,874 163,040 3,072,189
Massachusetts................................... 2,500,737 477,874 185,176 3,163,787
Michigan........................................ 2,778,576 477,874 217,085 3,473,535
Minnesota....................................... 2,431,275 477,874 176,829 3,085,978
Mississippi..................................... 2,361,820 477,874 158,107 2,997,801
Missouri........................................ 2,500,737 477,874 184,441 3,163,052
Montana......................................... 2,361,820 477,874 152,736 2,992,430
Nebraska........................................ 2,361,820 477,874 150,968 2,990,662
Nevada.......................................... 2,361,820 477,874 166,760 3,006,454
New Hampshire................................... 2,361,820 477,874 134,982 2,974,676
New Jersey...................................... 2,639,655 477,874 192,719 3,310,248
New Mexico...................................... 2,361,820 477,874 157,522 2,997,216
New York........................................ 3,353,663 477,874 303,750 4,135,287
North Carolina.................................. 2,709,112 477,874 205,351 3,392,337
North Dakota.................................... 2,361,820 477,874 141,401 2,981,095
Ohio............................................ 2,848,036 477,874 235,301 3,561,211
Oklahoma........................................ 2,361,820 477,874 169,237 3,008,931
Oregon.......................................... 2,361,820 477,874 180,324 3,020,018
Pennsylvania.................................... 2,917,493 477,874 242,884 3,638,251
Rhode Island.................................... 2,361,820 477,874 130,943 2,970,637
South Carolina.................................. 2,361,820 477,874 165,396 3,005,090
South Dakota.................................... 2,361,820 477,874 142,718 2,982,412
Tennessee....................................... 2,500,737 477,874 184,041 3,162,652
Texas........................................... 3,620,295 477,874 353,290 4,451,459
Utah............................................ 2,361,820 477,874 162,283 3,001,977
Vermont......................................... 2,361,820 477,874 128,485 2,968,179
Virginia........................................ 2,639,655 477,874 185,198 3,302,727
Washington...................................... 2,500,737 477,874 205,595 3,184,206
West Virginia................................... 2,361,820 477,874 138,113 2,977,807
Wisconsin....................................... 2,431,275 477,874 180,053 3,089,202
Wyoming......................................... 2,361,820 477,874 144,355 2,984,049
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TOTAL..................................... 127,100,849 23,893,700 9,460,603 160,455,152
2 2 2 2
GRAND TOTAL............................... 254,201,698 47,787,400 18,921,206 320,910,304
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According to the most recent employment data compiled by
the Secretary of the Senate, as of April 30, 2012, there were
4,331 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 2013
funding level for this account anticipates $100,142,000 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 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $281,436
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 300,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 281,436
For the official mail costs of the Senate, the Committee
recommends an appropriation of $281,436 which is identical to
the fiscal year 2012 appropriation, and $18,564 below the
fiscal year 2013 request.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $1,225,680,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 1,225,681,000
House allowance......................................... 1,225,681,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,225,681,000
In keeping with the longstanding tradition of comity
between the Houses on matters pertaining solely to one House,
the Committee concurs with the House allowance of
$1,225,681,000 for the House of Representatives.
JOINT ITEMS
Joint Economic Committee
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $4,203,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 4,219,000
House allowance......................................... 4,203,000
Committee recommendation................................ 4,203,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,203,000 for
the Joint Economic Committee [JEC]. The recommendation is
identical to the fiscal year 2012 appropriation and $16,000
below the fiscal year 2013 request. The Joint Economic
Committee was created by the Employment Act of 1946. 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 Committee on Taxation
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $10,004,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 10,004,000
House allowance......................................... 10,004,000
Committee recommendation................................ 10,004,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $10,004,000
for salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation.
The recommendation is identical to the fiscal year 2012
appropriation and the fiscal year 2013 request. Of the funding
provided, $9,000,000 is for salaries, as requested, and
$1,004,000 is for expenses.
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
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, 2012.................................... $3,400,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 3,400,000
House allowance......................................... 3,467,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,400,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,400,000 for
the Office of the Attending Physician. The recommendation is
identical to the fiscal year 2012 appropriation, and the fiscal
year 2013 request. The Office was first established by House
Resolution 253, adopted December 5, 1928.
Office of Congressional Accessibility Services
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $1,363,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 1,367,000
House allowance......................................... 1,363,000
Committee recommendation................................ 1,367,000
The Committee recommends $1,367,000 for the Office of
Congressional Accessibility Services. This office is a
successor to the Special Services Office following enactment of
the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008.
The Office of Congressional Accessibility Services [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.
UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $340,137,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 373,769,000
House allowance......................................... 360,137,000
Committee recommendation................................ 333,137,000
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 $333,137,000 for the USCP. The
recommendation is $7,000,000 below the fiscal year 2012
appropriation and $40,632,000 below the fiscal year 2013
request.
New Posts.--The Committee remains concerned about ``mission
creep'' within the USCP, noting that new posts have been
created causing additional unanticipated budgetary
requirements. The Committee directs the USCP to continue
providing quarterly reports on the status of all posts,
including any changes to any post, and further directs the USCP
to notify the Committee when new posts are created. The
notification shall include the annualized cost of maintaining
the new post, and how the cost will be offset (such as the
elimination of lower-priority posts).
Salaries
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $277,133,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 303,132,000
House allowance......................................... 297,133,000
Committee recommendation................................ 277,133,000
The amount provided covers salaries, benefits, and overtime
costs. USCP personnel are also eligible for hazardous duty pay
and comparability pay similar to locality pay adjustments
granted other Federal law enforcement personnel in the
Washington, DC, area.
The Committee recommends $277,133,000 and 2,145 FTEs for
USCP salaries, which is identical to the fiscal year 2012
appropriation and $25,999,000 below the fiscal year 2013
request. The total staffing level is expected to be
approximately 1,775 sworn and 370 civilian staff under the
Committee recommendation.
Overtime.--The Committee recommends no more than
$32,622,000 for overtime in fiscal year 2013. This provides for
approximately 567,922 hours of additional duty.
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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Funding Hours (est.)
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Scheduled.............................. $28,268,051 492,222
Unscheduled............................ 1,147,000 20,000
Conventions............................ 1,617,000 28,000
Training............................... 1,376,274 24,000
LOC--non-reimbursable events........... 213,675 3,700
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Total............................ 32,622,000 567,922
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The recommendation includes an additional $1,480,000 for
USCP overtime within the AOC account for requirements
associated with the rehabilitation of the U.S. Capitol Dome.
The Committee expects the USCP to operate within that funding
level for requirements associated with the Dome. The Committee
directs the USCP to provide for any additional requirement
costs beyond the $1,480,000 out of the USCP overtime
allocation.
General Expenses
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $63,004,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 70,637,000
House allowance......................................... 63,004,000
Committee recommendation................................ 56,004,000
Expenses include office supplies and equipment, laundry and
dry cleaning, communications, motor vehicles, uniforms and
equipment, investigations, training, and miscellaneous items.
The Committee recommends $56,004,000 for general expenses,
which is $7,000,000 below the fiscal year 2012 appropriation
and $14,633,000 below the fiscal year 2013 request.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Sec. 1101. The provision makes permanent a routine
provision which would allow for funds to be transferred between
the ``Salaries'' and ``General expenses'' accounts.
Sec. 1102. The provision provides the United States Capitol
Police [USCP], starting in fiscal year 2013 and each year
thereafter, with the authority to reimburse the Department of
Labor for workers compensation claims for USCP employees for
prior years using available balances from expired USCP
appropriations.
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
Salaries and Expenses
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $3,817,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 4,206,000
House allowance......................................... 3,817,000
Committee recommendation................................ 3,817,000
The Office of Compliance [OOC] is an independent
nonpartisan agency established to administer and enforce the
Congressional Accountability Act [CAA]. The OOC administers the
dispute resolution system established to resolve disagreements
that arise under the CAA; carries out an education and training
program for the regulated community on the rights and
responsibilities of the CAA; and advises Congress on needed
changes and amendments to the CAA. The OOC General Counsel has
independent investigatory and enforcement authority for certain
violations of the CAA.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,817,000 for
the salaries and expenses of the OOC, which is identical to the
fiscal year 2012 appropriation and $389,000 below the fiscal
year 2013 request.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $43,787,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 44,637,000
House allowance......................................... 44,280,000
Committee recommendation................................ 44,637,000
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, and the
information and estimates required for the congressional budget
process.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $44,637,000
for the Congressional Budget Office. The recommendation is
$850,000 above the fiscal year 2012 appropriation and identical
to the fiscal year 2013 request.
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 commends the efforts of the Architect of the
Capitol and the United States Capitol Police [USCP] in
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 Committee has recommended a funding level of
$579,816,000 for all activities of the Architect of the
Capitol. The recommendation is $12,307,000 above the fiscal
year 2012 appropriation and $88,372,000 below the fiscal year
2013 request. The Committee has funded only the most urgently
needed projects.
The following table compares the Committee recommendation
for the AOC accounts to the fiscal year 2013 request excluding
the House Office Buildings account.
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Fiscal year 2013 Committee
Item request recommendation Difference
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General Administration.................................... $102,601,000 $102,172,000 -$429,000
Capitol Building.......................................... 97,072,000 91,170,000 -5,902,000
Capitol Grounds........................................... 18,502,000 15,004,000 -3,498,000
Senate Office Buildings................................... 79,392,000 79,392,000 ................
House Office Buildings.................................... 133,964,000 113,964,000 -20,000
Capitol Power Plant....................................... 118,533,000 90,833,000 -27,700,000
Library Buildings and Grounds............................. 53,594,000 30,964,000 -22,630,000
Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds, and Security........... 30,802,000 22,589,000 -8,213,000
Botanic Garden............................................ 12,140,000 12,140,000 ................
Capitol Visitor Center.................................... 21,588,000 21,588,000 ................
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Total............................................... 668,188,000 579,816,000 -88,372,000
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General Administration
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $101,340,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 102,601,000
House allowance......................................... 90,755,000
Committee recommendation................................ 102,172,000
The General Administration appropriation provides funding
for salaries and related benefits of the Architect, officers,
administrative and support staff, including 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 $102,172,000
for general administration. The recommendation is $832,000
above the fiscal year 2012 appropriation and $429,000 below the
fiscal year 2013 request. Of the amount recommended, $3,249,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2017.
The following table displays the budget detail.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
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Amount Committee
Item requested recommendation
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal Year 2013 Operating Budget
Payroll................................. $59,128,000 $58,699,000
Administrative.......................... 5,257,000 5,257,000
Architectural and Engineering........... 3,417,000 3,417,000
Construction Services................... 170,000 170,000
Curator Services........................ 225,000 225,000
Electronic Services..................... 839,000 839,000
Facilities Maintenance.................. 1,115,000 1,115,000
Information Resources................... 23,300,000 23,300,000
Inspector General....................... 799,000 799,000
Jurisdiction Centralized Activities-- 2,488,000 2,488,000
hood replacement.......................
Safety, Fire, and Environmental......... 2,614,000 2,614,000
-------------------------------
Subtotal, Operating Budget........ 99,352,000 98,923,000
Fiscal Year 2013 Project Budget
Energy Savings Performance Contract 500,000 500,000
[ESPC] management program..............
Direct Digital Controls Upgrade, JMMB... 2,150,000 2,150,000
Conservation of the Wall Paintings...... 599,000 599,000
-------------------------------
Subtotal, Project Budget.......... 3,249,000 3,249,000
-------------------------------
Total, General Administration..... 102,601,000 102,172,000
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Capitol Building
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $36,154,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 97,072,000
House allowance......................................... 28,591,000
Committee recommendation................................ 91,170,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $91,170,000
for necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation
of the Capitol, which is $55,016,000 above the fiscal year 2012
appropriation and $5,902,000 below the fiscal year 2013
request. Of the amount recommended, $4,200,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2017 and $61,247,000 shall remain
available until expended.
The following table displays the budget detail.
CAPITOL BUILDING
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Amount Committee
Item requested recommendation
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Fiscal Year 2013 Operating Budget
Payroll................................. $20,904,000 $20,904,000
Facilities Maintenance.................. 4,166,000 4,167,000
Furniture Repair........................ 50,000 50,000
Jurisdiction Centralized Activities..... 602,000 602,000
-------------------------------
Subtotal, Operating Budget........ 25,722,000 25,723,000
===============================
Fiscal Year 2013 Project Budget
Dome rehabilitation phase IIA, USC...... 61,247,000 61,247,000
Brumidi Corridors Restoration and 5,903,000 700,000
Conservation Plan......................
Senate Reception Room................... 700,000 700,000
Minor Construction...................... 3,500,000 2,800,000
-------------------------------
Subtotal, Project Budget.......... 71,350,000 65,447,000
===============================
Total, Capitol Building........... 97,073,000 91,170,000
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Capitol Grounds
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $9,852,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 18,502,000
House allowance......................................... 17,152,000
Committee recommendation................................ 15,004,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $15,004,000
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
$5,152,000 above the fiscal year 2012 appropriation and
$3,498,000 below the fiscal year 2013 request. Of the amount
recommended, $5,000,000 shall remain available until September
30, 2017.
The following table displays the budget detail:
CAPITOL GROUNDS
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Amount Committee
Item requested recommendation
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Fiscal Year 2013 Operating Budget
Payroll................................. $6,852,000 $6,514,000
Grounds Maintenance..................... 3,722,000 2,922,000
Jurisdiction Centralized Activities..... 628,000 568,000
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Subtotal, Operating Budget........ 11,202,000 10,004,000
===============================
Fiscal Year 2013 Project Budget
Union Square Stabilization.............. 7,300,000 5,000,000
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Total, Capitol Grounds............ 18,502,000 15,004,000
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Senate Office Buildings
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $71,128,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 79,392,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 79,392,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $79,392,000
for maintenance of the Senate office buildings. The
recommendation is $8,264,000 above the fiscal year 2012
appropriation and identical to the fiscal year 2013 request. Of
the amount recommended, $19,654,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2017.
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 2013 Operating Budget
Payroll................................. $41,691,000 $41,691,000
Facilities Maintenance.................. 6,102,000 6,102,000
Furniture Repair........................ 1,650,000 1,650,000
Jurisdiction Centralized Activities..... 10,295,000 10,295,000
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Subtotal, Operating Budget........ 59,738,000 59,738,000
===============================
Fiscal Year 2013 Project Budget
Replace Modular Furniture............... 500,000 500,000
Roof and Fall Protection System 11,342,000 11,342,000
Replacement [HSOB].....................
Network Transformers and Protectors 3,812,000 3,812,000
Replacement [HSOB].....................
Minor Construction...................... 4,000,000 4,000,000
-------------------------------
Subtotal, Project Budget.......... 19,654,000 19,654,000
===============================
Total, Senate Office Buildings.... 79,392,000 79,392,000
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House Office Buildings
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $124,154,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 133,964,000
House allowance......................................... 113,964,000
Committee recommendation................................ 113,964,000
The Committee has included funds for maintenance of House
office buildings at the level recommended by the House in H.R.
5882. As this item pertains solely to the House, the Committee
makes no independent judgment on the House allowance.
Capitol Power Plant
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $123,229,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 118,533,000
House allowance......................................... 108,616,000
Committee recommendation................................ 90,833,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $90,833,000
for the operations of the Capitol Power Plant. This is
supplemented by $9,000,000 in reimbursements, for a total of
$99,833,000. The recommendation is $32,396,000 below the fiscal
year 2012 appropriation and $27,700,000 below the fiscal year
2013 request. Of the amount provided, $5,000,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2017.
The Power Plant provides heat, light, power, and air-
conditioning for the Capitol, Senate and House office
buildings, and the Library of Congress buildings; heat, light,
and power for the Botanic Garden and the Senate and House
Garages; light for the Capitol Grounds' street, park, and
floodlighting system; steam heat for the Government Printing
Office and Washington City Post Office, also known as Postal
Square; and steam heat and air-conditioning for the Union
Station complex, Folger Shakespeare Library, the Thurgood
Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, and the U.S. Supreme Court
Building on a reimbursable basis.
Within the operating budget, the recommended amount 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, is displayed in the following table.
FISCAL YEAR 2013 ESTIMATED UTILITY COSTS
[In thousands of dollars]
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Cost
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Purchase of electrical energy........................... 36,963
Purchase of natural gas................................. 17,734
Purchase of steam....................................... 700
Purchase of chilled water............................... 1,365
Purchase of oil......................................... 2,100
Purchase of solid fuel.................................. 450
Water and Sewer payments................................ 6,031
Utilities for Postal Square............................. 750
Energy Saving Performance Contracts..................... 8,922
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Total............................................. 75,015
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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
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Fiscal Year 2013 Operating Budget
Payroll............................... $9,921,000 $9,921,000
Jurisdiction Centralized Activities... 251,000 251,000
Plant Operations and Maintenance...... 9,463,000 9,463,000
Safety, Fire, and Environmental....... 183,000 183,000
Utilities............................. 75,015,000 75,015,000
---------------------------------
Subtotal, Operating Budget...... 94,833,000 94,833,000
=================================
Fiscal Year 2013 Project Budget
WRPE Chiller Addition, Phase IIA...... 26,200,000 ...............
Cogeneration Management Program....... 2,500,000 ...............
Minor Construction.................... 4,000,000 5,000,000
---------------------------------
Subtotal, Project Budget........ 32,700,000 5,000,000
=================================
Offsetting Collections................ (9,000,000) (9,000,000)
---------------------------------
Total, Capitol Power Plant...... 118,533,000 90,833,000
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The Committee recommendation provides no funding for the
WRPE Chiller Addition, Phase IIA, as sufficient funding is
available from unobligated balances for that project. The
Committee would be willing to entertain a reprogramming request
for this purpose.
Library Buildings and Grounds
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $46,876,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 53,594,000
House allowance......................................... 30,660,000
Committee recommendation................................ 30,964,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $30,964,000
for the care and maintenance of the Library buildings and
grounds by the Architect of the Capitol, of which $4,800,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2017. The
recommendation is $15,912,000 below the fiscal year 2012
appropriation and $22,630,000 below the fiscal year 2013
request.
The following table displays the budget detail:
LIBRARY BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Amount Committee
Item requested recommendation
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Fiscal Year 2013 Operating Budget
Payroll................................. $17,404,000 $17,404,000
Facilities Maintenance.................. 8,253,000 8,253,000
Grounds Maintenance..................... 70,000 70,000
Jurisdiction Centralized Activities..... 437,000 437,000
-------------------------------
Subtotal, Operating Budget........ 26,164,000 26,164,000
===============================
Fiscal Year 2013 Project Budget
ABA Space Reorganization JMMB, Phase 4 500,000 ..............
of 5...................................
Secured Storage Facilities, Phase 4 of 4 2,400,000 ..............
Roof Repairs and Fall Protection 791,000 800,000
Replacement Design, TJB................
Fall Protection, JMMB................... 3,622,000 ..............
Collection Storage Module 5............. 5,000,000 ..............
North Exit Stair B, Phase II of II...... 13,117,000 ..............
Minor Construction...................... 2,000,000 4,000,000
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Subtotal, Project Budget.......... 27,430,000 4,800,000
===============================
Total, Library Buildings and 53,594,000 30,964,000
Grounds..........................
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Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds, and Security
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $21,500,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 30,802,000
House allowance......................................... 20,867,000
Committee recommendation................................ 22,589,000
The Committee recommends $22,589,000 for Capitol Police
Buildings, Grounds, and Security, which is $1,089,000 above the
fiscal year 2012 appropriation and $8,213,000 below the fiscal
year 2013 request. Of this amount, $3,500,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2017.
The following table displays the budget detail:
CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND SECURITY
[In thousands of dollars]
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Amount Committee
Item requested recommendation
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Fiscal Year 2013 Operating Budget
Payroll................................. 2,209,000 2,209,000
Facilities Maintenance.................. 9,828,000 9,828,000
Furniture Repair........................ 75,000 75,000
Jurisdiction Centralized Activities..... 6,977,000 6,977,000
-------------------------------
Subtotal, Operating Budget........ 19,089,000 19,089,000
===============================
Fiscal Year 2013 Project Budget
Garage Infrastructure--Phase 1.......... 7,373,000 ..............
Electrical Distribution Upgrade Design 1,840,000 ..............
[ACF]..................................
Minor Construction...................... 2,500,000 3,500,000
-------------------------------
Subtotal, Project Budget.......... 11,713,000 3,500,000
===============================
Total, Capitol Police Buildings, 30,802,000 22,589,000
Grounds, and Security............
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Botanic Garden
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $12,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 12,140,000
House allowance......................................... 10,905,000
Committee recommendation................................ 12,140,000
The Committee recommends $12,140,000 for salaries and
expenses of the Botanic Garden. The recommendation is $140,000
above the fiscal year 2012 appropriation and identical to the
fiscal year 2013 request. Of this amount, $1,082,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2017.
Botanic Garden Gift Shop.--The Botanic Garden hosts more
than 1 million visitors annually. Interest in the Botanic
Garden ranges from special exhibits such as the annual orchid
exhibit, to educational programs, specialized tours, children's
programs, teacher training workshops, and visitors with an
appreciation for Botany. In spite of the volume of visitors and
significant interest in the mission of the Botanic Garden,
there is no means available to sell educational, or program
related materials to visitors even though such requests are
made daily. The Committee directs the Architect of the Capitol
to provide to the Committees on Appropriation of the House and
the Senate within 90 days of enactment of this act a
feasibility study on the creation and operation of a Botanic
Garden gift shop. Such study should include a cost analysis of
establishing and operating a gift shop, including: (1) an
analysis of potential locations or configurations for a gift
shop; (2) whether a gift shop should operate seasonally, during
peak visitation, or year-round; (3) a projection of annual
sales verses expenses; (4) whether there would be a demand for
gift items relevant to the mission of the Botanic Garden and if
so what types of items; (5) an analysis of the impact on
current disposal, recycling and facility maintenance; and (6)
whether or not a gift shop would be consistent with the mission
of the Botanic Garden. The Committee does not support any
proposal advocating for the vending of food.
The following table displays the budget detail:
BOTANIC GARDEN
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Amount Committee
Item requested recommendation
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Fiscal Year 2013 Operating Budget
Payroll................................. $6,516,000 $6,516,000
Exhibits................................ 313,000 313,000
Facilities Maintenance.................. 1,595,000 1,595,000
Grounds Maintenance..................... 1,405,000 1,405,000
Jurisdiction Centralized Activities..... 1,229,000 1,229,000
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Subtotal, Operating Budget........ 11,058,000 11,058,000
===============================
Fiscal Year 2013 Project Budget
Miscellaneous Improvements.............. 1,082,000 ..............
Minor Construction...................... .............. 1,082,000
-------------------------------
Subtotal, Project Budget.......... 1,082,000 1,082,000
===============================
Total, Botanic Gardens............ 12,140,000 12,140,000
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Capitol Visitor Center
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $21,276,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 21,588,000
House allowance......................................... 21,276,000
Committee recommendation................................ 21,588,000
The Committee recommends a total of $21,588,000 for the
operation of the Capitol Visitor Center. The recommendation is
$312,000 above the fiscal year 2012 appropriation and identical
to the fiscal year 2013.
The following table displays the budget detail:
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER
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Amount Committee
Item requested recommendation
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Fiscal Year 2013 Operating Budget
Payroll................................. $17,380,000 $17,380,000
Exhibits................................ 290,000 290,000
Information Resources................... 1,771,000 1,771,000
Jurisdiction Centralized Activities..... 403,000 403,000
Visitor Services........................ 1,744,000 1,744,000
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Subtotal, Operating Budget........ 21,588,000 21,588,000
===============================
Total, Capitol Visitor Center..... 21,588,000 21,588,000
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Administrative Provision
Sec. 1201. The provision makes permanent a provision
regarding the Architect of the Capitol and funds available for
workers compensation payments.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
The Library of Congress is the Nation's oldest cultural
institution and largest repository of human knowledge in the
world. It is the main research arm of the United States
Congress. 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 Library's collections include more than 147 million
artifactual items (books, photographs, maps, sound recordings,
films, sheet music, legal materials) in 470 languages. Digital
technology is transforming the way the Library 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 Physically Handicapped, Law
Library of Congress, and numerous other programs and services.
The Committee recommends a total of $592,244,000 for the
Library of Congress, an increase of $4,900,000 above the fiscal
year 2012 appropriation and $11,345,000 below the fiscal year
2013 request.
In addition to the appropriation, the Library estimates
receipts and reimbursements of $41,961,000, funds from gifts
and trusts totaling $19,346,000 and revolving funds totaling
$176,958,000. Total funds available to support Library
operations, including the Architect of the Capitol account, are
expected to be approximately $862,473,000 in fiscal year 2013
under the Committee recommendation.
The following table displays the Committee recommendation
for the Library of Congress appropriations compared to the
fiscal year 2012 appropriation and the fiscal year 2013
request.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2013
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Committee recommendation compared
Fiscal year 2012 Fiscal year 2013 Committee with
Item enacted requested House allowance recommendation -----------------------------------
2012 enacted 2013 request
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Total budget, Salaries and Expenses......... $420,093,000 $430,051,000 $422,024,000 $422,298,000 $2,205,000 $(7,753,000)
Authority to spend receipts................. (6,350,000) (6,350,000) (6,350,000) (6,350,000) ................ ................
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Subtotal, Salaries and Expenses 413,743,000 423,701,000 415,674,000 415,948,000 2,205,000 (7,753,000)
Appropriation........................
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COPYRIGHT OFFICE
Total budget, Salaries and Expenses......... 51,650,000 52,772,000 52,136,000 51,909,000 259,000 (863,000)
Authority to spend receipts................. (35,513,000) (33,611,000) (33,611,000) (33,611,000) 1,902,000 ................
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subtotal, Salaries and Expenses 16,137,000 19,161,000 18,525,000 18,298,000 2,161,000 (863,000)
Appropriation........................
===========================================================================================================
Congressional Research Service, salaries and 106,790,000 109,205,000 106,790,000 107,324,000 534,000 (1,881,000)
expenses...................................
Books for the blind and physically 50,674,000 51,522,000 50,775,000 50,674,000 ................ (848,000)
handicapped, salaries and expenses.........
Total Budget Authority................ 629,207,000 643,550,000 631,725,000 632,205,000 2,998,000 (11,345,000)
Total Offsetting Collections.......... (41,863,000) (39,961,000) (39,961,000) (39,961,000) 1,902,000 ................
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Total Appropriation, Library of 587,344,000 603,589,000 591,764,000 592,244,000 4,900,000 (11,345,000)
Congress.............................
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Salaries and Expenses
Appropriations, 2012:
Salaries and expenses............................... $420,093,000
Authority to spend receipts......................... 6,350,000
--------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Net, salaries and expenses........................ 413,743,000
========================================================
____________________________________________________
Budget estimate, 2013:
Salaries and expenses............................... 430,051,000
Authority to spend receipts......................... 6,350,000
--------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Net, salaries and expenses........................ 423,701,000
========================================================
____________________________________________________
House allocation:
Salaries and expenses............................... 422,024,000
Authority to spend receipts......................... 6,350,000
--------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Net, salaries and expenses........................ 415,674,000
========================================================
____________________________________________________
Committee recommendation:
Salaries and expenses............................... 422,298,000
Authority to spend receipts......................... 6,350,000
--------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Net, salaries and expenses........................ 415,948,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $415,948,000
for salaries and expenses of the Library of Congress and
approves authority to spend receipts of $6,350,000 in fiscal
year 2013, for a total of $422,298,000. The recommendation is
$2,205,000 above the fiscal year 2012 appropriation and
$7,753,000 below the fiscal year 2013 request. This amount
provides for 2,342 FTEs, which may be shifted among PPAs within
this appropriation. The amount recommended includes $3,653,000
for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and
Preservation Program; $6,959,000 for the Digital Collections
and Education Curricula Program; and $14,126,000 for the
Investment in Technical Infrastructure Initiative.
Copyright Office
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2012:
Salaries and expenses............................... $51,650,000
Authority to spend receipts......................... 35,513,000
--------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Net, salaries and expenses........................ 16,137,000
========================================================
____________________________________________________
Budget estimate, 2013:
Salaries and expenses............................... 52,772,000
Authority to spend receipts......................... 33,611,000
--------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Net, salaries and expenses........................ 19,161,000
========================================================
____________________________________________________
House allocation:
Salaries and expenses............................... 52,136,000
Authority to spend receipts......................... 33,611,000
--------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Net, salaries and expenses........................ 18,525,000
========================================================
____________________________________________________
Committee recommendation:
Salaries and expenses............................... 51,909,000
Authority to spend receipts......................... 33,611,000
--------------------------------------------------------
____________________________________________________
Net, salaries and expenses........................ 18,298,000
The Committee recommends the direct appropriation of
$18,298,000 for the Copyright Office and approves authority to
spend receipts of $33,611,000 in fiscal year 2013, for a total
of $51,909,000. The recommendation is $259,000 above the fiscal
year 2012 appropriation and $863,000 below the fiscal year 2013
request.
Congressional Research Service
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $106,790,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 109,205,000
House allowance......................................... 106,790,000
Committee recommendation................................ 107,324,000
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $107,324,000
for the Congressional Research Service. The recommendation is
$534,000 above the fiscal year 2012 appropriation and
$1,881,000 below the fiscal year 2013 request.
Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
salaries and expenses
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $50,674,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 51,522,000
House allowance......................................... 50,775,000
Committee recommendation................................ 50,674,000
This appropriation supports a national reading program for
eligible blind and physically handicapped residents of the
United States and U.S. citizens living overseas. Books and
magazines in braille and various recorded formats are produced
by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped for distribution through a network of State and
locally supported libraries. At present, 57 regional libraries
in 49 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the
U.S. Virgin Islands house and circulate books and magazines to
eligible readers. Eighty-one subregional libraries in 15
States, and Guam, assist at the local public library level.
Fifty-three of the regional libraries and four separate
cooperating agencies distribute sound reproducers. Two multi-
State centers, under contract to the National Library Service,
store and distribute books and other materials in their
geographical region. The program supports a readership of
approximately 900,000.
The Committee recommends an appropriation of $50,674,000
for salaries and expenses for Books for the Blind and
Physically Handicapped. The recommendation is identical to the
fiscal year 2012 appropriation and $848,000 below the fiscal
year 2013 request. The amount recommended includes $605,150 to
continue to provide newspapers to blind and physically
handicapped individuals.
Administrative Provisions
Sec. 1301. The Committee has included a routine
administrative provision regarding reimbursable and revolving
funds carried in prior years.
Sec. 1302. Provides permanent authority to transfer funds
between Library of Congress accounts, subject to the approval
of the Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 1303. This provision amends the revolving fund
statutes to allow the Library to charge outside entities for
services to recover costs.
Sec. 1304. This provision amends the gift statute to allow
the Librarian to accept services and in-kind gifts for
immediate use.
Sec. 1305. This provision amends the 1931 statute that
established the National Library Service for the Blind and
Physically Handicapped changing the terminology of eligibility
under the act. The provision does not expand the eligibility
for the Library's NLS program. The NLS services that the
Library and its local and regional network partners provide
will continue to be limited to blind and physically handicapped
residents of the United States who are unable to read normal
printed material.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Congressional Printing and Binding
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $90,700,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 83,632,000
House allowance......................................... 83,632,000
Committee recommendation................................ 83,632,000
The U.S. Government Printing Office's [GPO] core mission
dates to 1813 when Congress determined the need to make
information regarding the work of the three branches of
Government available to all Americans. 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 the Federal
Government; and to sell copies of authentic printed and
electronic documents and other government information products
to the public. The Committee recommendation reflects a 12.4
percent reduction in overall funding for the GPO from the
fiscal year 2012 enacted level.
The Committee recommends $83,632,000 for congressional
printing and binding. The recommendation is $7,068,000 below
the fiscal year 2012 appropriation and identical to the 2013
request.
The following table compares the component categories
within this account for fiscal year 2012 and the fiscal year
2013 request. The Committee has not recommended separate
amounts for each activity in order to give the GPO the
flexibility to meet changing requirements.
CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
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Appropriations
2012 Requested 2013 Recommended 2013
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Congressional Record Program.............................. $30,114,000 $24,583,000 ................
Miscellaneous publications................................ 4,725,000 4,374,000 ................
U.S. Code................................................. ................ 3,542,000 ................
Miscellaneous printing and services....................... 17,350,000 13,970,000 ................
Details to Congress....................................... 4,050,000 4,212,000 ................
Document envelopes and document franks.................... 1,670,000 1,196,000 ................
Business and committee calendars.......................... 6,014,000 3,038,000 ................
Bills, resolutions, and amendments........................ 6,799,000 5,905,000 ................
Committee reports......................................... 2,816,000 2,667,000 ................
Documents................................................. 1,699,000 2,192,000 ................
Hearings.................................................. 20,536,000 18,987,000 ................
Committee prints.......................................... 1,844,000 1,984,000 ................
Prior-year shortfalls, estimated.......................... -6,917,000 -3,018,000 ................
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Total............................................... 90,700,000 83,632,000 $83,632,000
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Office of Superintendent of Documents
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $35,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 34,728,000
House allowance......................................... 34,728,000
Committee recommendation................................ 34,728,000
This appropriation provides for salaries and expenses
associated with the distribution of Government documents to
depository and international exchange libraries, the cataloging
and indexing of Government publications, and the distribution
of publications authorized by law at the request of Members of
Congress and other Government agencies.
The Committee recommends $34,728,000 for salaries and
expenses of the Office of the Superintendent of Documents. The
recommendation is $272,000 below the fiscal year 2012
appropriation and identical to the fiscal year 2013 request.
Government Printing Office Revolving Fund
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $500,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 7,840,000
House allowance......................................... 4,096,000
Committee recommendation................................ 7,840,000
The Committee recommends $7,840,000 for the Government
Printing Office [GPO] Revolving Fund. The recommendation is
$7,340,000 above the fiscal year 2012 appropriation and
identical to the fiscal year 2013 request. The Committee notes
that approximately 70 percent of the GPO's budget represents
the prepress cost of congressional publications for online
access and print production. The Committee commends the GPO for
its willingness to work with less funding as their workload
increases due to the demands of the Congress. One reason the
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. 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. The Committee supports
the GPO's continued development of its Federal Digital System
and its Business Information System given that these efforts
continue to reduce costs.
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $511,296,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 526,233,000
House allowance......................................... 519,802,000
Committee recommendation................................ 513,842,000
The U.S. Government Accountability Office [GAO] is an
independent nonpartisan agency that was established by the
Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, to act as an auditor for
Congress and investigate how the Federal Government spends
taxpayer dollars.
The function of the 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 $513,842,000 for
salaries and expenses of the Government Accountability Office.
The recommendation is $2,546,000 above the fiscal year 2012
appropriation and $12,391,000 below the fiscal year 2013
request. Additionally, $24,318,000 is authorized in offsetting
collections derived from rent receipts and reimbursements for
conducting financial audits of Government corporations, for a
total of $538,160,000, which is a net increase of $4,560,000
above the fiscal year 2012 appropriation.
Administrative Provision
Sec. 1401. The provision provides the Government
Accountability Office [GAO], starting in fiscal year 2013 and
each year thereafter, with the authority to reimburse the
Department of Labor for workers compensation claims for GAO
employees for prior years using available balances from expired
GAO appropriations.
OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $10,000,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 10,000,000
House allowance.........................................................
Committee recommendation................................ 10,000,000
The Committee recommends $10,000,000 as a payment to the
Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund, which is identical to
the fiscal year 2012 appropriation and the fiscal year 2013
request. The Center for Russian Leadership Development was
established on December 21, 2000 (Public Law 106-554) as a
legislative branch entity. The Fiscal Year 2003 Consolidated
Appropriation Resolution (Public Law 108-7) carried legislation
(section 1401) changing the name to the Open World Leadership
Center and expanding the mission of the program to include
Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union including
the Baltic States. The mission of the Center is to enable
emerging political leaders of Russia and Newly Independent
States at all levels of government to gain significant, first-
hand exposure to the American free market economic system and
the operation of American democratic institutions through
visits to comparable governments and communities in the United
States.
JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
Appropriations, 2012.................................... $430,000
Budget estimate, 2013................................... 430,000
House allowance.........................................................
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 routine general provisions carried
annually in the bill (sections 201-209), 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 the bill accompanying this report.
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 appropriates such sums as may be necessary for
the payment of settlements and awards pursuant to Public Law
104-1.
Section 206 authorizes legislative branch entities
participating in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers
Council [LBFMC] to finance the costs of the LBFMC.
Section 207 authorizes the Architect of the Capitol to
maintain certain property.
Section 208 prohibits unauthorized transfers of funds to
other agencies.
Section 209 ensures continuation of the staff-led tours of
the Capitol.
Section 210 ensures commercial use of Union Square, if the
activity is similar to the types of commercial activity
permitted prior to the transfer from the National Park Service.
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI, OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Paragraph 7 of rule XVI requires that Committee reports on
general appropriations bills identify, with particularity, each
Committee amendment to the House bill ``which proposes an item
of appropriation which is not made to carry out the provisions
of an existing law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or
resolution previously passed by the Senate during that
session.''
The Committee has recommended no such funding.
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(c), RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, on August 2, 2012,
the Committee ordered favorably reported a bill (H.R. 5882)
making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute, provided that the bill
be subject to further amendment and that the bill be consistent
with its spending allocations, by a recorded vote of 22-8, a
quorum being present. The vote was as follows:
Yeas Nays
Chairman Inouye Mr. McConnell
Mr. Leahy Mr. Alexander
Mr. Harkin Ms. Murkowski
Ms. Mikulski Mr. Graham
Mr. Kohl Mr. Blunt
Mrs. Murray Mr. Moran
Mrs. Feinstein Mr. Hoeven
Mr. Durbin Mr. Johnson (WI)
Mr. Johnson (SD)
Ms. Landrieu
Mr. Reed
Mr. Lautenberg
Mr. Nelson
Mr. Pryor
Mr. Tester
Mr. Brown
Mr. Cochran
Mr. Shelby
Mrs. Hutchison
Ms. Collins
Mr. Kirk
Mr. Coats
COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI, OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE
SENATE
Paragraph 12 of rule XXVI requires that Committee reports
on a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute
or part of any statute include ``(a) the text of the statute or
part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a
comparative print of that part of the bill or joint resolution
making the amendment and of the statute or part thereof
proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through type and
italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical
devices the omissions and insertions which would be made by the
bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form recommended by
the Committee.''
In compliance with this rule, the following changes in
existing law proposed to be made by the bill are shown as
follows: existing law to be omitted is enclosed in black
brackets; new matter is printed in italic; and existing law in
which no change is proposed is shown in roman.
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 95b. Transfers of amounts appropriated for House
(a) Transfers among categories of allowances and expenses
* * * * * * *
(c) Transfers among various appropriations headings
(1) * * *
(2) The headings referred to in paragraph (1) are
``House Leadership Offices'', ``Members'
Representational Allowances'', ``Committee Employees'',
``Salaries, Officers and Employees'', [and ``Allowances
and Expenses''] ``Allowances and Expenses'', the
heading for any joint committee under the heading
``Joint Items'' (to the extent that amounts
appropriated for the joint committee are disbursed by
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of
Representatives), and ``Office of the Attending
Physician''.
* * * * * * *
Sec. 95d. Account in House of Representatives for Employees'
Compensation Fund
(a) Establishment
There is hereby established an account in the House of
Representatives for purposes of making payments of the House of
Representatives to the Employees' Compensation Fund under
section 8147 of title 5[.], and for reimbursing the Secretary
of Labor for any amounts paid with respect to unemployment
compensation payments for former employees of the House.
* * * * * * *
CHAPTER 5--LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Sec. 135a. Books and sound-reproduction records for blind and other
physically handicapped residents; annual
appropriations; purchases
There is authorized to be appropriated annually to the
Library of Congress, in addition to appropriations otherwise
made to said Library, such sums for expenditure under the
direction of the Librarian of Congress as may be necessary to
provide books published either in raised characters, on sound-
reproduction recordings or in any other form, and for purchase,
maintenance, and replacement of reproducers for such sound
reproduction recordings, for the use of the blind and for
[other physically handicapped residents] other persons with
disabilities who are residents of the United States, including
the several States, Territories, insular possessions, and the
District of Columbia, all of which books, recordings, and
reproducers will remain the property of the Library of Congress
but will be loaned to blind and to [other physically
handicapped readers] other persons with disabilities certified
by competent authority as unable to read normal printed
material [as a result of physical limitations] as a result of
disability, under regulations prescribed by the Librarian of
Congress for this service. In the purchase of books in either
raised characters or in sound-reproduction recordings the
Librarian of Congress, without reference to the provisions of
section 6101 of title 41, shall give preference to nonprofit-
making institutions or agencies whose activities are primarily
concerned with the blind and with [other physically handicapped
persons] other persons with disabilities, in all cases where
the prices or bids submitted by such institutions or agencies
are, by said Librarian, under all the circumstances and needs
involved, determined to be fair and reasonable.
Sec. 135b. Local and regional centers; preference to blind and other
physically handicapped veterans; rules and
regulations; authorization of appropriations
(a) * * *
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the lending
of such books, recordings, and reproducers under the direction
of the Librarian of Congress as described in the first section
shall be for the use of blind and other physically handicapped
residents of the United States, including the several States,
Territories, and insular possessions and the District of
Columbia.
[(b)] (c) There are authorized to be appropriated such sums
as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.
Sec. 3. For the purpose of this Act--
(1) the term ``disability'' means a disability as
defined under section 3 of the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102); and
(2) the term ``competent authority'' means--
(A) a doctor of medicine, doctor of
osteopathy, ophthalmologist, optometrist,
registered nurse, therapist, professional staff
of a hospital, social or case worker for a
public welfare agency, psychologist,
educational diagnostician, rehabilitation
teacher, superintendent, reading specialist, or
professional librarian; or
(B) a special educator or other person
whose competence under specific circumstances
is acceptable to the Librarian of Congress.
* * * * * * *
Sec. 160. Disbursement of gifts, etc., to Library
(a) In General.--Nothing in sections 154 to 162 and 163\1\
of this title shall be construed as prohibiting or restricting
the Librarian of Congress from accepting [in the name of the
United States and in the interest of the Library, its
collections, or its service, gifts or bequests of personal
property, nonpersonal services, voluntary and uncompensated
personal services, or money for immediate disbursement.] in the
name of the United States and in the interest of the Library,
its collections, or its service, gifts or bequests of money for
immediate disbursement, personal property, non-personal
services, or voluntary and uncompensated personal services.
Such gifts or bequests of money, after acceptance by the
librarian, shall be paid by the donor or his representative to
the Treasurer of the United States, whose receipts shall be
their acquittance. In the case of a gift of securities, the
librarian shall sell the securities and provide the donor with
a receipt from the proceeds of the sale. In the case of a gift
of securities, the librarian shall sell the securities and
provide the donor with a receipt from the proceeds of the sale.
The Treasurer of the United States shall [enter them] enter the
gift, bequest, or proceeds in a special account to the credit
of the Library of Congress and subject to disbursement by the
librarian for the purposes in each case specified. The
librarian shall make an annual public report regarding gifts
accepted under this section.
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CHAPTER 29--CAPITOL POLICE
SUBCHAPTER I--ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
Part A--General
Sec. 1907. Transfer of disbursing function
(a) In general
* * * * * * *
[(f) Worker's compensation
[(1) Account
[There shall be established a separate account in
the Capitol Police for purposes of making payments for
employees of the Capitol Police under section 8147 of
title 5.
[(2) Payments without fiscal year limitation
[Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
payments may be made from the account established under
paragraph (1) of this subsection without regard to the
fiscal year for which the obligation to make such
payments is incurred.]
* * * * * * *
SUBCHAPTER II--POWERS AND DUTIES
Sec. 1961. Policing of Capitol Buildings and Grounds
(a) * * *
* * * * * * *
(d) For purposes of this section, ``United States Capitol
Buildings and Grounds'' shall include the Library of Congress
buildings and grounds described under section 167j of this
title, except that in a case of buildings or grounds not
located in the District of Columbia, the authority granted to
the Metropolitan Police Force of the District of Columbia shall
be granted to any police force within whose jurisdiction the
buildings or grounds are located.
(e) For purposes of this Act, ``United States Capitol
Buildings and Grounds'' shall include the property transferred
to the Architect of the Capitol under section 1202 of title I
of division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012
(Public Law 112-74).
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TITLE 40--PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
PART B--UNITED STATES CAPITOL
SUBTITLE II--PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND WORKS
CHAPTER 51--UNITED STATES CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
Sec.
5101. Definition.
5102. Legal description and jurisdiction of United States Capitol
Grounds.
5103. Restrictions on public use of United States Capitol Grounds.
5104. Unlawful activities.
5105. Assistance to authorities by Capitol employees.
5106. Suspension of prohibitions.
5107. Concerts on grounds.
5108. Audit of private organizations.
5109. Penalties.
5110. Use of Union Square.
* * * * * * *
Sec. 5102. Legal description and jurisdiction of United States Capitol
Grounds
(a) Legal Description.--The United States Capitol Grounds
comprises all squares, reservations, streets, roadways, walks,
and other areas as defined on a map entitled ``Map showing
areas comprising United States Capitol Grounds'', dated June
25, 1946, approved by the Architect of the Capitol, and
recorded in the Office of the Surveyor of the District of
Columbia in book 127, page 8, including all additions added by
law after June 25, 1946.
* * * * * * *
(d) Library of Congress Buildings and Grounds.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided under paragraph
(2), the United States Capitol Grounds shall include
the Library of Congress grounds described under section
11 of the Act entitled ``An Act relating to the
policing of the buildings 2 of the Library of
Congress'', approved August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167j).
(2) Authority of librarian of congress.--
Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Librarian
of Congress shall retain authority over the Library of
Congress buildings and grounds in accordance with
section 1 of the Act of June 29, 1922 (2 U.S.C. 141; 42
Stat. 715).
(e) For purposes of this Act, ``United States Capitol
Buildings and Grounds'' shall include the property transferred
to the Architect of the Capitol under section 1202 of title I
of division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012
(Public Law 112-74).
* * * * * * *
Sec. 5109. Penalties
(a) Firearms, Dangerous Weapons, Explosives, or Incendiary
Device Offenses.--An individual or group violating section
5104(e)(1) of this title, or attempting to commit a violation,
shall be fined under title 18, imprisoned for not more than
five years, or both.
* * * * * * *
(c) Procedure.--
(1) In general.--An action for a violation of this
chapter or section 9, 9A, 9B, 9C or 14 of the Act of
July 31, 1946 (ch. 707, 60 Stat. 719, 720), including
an attempt or a conspiracy to commit a violation, shall
be brought by the Attorney General in the name of the
United States. This chapter and sections 9, 9A, 9B, 9C
and 14 do not supersede any provision of federal law or
the laws of the District of Columbia. Where the conduct
violating this chapter or section 9, 9A, 9B, 9C or 14
also violates federal law or the laws of the District
of Columbia, both violations may be joined in a single
action.
(2) Venue.-- * * *
(3) Amount of penalty.--The penalty which may be
imposed on a person convicted in an action under this
subsection is the highest penalty authorized by any of
the laws the defendant is convicted of violating.
Sec. 5110. Use of Union Square
(a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Union Square''
means the property transferred to the Architect of the Capitol
under section 1202 of title I of division G of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-74).
(b) Commercial Permitting.--Notwithstanding sections 5102,
5103, 5104, 5105, 5106, and 5109, and in accordance with the
regulations promulgated under subsection (f), the Capitol
Police may issue a permit authorizing a person to engage in
commercial activity in Union Square in a manner that will not
interfere with Congress.
(c) Fees.--
(1) In general.--In accordance with the regulations
promulgated under subsection (f)(2), the Capitol Police
may collect--
(A) fees for the processing of an
application to use Union Square, including any
administrative and personnel costs incurred by
the Capitol Police or the Architect of the
Capitol; and
(B) fees for the use of Union Square,
including all costs incurred by the Capitol
Police or the Architect of the Capitol
resulting from the use of Union Square,
including the costs to monitor the permitted
activity.
(2) Establishment of fees by capitol police.--
(A) In general.--The Capitol Police, after
consultation with the Architect of the Capitol,
shall establish the amount of the fees
authorized under paragraph (1).
(B) Adjustment.--The Capitol Police shall
periodically review and, subject to approval by
the Committee on Rules and Administration of
the Senate and the Committee on House
Administration of the House of Representatives,
adjust the amount of the fees authorized under
paragraph (1), as necessary.
(d) Account, Deposits, Disbursements, and Transfers.--
(1) Account.--There is established in the Treasury
of the United States an account for the Capitol Police
to be known as the ``Union Square Commercial Activities
Account'' (in this section referred to as the ``Union
Square Account'').
(2) Deposits in the union square account.--There
shall be deposited in the Union Square Account all
amounts received from the fees collected under
subsection (c).
(3) Use of monies.--The amounts in the Union Square
Account shall be available without fiscal year
limitation or further appropriation for disbursement by
the Capitol Police to defray expenses associated with
Union Square and to reimburse the Architect of the
Capitol under paragraph (4).
(4) Reimbursement and transfer authority.--
(A) Reimbursement of the architect of the
capitol.--The Capitol Police shall transfer
from the Union Square Account to the
appropriations account appropriated under the
heading ``Capitol Grounds'' under the heading
``ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL'' an amount equal to
the costs incurred by the Architect of the
Capitol relating to the use of Union Square.
(B) Transfer to other accounts.--The
Capitol Police may transfer from the Union
Square Account to any applicable appropriations
accounts of the Capitol Police amounts
necessary to reimburse the accounts for costs
incurred relating to the use of Union Square.
(C) Availability.--Any amounts transferred
under this paragraph shall be available for the
same purpose as the appropriation account to
which such sums are transferred and shall
remain available until expended.
(e) Audit.--As determined appropriate by the Inspector
General of the Capitol Police or the Inspector General of the
Architect of the Capitol, or as directed by the Committee on
House Administration of the House of Representatives or the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, either
such Inspector General shall audit the Union Square Account.
(f) Regulations.--Subject to approval by the Committee on
Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee on
House Administration of the House of Representatives, the
Capitol Police Board shall promulgate regulations relating to
the use of Union Square for commercial activity, which shall--
(1) describe the types of commercial activity
authorized (which shall be substantially similar to the
types of commercial activity permitted in Union Square
on the day before the date of enactment of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-
74)); and
(2) provide for the payment of fees and costs that
are substantially similar to those collected by the
National Park Service on the day before the date of
enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012
(Public Law 112-74)).
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS FISCAL OPERATIONS IMPROVEMENT ACT, 2000, PUBLIC LAW
106-481
TITLE I--LIBRARY OF CONGRESS REVOLVING FUNDS
SEC. 101. REVOLVING FUND FOR AUDIO AND VIDEO [DUPLICATION] SERVICES
ASSOCIATED WITH AUDIOVISUAL CONSERVATION CENTER.
(a) Establishment.--There is hereby established in the
Treasury a revolving fund for audio and video [duplication and
delivery services provided by] the following programs and
activities of the Librarian of Congress (hereafter in this Act
referred to as the ``Librarian'') which are associated with the
national audiovisual conservation center established under the
Act entitled ``An Act to authorize acquisition of certain real
property for the Library of Congress, and for other purposes'',
approved December 15, 1997 (Public Law 105-144; 2 U.S.C. 141
note)[.]:
(1) Services related to duplication and
preservation of audiovisual materials and associated
collections.
(2) Storage and delivery of audiovisual materials
and associated collections.
* * * * * * *
SEC. 102. [REVOLVING FUND FOR GIFT SHOP, DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION, PHOTO
DUPLICATION, AND RELATED SERVICES] REVOLVING FUND
FOR SALES SHOP AND OTHER SERVICES.
(a) Establishment.-- * * *
(1) Decimal classification development.
* * * * * * *
(4) Document reproduction and microfilming
services.
(5) Traveling exhibitions and exhibition materials.
(6) Training.
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 Committee allocations
to its subcommittees of amounts in the budget resolution
for 2013: Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch:
Mandatory............................................... 140 140 140 \1\140
Discretionary........................................... 4,420 4,320 4,460 \1\4,351
Security............................................ ........... ........... NA NA
Nonsecurity......................................... 4,420 4,320 NA NA
Projections of outlays associated with the recommendation:
2013.................................................... ........... ........... ........... \2\3,583
2014.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 480
2015.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 138
2016.................................................... ........... ........... ........... 43
2017 and future years................................... ........... ........... ........... 28
Financial assistance to State and local governments for NA ........... NA ...........
2013.......................................................
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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 2012 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2013
[In thousands of dollars]
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Senate Committee recommendation compared with (+
or -)
Item 2012 Budget estimate House allowance Committee --------------------------------------------------
appropriation recommendation 2012
appropriation Budget estimate House allowance
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TITLE I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
SENATE
Expense allowances:
Vice President............... 19 19 ............... 19 ............... ............... +19
President Pro Tempore of the 38 38 ............... 38 ............... ............... +38
Senate......................
Majority Leader of the Senate 40 40 ............... 40 ............... ............... +40
Minority Leader of the Senate 40 40 ............... 40 ............... ............... +40
Majority Whip of the Senate.. 10 10 ............... 10 ............... ............... +10
Minority Whip of the Senate.. 10 10 ............... 10 ............... ............... +10
Chairman of the Majority 5 5 ............... 5 ............... ............... +5
Conference Committee........
Chairman of the Minority 5 5 ............... 5 ............... ............... +5
Conference Committee........
Chairman of the Majority 5 5 ............... 5 ............... ............... +5
Policy Committee............
Chairman of the Minority 5 5 ............... 5 ............... ............... +5
Policy Committee............
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Subtotal, expense 177 177 ............... 177 ............... ............... +177
allowances................
Representation allowances for the 28 28 ............... 28 ............... ............... +28
Majority and Minority Leaders...
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Total, Expense allowances 205 205 ............... 205 ............... ............... +205
and representation........
Salaries, Officers and Employees
Office of the Vice President..... 2,361 2,370 ............... 2,370 +9 ............... +2,370
Office of the President Pro 705 708 ............... 708 +3 ............... +708
Tempore.........................
Offices of the Majority and 5,202 5,222 ............... 5,222 +20 ............... +5,222
Minority Leaders................
Offices of the Majority and 3,281 3,295 ............... 3,295 +14 ............... +3,295
Minority Whips..................
Committee on Appropriations...... 14,864 14,864 ............... 14,864 ............... ............... +14,864
Conference committees............ 3,238 3,252 ............... 3,252 +14 ............... +3,252
Offices of the Secretaries of the 797 797 ............... 797 ............... ............... +797
Conference of the Majority and
the Conference of the Minority..
Policy Committees................ 3,308 3,322 ............... 3,322 +14 ............... +3,322
Office of the Chaplain........... 406 408 ............... 408 +2 ............... +408
Office of the Secretary.......... 24,194 24,285 ............... 24,695 +501 +410 +24,695
Office of the Sergeant at Arms 73,000 75,274 ............... 73,000 ............... -2,274 +73,000
and Doorkeeper..................
Offices of the Secretaries for 1,722 1,730 ............... 1,730 +8 ............... +1,730
the Majority and Minority.......
Agency contributions and related 42,684 46,540 ............... 44,540 +1,856 -2,000 +44,540
expenses........................
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Total, Salaries, officers 175,762 182,067 ............... 178,203 +2,441 -3,864 +178,203
and employees.............
Office of the Legislative Counsel
of the Senate
Salaries and expenses............ 6,995 7,022 ............... 7,022 +27 ............... +7,022
Office of Senate Legal Counsel
Salaries and expenses............ 1,449 1,455 ............... 1,455 +6 ............... +1,455
Expense Allowances of the 28 28 ............... 28 ............... ............... +28
Secretary of the Senate,
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper
of the Senate, and Secretaries
for the Majority and Minority of
the Senate: Expenses allowances.
Contingent Expenses of the Senate
Inquiries and investigations..... 131,306 138,000 ............... 133,932 +2,626 -4,068 +133,932
Expenses of United States Senate 488 520 ............... 488 ............... -32 +488
Caucus on International
Narcotics Control...............
Secretary of the Senate.......... 5,816 5,816 ............... 6,350 +534 +534 +6,350
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 130,722 130,173 ............... 128,910 -1,812 -1,263 +128,910
of the Senate...................
Miscellaneous items.............. 19,360 19,360 ............... 20,260 +900 +900 +20,260
Senators' Official Personnel and 396,180 425,569 ............... 394,202 -1,978 -31,367 +394,202
Office Expense Account..........
Official Mail Costs
Expenses......................... 281 300 ............... 281 ............... -19 +281
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Total, Contingent expenses 684,153 719,738 ............... 684,423 +270 -35,315 +684,423
of the Senate.............
Total, Senate.............. 868,592 910,515 ............... 871,336 +2,744 -39,179 +871,336
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Salaries and Expenses
House Leadership Offices
Office of the Speaker............ 6,943 6,943 6,943 6,943 ............... ............... ...............
Office of the Majority Floor 2,278 2,278 2,278 2,278 ............... ............... ...............
Leader..........................
Office of the Minority Floor 7,433 7,433 7,433 7,433 ............... ............... ...............
Leader..........................
Office of the Majority Whip...... 1,971 1,971 1,971 1,971 ............... ............... ...............
Office of the Minority Whip...... 1,525 1,525 1,525 1,525 ............... ............... ...............
Republican Conference............ 1,573 1,573 1,573 1,573 ............... ............... ...............
Democratic Caucus................ 1,554 1,554 1,554 1,554 ............... ............... ...............
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Subtotal, House Leadership 23,277 23,277 23,277 23,277 ............... ............... ...............
Offices...................
Transition to Calendar Year
Funding
Office of the Speaker............ 1,736 ............... ............... ............... -1,736 ............... ...............
Office of the Majority Floor 569 ............... ............... ............... -569 ............... ...............
Leader..........................
Office of the Minority Floor 1,858 ............... ............... ............... -1,858 ............... ...............
Leader..........................
Office of the Majority Whip...... 493 ............... ............... ............... -493 ............... ...............
Office of the Minority Whip...... 381 ............... ............... ............... -381 ............... ...............
Republican Conference............ 393 ............... ............... ............... -393 ............... ...............
Democratic Caucus................ 388 ............... ............... ............... -388 ............... ...............
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Subtotal, Transition to 5,818 ............... ............... ............... -5,818 ............... ...............
Calendar Year Funding.....
Members' Representational
Allowances Including Members'
Clerk Hire, Official Expenses of
Members, and Official Mail
Expenses......................... 573,939 573,939 573,939 573,939 ............... ............... ...............
Committee Employees
Standing Committees, Special and 125,965 126,365 125,965 125,965 ............... -400 ...............
Select..........................
Committee on Appropriations 26,666 26,666 26,666 26,666 ............... ............... ...............
(including studies and
investigations).................
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Subtotal, Committee 152,631 153,031 152,631 152,631 ............... -400 ...............
employees.................
Salaries, Officers and Employees
Office of the Clerk.............. 26,114 22,370 22,370 22,370 -3,744 ............... ...............
Office of the Sergeant at Arms... 12,585 13,828 12,585 12,585 ............... -1,243 ...............
Office of the Chief 116,782 116,782 116,782 116,782 ............... ............... ...............
Administrative Officer..........
Office of the Inspector General.. 5,045 4,692 4,692 4,692 -353 ............... ...............
Office of General Counsel........ 1,415 1,415 1,415 1,415 ............... ............... ...............
Office of the Chaplain........... 179 179 179 179 ............... ............... ...............
Office of the Parliamentarian.... 2,060 2,060 2,060 2,060 ............... ............... ...............
Office of the Parliamentarian (1,466) (1,466) (1,466) (1,466) ............... ............... ...............
Compilation of precedents of (594) (594) (594) (594) ............... ............... ...............
the House of Representatives
Office of the Law Revision 3,258 3,258 3,258 3,258 ............... ............... ...............
Counsel of the House............
Office of the Legislative Counsel 8,814 8,814 8,814 8,814 ............... ............... ...............
of the House....................
Office of Interparliamentary 859 859 859 859 ............... ............... ...............
Affairs.........................
Other authorized employees....... 347 485 485 485 +138 ............... ...............
Office of the Historian.......... 170 170 170 170 ............... ............... ...............
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Subtotal, Salaries, 177,628 174,912 173,669 173,669 -3,959 -1,243 ...............
officers and employees....
Allowances and Expenses
Supplies, materials, 3,696 3,696 3,696 3,696 ............... ............... ...............
administrative costs and Federal
tort claims.....................
Official mail for committees, 201 201 201 201 ............... ............... ...............
leadership offices, and
administrative offices of the
House...........................
Government contributions......... 264,848 270,905 272,548 272,548 +7,700 +1,643 ...............
Business Continuity and Disaster 17,112 17,112 17,112 17,112 ............... ............... ...............
Recovery........................
Transition activities............ 1,722 4,125 4,125 4,125 +2,403 ............... ...............
Wounded Warrior program.......... 2,500 2,175 2,175 2,175 -325 ............... ...............
Office of Congressional Ethics... 1,548 1,548 1,548 1,548 ............... ............... ...............
Miscellaneous items.............. 760 760 760 760 ............... ............... ...............
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Subtotal, Allowances and 292,387 300,522 302,165 302,165 +9,778 +1,643 ...............
expenses..................
Total, House of 1,225,680 1,225,681 1,225,681 1,225,681 +1 ............... ...............
Representatives...........
JOINT ITEMS
Joint Economic Committee......... 4,203 4,219 4,203 4,203 ............... -16 ...............
Joint Congressional Committee on 1,237 ............... ............... ............... -1,237 ............... ...............
Inaugural Ceremonies............
Joint Committee on Taxation...... 10,004 10,004 10,004 10,004 ............... ............... ...............
Office of the Attending Physician
Medical supplies, equipment, 3,400 3,433 3,467 3,400 ............... -33 -67
expenses, and allowances........
Office of Congressional 1,363 1,367 1,363 1,367 +4 ............... +4
Accessibility Services..........
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Total, Joint items......... 20,207 19,023 19,037 18,974 -1,233 -49 -63
CAPITOL POLICE
Salaries......................... 277,133 303,132 297,133 277,133 ............... -25,999 -20,000
General expenses................. 63,004 70,637 63,004 56,004 -7,000 -14,633 -7,000
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Total, Capitol Police...... 340,137 373,769 360,137 333,137 -7,000 -40,632 -27,000
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
Salaries and expenses............ 3,817 4,206 3,817 3,817 ............... -389 ...............
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
Salaries and expenses............ 43,787 44,637 44,280 44,637 +850 ............... +357
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
General administration........... 101,340 102,601 90,755 102,172 +832 -429 +11,417
Capitol building................. 36,154 97,072 28,591 91,170 +55,016 -5,902 +62,579
Capitol grounds.................. 9,852 18,502 17,152 15,004 +5,152 -3,498 -2,148
Senate office buildings.......... 71,128 79,392 ............... 79,392 +8,264 ............... +79,392
House of Representatives
buildings:
House office buildings....... 94,154 83,964 83,964 83,964 -10,190 ............... ...............
House Historic buildings 30,000 50,000 30,000 30,000 ............... -20,000 ...............
revitalization fund.........
Capitol Power Plant.............. 132,229 127,533 118,016 99,833 -32,396 -27,700 -18,183
Offsetting collections....... -9,000 -9,000 -9,400 -9,000 ............... ............... +400
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Subtotal, Capitol Power 123,229 118,533 108,616 90,833 -32,396 -27,700 -17,783
Plant.....................
Library buildings and grounds.... 46,876 53,594 30,660 30,964 -15,912 -22,630 +304
Capitol police buildings, grounds 21,500 30,802 20,867 22,589 +1,089 -8,213 +1,722
and security....................
Botanic garden................... 12,000 12,140 10,905 12,140 +140 ............... +1,235
Capitol Visitor Center:
CVC Operations............... 21,276 21,588 21,276 21,588 +312 ............... +312
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Total, Architect of the 567,509 668,188 442,786 579,816 +12,307 -88,372 +137,030
Capitol...................
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Salaries and expenses............ 420,093 430,051 422,024 422,298 +2,205 -7,753 +274
Authority to spend receipts.. -6,350 -6,350 -6,350 -6,350 ............... ............... ...............
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Subtotal, Salaries and 413,743 423,701 415,674 415,948 +2,205 -7,753 +274
expenses..................
Copyright Office, salaries and 51,650 52,772 52,136 51,909 +259 -863 -227
expenses........................
Authority to spend receipts.. -35,513 -33,611 -33,611 -33,611 +1,902 ............... ...............
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Subtotal, Copyright Office. 16,137 19,161 18,525 18,298 +2,161 -863 -227
Congressional Research Service, 106,790 109,205 106,790 107,324 +534 -1,881 +534
salaries and expenses...........
Books for the blind and 50,674 51,522 50,775 50,674 ............... -848 -101
physically handicapped Salaries
and expenses....................
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Total, Library of Congress. 587,344 603,589 591,764 592,244 +4,900 -11,345 +480
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Congressional printing and 90,700 83,632 83,632 83,632 -7,068 ............... ...............
binding.........................
Office of the Superintendent of 35,000 34,728 34,728 34,728 -272 ............... ...............
Documents, salaries and expenses
Government Printing Office 500 7,840 4,096 7,840 +7,340 ............... +3,744
Revolving Fund..................
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Total, Government Printing 126,200 126,200 122,456 126,200 ............... ............... +3,744
Office....................
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
Salaries and expenses............ 533,600 550,551 544,120 538,160 +4,560 -12,391 -5,960
Offsetting collections....... -22,304 -24,318 -24,318 -24,318 -2,014 ............... ...............
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Total, Government 511,296 526,233 519,802 513,842 +2,546 -12,391 -5,960
Accountability Office.....
OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER
Payment to the Open World 10,000 10,000 ............... 10,000 ............... ............... +10,000
Leadership Center Trust Fund....
JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC
SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
Stennis Center for Public Service 430 430 ............... 430 ............... ............... +430
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Grand total................ 4,304,999 4,512,471 3,329,760 4,320,114 +15,115 -192,357 +990,354
Appropriations......... (4,304,999) (4,512,471) (3,329,760) (4,320,114) (+15,115) (-192,357) (+990,354)
RECAPITULATION
Senate........................... 868,592 910,515 ............... 871,336 +2,744 -39,179 +871,336
House of Representatives......... 1,225,680 1,225,681 1,225,681 1,225,681 +1 ............... ...............
Joint Items...................... 20,207 19,023 19,037 18,974 -1,233 -49 -63
Capitol Police................... 340,137 373,769 360,137 333,137 -7,000 -40,632 -27,000
Office of Compliance............. 3,817 4,206 3,817 3,817 ............... -389 ...............
Congressional Budget Office...... 43,787 44,637 44,280 44,637 +850 ............... +357
Architect of the Capitol......... 567,509 668,188 442,786 579,816 +12,307 -88,372 +137,030
Library of Congress.............. 587,344 603,589 591,764 592,244 +4,900 -11,345 +480
Government Printing Office....... 126,200 126,200 122,456 126,200 ............... ............... +3,744
Government Accountability Office. 511,296 526,233 519,802 513,842 +2,546 -12,391 -5,960
Open World Leadership Center..... 10,000 10,000 ............... 10,000 ............... ............... +10,000
Stennis Center for Public Service 430 430 ............... 430 ............... ............... +430
Prior year outlays............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ............... ...............
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Grand total................ 4,304,999 4,512,471 3,329,760 4,320,114 +15,115 -192,357 +990,354
Appropriations......... (4,304,999) (4,512,471) (3,329,760) (4,320,114) (+15,115) (-192,357) (+990,354)
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