[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4454 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 460
103d CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4454
[Report No. 103-283]
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 7, 1994
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
June 14 (legislative day, June 7), 1994
Reported by Mr. Reid, with amendments
[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]
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AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums
are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1995, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
SENATE
Mileage and Expenses Allowances
mileage of the vice president and senators
For mileage of the Vice President and Senators of the United
States, $60,000.
Expense Allowances
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000; the
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Leader of the
Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Whip
of the Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and
Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Committees, $3,000 for
each Chairman; in all, $56,000.
Representation Allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders
For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority Leaders
of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all, $30,000.
Salaries, Officers and Employees
For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized
by law, including agency contributions, $71,338,000, which shall be
paid from this appropriation without regard to the below limitations,
as follows:
office of the vice president
For the Office of the Vice President, $1,513,000.
office of the president pro tempore
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $457,000.
offices of the majority and minority leaders
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $2,195,000.
offices of the majority and minority whips
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $656,000.
conference committees
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the
Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairman of each
such committee, $996,000 for each such committee; in all, $1,992,000.
offices of the secretaries of the conference of the majority and the
conference of the minority
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority
and the Conference of the Minority, $384,000.
office of the chaplain
For Office of the Chaplain, $192,000.
office of the secretary
For Office of the Secretary, $12,961,000.
office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $32,739,000.
offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for
the Minority, $1,197,000.
agency contributions and related expenses
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by
law, and related expenses, $17,052,000.
Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel
of the Senate, $3,381,000.
Office of Senate Legal Counsel
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel,
$936,000.
Expense Allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secretaries for the Majority and Minority
of the Senate
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $3,000;
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for
the Majority of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for the Minority of the
Senate, $3,000; in all, $12,000.
Contingent Expenses of the Senate
senate policy committees
For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and the
Minority Policy Committee, $1,287,000 for each such committee; in all,
$2,574,000.
inquiries and investigations
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate,
or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 601, Seventy-
ninth Congress, as amended, section 112 of Public Law 96-304 and Senate
Resolution 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, $78,112,000.
expenses of united states senate caucus on international narcotics
control
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International
Narcotics Control, $348,000.
secretary of the senate
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate,
$1,966,500 and, in addition, $7,000,000, to be derived by transfer from
funds appropriated in fiscal year 1992 for ``Salaries, Officers and
Employees'' and to remain available until September 30, 1998.
sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper
of the Senate, $74,894,000.
miscellaneous items
For miscellaneous items, $7,429,000.
senators' official personnel and office expense account
For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account,
$203,542,000.
Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Fair Employment
Practices, $889,000.
Settlements and Awards Reserve
For expenses for settlements and awards, $1,000,000.
stationery (revolving fund)
For stationery for the President of the Senate, $4,500, for
officers of the Senate and the Conference of the Majority and
Conference of the Minority of the Senate, $8,500; in all, $13,000.
official mail costs
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate,
$15,000,000.
rescission
Of the funds previously appropriated under the heading ``SENATE'',
$23,000,000 are rescinded.
administrative provisions
Sec. 1. Effective on and after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of the Senate, subject to the approval of the Committee
on Appropriations of the Senate, is authorized to transfer up to
$300,000 from any Senate appropriations account with respect to which
the Secretary has disbursing authority to the revolving fund
established under section 2(c) under the subheading ``ADMINISTRATIVE
PROVISIONS'' under the heading ``SENATE'' in Public Law 102-392 (2
U.S.C. 121d(c)) to provide additional capitalization for such revolving
fund. Any moneys so transferred shall be available for use in the same
manner and to the same extent as the moneys otherwise in such revolving
fund.
Sec. 2. (a) Not later than September 30, 1995, the Secretary of the
Senate shall submit to the Committee on Rules and Administration a
report evaluating the quality and scope of the educational experience
available to visitors to the Senate concerning the constitutional and
historical role of the Senate in American Government and society.
(b) The Secretary of the Senate shall include in the report a plan
for the improvement of the educational experience available to Senate
visitors. Senate officers and officials and legislative branch support
agencies shall work with the Secretary of the Senate in the development
of the plan. Appropriate executive branch agencies, such as the
National Archives and Records Administration and the Smithsonian
Institution, are encouraged to offer assistance to the Secretary of the
Senate in developing the plan.
(c) There are authorized to be paid out of the Contingent Fund of
the Senate, upon vouchers approved by the Secretary of the Senate, such
sums as are necessary to reimburse the routine expenses associated with
developing the report required by this section.
Sec. 3. (a) Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act 1965 (Public Law 88-454; 2 U.S.C. 104a) is amended by adding at the
end thereof the following new paragraph:
``(4) Each report by the Secretary of the Senate required by
paragraph (1) shall contain a separate summary of Senate accounts
statement for each office of the Senate authorized to obligate
appropriated funds, including each Senator's office, each officer of
the Senate, and each committee of the Senate. The summary of Senate
accounts statement shall include--
``(A) the total amount of appropriations made available or
allocated to the office;
``(B) any supplemental appropriation, transfer of funds, or
rescission and the effect of such action on the appropriation
or allocation to the office;
``(C) total expenses incurred for salary and office
expenses; and
``(D) the unexpended balance.''.
(b) Section 318 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991
(Public Law 101-520; 2 U.S.C. 59f) is amended by striking the period at
the end of the last sentence and inserting the following: ``, and in
the case of each Senator, the allocation made to such Senator from the
appropriation for official mail expenses.''.
(c) The amendments made by this section shall be effective with
respect to--
(1) reports and statements covering periods beginning on
and after October 1, 1994; and
(2) appropriations made and obligations incurred on and
after such date.
Sec. 4. (a) There is established in the Treasury of the United
States a revolving fund within the contingent fund of the Senate to be
known as the Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence Revolving Fund
(hereafter referred to in this section as the ``fund''). The fund shall
consist of all rental payments and other moneys collected or received
by the Sergeant at Arms with regard to the Daniel Webster Senate Page
Residence. All moneys in the fund shall be available without fiscal
year limitation for disbursement by the Secretary of the Senate in
connection with operation and maintenance of the Daniel Webster Senate
Page Residence not normally performed by the Architect of the Capitol.
In addition, such moneys may be used by the Sergeant at Arms to
purchase food and food related items and fund activities for the pages.
(b) All moneys received from rental payments and other moneys
collected or received by the Sergeant at Arms with regard to the Daniel
Webster Senate Page Residence shall be deposited in the fund and shall
be available for purposes of this section.
(c) Disbursements from the fund shall be made upon vouchers
approved by the Sergeant at Arms, or the designee of the Sergeant at
Arms.
(d) The Sergeant at Arms is authorized to prescribe such
regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this
section and to provide for the operations of the Daniel Webster Senate
Page Residence.
Sec. 5. Effective October 1, 1994, each of the figures contained in
section 506(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973
(2 U.S.C. 58(b)(3)(A)(iii)) is increased by $20,000.
Sec. 6. (a) This section shall apply to mailings by Senators,
Senators-elect, and offices of the Senate made during fiscal year 1995
and each fiscal year thereafter in addition to any other law relating
to the use of the franking privilege.
(b) For the purposes of this paragraph--
(1) the term ``mass mailing''--
(A) means, with respect to a session of Congress, a
mailing of 500 or more newsletters or other pieces of
mail with substantially identical content (whether such
mail is deposited singly or in bulk, or at the same
time or different times), but
(B) does not include a mailing--
(i) of matter in direct response to a
communication from a person to whom the matter
is mailed (to the extent of 2 such mailings)
that--
(I) in the case of an initial
response, is mailed at any time; or
(II) in the case of a followup
response, is mailed during that
Congress or no later than 60 days after
the sine die adjournment of that
Congress;
(ii) to other Members of Congress or to a
Federal, State, or local government official;
(iii) of a news release to the
communications media;
(iv) of a town meeting or mobile office
notice; or
(v) of a Federal publication or other item
that is provided by the Senate to all Senators
or made available by the Senate for purchase by
all Senators from official funds specifically
for distribution.
(c) A Senator, Senator-elect, or office of the Senate may not mail
a mass mailing under the frank.
(d) The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration shall
prescribe rules and regulations and take other action as the Committee
considers necessary and proper for Senators and Senators-elect to
comply with this section and regulations.
Sec. 7. Of the funds previously appropriated under the heading
``SENATE'', $65,000,000 shall not remain available for obligation
beyond this date of enactment of this Act.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Payments to Widows and Heirs of Deceased Members of Congress
For payment to the estate of William H. Natcher, late a
Representative from the Commonwealth of Kentucky, $133,600.
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives,
$728,468,000, as follows:
house leadership offices
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $6,096,000,
including: Office of the Speaker, $1,444,000, including $25,000 for
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader,
$1,042,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,429,000, including
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the
Majority Whip, $1,284,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of
the Majority Whip and not to exceed $563,000 for the Chief Deputy
Majority Whips; and Office of the Minority Whip, $897,000, including
$5,000 for official expenses of the Minority Whip and not to exceed
$104,000 for the Chief Deputy Minority Whip.
members' clerk hire
For staff employed by each Member in the discharge of official and
representative duties, $240,417,000.
committee employees
For professional and clerical employees of standing committees,
including the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on the
Budget, $73,925,000.
committee on the budget (studies)
For salaries, expenses, and studies by the Committee on the Budget,
and temporary personal services for such committee to be expended in
accordance with sections 101(c), 606, 703, and 901(e) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and to be available for reimbursement
to agencies for services performed, $401,000.
standing committees, special and select
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and
select, authorized by the House, $53,191,000.
committee on house administration
house information systems
For salaries, expenses and temporary personal services of House
Information Systems, under the direction of the Committee on House
Administration, $22,437,000, of which $16,017,000 is provided herein:
Provided, That House Information Systems is authorized to receive
reimbursement for services provided from Members of the House of
Representatives and other Governmental entities and such reimbursement
shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to this account: Provided
further, That amounts so credited for fiscal year 1994 and not
obligated shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 1995.
allowances and expenses
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or
law, $244,572,000, including: Official Expenses of Members,
$79,800,000; supplies, materials, administrative costs and Federal tort
claims, $6,103,000; net expenses of purchase, lease and maintenance of
office equipment, $11,779,000; net expenses for telecommunications,
$10,872,000; furniture and furnishings, $2,012,000; stenographic
reporting of committee hearings, $1,100,000; reemployed annuitants
reimbursements, $1,279,000; Government contributions to employees' life
insurance fund, retirement funds, Social Security fund, Medicare fund,
health benefits fund, and worker's and unemployment compensation,
$130,849,000; and miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange,
maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles,
interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased
employees of the House, $778,000.
child care center
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives Child
Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the account established
by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992
(40 U.S.C. 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget of
the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives.
committee on appropriations (studies and investigations)
For salaries and expenses, studies and examinations of executive
agencies, by the Committee on Appropriations, and temporary personal
services for such committee, to be expended in accordance with section
202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be
available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed,
$6,495,000: Provided, That the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, may in any fiscal year pay
all administrative uncontrollable overtime accrued by its employees
while on detail to the Committee on Appropriations.
official mail costs
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the House of
Representatives, as authorized by law, $31,000,000.
salaries, officers and employees
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as
authorized by law, $56,354,000, including: for salaries and expenses of
the Office of the Clerk, including not to exceed $1,000 for official
representation and reception expenses, $14,158,000; for salaries and
expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including not to exceed
$500 for official representation and reception expenses, $1,502,000;
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Doorkeeper, including
overtime as authorized by law, $11,506,000; for salaries and expenses
of the Office of Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services,
$16,360,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector
General, $295,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General
Counsel, $762,000; Office of the Chaplain, $124,000; Office of the
Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing
the Digest of Rules, $983,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office
of the Historian, $337,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $1,630,000; for salaries and
expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House,
$4,400,000; six minority employees, $747,000; the House Democratic
Steering and Policy Committee and the Democratic Caucus, $1,523,000;
the House Republican Conference, $1,523,000; and other authorized
employees, $504,000.
Administrative Provision
Sec. 101. (a) Transfer of Majority and Minority Printers to
Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services.--As soon as
practicable, but not later than October 1, 1994, authority over the
Majority and Minority Printers of the House of Representatives shall be
transferred to the Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services
of the House.
(b) Fees for Offices and Utilities.--
(1) In general.--Upon the transfer required by subsection
(a), the Director shall charge the Majority and Minority
Printers a reasonable monthly fee for the rental of offices and
utilities.
(2) Availability of receipts.--The amounts received under
this subsection shall be deposited in the Treasury of the
United States for credit to the appropriation for ``Salaries
and Expenses of the House of Representatives'', and shall be
available for expenditure in any fiscal year to the extent
provided in appropriations Acts.
(c) Applicability.--This section shall take effect upon the date of
the enactment of this Act and shall apply to any fiscal year.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
joint economic committee
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee,
$4,090,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
joint committee on printing
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing,
$1,370,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
joint committee on taxation
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation,
$6,019,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House.
For other joint items, as follows:
Office of the Attending Physician
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the
emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his assistants,
including (1) an allowance of $1,500 per month to the Attending
Physician; (2) an allowance of $500 per month each to two medical
officers while on duty in the Attending Physician's office; (3) an
allowance of $500 per month each to two assistants and $400 per month
each not to exceed nine assistants on the basis heretofore provided for
such assistance; and (4) $918,000 for reimbursement to the Department
of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment assigned to
the Office of the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced and
credited to the applicable appropriation or appropriations from which
such salaries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be
available for all the purposes thereof, $1,335,000, to be disbursed by
the Clerk of the House.
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For the Capitol Police Board for salaries, including overtime,
hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allowance of not more than
$600 each for members required to wear civilian attire, and Government
contributions to employees' benefits funds, as authorized by law, of
officers, members, and employees of the Capitol Police, $69,382,000, of
which $33,463,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of
Representatives, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House, and
$35,919,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the
Senate, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That
of the amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1995 for salaries,
including overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allowance
of not more than $600 each for members required to wear civilian
attire, and Government contributions to employees' benefits under this
heading, such amounts as may be necessary may be transferred between
the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and the Sergeant
at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon approval of the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate.
general expenses
For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses of the Capitol
Police, including motor vehicles, communications and other equipment,
uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training, medical services, the
employee assistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards
program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relocation of
instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, and $85 per month for extra services performed for the
Capitol Police Board by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms of the
Senate or the House of Representatives designated by the Chairman of
the Board, $2,000,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House of
Representatives: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 1995 shall be paid by
the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to the Department of
the Treasury.
administrative provision
Sec. 102. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1995 for the Capitol
Police Board under the heading ``Capitol Police'' may be transferred
between the headings ``salaries'' and ``general expenses'', upon
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the
House of Representatives.
Capitol Guide Service
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service, $1,628,000,
to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That none of
these funds shall be used to employ more than thirty-three individuals:
Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, during
emergencies, to employ not more than two additional individuals for not
more than one hundred twenty days each, and not more than ten
additional individuals for not more than six months each, for the
Capitol Guide Service.
Special Services Office
For salaries and expenses of the Special Services Office, $363,000,
to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of
the Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-484), including
official reception and representation expenses (not to exceed $5,500
from the Trust Fund), and expenses incurred in administering an
employee incentive awards program (not to exceed $2,500), and rental of
space in the District of Columbia, -$-2-1-,-9-3-1-,-0-0-0 $21,970,000:
Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for
salaries or expenses of any employee of the Office of Technology
Assessment in excess of 143 staff employees: Provided further, That no
part of this appropriation shall be available for assessments or
activities not initiated and approved in accordance with section 3(d)
of Public Law 92-484: Provided further, That none of the funds in this
Act shall be available for salaries or expenses of employees of the
Office of Technology Assessment in connection with any reimbursable
study for which funds are provided from sources other than
appropriations made under this Act, or shall be available for any other
administrative expenses incurred by the Office of Technology Assessment
in carrying out such a study.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), including not
to exceed $2,500 to be expended on the certification of the Director of
the Congressional Budget Office in connection with official
representation and reception expenses, -$-2-3-,-1-3-3-,-0-0-0
$23,188,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for
the purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle: Provided further,
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for salaries or
expenses of any employee of the Congressional Budget Office in excess
of 221 fulltime equivalent positions: Provided further, That any sale
or lease of property, supplies, or services to the Congressional Budget
Office shall be deemed to be a sale or lease of such property,
supplies, or services to the Congress subject to section 903 of Public
Law 98-63: Provided further, That the Director of the Congressional
Budget Office shall have the authority, within the limits of available
appropriations, to dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by
inter-agency transfer, donation, or discarding.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Office of the Architect of the Capitol
salaries
For the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Architect of the
Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law,
-$-8-,-9-2-7-,-0-0-0 $9,103,000.
travel
Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol
shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not to
exceed in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $20,000.
Contingent Expenses
To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make surveys and studies,
and to meet unforeseen expenses in connection with activities under his
care, $100,000-,---t-o -r-e-m-a-i-n -a-v-a-i-l-a-b-l-e -u-n-t-i-l
-e-x-p-e-n-d-e-d.
Capitol Buildings and Grounds
capitol buildings
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation
of the Capitol and electrical substations of the Senate and House
office buildings, under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the
Capitol, including furnishings and office equipment; including not to
exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to be
expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; purchase or
exchange, maintenance and operation of a passenger motor vehicle;
security installations which are approved by the Capitol Police Board,
authorized by House Concurrent Resolution 550, Ninety-Second Congress,
agreed to September 19, 1972, the cost limitation of which is hereby
further increased by $200,000; and attendance, when specifically
authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions
in connection with subjects related to work under the Architect of the
Capitol, -$-2-2-,-3-4-0-,-0-0-0 $22,797,000, of which $2,763,000 shall
remain available until expended.
capitol grounds
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds
surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, and the
Capitol Power Plant, -$-5-,-2-0-1-,-0-0-0 $5,270,000, of which $25,000
shall remain available until expended.
senate office buildings
For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and operation of
Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and furnishings, to be expended
under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol,
$47,619,000, of which $7,709,000 shall remain available until expended.
house office buildings
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation
of the House office buildings, including the position of Superintendent
of Garages as authorized by law, $41,364,000, of which $10,260,000
shall remain available until expended.
capitol power plant
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation
of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power (including the
purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer services for the
Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, Library of Congress
buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate
garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in
any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing Office and
Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for air
conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, Union Station complex,
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shakespeare
Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed upon
request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so received shall
be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,
-$-3-3-,-3-4-2-,-0-0-0 $33,437,000, of which $865,000 shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $3,200,000 of
the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein
provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 1995.
Administrative Provision
Sec. 103. The matter in chapter III of title I of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1975 under ``Capitol Buildings and Grounds'' under
the heading ``ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL'' (40 U.S.C. 166b-2) is amended
by striking ``to grade 11'' and inserting ``at not to exceed grade
12''.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Congressional Research Service
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to
revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United States of
America, -$-5-8-,-9-3-8-,-0-0-0 $60,459,000: Provided, That no part of
this appropriation may be used to pay any salary or expense in
connection with any publication, or preparation of material therefor
(except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by the
Library of Congress unless such publication has obtained prior approval
of either the Committee on House Administration of the House of
Representatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the compensation of the Director of the Congressional Research
Service, Library of Congress, shall be at an annual rate which is equal
to the annual rate of basic pay for positions at level IV of the
Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Congressional Printing and Binding
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and the
distribution of Congressional information in any format; printing and
binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary for
preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional
Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of
Government publications authorized by law to be distributed to Members
of Congress; and printing, binding, and distribution of Government
publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the
recipient, -$-8-7-,-7-1-7-,-0-0-0 $89,724,000: Provided, That this
appropriation shall not be available for printing and binding part 2 of
the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture (known as the
Yearbook of Agriculture) nor for copies of the permanent edition of the
Congressional Record for individual Representatives, Resident
Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided
further, That this appropriation shall be available for the payment of
obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for
preceding fiscal years.
This title may be cited as the ``Congressional Operations
Appropriations Act, 1995''.
TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES
BOTANIC GARDEN
Salaries and Expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation
of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, and
collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, and
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction of the
Joint Committee on the Library, -$-3-,-1-8-2-,-0-0-0 $3,230,000, and,
in addition, $7,000,000 to remain available until expended to be
derived by transfer from funds previously made available without fiscal
year limitation under the heading ``ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL''.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress, not otherwise
provided for, including development and maintenance of the Union
Catalogs; custody and custodial care of the Library buildings; special
clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of
motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and
maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation
and distribution of catalog cards and other publications of the
Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses
of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to
the income of any trust fund held by the Board,
-$-2-0-7-,-8-5-7-,-0-0-0 $210,164,000, of which not more than
$7,869,000 shall be derived from collections credited to this
appropriation during fiscal year 1995 under the Act of June 28, 1902
(chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150): Provided, That the total
amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which
collections are less than the $7,869,000: Provided further, That of the
total amount appropriated, $8,458,000 is to remain available until
expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, and newspapers, and all
other materials including subscriptions for bibliographic services for
the Library, including $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase,
when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and unique
materials for additions to the collections.
Copyright Office
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including
publication of the decisions of the United States courts involving
copyrights, -$-2-7-,-1-8-6-,-0-0-0 $27,456,000, of which not more than
$14,500,000 shall be derived from collections credited to this
appropriation during fiscal year 1995 under 17 U.S.C. 708(c), and not
more than -$-2-,-8-9-1-,-0-0-0 $2,911,000 shall be derived from
collections during fiscal year 1995 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2),
119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005: Provided, That the total amount available
for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are
less than -$-1-7-,-3-9-1-,-0-0-0 $17,411,000: Provided further, That up
to $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the maintenance
of an ``International Copyright Institute'' in the Copyright Office of
the Library of Congress for the purpose of training nationals of
developing countries in intellectual property laws and policies:
Provided further, That not to exceed $2,250 may be expended on the
certification of the Librarian of Congress or his designee, in
connection with official representation and reception expenses for
activities of the International Copyright Institute.
Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
salaries and expenses
For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act of
March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a),
-$-4-4-,-6-2-2-,-0-0-0 $44,951,000, of which -$-1-0-,-8-9-6-,-0-0-0
$11,694,000 shall remain available until expended.
Furniture and Furnishings
For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair of furniture,
furnishings, office and library equipment, $5,825,000, of which
$1,886,000 shall be available until expended only for the purchase and
supply of furniture, shelving, furnishings, and related costs necessary
for the renovation and restoration of the Thomas Jefferson and John
Adams Library buildings.
Administrative Provisions
Sec. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of
Congress shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $194,290, of
which $58,100 is for the Congressional Research Service, when
specifically authorized by the Librarian, for attendance at meetings
concerned with the function or activity for which the appropriation is
made.
Sec. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall
be used by the Library of Congress to administer any flexible or
compressed work schedule which--
(1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the
grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-15; and
(2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to not be
at work for all or a portion of a workday because of time
worked by the manager or supervisor on another workday.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ``manager or
supervisor'' means any management official or supervisor, as such terms
are defined in section 7103(a) (10) and (11) of title 5, United States
Code.
Sec. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library of Congress
from other Federal agencies to cover general and administrative
overhead costs generated by performing reimbursable work for other
agencies under the authority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be
used to employ more than 65 employees and may be expended or
obligated--
(1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such extent or
in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts; or
(2) in the case of an advance payment, only--
(A) to pay for such general or administrative
overhead costs as are attributable to the work
performed for such agency; or
(B) to such extent or in such amounts as are
provided in appropriations Acts, with respect to any
purpose not allowable under subparagraph (A).
Sec. 204. Not to exceed $5,000 of any funds appropriated to the
Library of Congress may be expended, on the certification of the
Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation and
reception expenses for the Library of Congress incentive awards
program.
Sec. 205. Not to exceed $12,000 of funds appropriated to the
Library of Congress may be expended, on the certification of the
Librarian of Congress or his designee, in connection with official
representation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.
Sec. 206. Under the heading ``Library of Congress'' obligational
authority shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $75,236,000
for reimbursable activities, $8,706,000 for revolving fund activities,
and $6,150,000 for non-expenditure transfer activities in support of
parliamentary development during the current fiscal year.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Library Buildings and Grounds
structural and mechanical care
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds,
-$-9-,-8-6-0-,-0-0-0 $13,483,000, of which -$-9-4-1-,-0-0-0 $4,441,000
shall remain available until expended.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Office of Superintendent of Documents
salaries and expenses
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary
to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications
and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, other
Government agencies, and designated depository and international
exchange libraries as authorized by law, -$-3-0-,-6-0-0-,-0-0-0
$32,207,000: Provided, That the objectives of chapter 41 of title 44,
United States Code, as enacted by the Government Printing Office
Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993, shall be carried
out through cost savings: Provided further, That travel expenses,
including travel expenses of the Depository Library Council to the
Public Printer, shall not exceed $130,000: Provided further, That
funds, not to exceed $2,000,000, from current year appropriations are
authorized for producing and disseminating Congressional Serial Sets
and other related Congressional/non-Congressional publications for 1993
and 1994 to depository and other designated libraries.
Government Printing Office Revolving Fund
The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such
expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in accord with
the law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying out the
programs and purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal
year for the ``Government Printing Office revolving fund'': Provided,
That not to exceed $2,500 may be expended on the certification of the
Public Printer in connection with official representation and reception
expenses: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available
for the hire or purchase of passenger motor vehicles, not to exceed a
fleet of twelve: Provided further, That expenditures in connection with
travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be
deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United States
Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available for
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for level V of
the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5316): Provided further, That the
revolving fund and the funds provided under the paragraph entitled
``office of superintendent of documents, salaries and expenses''
together may not be available for the full-time equivalent employment
of more than -4-,-1-9-3 4,493 workyears: Provided further, That the
revolving fund shall be available for expenses not to exceed $500,000
for the development of plans and design of a multi-purpose facility:
Provided further, That activities financed through the revolving fund
may provide information in any format: Provided further, That the
revolving fund shall not be used to administer any flexible or
compressed work schedule which applies to any manager or supervisor in
a position the grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-
15: Provided further, That expenses for attendance at meetings shall
not exceed $75,000.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including
not to exceed $7,000 to be expended on the certification of the
Comptroller General of the United States in connection with official
representation and reception expenses; services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem
rate equivalent to the rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule (5
U.S.C. 5315); hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in
foreign countries in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits
comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), 901(6) and 901(8) of
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6) and
4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller General
of the United States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries
and travel benefits comparable with those which are now or hereafter
may be granted single employees of the Agency for International
Development, including single Foreign Service personnel assigned to AID
projects, by the Administrator of the Agency for International
Development--or his designee--under the authority of section 636(b) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2396(b));
-$-4-3-9-,-5-2-5-,-0-0-0 $443,360,000: Provided, That not more than
$1,000,000 of reimbursements received incident to the operation of the
General Accounting Office Building shall be available for use in fiscal
year 1995: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105
hereafter amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller General pursuant to
that section shall be deposited to the appropriation of the General
Accounting Office then available and remain available until expended,
and not more than $6,000,000 of such funds shall be available for use
in fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That this appropriation and
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department or
agency which is a member of the Joint Financial Management Improvement
Program (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an appropriate share of
JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, including the salary of the
Executive Director and secretarial support: Provided further, That this
appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any
other department or agency which is a member of the National
Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit
Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share of Forum costs
as determined by the Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-
Federal participants. Payments hereunder to either the Forum or the
JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation from which
costs involved are initially financed: Provided further, That to the
extent that funds are otherwise available for obligation, agreements or
contracts for the removal of asbestos, and renovation of the building
and building systems (including the heating, ventilation and air
conditioning system, electrical system and other major building
systems) of the General Accounting Office Building may be made for
periods not exceeding five years: Provided further, That this
appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any
other department or agency which is a member of the American Consortium
on International Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to
finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA,
including any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the
International Institute of Administrative Sciences.
TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be
used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for
emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations
relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives issued
by the Committee on House Administration and for the Senate issued by
the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Sec. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless
expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 303. Whenever any office or position not specifically
established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for
herein or whenever the rate of compensation or designation of any
position appropriated for herein is different from that specifically
established for such position by such Act, the rate of compensation and
the designation of the position, or either, appropriated for or
provided herein, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto:
Provided, That the provisions herein for the various items of official
expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House
of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the
House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect
thereto.
Sec. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or
under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
Sec. 305. The last sentence of section 307(a) of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C. 60-1 note) is repealed.
Sec. 306. Annual and sick leave balances of employees transferred
from the Office of the Director of Non-legislative and Financial
Services, House Postal Operations, to the Architect of the Capitol, as
of October 31, 1993, shall be credited to the leave accounts of such
personnel, subject to the provisions of section 6304 of title 5, United
States Code, upon their transfer to the appropriation for House office
buildings.
Sec. 307. (a) Civil Service Retirement System.--The first sentence
of section 8335(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``55'' and inserting ``57''.
(b) Federal Employees' Retirement System.--(1) Section 8425 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in the first sentence of subsection (b) by striking
``member of the Capitol Police or'' and ``member or'';
(B) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
(C) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
``(c) A member of the Capitol Police who is otherwise eligible for
immediate retirement under section 8412(d) shall be separated from the
service on the last day of the month in which such member becomes 57
years of age or completes 20 years of service if then over that age.
The Capitol Police Board, when in its judgment the public interest so
requires, may exempt such a member from automatic separation under this
subsection until that member becomes 60 years of age. The Board shall
notify the member in writing of the date of separation at least 60 days
before that date. Action to separate the member is not effective,
without the consent of the member, until the last day of the month in
which the 60-day notice expires.''.
(2) Section 8415(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``(a) or (b)'' and inserting ``(a), (b), or (c)''.
Sec. 308. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and Products.--It
is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable,
all equipment and products purchased with funds made available in this
Act should be American-made.
(b) Notice to Grantees and Contractors.--In providing financial
assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using
funds made available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to
the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice
describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress.
Sec. 309. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 is amended in the first
sentence of subsection (a) by striking ``1994'' and inserting ``1995''.
Sec. 310. Provided, That upon enactment of this Act, of the funds
appropriated to the Clerk of the House in the Fiscal Year 1986 Urgent
Supplemental Appropriations Act, Public Law 99-349, and subsequently
transferred to the Architect of the Capitol pursuant to the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1989, Public Law 100-458, for Capitol
Complex Security Enhancements, made available until expended, not to
exceed $2,015,000 may be obligated and disbursed for the purchase and
installation of x-ray machines and magnetometers.
This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1995''.
Passed the House of Representatives May 26, 1994.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
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Calendar No. 460
103d CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4454
[Report No. 103-283]
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AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1995, and for other purposes.
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June 7, 1994
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations
June 14 (legislative day, June 7), 1994
Reported with amendments