Title I: Congressional Operations - Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 2001 - Makes appropriations for the Senate for: (1) a payment to Nancy Nally Coverdell, widow of Paul D. Coverdell, late a Senator from Georgia; (2) expense allowances; (3) representation allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders; (4) salaries of specified officers, employees, and committees (including the Committee on Appropriations); (5) agency contributions for employee benefits; (6) inquiries and investigations; (7) the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; (8) the Offices of the Secretary, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper of the Senate; (9) miscellaneous items; (10) the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account; and (11) official mail costs.
(Sec. 1) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1965 to require, with respect to semiannual statements of expenditures by the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, each report of the Secretary of the Senate (except for specified expenditures) to be compiled at a summary level for each Senate office authorized to obligate appropriated funds.
(Sec. 2) Amends the Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970 to provide for locality pay adjustments for Senate employees in the Washington, D.C. - Baltimore, Maryland consolidated metropolitan statistical area consistent with executive branch, judicial branch, and other legislative branch employees.
(Sec. 3) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 to require agency contributions for employees of Senate Hair Care Services to be paid from the appropriations account for Salaries, Officers, and Employees in lieu of the Senate Hair Care Services Revolving Fund.
(Sec. 4) Establishes the Senate Health and Fitness Facility Revolving Fund. Requires the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) to deposit in the Fund any amounts received: (1) as dues or other assessments for use of the Senate Health and Fitness Facility; and (2) from the operation of the Senate waste recycling program. Makes such amounts, under specified conditions, available to the AOC, without fiscal year limitations, for payment of the Facility's costs.
(Sec. 5) Authorizes for each fiscal year, beginning in FY 2002, a specified expense allowance for the Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, to be paid only as reimbursement for actual expenses incurred, under specified conditions. Declares that such amounts shall not be reported as income and shall not be allowed as a deduction under the Internal Revenue Code.
(Sec. 6) Permits the head of the employing office of a Senate employee, upon termination of the employee's employment, to authorize payment of a lump sum for the employee's accrued annual leave if certain conditions are met. Requires the employee, if reemployed as an Senate employee before the end of the period covered by the lump sum payment, to refund an amount equal to the leave pay for the period between the reemployment date and the expiration of the lump sum period.
(Sec. 7) Requires agency contributions for employees of the Joint Economic Committee to be paid from the Senate appropriations account for Salaries, Officers, and Employees.
(Sec. 8) Amends Federal law with respect to the United States Senate Collection to: (1) revise the categories of collectibles from items of art, fine art, and historical items to make them works of art, historical objects, documents, or material relating to historical matters; and (2) change its name from mandatory to discretionary (allowing for a change of name without statutory mandate).
Makes appropriations for the House of Representatives for: (1) House leadership offices; (2) Members' representational allowances; (3) committee employees; (4) officers and employees; (5) specified allowances and expenses; and (6) the House Child Care Center.
(Sec. 101) Authorizes the Chief Administrative Officer of the House to enter into: (1) contracts for the acquisition of severable services for a period that begins in one fiscal year and ends in the next to the same extent as the head of an executive agency under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949; and (2) multi-year contracts for the acquisition of property and nonaudit-related services to the same extent as executive agencies under such Act.
(Sec. 102) Amends the House Employees Position Classification Act to permit new House employees to be placed above the minimum step of the appropriate House compensation level.
(Sec. 103) Makes amounts appropriated under this Act for "House of Representatives Salaries and Expenses - Members' Representational Allowances" available for FY 2001 only. Requires amounts remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for FY 2001 to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or, if there is no Federal budget deficit, for reducing the Federal debt.
(Sec. 104) Appropriates a specified sum for payment to the Prince William County Public Schools for educational services for the son of Evelyn Gibson, widow of Detective John Michael Gibson, U.S. Capitol Police.
Makes appropriations for: (1) the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2001, and the Joint Economic and Taxation Committees; (2) the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) the Capitol Police Board; (4) the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office; (5) the Office of Compliance; (6) the Congressional Budget Office; (7) the AOC for salaries and expenses, Capitol buildings and grounds, Senate and House office buildings, and the Capitol power plant; (8) the Library of Congress for Congressional Research Service (CRS) salaries and expenses; and (9) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding.
(Sec. 105) Requires the Secretary of Defense, upon request, to provide protective services on a non-reimbursable basis to the U.S. Capitol Police for the inauguration of the President-elect and Vice President-elect, and for the joint session of Congress held to receive the President's State of the Union address.
(Sec. 107) Requires: (1) the Chief Administrative Officer of the Capitol Police, or when there is no such Officer, the Capitol Police Board to appoint certifying officers to certify all vouchers for payment from funds made available to the Capitol Police. Specifies the accountability of such certifying officers, and provides for enforcement of their liability.
(Sec. 108) Establishes within the Capitol Police an Office of Administration to be headed by a Chief Administrative Officer, who shall be appointed by the Comptroller General and serve at the Comptroller General's pleasure. Specifies the areas of the Officer's responsibility regarding the Capitol Police such as budgeting, financial management, information technology, and human resources.
Provides that: (1) as of the beginning of FY 2002, unless otherwise determined by the Comptroller General, the Chief Administrative Officer will cease to be an employee of the General Accounting Office and will become a Capitol Police employee; and (2) the Capitol Police Board shall assume all of the Comptroller General's responsibilities under this title.
(Sec. 109) Modifies the annual salary of the Chief of the Capitol Police from level IV of the Executive Schedule to level ES-4 of the Senior Executive Service.
(Sec. 110) Authorizes the Congressional Budget Office, to the same extent as executive agencies under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, to enter into: (1) contracts for procurement of severable services beginning in one fiscal year and ending in the next; and (2) multi-year contracts for acquisition of property and services.
(Sec. 111) Authorizes appropriations to the Clerk of the House for congressional printing and binding services.
Requires: (1) the Clerk to study and report to specified congressional committees on the needs of the House for congressional printing and binding services during FY 2002, 2003, and succeeding fiscal years, including an analysis of the most cost-effective program or programs for providing printed or other media-based publications for House uses; and (2) the committees to review the study and prepare regulations or other materials (including proposals for legislation) appropriate to enable the Clerk to carry out such services.
Title II: Other Agencies - Appropriates funds for salaries and expenses for: (1) the Botanic Garden; and (2) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses, the Copyright Office, Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, and furniture and furnishings.
Specifies administrative provisions for the Library of Congress identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2000.
(Sec. 206) Reduces the obligational authority of the Library from FY 2001 levels for reimbursable and revolving fund activities funded from sources other than appropriations to the Library in appropriation Acts for the legislative branch.
(Sec. 207) Amends Federal law to authorize the AOC, within 90 days after acquisition of certain real property for the Library of Congress, to transfer a limited amount of funds to the entity from which the property was acquired.
(Sec. 208) Authorizes the Librarian of Congress to convert to permanent positions 84 indefinite, time-limited positions in the National Digital Library Program authorized in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 for the Library of Congress.
Authorizes the Librarian to fill these permanent positions through the non-competitive conversion of the incumbents in the indefinite-not-to-exceed positions to permanent positions.
(Sec. 209) Authorizes the Librarian of Congress, during FY 2001 and ensuing fiscal years, to transfer to and among available accounts, subject to the approval of specified congressional committees, amounts appropriated to the Library from funds for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, and office and library equipment.
(Sec. 210) Allows any employee of the Library of Congress Child Development Center, who elects by certain dates to be covered by this title, to be credited under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) for service as a Center employee, subject to specified conditions.
Sets forth provisions making such individuals eligible for: (1) FERS survivor annuities and disability benefits; (2) contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan; and (3) Federal health and life insurance coverage.
Makes appropriations for: (1) the AOC for Library buildings and grounds; and (2) salaries and expenses of the GPO's Office of Superintendent of Documents and for the General Accounting Office.
Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth authorized or prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2000.
(Sec. 305) Sets forth Buy American requirements.
(Sec. 308) Prohibits any appropriation contained in this Act for the AOC or the Botanic Garden from being obligated or expended for a construction contract in excess of $100,000, unless such contract requires liquidated damages according to a specified formula for contractor caused delay.
(Sec. 309) Amends Federal law to extend for one year the availability of funds for the Senate art collection.
(Sec. 310) Amends the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act to extend: (1) the pilot Russian Leadership Program in the Library of Congress through FY 2001; and (2) the permanent Program (in its presidentially designated executive agency) and its Advisory Board through FY 2002.
(Sec. 311) Allows any State to request the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress to approve the replacement of a statue the State has provided for display in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol, under certain terms and conditions.
Directs the AOC, upon the Committee's approval, to relocate within the Capitol any of the statues received from the States before this Act's enactment, and to provide for the reception, location, and relocation of such statues received hereafter.
(Sec. 312) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 to increase the amount of funds that may be accepted and made available for obligation by the AOC for constructing, equipping, and maintaining the National Garden.
Allows the AOC to solicit, receive, accept, and hold amounts under the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 in excess of such increased amount. Prohibits AOC expenditure of such amount (and interest thereon) without approval in appropriations Acts as required by such Act.
(Sec. 313) Establishes in the legislative branch the Center for Russian Leadership Development, which shall establish a program to enable emerging political leaders of Russia at all levels of government to gain significant, firsthand exposure to the American free market economic system and the operation of American democratic institutions through visits to governments and communities at comparable levels in the United States. Requires the Center to establish a program under which it shall annually award grants to government or community organizations in the United States that seek to establish programs to host such Russian nationals. Limits: (1) the stay of each grant recipient to 30 days; and (2) the number of such grant recipients to 3,000 in any fiscal year. Specifies the use of such grants.
Establishes the Russian Leadership Development Center Trust Fund in the Treasury.
Applies the same administrative provisions to the Center as those of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 concerning the John C. Stennis Center for the Public Service Training and Development.
Authorizes the Library of Congress to provide administrative, legal, financial management, and other appropriate services to the Center. Authorizes appropriations.
(Sec. 314) Requires the Comptroller General to submit an assessment to Congress which contains an analysis of the new computer performance levels being proposed by the President under the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 1998.
Title IV: Emergency Fiscal Year 2000 Supplemental Legislative Branch Funds - Makes emergency FY 2000 supplemental appropriations for: (1) the Capitol Police Board; (2) the AOC for Capitol buildings and grounds and the House office buildings; and (3) the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Division B - Enacts into law H.R. 4985 (Treasury Department, U.S. Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies appropriations).
(Sec. 1002) Amends the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2000 to reinstate certain provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 in order to provide that: (1) Supplemental Security Income benefit payments for October 2000 be delivered on Monday, October 2; and (2) veterans' benefits otherwise payable on Sunday, October 1, 2000 will be delivered on Friday, September 29, 2000. Reinstates the limit on outlays set forth in a specified budget resolution for the 106th Congress for: (1) defense spending for FY 2001; and (2) for nondefense spending.
(Sec. 1003) Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on telephone and other communication services.
Requires the Comptroller General to identify and report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the extent to which the benefits of such repeal are passed through to individual and business consumers; and (2) any actions by communication service providers or others that diminish such benefits, including increases in any regulated or unregulated communication service provider charges or increases in other Federal or State fees or taxes related to such service occurring since the date of such repeal.
[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4516 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 350
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4516
[Report No. 106-635]
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 23, 2000
Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, from the Committee on Appropriations,
reported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of
the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, 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, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives,
$749,210,000, as follows:
house leadership offices
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $13,998,000,
including: Office of the Speaker, $1,711,000, including $25,000 for
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader,
$1,677,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,039,000, including
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $1,427,000,
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of
the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,
$1,065,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority
Whip; Speaker's Office for Legislative Floor Activities, $399,000;
Republican Steering Committee, $744,000; Republican Conference,
$1,220,000; Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,315,000;
Democratic Caucus, $649,000; nine minority employees, $1,196,000;
training and program development--majority $278,000; and training and
program development--minority, $278,000.
Members' Representational Allowances
Including Members' Clerk Hire, Official Expenses of Members, and
Official Mail
For Members' representational allowances, including Members' clerk
hire, official expenses, and official mail, $400,527,000.
Committee Employees
Standing Committees, Special and Select
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and
select, authorized by House resolutions, $89,896,000: Provided, That
such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until
December 31, 2002.
Committee on Appropriations
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations,
$20,231,000, including studies and examinations of executive agencies
and temporary personal services for such committee, to be expended in
accordance with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services
performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such
salaries and expenses until December 31, 2002.
salaries, officers and employees
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as
authorized by law, $86,369,000, including: for salaries and expenses of
the Office of the Clerk, including not more than $3,500, of which not
more than $2,500 is for the Family Room, for official representation
and reception expenses, $14,286,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position of
Superintendent of Garages, and including not more than $750 for
official representation and reception expenses, $3,596,000; for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, $54,997,000, of which $1,054,000 shall remain available until
expended, including $24,912,000 for salaries, expenses and temporary
personal services of House Information Resources, of which $24,327,000
is provided herein: Provided, That of the amount provided for House
Information Resources, $5,760,000 shall be for net expenses of
telecommunications: Provided further, That House Information Resources
is authorized to receive reimbursement from Members of the House of
Representatives and other governmental entities for services provided
and such reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to
this account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General, $3,197,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General
Counsel, $806,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, $140,000; for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, including
the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules,
$1,172,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision
Counsel of the House, $2,045,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $5,085,000; for
salaries and expenses of the Corrections Calendar Office, $832,000; and
for other authorized employees, $213,000.
allowances and expenses
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or
law, $138,189,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs
and Federal tort claims, $1,960,000; official mail for committees,
leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000;
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and
other applicable employee benefits, $135,426,000; 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, $393,000.
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.
Administrative Provisions
Sec. 101. During fiscal year 2001 and any succeeding fiscal year,
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives may--
(1) enter into contracts for the acquisition of severable
services for a period that begins in one fiscal year and ends
in the next fiscal year to the same extent as the head of an
executive agency under the authority of section 303L of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41
U.S.C. 253l); and
(2) enter into multi-year contracts for the acquisitions of
property and nonaudit-related services to the same extent as
executive agencies under the authority of section 304B of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41
U.S.C. 254c).
Sec. 102. (a) Permitting New House Employees To Be Placed Above
Minimum Step of Compensation Level.--The House Employees Position
Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 291 et seq.) is amended by striking
section 10 (2 U.S.C. 299).
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to employees appointed on or after October 1, 2000.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
Joint Economic Committee
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee,
$3,072,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
Joint Committee on Taxation
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation,
$6,174,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the
House.
For other joint items, as follows:
Office of the Attending Physician
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the
emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his assistants,
including: (1) an allowance of $1,500 per month to the Attending
Physician; (2) an allowance of $500 per month each to three medical
officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) an
allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and $400 per month each
not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such
assistants; and (4) $1,159,904 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, $1,835,000, to be disbursed by
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.
Capitol Police Board
Capitol Police
salaries
For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers, members, and
employees of the Capitol Police, including overtime, hazardous duty pay
differential, clothing allowance of not more than $600 each for members
required to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for
health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee
benefits, $70,120,000, of which $33,586,000 is provided to the Sergeant
at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the Chief
Administrative Officer of the House, and $36,534,000 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
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,
security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies,
materials, training, medical services, forensic services, stenographic
services, personal and professional 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, $6,549,000, to
be disbursed by the Capitol Police Board or their delegee: 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 2001 shall be paid by the Secretary of the
Treasury from funds available to the Department of the Treasury.
Administrative Provisions
Sec. 103. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for the Capitol
Police Board for the Capitol Police may be transferred between the
headings ``salaries'' and ``general expenses'' upon the approval of--
(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives, in the case of amounts transferred from the
appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of
Representatives under the heading ``salaries'';
(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in the
case of amounts transferred from the appropriation provided to
the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate under the
heading ``salaries''; and
(3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the
House of Representatives, in the case of other transfers.
Sec. 104. (a) Appointment of Certifying Officers of the Capitol
Police.--The Chief Administrative Officer of the U.S. Capitol Police,
or when there is not a Chief Administrative Officer the Capitol Police
Board, shall appoint certifying officers to certify all vouchers for
payment from funds made available to the United States Capitol Police.
(b) Responsibility and Accountability of Certifying Officers.--
(1) In general.--Each officer or employee of the Capitol
Police who has been duly authorized in writing by the Chief
Administrative Officer, or the Capitol Police Board if there is
not a Chief Administrative Officer, to certify vouchers
pursuant to subsection (a) shall--
(A) be held responsible for the existence and
correctness of the facts recited in the certificate or
otherwise stated on the voucher or its supporting
papers and for the legality of the proposed payment
under the appropriation or fund involved;
(B) be held responsible and accountable for the
correctness of the computations of certified vouchers;
and
(C) be held accountable for and required to make
good to the United States the amount of any illegal,
improper, or incorrect payment resulting from any
false, inaccurate, or misleading certificate made by
such officer or employee, as well as for any payment
prohibited by law or which did not represent a legal
obligation under the appropriation or fund involved.
(2) Relief by comptroller general.--The Comptroller General
may, at the Comptroller General's discretion, relieve such
certifying officer or employee of liability for any payment
otherwise proper if the Comptroller General finds--
(A) that the certification was based on official
records and that the certifying officer or employee did
not know, and by reasonable diligence and inquiry could
not have ascertained, the actual facts; or
(B) that the obligation was incurred in good faith,
that the payment was not contrary to any statutory
provision specifically prohibiting payments of the
character involved, and the United States has received
value for such payment.
(c) Enforcement of Liability.--The liability of the certifying
officers of the United States Capitol Police shall be enforced in the
same manner and to the same extent as currently provided with respect
to the enforcement of the liability of disbursing and other accountable
officers, and such officers shall have the right to apply for and
obtain a decision by the Comptroller General on any question of law
involved in a payment on any vouchers presented to them for
certification.
Sec. 105. Chief Administrative Officer.--(a) There shall be within
the Capitol Police an Office of Administration to be headed by a Chief
Administrative Officer:
(1) The Chief Administrative Officer shall be appointed by
the Comptroller General after consultation with the Capitol
Police Board, and shall report to and serve at the pleasure of
the Comptroller General.
(2) The Comptroller General shall appoint as Chief
Administrative Officer an individual with the knowledge and
skills necessary to carry out the responsibilities for
budgeting, financial management, information technology, and
human resource management described in this section.
(3) The Chief Administrative Officer shall receive basic
pay at a rate determined by the Comptroller General, but not to
exceed the annual rate of basic pay payable for ES-2 of the
Senior Executive Service Basic Rates Schedule established for
members of the Senior Executive Service of the General
Accounting Office under section 733 of title 31.
(4) The Capitol Police shall reimburse from available
appropriations any costs incurred by the General Accounting
Office under this section.
(b) The Chief Administrative Officer shall have the following areas
of responsibility:
(1) Budgeting.--The Chief Administrative Officer shall--
(A) after consulting with the Chief of Police on
the portion of the budget covering uniformed police
force personnel, prepare and submit to the Capitol
Police Board an annual budget for the Capitol Police;
(B) execute the budget and monitor through periodic
examinations the execution of the Capitol Police budget
in relation to actual obligations and expenditures.
(2) Financial management.--The Chief Administrative Officer
shall--
(A) oversee all financial management activities
relating to the programs and operations of the Capitol
Police;
(B) develop and maintain an integrated accounting
and financial system for the Capitol Police, including
financial reporting and internal controls, which--
(i) complies with applicable accounting
principles, standards, and requirements, and
internal control standards;
(ii) complies with any other requirements
applicable to such systems;
(iii) provides for--
(I) complete, reliable, consistent,
and timely information which is
prepared on a uniform basis and which
is responsive to financial information
needs of the Capitol Police;
(II) the development and reporting
of cost information;
(III) the integration of accounting
and budgeting information; and
(IV) the systematic measurement of
performance;
(C) direct, manage, and provide policy guidance and
oversight of Capitol Police financial management
personnel, activities, and operations, including--
(i) the recruitment, selection, and
training of personnel to carry out Capitol
Police financial management functions; and
(ii) the implementation of Capitol Police
asset management systems, including systems for
cash management, debt collection, and property
and inventory management and control; and
(D) the Chief Administrative Officer shall prepare
annual financial statements for the Capitol Police and
provide for an annual audit of the financial statements
by an independent public accountant in accordance with
generally accepted government auditing standards.
(3) Information technology.--The Chief Administrative
Officer shall--
(A) direct, coordinate, and oversee the
acquisition, use, and management of information
technology by the Capitol Police;
(B) promote and oversee the use of information
technology to improve the efficiency and effectiveness
of programs of the Capitol Police; and
(C) establish and enforce information technology
principles, guidelines, and objectives, including
developing and maintaining an information technology
architecture for the Capitol Police.
(4) Human resources.--The Chief Administrative Officer
shall--
(A) direct, coordinate, and oversee human resource
management activities of the Capitol Police, except
that with respect to uniformed police force personnel,
the Chief Administrative Officer shall perform these
activities in cooperation with the Chief of the Capitol
Police;
(B) develop and monitor payroll and time and
attendance systems and employee services; and
(C) develop and monitor processes for recruiting,
selecting, appraising, and promoting employees.
(c) Administrative provisions with respect to the Office of
Administration:
(1) The Chief Administrative Officer is authorized to
select, appoint, employ, and discharge such officers and
employees as may be necessary to carry out the functions,
powers, and duties of the Office of Administration but he shall
not have the authority to hire or discharge uniformed police
force personnel.
(2) The Chief Administrative Officer may utilize resources
of another agency on a reimbursable basis to be paid from
available appropriations of the Capitol Police.
(d) No later than 180 days after appointment, the Chief
Administrative Officer shall prepare, after consultation with the
Capitol Police Board and the Chief of the Capitol Police, a plan--
(1) describing the policies, procedures, and actions the
Chief Administrative Officer will take in carrying out the
responsibilities assigned under this section;
(2) identifying and defining responsibilities and roles of
all offices, bureaus, and divisions of the Capitol Police for
budgeting, financial management, information technology, and
human resources management; and
(3) detailing mechanisms for ensuring that the offices,
bureaus, and divisions perform their responsibilities and roles
in a coordinated and integrated manner.
(e) No later than September 30, 2001, the Chief Administrative
Officer shall prepare, after consultation with the Capitol Police Board
and the Chief of the Capitol Police, a report on the Chief
Administrative Officer's progress in implementing the plan described in
subsection (d) and recommendations to improve the budgeting, financial,
information technology, and human resources management of the Capitol
Police, including organizational, accounting and administrative
control, and personnel changes.
(f) The Chief Administrative Officer shall submit the plan required
in subsection (d) and the report required in subsection (e) to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and of the
Senate, the Committee on House Administration of the House of
Representatives, and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate.
(g) As of October 1, 2002, unless otherwise determined by the
Comptroller General, the Chief Administrative Officer established by
section (a) will cease to be an employee of the General Accounting
Office and will become an employee of the Capitol Police, and the
Capitol Police Board shall assume all responsibilities of the
Comptroller General under this section.
Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and Special
Services Office, $2,201,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the
Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to employ
more than 43 individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide
Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than two
additional individuals for not more than 120 days each, and not more
than 10 additional individuals for not more than 6 months each, for the
Capitol Guide Service.
Statements of Appropriations
For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, of the
statements for the second session of the One Hundred Sixth Congress,
showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts
authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular
appropriations Acts as required by law, $29,000, to be paid to the
persons designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise the
work.
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as
authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability Act of
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $1,816,000.
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
more than $3,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director of
the Congressional Budget Office in connection with official
representation and reception expenses, $25,100,000: Provided, That no
part of such amount may be used for the purchase or hire of a passenger
motor vehicle.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Capitol Buildings and Grounds
capitol buildings
salaries and expenses
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant
Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of pay
provided by law; for surveys and studies in connection with activities
under the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary
expenses for the 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 more than $1,000 for official
reception and representation expenses, to be expended as the Architect
of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance and
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; and not to exceed $20,000 for
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, $41,953,000, of which
$4,280,000 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, $4,557,000, of which $25,000 shall remain
available until expended.
house office buildings
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation
of the House office buildings, $29,685,000, of which $123,000 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, the Union Station complex,
the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger
Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed
upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so received
shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of this
appropriation, $38,555,000, of which $200,000 shall remain available
until expended: Provided, That not more than $4,400,000 of the funds
credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided
shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2001.
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, $66,200,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may be used
to pay any salary or expense in connection with any publication, or
preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public General
Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress unless such publication
has obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House
Administration of the House of Representatives or the Committee on
Rules and Administration of the Senate.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Congressional Printing and Binding
(including transfer of funds)
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and the
distribution of Congressional information in any format; printing and
binding of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed
to Members of Congress, $65,457,000: Provided, That this appropriation
shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of the
Congressional Record for individual Senators, 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: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-
year limitation under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none
of the funds appropriated or made available under this Act or any other
Act for printing and binding and related services provided to Congress
under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may be expended to
print a document, report, or publication after the 27-month period
beginning on the date that such document, report, or publication is
authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such
printing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States
Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in
this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal
years may be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving
fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate.
Administrative Provision
Sec. 106. (a) Congressional Printing and Binding Through Clerk of
House and Secretary of Senate.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any provision of title 44,
United States Code, or any other law, there are authorized to
be appropriated to the Clerk of the House of Representatives
and the Secretary of the Senate such sums as may be necessary
for congressional printing and binding services.
(2) Preparation of estimates.--Estimated expenditures and
proposed appropriations for congressional printing and binding
services shall be prepared and submitted by the Clerk of the
House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in
accordance with title 31, United States Code, in the same
manner as estimates and requests are prepared for other
legislative branch services under such title, except that such
requests shall be based upon the results of the study conducted
under subsection (b) (with respect to any fiscal year covered
by such study).
(3) Effective date.--This subsection shall apply with
respect to fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year.
(b) Study.--
(1) In general.--During fiscal year 2001, the Clerk of the
House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate shall
conduct a comprehensive study of the needs of the House and
Senate for congressional printing and binding services during
fiscal year 2003 and succeeding fiscal years (including
transitional issues during fiscal year 2002), and shall include
in the study an analysis of the most cost-effective program or
programs for providing printed or other media-based
publications for House and Senate uses.
(2) Submission to committees.--The Clerk and the Secretary
shall submit the study conducted under paragraph (1) to the
Committee on House Administration of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration
of the Senate, who shall review the study and prepare such
regulations or other materials (including proposals for
legislation) as each considers appropriate to enable the Clerk
and the Secretary to carry out congressional printing and
binding services in accordance with this section.
(c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``congressional printing
and binding services'' means the following services:
(1) Authorized printing and binding for the Congress and
the distribution of congressional information in any format.
(2) Printing and binding for the Architect of the Capitol.
(3) Preparing the semimonthly and session index to the
Congressional Record.
(4) Printing and binding of Government publications
authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress.
(5) Printing, binding, and distribution of Government
publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge
to the recipient.
This title may be cited as the ``Congressional Operations
Appropriations Act, 2001''.
TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES
BOTANIC GARDEN
salaries and expenses
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, $3,216,000.
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 records and other publications of the
Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses
of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to
the income of any trust fund held by the Board, $269,864,000, of which
not more than $6,500,000 shall be derived from collections credited to
this appropriation during fiscal year 2001, and shall remain available
until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat.
480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from
collections during fiscal year 2001 and shall remain available until
expended for the development and maintenance of an international legal
information database and activities related thereto: Provided, That the
Library of Congress may not obligate or expend any funds derived from
collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount
authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts:
Provided further, That the total amount available for obligation shall
be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than the
$6,850,000: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
$10,459,575 is to remain available until expended for acquisition of
books, periodicals, newspapers, and all other materials including
subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, including
$40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically
approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials for
additions to the collections: Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated, $2,506,000 is to remain available until expended
for the acquisition and partial support for implementation of an
Integrated Library System (ILS): Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated, $5,957,800 is to remain available until expended
for the purpose of teaching educators how to incorporate the Library's
digital collections into school curricula, which amount shall be
transferred to the educational consortium formed to conduct the
``Joining Hands Across America: Local Community Initiative'' project as
approved by the Library: Provided further, That of the total amount
appropriated, $404,000 is to remain available until expended for a
collaborative digitization and telecommunications project with the
United States Military Academy and any remaining balance is available
for other Library purposes.
Copyright Office
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $38,771,000, of
which not more than $26,000,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during
fiscal year 2001 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d): Provided, That the Copyright
Office may not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections
under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), in excess of the amount authorized for
obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further,
That not more than $5,783,000 shall be derived from collections during
fiscal year 2001 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and
1005: Provided further, That the total amount available for obligation
shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than
$31,783,000: Provided further, That not more than $100,000 of the
amount appropriated is available for the maintenance of an
``International Copyright Institute'' in the Copyright Office of the
Library of Congress for the purpose of training nationals of developing
countries in intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further,
That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the certification of the
Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation and
reception expenses for activities of the International Copyright
Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and seminars.
Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
salaries and expenses
For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 1931
(chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $48,507,000, of which
$14,135,000 shall remain available until expended.
Furniture and Furnishings
For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation, maintenance,
and repair of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,
$5,394,000.
Administrative Provisions
Sec. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of
Congress shall be available, in an amount of not more than $199,630, of
which $59,300 is for the Congressional Research Service, when
specifically authorized by the Librarian of Congress, 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. Of the amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in
this Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the certification of
the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation
and reception expenses for the incentive awards program.
Sec. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library of Congress in
this Act, not more than $12,000 may be expended, on the certification
of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official
representation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.
Sec. 206. (a) For fiscal year 2001, the obligational authority of
the Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection (b)
may not exceed $92,845,000.
(b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are reimbursable
and revolving fund activities that are funded from sources other than
appropriations to the Library in appropriations Acts for the
legislative branch.
Sec. 207. Section 1 of an Act to authorize acquisition of certain
real property for the Library of Congress, and for other purposes,
approved December 15, 1997 (2 U.S.C. 141 note) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subsection:
``(c) Transfer Payment by Architect.--Notwithstanding the
limitation on reimbursement or transfer of funds under subsection (a)
of this section, the Architect of the Capitol may, not later than 90
days after acquisition of the property under this section, transfer
funds to the entity from which the property was acquired by the
Architect of the Capitol. Such transfers may not exceed a total of
$16,500,000.''.
Sec. 208. The Librarian of Congress may convert to permanent
positions 84 indefinite, time-limited positions in the National Digital
Library Program authorized in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act
for Fiscal Year 1996 for the Library of Congress under the heading,
``Salaries and Expenses'' (Public Law 104-53). Notwithstanding any
other provision of law regarding qualifications and methods of
appointment of employees of the Library of Congress, the Librarian may
fill these permanent positions through the non-competitive conversion
of the incumbents in the ``indefinite-not-to-exceed'' positions to
``permanent'' positions.
Sec. 209. During fiscal year 2001 and fiscal years thereafter, the
Librarian of Congress may transfer among available accounts amounts
appropriated to the Library and amounts appropriated to the Architect
of the Capitol for the mechanical and structural maintenance, care and
operation of Library buildings and grounds, with the approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives. Amounts so transferred shall be merged with and be
available for the same purpose for the same period as the appropriation
or account to which transferred. This transfer authority is in addition
to any other transfer authority provided by law. The Librarian shall
consult with the Architect of the Capitol before proposing transfers
involving amounts appropriated to the Architect.
Sec. 210. The Library of Congress may for such employees as it
deems appropriate authorize a payment to employees who voluntarily
separate before January 1, 2001, whether by retirement or resignation,
which payment shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of
section 5597(d) of title 5, United States Code.
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,
$15,133,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Office of Superintendent of Documents
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary
to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications
and their on-line access to the public, Members of Congress, other
Government agencies, and designated depository and international
exchange libraries as authorized by law, $11,606,000: Provided, That
travel expenses, including travel expenses of the Depository Library
Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed $175,000: Provided
further, That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current year
appropriations are available for the cost of publications distributed
in prior years: Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended
balances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding
fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Printing Office
revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject
to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate.
Government Printing Office Revolving Fund
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 9104 of title 31, United
States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and
purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for the
Government Printing Office revolving fund: Provided, That not more than
$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 not more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided
further, That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the
advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to
carry out the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided
further, That the revolving fund shall be available for temporary or
intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States
Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent
of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule
under section 5316 of such title: Provided further, That the revolving
fund and the funds provided under the headings ``Office of
Superintendent of Documents'' and ``salaries and expenses'' together
may not be available for the full-time equivalent employment of more
than 3,285 workyears (or such other number of workyears as the Public
Printer may request, subject to the approval of the Committees on
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives):
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 more than $10,000 to be expended on the certification of the
Comptroller General of the United States in connection with official
representation and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at
rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual
rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section
5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance
payments in foreign countries in accordance with 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, $351,529,000: Provided, That not more than $1,900,000 of
payments received under 31 U.S.C. 782 shall be available for use in
fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That not more than $1,100,000 of
reimbursements received under 31 U.S.C. 9105 shall be available for use
in fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That this appropriation and
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department or
agency which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum
or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to
finance an appropriate share of either Forum's costs as determined by
the respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-
Federal participants. Payments hereunder to the Forum may be credited
as reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs involved are
initially financed: Provided further, That this appropriation and
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department or
agency which is a member of the American Consortium on International
Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an
appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including
any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the International
Institute of Administrative Sciences.
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 the funds appropriated in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2001 unless
expressly so provided in this Act.
Sec. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position not
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is
appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designation of any
office or position appropriated for is different from that specifically
established by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation
in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided,
That the provisions in this Act for the various items of official
expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House
of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the
House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect
thereto.
Sec. 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. (a) 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) 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.
(c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency
that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made in
America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any
product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the
United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any contract
or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, pursuant
to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in
section 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
Sec. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated to the
account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of Public Law 104-1
to pay awards and settlements as authorized under such subsection.
Sec. 307. Amounts available for administrative expenses of any
legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative Branch
Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26,
1996, shall be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs
as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be
shared among all participating legislative branch entities (in such
allocations among the entities as the entities may determine) may not
exceed $252,000.
Sec. 308. (a) Reduction in Number of Authorized Positions for
Capitol Police and Library of Congress Police.--The number of full-time
equivalent officers and members of the United States Capitol Police and
the number of full-time equivalent officers and members of the Library
of Congress Police authorized for fiscal year 2001 shall be reduced by
the number of officers and members who retire, resign, or are otherwise
separated from employment with the United States Capitol Police or the
Library of Congress Police (as the case may be) during the fiscal year.
(b) Waiver.--The Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and Senate may waive or modify the application of
subsection (a).
Sec. 309. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act under
the heading ``Architect of the Capitol'' or ``Botanic Garden'' shall be
obligated or expended for a construction contract in excess of
$100,000, unless such contract includes a provision that requires
liquidated damages for contractor caused delay in an amount
commensurate with the daily net usable square foot cost of leasing
similar space in a first class office building within two miles of the
United States Capitol multiplied by the square footage to be
constructed under the contract.
Sec. 310. Upon request of the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, during
fiscal year 2001 the Secretary of Defense shall provide protective
services on a non-reimbursable basis to the United States Capitol
Police with respect to--
(1) the proceedings and ceremonies conducted for the
inauguration of the President-elect and Vice President-elect of
the United States; and
(2) the joint session of Congress held to receive a message
from the President of the United States on the State of the
Union.
This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 2001''.
Union Calendar No. 350
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4516
[Report No. 106-635]
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
May 23, 2000
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 209 (Roll no. 476).
Roll Call #476 (House)Conference papers: message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement held at the desk in Senate.
Conference report considered in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8731-8748)
Conference report considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S8788-8800)
Conference report disagreed to in Senate: Senate disagreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 28 - 69. Record Vote Number: 253.
Roll Call #253 (Senate)Senate disagreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 28 - 69. Record Vote Number: 253.
Roll Call #253 (Senate)Motion by Senator Stevens to reconsider the vote by which the conference report was not agreed to entered in Senate.
Motion by Senator Stevens to reconsider the vote by which the conference report was not agreed to was agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
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Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 58 - 37. Record Vote Number: 273.(consideration: CR S10333)
Roll Call #273 (Senate)Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 58 - 37. Record Vote Number: 273. (consideration: CR S10333)
Roll Call #273 (Senate)Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Vetoed by President.
Vetoed by President.
The Chair laid before the House the veto message from the President. (consideration: CR H11675-11681; text of Veto message: CR H11675)
Mr. Young (FL) moved to refer the bill and accompanying veto message to the Committee on Appropriations.
Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to refer the veto message and accompanying papers to the Committee on Appropriations.
On motion to refer the bill and the accompanying veto message to the Committee on Appropriations. Agreed to by voice vote.