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 section, 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 Appropriations - 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.
[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5657 Introduced in House (IH)]
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5657
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
December 14, 2000
Mr. Taylor of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Appropriations
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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
SENATE
payment to widows and heirs of deceased members of congress
For a payment to Nancy Nally Coverdell, widow of Paul D. Coverdell,
late a Senator from Georgia, $141,300.
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; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy
Committees, $3,000 for each Chairman; in all, $62,000.
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, $92,321,000, 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, $1,785,000.
office of the president pro tempore
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $453,000.
offices of the majority and minority leaders
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $2,742,000.
offices of the majority and minority whips
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $1,722,000.
committee on appropriations
For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $6,917,000.
conference committees
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the
Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairman of each
such committee, $1,152,000 for each such committee; in all, $2,304,000.
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, $590,000.
policy committees
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority
Policy Committee, $1,171,000 for each such committee; in all,
$2,342,000.
office of the chaplain
For Office of the Chaplain, $288,000.
office of the secretary
For Office of the Secretary, $14,738,000.
office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $34,811,000.
offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for
the Minority, $1,292,000.
agency contributions and related expenses
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by
law, and related expenses, $22,337,000.
Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel
of the Senate, $4,046,000.
Office of Senate Legal Counsel
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel,
$1,069,000.
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
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, $73,000,000.
expenses of the united states senate caucus on international narcotics
control
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International
Narcotics Control, $370,000.
secretary of the senate
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate,
$2,077,000.
sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper
of the Senate, $71,511,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2003.
miscellaneous items
For miscellaneous items, $8,655,000.
senators' official personnel and office expense account
For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account,
$253,203,000.
official mail costs
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate
$300,000.
administrative provisions
Section 1. Semiannual Report. (a) In General.--Section 105(a) of
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1965 (2 U.S.C. 104a) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(5)(A) Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (1) relating
to the level of detail of statement and itemization, each report by the
Secretary of the Senate required under such paragraph shall be compiled
at a summary level for each office of the Senate authorized to obligate
appropriated funds.
``(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to the reporting of
expenditures relating to personnel compensation, travel and
transportation of persons, other contractual services, and acquisition
of assets.
``(C) In carrying out this paragraph the Secretary of the Senate
shall apply the Standard Federal Object Classification of Expenses as
the Secretary determines appropriate.''.
(b) Effective Date and Application.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the amendment
made by this section shall take effect on the date of enactment
of this Act.
(2) First report after enactment.--The Secretary of the
Senate may elect to compile and submit the report for the
semiannual period during which the date of enactment of this
section occurs, as if the amendment made by this section had
not been enacted.
Sec. 2. Senate Employee Pay Adjustments. Section 4 of the Federal
Pay Comparability Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 60a-1) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by inserting ``(or section 5304 or 5304a of
such title, as applied to employees employed in the pay
locality of the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore, Maryland
consolidated metropolitan statistical area)'' after
``employees under section 5303 of title 5, United
States Code,''; and
(B) by inserting ``(and, as the case may be,
section 5304 or 5304a of such title, as applied to
employees employed in the pay locality of the
Washington, D.C.-Baltimore, Maryland consolidated
metropolitan statistical area)'' after ``the President
under such section 5303'';
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:
``(e) Any percentage used in any statute specifically providing for
an adjustment in rates of pay in lieu of an adjustment made under
section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, and, as the case may be,
section 5304 or 5304a of such title for any calendar year shall be
treated as the percentage used in an adjustment made under such section
5303, 5304, or 5304a, as applicable, for purposes of subsection (a).''.
Sec. 3. (a) Section 6(c) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 121b-1(c)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``and agency contributions'' in paragraph
(2)(A), and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Agency contributions for employees of Senate Hair
Care Services shall be paid from the appropriations account for
`Salaries, Officers and Employees'.''.
(b) This section shall apply to pay periods beginning on or after
October 1, 2000.
Sec. 4. (a) There is established in the Treasury of the United
States a revolving fund to be known as the Senate Health and Fitness
Facility Revolving Fund (``the revolving fund'').
(b) The Architect of the Capitol shall deposit in the revolving
fund--
(1) any amounts received as dues or other assessments for
use of the Senate Health and Fitness Facility, and
(2) any amounts received from the operation of the Senate
waste recycling program.
(c) Subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate, amounts in the revolving fund shall be available to the
Architect of the Capitol, without fiscal year limitation, for payment
of costs of the Senate Health and Fitness Facility.
(d) The Architect of the Capitol shall withdraw from the revolving
fund and deposit in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous
receipts all moneys in the revolving fund that the Architect determines
are in excess of the current and reasonably foreseeable needs of the
Senate Health and Fitness Facility.
(e) Subject to the approval of the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate, the Architect of the Capitol may issue
such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of
this section.
Sec. 5. For each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001), there is authorized an expense allowance
for the Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees which
shall not exceed $3,000 each fiscal year for each such Chairman; and
amounts from such allowance shall be paid to either of such Chairmen
only as reimbursement for actual expenses incurred by him and upon
certification and documentation of such expenses, and amounts so paid
shall not be reported as income and shall not be allowed as a deduction
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Sec. 6. (a) The head of the employing office of an employee of the
Senate may, upon termination of employment of the employee, authorize
payment of a lump sum for the accrued annual leave of that employee
if--
(1) the head of the employing office--
(A) has approved a written leave policy authorizing
employees to accrue leave and establishing the
conditions upon which accrued leave may be paid; and
(B) submits written certification to the Financial
Clerk of the Senate of the number of days of annual
leave accrued by the employee for which payment is to
be made under the written leave policy of the employing
office; and
(2) there are sufficient funds to cover the lump sum
payment.
(b)(1) A lump sum payment under this section shall not exceed the
lesser of--
(A) twice the monthly rate of pay of the employee; or
(B) the product of the daily rate of pay of the employee
and the number of days of accrued annual leave of the employee.
(2) The Secretary of the Senate shall determine the rates of pay of
an employee under paragraph (1)(A) and (B) on the basis of the annual
rate of pay of the employee in effect on the date of termination of
employment.
(c) Any payment under this section shall be paid from the
appropriation account or fund used to pay the employee.
(d) If an individual who received a lump sum payment under this
section is reemployed as an employee of the Senate before the end of
the period covered by the lump sum payment, the individual shall refund
an amount equal to the applicable pay covering the period between the
date of reemployment and the expiration of the lump sum period. Such
amount shall be deposited to the appropriation account or fund used to
pay the lump sum payment.
(e) The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate may
prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
(f) In this section, the term--
(1) ``employee of the Senate'' means any employee whose pay
is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, except that the
term does not include a member of the Capitol Police or a
civilian employee of the Capitol Police; and
(2) ``head of the employing office'' means any person with
the final authority to appoint, hire, discharge, and set the
terms, conditions, or privileges of the employment of an
individual whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the
Senate.
Sec. 7. (a) Agency contributions for employees whose salaries are
disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate from the appropriations
account ``Joint Economic Committee'' under the heading ``JOINT ITEMS''
shall be paid from the Senate appropriations account for ``Salaries,
Officers and Employees''.
(b) This section shall apply to pay periods beginning on or after
October 1, 2000.
Sec. 8. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 (40 U.S.C. 188b-6) is
amended--
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking
``items of art, fine art, and historical items'' and inserting
``works of art, historical objects, documents, or material
relating to historical matters for placement or exhibition'';
(2) in the second sentence of subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``such items'' each place it
appears and inserting ``such works, objects, documents,
or material'' in each such place; and
(B) by striking ``an item'' and inserting ``a work,
object, document, or material''; and
(3) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking ``such items of art'' and inserting
``such works, objects, documents, or materials''; and
(B) by striking ``shall'' and inserting ``may''.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives,
$769,551,000, as follows:
house leadership offices
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $14,378,000,
including: Office of the Speaker, $1,759,000, including $25,000 for
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader,
$1,726,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,096,000, including
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $1,466,000,
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of
the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,
$1,096,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority
Whip; Speaker's Office for Legislative Floor Activities, $410,000;
Republican Steering Committee, $765,000; Republican Conference,
$1,255,000; Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,352,000;
Democratic Caucus, $668,000; nine minority employees, $1,229,000;
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, $410,182,000.
Committee Employees
Standing Committees, Special and Select
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and
select, authorized by House resolutions, $92,196,000: 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,
$20,628,000, 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, $90,403,000, 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, $14,590,000; 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, $3,692,000; for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative
Officer, $58,550,000, of which $1,054,000 shall remain available until
expended, including $26,605,000 for salaries, expenses and temporary
personal services of House Information Resources, of which $26,020,000
is provided herein: Provided, That of the amount provided for House
Information Resources, $6,497,000 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, $3,249,000; 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,
$1,201,000; 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, $141,764,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs
and Federal tort claims, $2,235,000; 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, $138,726,000; 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 1 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 multiyear 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.
Sec. 103. (a) Requiring Amounts Remaining in Members'
Representational Allowances To Be Used for Deficit Reduction or To
Reduce the Federal Debt.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any amounts appropriated under this Act for ``HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--Members' Representational
Allowances'' shall be available only for fiscal year 2001. Any amount
remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for fiscal
year 2001 shall be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit
reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such
payments have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner
as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
(b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of the
House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations
to carry out this section.
(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``Member of the
House of Representatives'' means a Representative in, or a Delegate or
Resident Commissioner to, Congress.
Sec. 104. (a) There is hereby appropriated for payment to the
Prince William County Public Schools $215,000, to be used to pay for
educational services for the son of Mrs. Evelyn Gibson, the widow of
Detective John Michael Gibson of the United States Capitol Police.
(b) The payment under subsection (a) shall be made in accordance
with terms and conditions established by the Committee on House
Administration of the House of Representatives.
(c) The funds used for the payment made under subsection (a) shall
be derived from the applicable accounts of the House of
Representatives.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2001
For all construction expenses, salaries, and other expenses
associated with conducting the inaugural ceremonies of the President
and Vice President of the United States, January 20, 2001, in
accordance with such program as may be adopted by the joint committee
authorized by Senate Concurrent Resolution 89, agreed to March 14, 2000
(One Hundred Sixth Congress), and Senate Concurrent Resolution 90,
agreed to March 14, 2000 (One Hundred Sixth Congress), $1,000,000 to be
disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and to remain available until
September 30, 2001. Funds made available under this heading shall be
available for payment, on a direct or reimbursable basis, whether
incurred on, before, or after, October 1, 2000: Provided, That the
compensation of any employee of the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate who has been designated to perform service
for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies shall
continue to be paid by the Committee on Rules and Administration, but
the account from which such staff member is paid may be reimbursed for
the services of the staff member (including agency contributions when
appropriate) out of funds made available under this heading.
administrative provision
Sec. 105. During fiscal year 2001 the Secretary of Defense shall
provide protective services on a nonreimbursable basis to the United
States Capitol Police with respect to the following events:
(1) Upon request of the Chair of the Joint Congressional
Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies established under Senate
Concurrent Resolution 89, One Hundred Sixth Congress, agreed to
March 14, 2000, the proceedings and ceremonies conducted for
the inauguration of the President-elect and Vice President-
elect of the United States.
(2) Upon request of the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate,
the joint session of Congress held to receive a message from
the President of the United States on the State of the Union.
Joint Economic Committee
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee,
$3,315,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
Joint Committee on Taxation
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation,
$6,430,000, 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, $97,142,000, of which $47,053,000 is provided to the Sergeant
at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the Chief
Administrative Officer of the House, and $50,089,000 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, $6,772,000, 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. 106. 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. 107. (a) Appointment of Certifying Officers of the Capitol
Police.--The Chief Administrative Officer of the United States 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. 108. 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;
and
(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.
Sec. 109. (a) Section 1(c) of Public Law 96-152 (40 U.S.C. 206-1)
is amended by striking ``the annual rate'' and all that follows and
inserting the following: ``the rate of basic pay payable for level ES-4
of the Senior Executive Service, as established under subchapter VIII
of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code (taking into account any
comparability payments made under section 5304(h) of such title).''.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect
to pay periods beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and Special
Services Office, $2,371,000, 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 bills as required by law, $30,000, 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), $1,820,000.
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, $28,493,000: Provided, That no
part of such amount may be used for the purchase or hire of a passenger
motor vehicle.
Administrative Provision
Sec. 110. Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and
hereafter, the Congressional Budget Office may use available funds to
enter into contracts for the procurement of severable services for a
period that begins in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year
and may enter into multi-year contracts for the acquisition of property
and services, to the same extent as executive agencies under the
authority of section 303L and 304B, respectively, of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 253l and 254c).
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, $43,689,000, of which
$3,843,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, such amount shall be
available for the position of Project Manager for the Capitol Visitor
Center, at a rate of compensation which does not exceed the rate of
basic pay payable for level ES-2 of the Senior Executive Service, as
established under subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of title 5, United
States Code (taking into account any comparability payments made under
section 5304(h) of such title): Provided further, That effective on the
date of the enactment of this Act, any amount made available under this
heading under the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2000, shall be
available for such position at such rate of compensation.
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, $5,362,000, of which $125,000 shall remain
available until expended.
senate office buildings
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation
of Senate office buildings; and furniture and furnishings to be
expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of the
Capitol, $63,974,000, of which $21,669,000 shall remain available until
expended.
house office buildings
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation
of the House office buildings, $32,750,000, 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, $39,415,000, of which $523,000 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, $73,592,000: 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 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, $71,462,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be
available for paper copies of the permanent edition of the
Congressional Record for individual Representatives, Resident
Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 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. 111. (a) Congressional Printing and Binding For the House
Through Clerk of House.--
(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
such sums as may be necessary for congressional printing and
binding services for the House of Representatives.
(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 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 shall conduct a comprehensive study of
the needs of the House 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 uses.
(2) Submission to committees.--The Clerk shall submit the
study conducted under paragraph (1) to the Committee on House
Administration of the House of Representatives, who shall
review the study and prepare such regulations or other
materials (including proposals for legislation) as it considers
appropriate to enable the Clerk to carry out congressional
printing and binding services for the House 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) Preparing the semimonthly and session index to the
Congressional Record.
(3) Printing and binding of Government publications
authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress.
(4) 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, $3,328,000, of which $25,000 shall
remain available until expended.
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, $282,838,000, 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, $10,000,000 is to remain available until expended
for salaries and expenses to carry out the Russian Leadership Program
enacted on May 21, 1999 (113 Stat. 93 et seq.): 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: Provided further, That of the total amount
appropriated, $4,300,000 is to remain available until expended for the
purpose of developing a high speed data transmission between the
Library of Congress and educational facilities, libraries, or networks
serving western North Carolina, and any remaining balance is available
for support of the Library's Digital Futures initiative.
Copyright Office
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $38,523,000, of
which not more than $23,500,000, 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
$29,283,000: 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), $48,609,000, of which
$14,154,000 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,
$4,892,000.
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 sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31,
United States Code, 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 the Act entitled ``An Act to authorize
acquisition of certain real property for the Library of Congress, and
for other purposes'', approved December 15, 1997 (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, 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. (a) In addition to any other transfer authority provided
by law, during fiscal year 2001 and fiscal years thereafter, the
Librarian of Congress may transfer to and among available accounts of
the Library of Congress amounts appropriated to the Librarian from
funds for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and repair of
furniture, furnishings, and office and library equipment.
(b) Any amounts transferred pursuant to subsection (a) shall be
merged with and be available for the same purpose and for the same
period as the appropriation or account to which such amounts are
transferred.
(c) The Librarian may transfer amounts pursuant to subsection (a)
only with the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and Senate.
Sec. 210. (a)(1) This subsection shall apply to any individual
who--
(A) is employed by the Library of Congress Child
Development Center (known as the ``Little Scholars Child
Development Center'', in this section referred to as the
``Center'') established under section 205(g)(1) of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991; and
(B) makes an election to be covered by this subsection with
the Librarian of Congress, not later than the later of--
(i) 60 days after the date of enactment of this
Act; or
(ii) 60 days after the date the individual begins
such employment.
(2)(A) Any individual described under paragraph (1) may be
credited, under section 8411 of title 5, United States Code, for
service as an employee of the Center before the date of enactment of
this Act, if such employee makes a payment of the deposit under section
8411(f)(2) of such title without application of section 8411(b)(3) of
such title.
(B) An individual described under paragraph (1) shall be credited
under section 8411 of title 5, United States Code, for any service as
an employee of the Center on or after the date of enactment of this
Act, if such employee has such amounts deducted and withheld from his
pay as determined by the Office of Personnel Management which would be
deducted and withheld from the basic pay of an employee under section
8422 of title 5, United States Code.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, any
service performed by an individual described under paragraph (1) as an
employee of the Center is deemed to be civilian service creditable
under section 8411 of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of
qualifying for survivor annuities and disability benefits under
subchapters IV and V of chapter 84 of such title, if such individual
makes payment of an amount, determined by the Office of Personnel
Management, which would have been deducted and withheld from the basic
pay of such individual if such individual had been an employee subject
to section 8422 of title 5, United States Code, for such period so
credited, together with interest thereon.
(4) An individual described under paragraph (1) shall be deemed an
employee for purposes of chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code,
including subchapter III of such title, and may make contributions
under section 8432 of such title effective for the first applicable pay
period beginning on or after the date such individual elects coverage
under this section.
(5) The Office of Personnel Management shall accept the
certification of the Librarian of Congress concerning creditable
service for purposes of this subsection.
(b) Any individual who is employed by the Center on or after the
date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed an employee under section
8901(1) of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of health
insurance coverage under chapter 89 of such title. An individual who is
an employee of the Center on the date of enactment of this Act may
elect coverage under this subsection before the 60th day after the date
of enactment of this Act, and during such periods as determined by the
Office of Personnel Management for employees of the Center employed
after such date.
(c) An individual who is employed by the Center shall be deemed an
employee under section 8701(a) of title 5, United States Code, for
purposes of life insurance coverage under chapter 87 of such title.
(d) Government contributions for individuals receiving benefits
under this section, as computed under sections 8423, 8432, 8708, and
8906 shall be made by the Librarian of Congress from any appropriations
available to the Library of Congress.
(e) The Library of Congress, directly or by agreement with its
designated representative, shall--
(1) process payroll for Center employees, including making
deductions and withholdings from the pay of employees in the
amounts determined under sections 8422, 8432, 8707, and 8905 of
title 5, United States Code;
(2) maintain appropriate personnel and payroll records for
Center employees, and transmit appropriate information and
records to the Office of Personnel Management; and
(3) transmit funds for Government and employee
contributions under this section to the Office of Personnel
Management.
(f) The Center shall--
(1) pay to the Library of Congress funds sufficient to
cover the gross salary and the employer's share of taxes under
section 3111 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for Center
employees, in amounts computed by the Library of Congress;
(2) as required by the Library of Congress, reimburse the
Library of Congress for reasonable administrative costs
incurred under subsection (e)(1);
(3) comply with regulations and procedures prescribed by
the Librarian of Congress for administration of this section;
(4) maintain appropriate records on all Center employees,
as required by the Librarian of Congress; and
(5) consult with the Librarian of Congress on the
administration and implementation of this section.
(g) The Librarian of Congress may prescribe regulations to carry
out this section.
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,
$15,970,000, 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 distribution to the public, Members of Congress, other
Government agencies, and designated depository and international
exchange libraries as authorized by law, $27,954,000: 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 authorized for producing and disseminating
Congressional serial sets and other related publications for 1999 and
2000 to depository and other designated libraries: Provided further,
That any unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts
for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to
the Government Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the
purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.
Government Printing Office Revolving Fund
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 section 3324 of title
31, United States Code; 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, $384,867,000: 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
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and
available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 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. 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. 309. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 is amended in the first
sentence of subsection (a) by striking ``2000'' and inserting ``2001''.
Sec. 310. Russian Leadership Program. Section 3011 of the 1999
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106-31; 113 Stat.
93) is amended--
(1) by striking ``fiscal years 1999 and 2000'' in
subsections (a)(1), (b)(4)(B), (d)(3), and (h)(1)(A) and
inserting ``fiscal years 2000 and 2001''; and
(2) by striking ``2001'' in subsection (a)(2), (e)(1), and
(h)(1)(B) and inserting ``2002''.
Sec. 311. (a)(1) Any State may 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 Capitol of the United
States under section 1814 of the Revised Statutes (40 U.S.C. 187).
(2) A request shall be considered under paragraph (1) only if--
(A) the request has been approved by a resolution adopted
by the legislature of the State and the request has been
approved by the Governor of the State, and
(B) the statue to be replaced has been displayed in the
Capitol of the United States for at least 10 years as of the
time the request is made, except that the Joint Committee may
waive this requirement for cause at the request of a State.
(b) If the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress approves a
request under subsection (a), the Architect of the Capitol shall enter
into an agreement with the State to carry out the replacement in
accordance with the request and any conditions the Joint Committee may
require for its approval. Such agreement shall provide that--
(1) the new statue shall be subject to the same conditions
and restrictions as apply to any statue provided by a State
under section 1814 of the Revised Statutes (40 U.S.C. 187), and
(2) the State shall pay any costs related to the
replacement, including costs in connection with the design,
construction, transportation, and placement of the new statue,
the removal and transportation of the statue being replaced,
and any unveiling ceremony.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to permit a State
to have more than two statues on display in the Capitol of the United
States.
(d)(1) Subject to the approval of the Joint Committee on the
Library, ownership of any statue replaced under this section shall be
transferred to the State.
(2) If any statue is removed from the Capitol of the United States
as part of a transfer of ownership under paragraph (1), then it may not
be returned to the Capitol for display unless such display is
specifically authorized by Federal law.
(e) The Architect of the Capitol, upon the approval of the Joint
Committee on the Library and with the advice of the Commission of Fine
Arts as requested, is authorized and directed to relocate within the
United States Capitol any of the statues received from the States under
section 1814 of the Revised Statutes (40 U.S.C. 187) prior to the date
of the enactment of this Act, and to provide for the reception,
location, and relocation of the statues received hereafter from the
States under such section.
Sec. 312. (a) Section 201 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 216c note) is amended by striking ``$10,000,000''
each place it appears and inserting ``$14,500,000''.
(b) Section 201 of such Act is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``Pursuant'', and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) The Architect of the Capitol is authorized to solicit,
receive, accept, and hold amounts under section 307E(a)(2) of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c(a)(2)) in
excess of the $14,500,000 authorized under subsection (a), but such
amounts (and any interest thereon) shall not be expended by the
Architect without approval in appropriation Acts as required under
section 307E(b)(3) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 216c(b)(3)).''.
Sec. 313. Center for Russian Leadership Development. (a)
Establishment.--
(1) In general.--There is established in the legislative
branch of the Government a center to be known as the ``Center
for Russian Leadership Development'' (the ``Center'').
(2) Board of trustees.--The Center shall be subject to the
supervision and direction of a Board of Trustees which shall be
composed of nine members as follows:
(A) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, one of whom shall be
designated by the Majority Leader of the House of
Representatives and one of whom shall be designated by
the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
(B) Two members appointed by the President pro
tempore of the Senate, one of whom shall be designated
by the Majority Leader of the Senate and one of whom
shall be designated by the Minority Leader of the
Senate.
(C) The Librarian of Congress.
(D) Four private individuals with interests in
improving United States and Russian relations,
designated by the Librarian of Congress.
Each member appointed under this paragraph shall serve for a
term of 3 years. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner
as the original appointment and the individual so appointed
shall serve for the remainder of the term. Members of the Board
shall serve without pay, but shall be entitled to reimbursement
for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred
in the performance of their duties.
(b) Purpose and Authority of the Center.--
(1) Purpose.--The purpose of the Center is to establish, in
accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2), 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.
(2) Grant program.--Subject to the provisions of paragraphs
(3) and (4), the Center shall establish a program under which
the Center annually awards grants to government or community
organizations in the United States that seek to establish
programs under which those organizations will host Russian
nationals who are emerging political leaders at any level of
government.
(3) Restrictions.--
(A) Duration.--The period of stay in the United
States for any individual supported with grant funds
under the program shall not exceed 30 days.
(B) Limitation.--The number of individuals
supported with grant funds under the program shall not
exceed 3,000 in any fiscal year.
(C) Use of funds.--Grant funds under the program
shall be used to pay--
(i) the costs and expenses incurred by each
program participant in traveling between Russia
and the United States and in traveling within
the United States;
(ii) the costs of providing lodging in the
United States to each program participant,
whether in public accommodations or in private
homes; and
(iii) such additional administrative
expenses incurred by organizations in carrying
out the program as the Center may prescribe.
(4) Application.--
(A) In general.--Each organization in the United
States desiring a grant under this section shall submit
an application to the Center at such time, in such
manner, and accompanied by such information as the
Center may reasonably require.
(B) Contents.--Each application submitted pursuant
to subparagraph (A) shall--
(i) describe the activities for which
assistance under this section is sought;
(ii) include the number of program
participants to be supported;
(iii) describe the qualifications of the
individuals who will be participating in the
program; and
(iv) provide such additional assurances as
the Center determines to be essential to ensure
compliance with the requirements of this
section.
(c) Establishment of Fund.--
(1) In general.--There is established in the Treasury of
the United States a trust fund to be known as the ``Russian
Leadership Development Center Trust Fund'' (the ``Fund'') which
shall consist of amounts which may be appropriated, credited,
or transferred to it under this section.
(2) Donations.--Any money or other property donated,
bequeathed, or devised to the Center under the authority of
this section shall be credited to the Fund.
(3) Fund management.--
(A) In general.--The provisions of subsections (b),
(c), and (d) of section 116 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 1105 (b), (c), and
(d)), and the provisions of section 117(b) of such Act
(2 U.S.C. 1106(b)), shall apply to the Fund.
(B) Expenditures.--The Secretary of the Treasury is
authorized to pay to the Center from amounts in the
Fund such sums as the Board of Trustees of the Center
determines are necessary and appropriate to enable the
Center to carry out the provisions of this section.
(d) Executive Director.--The Board shall appoint an Executive
Director who shall be the chief executive officer of the Center and who
shall carry out the functions of the Center subject to the supervision
and direction of the Board of Trustees. The Executive Director of the
Center shall be compensated at the annual rate specified by the Board,
but in no event shall such rate exceed level III of the Executive
Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code.
(e) Administrative Provisions.--
(1) In general.--The provisions of section 119 of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 1108)
shall apply to the Center.
(2) Support provided by library of congress.--The Library
of Congress may disburse funds appropriated to the Center,
compute and disburse the basic pay for all personnel of the
Center, provide administrative, legal, financial management,
and other appropriate services to the Center, and collect from
the Fund the full costs of providing services under this
paragraph, as provided under an agreement for services ordered
under sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31, United States Code.
(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
(g) Transfer of Funds.--Any amounts appropriated for use in the
program established under section 3011 of the 1999 Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106-31; 113 Stat. 93) shall
be transferred to the Fund and shall remain available without fiscal
year limitation.
(h) Effective Dates.--
(1) In general.--This section shall take effect on the date
of enactment of this Act.
(2) Transfer.--Subsection (g) shall only apply to amounts
which remain unexpended on and after the date the Board of
Trustees of the Center certifies to the Librarian of Congress
that grants are ready to be made under the program established
under this section.
Sec. 314. Review of Proposed Changes to Export Thresholds for
Computers. Not more than 50 days after the date of the submission of
the report referred to in subsection (d) of section 1211 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (50 U.S.C. App.
2404 note), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit
an assessment to Congress which contains an analysis of the new
computer performance levels being proposed by the President under such
section.
TITLE IV--EMERGENCY FISCAL YEAR 2000 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
The following sums are appropriated out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to provide additional emergency
supplemental appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:
Capitol Police Board
security enhancements
For an additional amount for the Capitol Police Board for costs
associated with security enhancements, under the terms and conditions
of chapter 5 of title II of division B of the Omnibus Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277),
$2,102,000, to remain available until expended, of which--
(1) $228,000 shall be for the acquisition and installation
of card readers for four additional access points which are not
currently funded under the implementation of the security
enhancement plan; and
(2) $1,874,000 shall be for security enhancements to the
buildings and grounds of the Library of Congress:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided
further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent
an official budget request for a specific dollar amount that includes
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the
Congress.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Capitol Buildings and Grounds
house office buildings
For an additional amount for necessary expenses for urgent repairs
to the underground garage in the Cannon House Office Building,
$9,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the
entire amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget
request for a specific dollar amount that includes designation of the
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Federal Housing Administration
fha--general and special risk program account
For an additional amount for FHA--General and special risk program
account for the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by sections 238
and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-3 and 1735c),
including the cost of loan modifications (as that term is defined in
section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended),
$40,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the
entire amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget
request, that includes designation of the entire amount of the request
as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by
the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount
is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act: Provided further, That the funding under this heading
shall only be made available upon the submission of a certification by
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to the Committees on
Appropriations that all funds committed, expended, or obligated under
this heading in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and
Urban Development, Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 were
committed, expended or obligated in compliance with the Antideficiency
Act (31 U.S.C. 1341).
Sec. 401. Appropriations made by this title are available
immediately upon enactment of this Act.
This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 2001''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
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