H.R. 5521 — Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2007

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[H.R. 5521 Reported in House (RH)]


                                                 Union Calendar No. 268
109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5521

                          [Report No. 109-485]

 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 1, 2006

Mr. Lewis, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
 bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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                                 A BILL


 
 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2007, 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, 2007, and for other purposes, namely:

                      TITLE I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
$1,137,806,000, as follows:

                        house leadership offices

    For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $21,092,000, 
including: Office of the Speaker, $2,930,000, including $25,000 for 
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$2,213,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $3,072,000, including 
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $1,921,000, 
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of 
the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$1,458,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Whip; Speaker's Office for Legislative Floor Activities, $491,000; 
Republican Steering Committee, $924,000; Republican Conference, 
$1,699,000; Republican Policy Committee, $407,000; Democratic Steering 
and Policy Committee, $2,194,000; Democratic Caucus, $836,000; nine 
minority employees, $1,473,000; training and program development--
majority, $290,000; training and program development--minority, 
$290,000; Cloakroom Personnel--majority, $447,000; and Cloakroom 
Personnel--minority, $447,000.

                  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, $557,796,000.

                          Committee Employees

                Standing Committees, Special and Select

    For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 
select, authorized by House resolutions, $124,851,000: Provided, That 
such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until 
December 31, 2008.

                      Committee on Appropriations

    For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$26,497,000, 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, 2008.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $159,581,000, including: for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than $13,000, of which 
not more than $10,000 is for the Family Room, for official 
representation and reception expenses, $21,505,000; for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position 
of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more than $3,000 for 
official representation and reception expenses, $6,240,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, $109,301,000, of which $4,996,000 shall remain available until 
expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General, $4,204,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Operations, $3,997,000, to remain 
available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
General Counsel, $959,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, $164,000; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, 
including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 for preparing the Digest of 
Rules, and not more than $1,000 for official representation and 
reception expenses, $1,762,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $2,521,000; for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 
$7,406,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Interparliamentary Affairs, $737,000; for other authorized employees, 
$285,000; and for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Historian, 
$500,000.

                        Allowances and Expenses

    For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or 
law, $247,989,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs 
and Federal tort claims, $4,554,000; 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, $217,253,000; supplies, materials, 
and other costs relating to the House portion of expenses for the 
Capitol Visitor Center, $3,410,000, to remain available until expended; 
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $21,659,000, of which 
$5,300,000 shall remain available until expended; 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, $703,000.

                           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 
(2 U.S.C. 2112), 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. (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 2007. Any amount 
remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for fiscal 
year 2007 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, the Congress.
    Sec. 102. Lump-Sum Allowance.--(a) The aggregate amount otherwise 
authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump-sum 
allowance for each of the following offices shall be increased as 
follows:
            (1) The allowance for the Office of the Speaker is 
        increased by $75,000.
            (2) The allowance for the Office of the Majority Floor 
        Leader is increased by $75,000.
            (3) The allowance for the Office of the Minority Floor 
        Leader is increased by $75,000.
            (4) The allowance for the Office of the Majority Whip is 
        increased by $75,000.
            (5) The allowance for the Office of the Minority Whip is 
        increased by $75,000.
            (6) The allowance for the Democratic Steering and Policy 
        Committee is increased by $200,000.
            (7) The allowance for the Republican Conference is 
        increased by $110,000.
            (8) The allowance for the Republican Policy Committee is 
        increased by $90,000.
    (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2007 and 
each succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 103. Acting Chief Administrative Officer.--(a) In case of the 
death, resignation, separation from office, or disability of the Chief 
Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, the duties of 
the Chief Administrative Officer may be carried out by a subordinate 
employee of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer (as 
designated by the Chief Administrative Officer) until a Chief 
Administrative Officer is appointed or an individual is appointed to 
act as the Chief Administrative Officer by the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives under section 208(a) of the Legislative Reorganization 
Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 75a-1(a)).
    (b)(1) Section 7 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1943 
(2 U.S.C. 75a), is repealed.
    (2) Section 208(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
U.S.C. 75a-1(a)) is amended by striking ``involved;'' and all that 
follows and inserting ``involved.''.
    Sec. 104. Contract for Exercise Facility.--(a) Section 103(a) of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-447; 
118 Stat. 3175), is amended by striking ``private entity'' and 
inserting ``public or private entity''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if 
included in the enactment of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2005.
    Sec. 105. Discounted Membership.--(a) If the Architect of the 
Capitol and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
Representatives agree to permit employees of the Office of the 
Architect of the Capitol to receive discounted memberships in a private 
exercise facility which has entered into a contract with the House to 
provide employees of the House with discounted memberships in the 
facility, the Architect may use amounts made available in a fiscal year 
for ``General Administration'' to make payments under the contract.
    (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2007 and 
each succeeding fiscal year.
    Sec. 106. Membership in Exercise Facility.--In addition to 
individuals whose pay is disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer 
of the House of Representatives, membership in the exercise facility 
established for employees of the House (as described in section 103(a) 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005) shall be available 
to such other categories of individuals as may be approved by the 
Committee on House Administration.
    Sec. 107. Media Support Services.--(a) The responsibilities of 
positions under the House Press Gallery, the House Periodical Press 
Gallery, and the House Radio and Television Correspondents' Gallery 
shall include providing media support services with respect to the 
presidential nominating conventions of the national committees of 
political parties.
    (b) The Standing Committee of Correspondents may enter into 
agreements with national committees of political parties under which 
the committees and persons authorized by the committees may reimburse 
employees for necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the 
responsibilities described in subsection (a) and employees may accept 
such reimbursement.
    (c) The terms and conditions under which employees exercise 
responsibilities under subsection (a), and the terms and conditions of 
any agreement entered into under subsection (b), shall be subject to 
the approval of the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
Representatives.
    (d) In this section, the terms ``national committee'' and 
``political party'' have the meaning given such terms in section 301 of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431).

                              JOINT ITEMS

    For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$4,370,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$9,082,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House of Representatives.
    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 $2,175 per month to the Attending 
Physician; (2) an allowance of $725 per month each to four medical 
officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) an 
allowance of $725 per month to two assistants and $580 per month each 
not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such 
assistants; and (4) $1,920,000 for reimbursement to the Department of 
the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment assigned to the 
Office of the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 
to the applicable appropriation or appropriations from which such 
salaries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be 
available for all the purposes thereof, $2,652,000, to be disbursed by 
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.

           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

    For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and Special 
Services Office, $8,490,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate.

                      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 109th 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.

                             CAPITOL POLICE

                                Salaries

    For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including 
overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Government contributions 
for health, retirement, social security, professional liability 
insurance, and other applicable employee benefits, $220,600,000, to be 
disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee.

                            General Expenses

    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, the awards 
program, postage, communication services, travel, travel advances, 
relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be expended on 
the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses, $38,500,000, to be 
disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee: 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 2007 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security from funds available to the Department of Homeland Security.

                       Administrative Provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 1001. Transfer Authority.--Amounts appropriated for fiscal 
year 2007 for the Capitol Police may be transferred between the 
headings ``salaries'' and ``general expenses'' upon the approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives.
    Sec. 1002. Student Loan Reimbursement.--Section 908(c) of the 
Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 1926(c)) is amended by 
striking ``$40,000'' and inserting ``$60,000''.
    Sec. 1003. Advance Payments.--During fiscal year 2007 and each 
succeeding fiscal year, the Chief of the United States Capitol Police 
may make payments in advance for obligations of the Capitol Police for 
subscription services if the Chief determines it to be more prompt, 
efficient, or economical to do so.

                          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), $3,149,000, of which $780,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2008: Provided, That the Executive 
Director of the Office of Compliance may, within the limits of 
available appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete personal 
property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding: Provided 
further, That not more than $500 may be expended on the certification 
of the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance in connection 
with official representation and reception expenses.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 1101. Lump-Sum Payments.--(a) The Executive Director of the 
Office of Compliance shall have the authority to make lump-sum payments 
to reward exceptional performance by an employee or a group of 
employees.
    (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal years 
beginning after September 30, 2006.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of the 
Congressional Budget Office, 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, $36,329,000.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         General Administration

    For salaries for the 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 general and administrative 
support of the operations under the Architect of the Capitol including 
the Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and 
House office buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of 
the Architect of the Capitol; including furnishings and office 
equipment; including not more than $5,000 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, $89,413,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2011.

                            Capitol Building

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Capitol, $22,396,000, of which $5,965,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2011.

                            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, $7,806,000.

                         House Office Buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the House office buildings, $61,383,000, of which $19,805,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2011.

                          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, the Capitol Visitor Center, 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, $79,327,000, of which $1,434,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2011: Provided, That not more than $8,000,000 of 
the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 
provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2007.

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

    For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural 
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds, 
$36,401,000, of which $12,971,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2011.

                  Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of buildings and grounds of the United States Capitol Police, 
$11,621,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2011.

                             Botanic Garden

    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, $8,612,000: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall not be available for construction of the National 
Garden: Provided further, That of the amount made available under this 
heading, the Architect may obligate and expend such sums as may be 
necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of the National 
Garden established under section 307E of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the 
Architect or a duly authorized designee.

                         Capitol Visitor Center

    For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Center project, 
$25,600,000 to remain available until expended, and in addition, 
$20,575,000 for the Capitol Visitor Center operation costs of which 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, 
That the Architect of the Capitol may not obligate any of the funds 
which are made available for the Capitol Visitor Center project without 
an obligation plan approved by the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and House of Representatives.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 1201. Rosa Parks Statue.--(a) Section 1(a) of Public Law 109-
116 (2 U.S.C. 2131a note) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: ``The Joint Committee may authorize the Architect of the 
Capitol to enter into the agreement required under this subsection on 
its behalf, under such terms and conditions as the Joint Committee may 
require.''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if 
included in the enactment of Public Law 109-116.
    Sec. 1202. Statutory Positions.--(a) Section 1203(e) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1805(e)) is 
amended by striking paragraph (3).
    (b) Section 108(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1991 (2 U.S.C. 1849(a)) is amended by striking ``12 positions'' and 
inserting ``15 positions''.
    (c) The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to pay 
periods beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
except that any individual who was appointed to a position described in 
section 1203(e)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 
(as in effect prior to the enactment of subsection (a)) who holds that 
position on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act shall 
be deemed to have been appointed to a position described in section 
108(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (as amended 
by subsection (b)).
    Sec. 1203. Travel and Transportation.--(a) Section 5721(1) of title 
5, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) and (H) as 
        subparagraphs (H) and (I); and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(G) the Architect of the Capitol;''.
    (b) Section 521(1)(B) of the National Energy Conservation Policy 
Act (42 U.S.C. 8241(1)(A)(B)) is amended by striking ``(B) through 
(H)'' and inserting ``(B) through (I)''.
    Sec. 1204. Leasing Authority.--(a) Section 1102(b) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 (2 U.S.C. 1822(b)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Committee on Rules and 
        Administration'' and inserting ``Committees on Appropriations 
        and Rules and Administration'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the House Office 
        Building Commission'' and inserting ``the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the House 
        Office Building Commission''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``, for space to be leased for any other entity under 
        subsection (a).''.
    (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if 
included in the enactment of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2004.
    Sec. 1205. Advance Payments.--During fiscal year 2007 and each 
succeeding fiscal year, the Architect of the Capitol may make payments 
in advance for obligations of the Office of the Architect of the 
Capitol for subscription services if the Architect determines it to be 
more prompt, efficient, or economical to do so.
    Sec. 1206. (a) Establishment of Office.--There is established in 
the Office of the Architect of the Capitol the Office of the Inspector 
General, headed by the Inspector General of the Office of the Architect 
of the Capitol (hereafter in this section referred to as the 
``Inspector General'').
    (b) Inspector General.--
            (1) Appointment.--The Inspector General shall be appointed 
        by the Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with the 
        Committee on House Administration of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration 
        of the Senate, and shall be appointed without regard to 
        political affiliation and solely on the basis of integrity and 
        demonstrated ability in accounting, auditing, financial 
        analysis, law, management analysis, public administration, or 
        investigations.
            (2) Term of service.--The Inspector General shall serve for 
        a term of 5 years, and an individual serving as Inspector 
        General may be reappointed for not more than 2 additional 
        terms.
            (3) Removal.--The Inspector General may be removed from 
        office prior to the expiration of his term only by the 
        Architect of the Capitol. Upon such removal, the Architect 
        shall promptly communicate the reasons for the removal in 
        writing to the Committee on House Administration of the House 
        of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and 
        Administration of the Senate.
            (4) Salary.--The Inspector General shall be paid at an 
        annual rate equal to $1,500 less than the annual rate of pay in 
        effect for the Architect of the Capitol.
    (c) Duties.--
            (1) Applicability of duties of inspector general of 
        executive branch establishment.--The Inspector General shall 
        carry out the same duties and responsibilities with respect to 
        the Architect of the Capitol as an Inspector General of an 
        establishment carries out with respect to an establishment 
        under section 4 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
        App. 4), under the same terms and conditions which apply under 
        such section.
            (2) Semiannual reports.--The Inspector General shall 
        prepare and submit semiannual reports summarizing the 
        activities of the Office of the Inspector General in the same 
        manner, and in accordance with the same deadlines, terms, and 
        conditions, as an Inspector General of an establishment under 
        section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 
        5). For purposes of applying section 5 of such Act to the 
        Inspector General, the Architect of the Capitol shall be 
        considered the head of the establishment.
            (3) Investigations of complaints of employees.--
                    (A) Authority.--The Inspector General may receive 
                and investigate complaints or information from an 
                employee of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol 
                concerning the possible existence of an activity 
                constituting a violation of law, rules, or regulations, 
                or mismanagement, gross waste of funds, abuse of 
                authority, or a substantial and specific danger to the 
                public health and safety.
                    (B) Nondisclosure.--The Inspector General shall 
                not, after receipt of a complaint or information from 
                an employee, disclose the identity of the employee 
                without the consent of the employee, unless the 
                Inspector General determines such disclosure is 
                unavoidable during the course of the investigation.
                    (C) Prohibiting retaliation.--An employee of the 
                Office of the Architect of the Capitol who has 
                authority to take, direct others to take, recommend, or 
                approve any personnel action, shall not, with respect 
                to such authority, take or threaten to take any action 
                against any employee as a reprisal for making a 
                complaint or disclosing information to the Inspector 
                General, unless the complaint was made or the 
                information disclosed with the knowledge that it was 
                false or with willful disregard for its truth or 
                falsity.
            (4) Independence in carrying out duties.--Neither the 
        Architect of the Capitol nor any other employee of the Office 
        of the Architect of the Capitol may prevent or prohibit the 
        Inspector General from carrying out any of the duties or 
        responsibilities assigned to the Inspector General under this 
        section.
    (d) Powers.--
            (1) In general.--The Inspector General may exercise the 
        same authorities with respect to the Architect of the Capitol 
        as an Inspector General of an establishment may exercise with 
        respect to an establishment under section 6(a) of the Inspector 
        General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 6(a)), other than paragraphs 
        (7) and (8) of such section.
            (2) Staff.--
                    (A) In general.--The Inspector General may appoint 
                and fix the pay of such personnel as the Inspector 
                General considers appropriate. Such personnel may be 
                appointed without regard to the provisions of title 5, 
                United States Code, regarding appointments in the 
                competitive service, and may be paid without regard to 
                the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
                chapter 53 of such title relating to classification and 
                General Schedule pay rates, except that no personnel of 
                the Office (other than the Inspector General) may be 
                paid at an annual rate greater than $500 less than the 
                annual rate of pay of the Inspector General under 
                subsection (b)(4).
                    (B) Experts and consultants.--The Inspector General 
                may procure temporary and intermittent services under 
                section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, at rates 
                not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate 
                of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
                under section 5315 of such title.
                    (C) Independence in appointing staff.--No 
                individual may carry out any of the duties or 
                responsibilities of the Office unless the individual is 
                appointed by the Inspector General, or provides 
                services procured by the Inspector General, pursuant to 
                this paragraph. Nothing in this subparagraph may be 
                construed to prohibit the Inspector General from 
                entering into a contract or other arrangement for the 
                provision of services under this section.
                    (D) Applicability of architect of the capitol 
                personnel rules.--None of the regulations governing the 
                appointment and pay of employees of the Office of the 
                Architect of the Capitol shall apply with respect to 
                the appointment and compensation of the personnel of 
                the Office, except to the extent agreed to by the 
                Inspector General. Nothing in the previous sentence may 
                be construed to affect subparagraphs (A) through (C).
            (3) Equipment and supplies.--The Architect of the Capitol 
        shall provide the Office with appropriate and adequate office 
        space, together with such equipment, supplies, and 
        communications facilities and services as may be necessary for 
        the operation of the Office, and shall provide necessary 
        maintenance services for such office space and the equipment 
        and facilities located therein.
    (e) Transfer of Functions.--
            (1) Transfer.--To the extent that any office or entity in 
        the Office of the Architect of the Capitol prior to the 
        appointment of the first Inspector General under this section 
        carried out any of the duties and responsibilities assigned to 
        the Inspector General under this section, the functions of such 
        office or entity shall be transferred to the Office upon the 
        appointment of the first Inspector General under this section.
            (2) No reduction in pay or benefits.--The transfer of the 
        functions of an office or entity to the Office under paragraph 
        (1) may not result in a reduction in the pay or benefits of any 
        employee of the office or entity, except to the extent required 
        under subsection (d)(2)(A).
    (f) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not otherwise 
provided for, including development and maintenance of the Library's 
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, $396,022,000, of which 
not more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections credited to 
this appropriation during fiscal year 2007, 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 2007 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 $6,350,000: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $14,509,000 
shall remain available until expended for the partial 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, 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: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $5,954,000 is 
available for the digital collections and educational curricula 
program, of which $4,010,000 shall remain available until expended: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $600,000 shall 
remain available until expended, and shall be transferred to the 
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for carrying out the purposes 
of Public Law 106-173, of which $10,000 may be used for official 
representation and reception expenses of the Abraham Lincoln 
Bicentennial Commission: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $11,029,000 shall remain available until expended for 
partial support of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center.

                            Copyright Office

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $59,044,000, of 
which not more than $29,335,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during 
fiscal year 2007 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: 
Provided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any 
funds derived from collections under such section, in excess of the 
amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: 
Provided further, That not more than $5,640,000 shall be derived from 
collections during fiscal year 2007 under sections 111(d)(2), 
119(b)(2), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided further, That 
the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the 
amount by which collections are less than $34,975,000: 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: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United States 
Code, any amounts made available under this heading which are 
attributable to royalty fees and payments received by the Copyright 
Office pursuant to sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may 
be used for the costs incurred in the administration of the Copyright 
Royalty Judges program.

                     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, $102,462,000: 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.

             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), $53,974,000, of which $15,673,000 shall remain available 
until expended.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 1301. Incentive Awards Program.--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. 1302. Reimbursable and Revolving Fund Activities. (a) In 
General.--For fiscal year 2007, the obligational authority of the 
Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection (b) may 
not exceed $111,078,000.
    (b) Activities.--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.
    (c) Transfer of Funds.--During fiscal year 2007, the Librarian of 
Congress may temporarily transfer funds appropriated in this Act, under 
the heading ``LIBRARY OF CONGRESS'' under the subheading ``Salaries and 
Expenses'' to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the 
Federal Research Program established under section 103 of the Library 
of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-
481; 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 
may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, That the appropriate 
revolving fund account shall reimburse the Library for any amounts 
transferred to it before the period of availability of the Library 
appropriation expires.
    Sec. 1303. United States Diplomatic Facilities.--Funds made 
available for the Library of Congress under this Act are available for 
transfer to the Department of State as remittance for a fee charged by 
the Department for fiscal year 2007 for the maintenance, upgrade, or 
construction of United States diplomatic facilities only to the extent 
that the amount of the fee so charged is equal to or less than the 
unreimbursed value of the services provided during fiscal year 2007 to 
the Library of Congress on State Department diplomatic facilities.
    Sec. 1304. Audit Requirement.--Section 207(e) of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 (2 U.S.C. 182(e)) is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(e) Audit.--The revolving fund shall be subject to audit by the 
Comptroller General at the Comptroller General's discretion.''.
    Sec. 1305. Transfer Authority.--Amounts appropriated for fiscal 
year 2007 for the Library of Congress may be transferred between any of 
the headings for which the amounts are appropriated upon the approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of 
Representatives.

                       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 (section 902 of title 44, United States 
Code); 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, $95,233,000: 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 
section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 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.

                 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, $35,287,000: Provided, 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 fiscal years 2005 and 2006 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 may 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 $5,000 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 2,621 workyears 
(or such other number of workyears as the Public Printer may request, 
subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate): Provided further, That activities 
financed through the revolving fund may provide information in any 
format: Provided further, That not more than $10,000 may be expended 
from the revolving fund in support of the activities of the Benjamin 
Franklin Tercentenary Commission established by Public Law 107-202.

                    GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Government Accountability Office, 
including not more than $12,500 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), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by 
the Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living quarters 
in foreign countries, $488,234,000: Provided, That not more than 
$4,980,000 of payments received under section 782 of title 31, United 
States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 2007: Provided 
further, That not more than $2,005,000 of reimbursements received under 
section 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for 
use in fiscal year 2007: 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: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the 
Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation from which 
costs involved are initially financed.

                OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND

    For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund for 
financing activities of the Open World Leadership Center under section 
313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 
$13,400,000.

   John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development

    For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 
Development Trust Fund established under section 116 of the John C. 
Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development Act (2 
U.S.C. 1105), $430,000.

                      TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 201. Maintenance and Care of Private Vehicles.--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. 202. Fiscal Year Limitation.--No part of the funds 
appropriated in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 
fiscal year 2007 unless expressly so provided in this Act.
    Sec. 203. Rates of Compensation and Designation.--Whenever in this 
Act any office or position not specifically established by the 
Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) 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. 204. Consulting Services.--The expenditure of any 
appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through 
procurement contract, under 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 under existing law.
    Sec. 205. Awards and Settlements.--Such sums as may be necessary 
are appropriated to the account described in subsection (a) of section 
415 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) 
to pay awards and settlements as authorized under such subsection.
    Sec. 206. Costs of LBFMC.--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 $2,000.
    Sec. 207. Landscape Maintenance.--The Architect of the Capitol, in 
consultation with the District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain 
and improve the landscape features, excluding streets and sidewalks, in 
the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by Washington Avenue, SW on 
the northeast, Second Street SW on the west, Square 582 on the south, 
and the beginning of the I-395 tunnel on the southeast.
    Sec. 208. Limitation on Transfers.--None of the funds made 
available in this Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or 
instrumentality of the United States Government, except pursuant to a 
transfer made by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any 
other appropriation Act.
    Sec. 209. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
to establish or operate a smoking area in the cafeteria and public 
dining areas of the Rayburn House Office Building.
    Sec. 210. For fiscal year 2007 only, all authorities previously 
exercised by the Architect of the Capitol, including but not limited to 
the execution and supervision of contracts; and the hiring, 
supervising, training, and compensation of employees, shall be vested 
in the Comptroller General of the United States or his designee: 
Provided, That this delegation of authority shall terminate with the 
confirmation of a new Architect of the Capitol.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2007''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 268

109th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5521

                          [Report No. 109-485]

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                                 A BILL

 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.

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                              June 1, 2006

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2007

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