(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2014 - Title I: Legislative Branch Appropriations - Makes appropriations to the House of Representatives for FY2014 for: (1) salaries and/or expenses of the House leadership offices, committees (including the Committee on Appropriations), and officers and employees; and (2) Members' representational allowances.
(Sec. 101) Requires deposit in the Treasury of any amounts of a Member's representational allowance remaining after all payments are made, to be used for federal deficit reduction, or, if there is no deficit, federal debt reduction.
(Sec. 102) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 to require reimbursement to the Secretary of Labor for unemployment compensation payments to former House employees out of the House account for making payments to the Employees' Compensation Fund.
(Sec. 103) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993, with respect to authorized transfer of amounts appropriated for any fiscal year among specified headings, to add "Joint Items" (to the extent that amounts appropriated to a joint committee are disbursed by the House Chief Administrative Officer) and "Office of the Attending Physician" to the current list consisting of "House Leadership Offices," "Members' Representational Allowances," "Committee Employees," "Salaries, Officers, and Employees," and "Allowances and Expenses."
Makes appropriations for salaries and/or expenses of: (1) the Joint Economic Committee; (2) the Joint Committee on Taxation; (3) the Office of the Attending Physician; (4) the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services; (5) the Capitol Police; (6) the Office of Compliance; (7) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO); and (8) the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), including for the care and operation of Capitol buildings and grounds, House office buildings, the Capitol power plant, the Library of Congress buildings and grounds, the Capitol Police buildings, grounds, and security, the Botanic Garden, and the Capitol Visitor Center.
(Sec. 1002) Makes balances of expired U.S. Capitol Police appropriations available to the Capitol Police for deposit to the credit of the mandatory Employees' Compensation Fund.
Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 to eliminate the separate Capitol Police account for making worker's compensation payments to Capitol Police employees.
(Sec. 1101) Amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to make appropriations (currently appropriations are only authorized) to the account of federal Offices (except the Government Accountability Office [GAO], the Government Printing Office [GPO], or the Library of Congress) in the Treasury for the payment of awards and settlements under the Act.
(Sec. 1102) Requires the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance to report semiannually to specified congressional committees on disbursements for Office operations.
(Sec. 1201) Authorizes CBO to accept voluntary student services, except that: (1) any student who provides such voluntary service shall be considered a CBO employee for purposes of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (relating to the level of confidentiality of budget data), and (2) the authority granted to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) over such services shall be exercised by the Director of CBO.
(Sec. 1301) Requires the AOC to report semiannually to specified congressional committees on disbursements for the operations of the AOC Office.
(Sec. 1302) Authorizes the House Office Building Commission to enter into agreements for the use of a certain building located at 501 First Street, SE, Washington, D.C., by the House of Representatives to provide office and accommodations for itself, or for use of the building by other appropriate persons.
Appropriates funds for: (1) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses, the Copyright Office, Congressional Research Service (CRS), and Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped; (2) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding (including transfer of funds); (3) GPO for the Office of Superintendent of Documents (including transfer of funds); (4) the Government Printing Office Revolving Fund; (5) the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for salaries and expenses; and (6) a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund.
(Sec. 1401) Establishes an upper limit of $178.958 million for the FY2014 obligational authority of the Library of Congress with regard to certain reimbursable and revolving fund activities.
(Sec. 1402) Authorizes the transfer of FY2014 Library of Congress appropriations between any "Library of Congress" categories of appropriations provided under law, up to 10% per category, upon the approval of the congressional appropriations committees.
(Sec. 1501) Revises the authority of the Comptroller General to prescribe procedures for the electronic filing and dissemination of documents and information relating to the expeditious decision of protests against specified federal actions in connection with procurement bid solicitations or requests and contract awards.
Requires the Comptroller General to operate an electronic filing and document dissemination system under which: (1) a person may file a protest electronically, and (2) all documents and information required for the protest may be disseminated and made available to appropriate parties electronically .
Authorizes the Comptroller General to require each person filing a protest to pay a fee to support the establishment and operation of the electronic system, without regard to whether or not the person uses it.
Requires the Comptroller General to:
Makes amounts in the account available to the Comptroller General, without fiscal year limitation, solely to establish and operate the system.
Title II: General Provisions - Specifies authorized and prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2013.
(Sec. 206) Authorizes the AOC to maintain and improve the landscape features, excluding streets, in specified grassy areas of Washington, DC, SW.
(Sec. 208) Prohibits the use of funds made available to the AOC in this Act to eliminate or restrict guided tours of the U.S. Capitol led by congressional employees and interns.
Allows temporary suspension or restriction of such tours for security or related reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the U.S. Capitol led by the AOC.
(Sec. 209) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint resolution, or resolution to the office of a Member of the House of Representatives unless the Member requests a copy.
(Sec. 210) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to deliver a printed copy of any version of the Congressional Record to the office of a Member.
(Sec. 211) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House to make any payments from any Members' Representational Allowance for the leasing of a vehicle (except mobile district offices) in an aggregate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month.
(Sec. 212) Prohibits the use of funds made available in this Act to provide an aggregate number of more than 50 printed copies of any edition of the U.S. Code to all House offices.
(Sec. 213) Authorizes the Chief of the U.S. Capitol Police to: (1) issue a permit authorizing a person to engage in commercial activity in Union Square if such activity is similar to the types of commercial activity permitted in Union Square before its transfer of jurisdiction and control to the AOC under the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2012; and (2) require such individual, under the terms and conditions of such a permit, to pay a fee to cover any AOC costs resulting from its issuance, if the fees are similar to those collected by the Director of the National Park Service (NPS) for such commercial activity.
Establishes a Capitol Trust Account in the Treasury consisting of all such fees, to be made available, without fiscal year limitations, for appropriate maintenance, improvements, and projects for Union Square, subject to approval of congressional appropriations committees.
(Sec. 214) Expresses the sense of Congress that it should not pass any legislation that authorizes spending cuts that would increase U.S. poverty.
(Sec. 215) Establishes a spending reduction account consisting of the amount by which each applicable allocation of new budget authority made by the Committee on Appropriations of the House, excluding Senate items, exceeds the amount of proposed new budget authority. Makes such amount $0.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2792 Reported in House (RH)]
Union Calendar No. 126
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2792
[Report No. 113-173]
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 23, 2013
Mr. Alexander, 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, 2014, 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, 2014, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives,
$1,171,569,576, as follows:
House Leadership Offices
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $22,058,308,
including: Office of the Speaker, $6,579,621, including $25,000 for
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader,
$2,158,463, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $7,044,031, including
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $1,867,952,
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of
the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,
$1,445,187, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority
Whip; Republican Conference, $1,490,521; Democratic Caucus, $1,472,533:
Provided, That such amount for salaries and expenses shall remain
available from January 3, 2014 until January 2, 2015.
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, $543,918,813.
Committee Employees
Standing Committees, Special and Select
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and
select, authorized by House resolutions, $119,376,151: Provided, That
such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until
December 31, 2014.
Committee on Appropriations
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations,
$25,271,004, 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, 2014.
Salaries, Officers and Employees
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as
authorized by law, $173,721,185, including: for salaries and expenses
of the Office of the Clerk, including the positions of the Chaplain and
the Historian, including not more than $25,000, of which not more than
$20,000 is for the Family Room and not more than $2,000 is for the
Office of the Chaplain, for official representation and reception
expenses, $24,009,473; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Sergeant at Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Garages
and the Office of Emergency Management, and including not more than
$3,000 for official representation and reception expenses, $11,926,729,
of which $4,212,500 shall remain available until expended; for salaries
and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer
including not more than $3,000 for official representation and
reception expenses, $116,002,451, of which $9,100,000 shall remain
available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Inspector General, $4,741,809; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of General Counsel, $1,340,987; 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, $1,952,249; for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the
House, $3,087,587; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Legislative Counsel of the House, $9,366,845; for salaries and expenses
of the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,069; and for other
authorized employees, $478,986.
Allowances and Expenses
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or
law, $287,224,115, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs
and Federal tort claims, $3,502,789; official mail for committees,
leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, $190,486;
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and
other applicable employee benefits, $260,995,068; Business Continuity
and Disaster Recovery, $16,217,008, of which $5,000,000 shall remain
available until expended; transition activities for new Members and
staff $1,631,487 to remain available until expended; Wounded Warrior
Program $2,500,000, to remain available until expended; Office of
Congressional Ethics, $1,467,030; 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, $720,247.
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 2014. Any amount
remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for fiscal
year 2014 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. (a) Section 109(a) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1998 (2 U.S.C. 95d(a)) is amended by striking the
period at the end and inserting the following: ``, and for reimbursing
the Secretary of Labor for any amounts paid with respect to
unemployment compensation payments for former employees of the
House.''.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect
to fiscal year 2014 and each succeeding fiscal year.
Sec. 103. (a) Section 101(c)(2) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b(c)(2)) is amended by striking
``and `Allowances and Expenses''' and inserting the following:
```Allowances and Expenses', the heading for any joint committee under
the heading `Joint Items' (to the extent that amounts appropriated for
the joint committee are disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer
of the House of Representatives), and `Office of the Attending
Physician'''.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect
to fiscal year 2014 and each succeeding fiscal year.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
Joint Economic Committee
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee,
$3,983,158, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
Joint Committee on Taxation
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation,
$9,480,731, 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 $1,300 per month to the Senior Medical
Officer; (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three medical
officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; (4) an
allowance of $725 per month to 2 assistants and $580 per month each not
to exceed 11 assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such
assistants; and (5) $2,625,000 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, $3,222,160, to be disbursed by
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
Office of Congressional Accessibility Services
salaries and expenses
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional
Accessibility Services, $1,291,707, to be disbursed by the Secretary of
the Senate.
CAPITOL POLICE
Salaries
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including
overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government contributions for health,
retirement, social security, professional liability insurance, and
other applicable employee benefits, $274,511,000.
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 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, $55,190,000, 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 2014 shall be paid by the Secretary of
Homeland Security from funds available to the Department of Homeland
Security.
Administrative Provisions
(including transfer of funds)
authority to transfer amounts between salaries and general expenses
Sec. 1001. During fiscal year 2014 and any succeeding fiscal year,
the Capitol Police may transfer amounts appropriated for the fiscal
year between the category for salaries and the category for general
expenses, upon the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and Senate.
funds available for workers compensation payments
Sec. 1002. (a) In General.--Available balances of expired United
States Capitol Police appropriations shall be available to the Capitol
Police to make the deposit to the credit of the Employees' Compensation
Fund required by section 8147(b) of title 5, United States Code.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1018 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1907) is amended by striking
subsection (f).
(c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to
appropriations for fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter.
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), $3,617,348, of which $780,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2015: Provided, 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 Provisions
Sec. 1101. (a) The second sentence of section 415(a) of the
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) is amended
to read as follows: ``There are appropriated for such account such sums
as may be necessary to pay such awards and settlements.''.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect
to fiscal year 2014 and each succeeding fiscal year.
semiannual report of disbursements
Sec. 1102. (a) Reports Required.--Not later than 60 days after the
last day of each semiannual period of a fiscal year, the Executive
Director of the Office of Compliance shall submit to the Committee on
House Administration of the House of Representatives, the Committee on
Rules and Administration of the Senate, and the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, with respect
to that period, a detailed, itemized report of the disbursements for
the operations of the Office of Compliance.
(b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include--
(1) the identification of any employee or contractor who
receives a payment from the Office of Compliance;
(2) the quantity and price of any item furnished to the
Office of Compliance;
(3) a description of any service rendered to the Office of
Compliance, together with a statement of the time required for
the service, and the name, title, and amount paid to each
person who renders the service;
(4) a statement of all amounts appropriated to, or received
or expended by, the Office of Compliance and any unexpended
balances of such amounts; and
(5) such additional information as may be required by
regulation of the Committee on House Administration of the
House of Representatives, the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate, or the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives or Senate.
(c) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--This section shall apply with respect to
the semiannual periods of October 1 through March 31 and April
1 through September 30 of each fiscal year, beginning with
fiscal year 2013.
(2) Special rule for reports for fiscal year 2013.--The
Executive Director of the Office of Compliance shall submit the
reports required for the two semiannual periods of fiscal year
2013 not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of the
Congressional Budget Office, including not more than $6,000 to be
expended on the certification of the Director of the Congressional
Budget Office in connection with official representation and reception
expenses, $41,496,677.
Administrative Provision
acceptance of voluntary student services
Sec. 1201. (a) Section 3111(e) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) by striking ``(e)'' and inserting ``(e)(1)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) In this section, the term `agency' includes the Congressional
Budget Office, except that in the case of the Congressional Budget
Office--
``(A) any student who provides voluntary service in
accordance with this section shall be considered an employee of
the Congressional Budget Office for purposes of section 203 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (relating to the level of
confidentiality of budget data); and
``(B) the authority granted to the Office of Personnel
Management under this section shall be exercised by the
Director of the Congressional Budget Office.''.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect
to fiscal year 2014 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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, $85,286,000.
Capitol Building
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation
of the Capitol, $60,421,000, of which $20,702,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2018, and of which $15,940,000 shall
remain available until expended solely for expenses related to
rehabilitation of the U.S. Capitol Dome.
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, $13,037,000, of which $3,700,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2018.
House Office Buildings
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation
of the House office buildings, $71,622,000, of which $9,100,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2018.
In addition, for a payment to the House Historic Buildings
Revitalization Trust Fund, $70,000,000, 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, $109,334,000, of which $37,200,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2018: Provided, That not more than
$9,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this
appropriation as herein provided shall be available for obligation
during fiscal year 2014.
Library Buildings and Grounds
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds,
$47,861,000, of which $23,448,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2018.
Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds, and Security
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation
of buildings, grounds and security enhancements of the United States
Capitol Police, wherever located, the Alternate Computer Facility, and
AOC security operations, $18,898,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2018.
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, $11,372,000: Provided, That of the
amount made available under this heading, the Architect of the Capitol
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 of the Capitol
or a duly authorized designee.
Capitol Visitor Center
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Capitol Visitor
Center, $20,163,000.
Administrative Provisions
semiannual report of disbursements
Sec. 1301. (a) Reports Required.--Not later than 60 days after the
last day of each semiannual period, the Architect of the Capitol shall
submit to Congress, with respect to that period, a detailed, itemized
report of the disbursements for the operations of the Office of the
Architect of the Capitol.
(b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include--
(1) the name of each person who receives a payment from the
Office of the Architect of the Capitol;
(2) the quantity and price of any item furnished to the
Office of the Architect of the Capitol;
(3) a description of any service rendered to the Office of
the Architect of the Capitol, together with a statement of the
time required for the service, and the name, title, and amount
paid to each person who renders the service;
(4) a statement of all amounts appropriated to, or received
or expended by, the Office of the Architect of the Capitol and
any unexpended balances of such amounts;
(5) the information submitted to the Comptroller General
under section 3523(b) of title 31, United States Code; and
(6) such additional information as may be required by
regulation of the Committee on House Administration of the
House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate.
(c) Printing.--Each report under this section shall be printed as a
House document.
(d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to the
semiannual periods of January 1 through June 30 and July 1 through
December 31 of each year, beginning with the semiannual period in which
this section is enacted.
use of building
Sec. 1302. (a) Use of Building.--In exercising its authority under
the item ``Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and Grounds,
House Office Buildings'' in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
1985 (Public Law 98-367; 2 U.S.C. 2001 note), to use the building
referred to in such item for the purposes of providing office and
accommodations for the House of Representatives, the House Office
Building Commission is authorized to enter into such agreements
regarding the use of the building by the House or by other persons as
the Commission considers appropriate.
(b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to
fiscal year 2014 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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; activities
under the Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009; 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, $398,642,813, of which not
more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections credited to this
appropriation during fiscal year 2014, 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 2014 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, 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, $7,068,000 shall remain available until
expended for the digital collections and educational curricula program.
Copyright Office
salaries and expenses
For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $50,172,412, of
which not more than $28,029,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during
fiscal year 2014 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 $5,590,000 shall be derived from
collections during fiscal year 2014 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 $33,619,000: 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, with the exception of the costs of salaries and
benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff under section
802(e).
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, $101,407,996: 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), $48,023,446: Provided,
That of the total amount appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to
contract to provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped
residents at no cost to the individual.
Administrative Provisions
reimbursable and revolving fund activities
Sec. 1401. (a) In General.--For fiscal year 2014, the obligational
authority of the Library of Congress for the activities described in
subsection (b) may not exceed $178,958,000.
(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.
authority to transfer amounts between categories of appropriations
Sec. 1402. (a) In General.--During fiscal year 2014 and any
succeeding fiscal year, the Librarian of Congress may transfer amounts
appropriated for the fiscal year between the categories of
appropriations provided under law for the Library of Congress for the
fiscal year, upon the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and Senate.
(b) Limitation.--Not more than 10 percent of the total amount of
funds appropriated to the account under any category of appropriations
for the Library of Congress for a fiscal year may be transferred from
that account by all transfers made under subsection (a).
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; 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,
$79,736,000: 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: Provided further, That notwithstanding
sections 901, 902, and 906 of title 44, United States Code, this
appropriation may be used to prepare indexes to the Congressional
Record on only a monthly and session basis.
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, $31,437,000: 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 2012 and 2013 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
For payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving Fund,
$3,966,847, to remain available until expended, for information
technology development and facilities repair: Provided, That the
Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such
expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in accordance
with 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 further, That not
more than $7,500 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 activities financed through the revolving fund may provide
information in any format: Provided further, That the revolving fund
and the funds provided under the headings ``Office of Superintendent of
Documents'' and ``Salaries and Expenses'' may not be used for
contracted security services at GPO's passport facility in the District
of Columbia.
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, $486,226,129: Provided, That, in addition,
$32,368,000 of payments received under sections 782, 3521, and 9105 of
title 31, United States Code, shall be available without fiscal year
limitation: 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.
Administrative Provision
use of electronic filing for procurement protest system
Sec. 1501. Section 3555(c) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``(c) Electronic Filing and Document Dissemination System.--
``(1) Establishment and operation of system.--The
Comptroller General shall establish and operate an electronic
filing and document dissemination system under which, in
accordance with procedures prescribed by the Comptroller
General--
``(A) a person filing a protest under this
subchapter may file the protest through electronic
means; and
``(B) all documents and information required with
respect to the protest may be disseminated and made
available to the parties to the protest through
electronic means.
``(2) Imposition of fees.--
``(A) In general.--The Comptroller General may
require each person who files a protest under this
subchapter to pay a fee to support the establishment
and operation of the electronic system under this
subsection, without regard to whether or not the person
uses the system with respect to the protest.
``(B) Amount.--The Comptroller General shall
establish (and from time to time shall update) a
schedule setting forth the amount of the fee to be paid
under subparagraph (A).
``(3) Treatment of amounts collected.--
``(A) Establishment of account.--The Comptroller
General shall maintain a separate account among the
accounts of the Government Accountability Office for
the electronic system under this subsection, and shall
deposit all amounts received as fees under paragraph
(2) into the account.
``(B) Use of amounts.--Amounts in the account
maintained under this paragraph shall be available to
the Comptroller General, without fiscal year
limitation, solely to establish and operate the
electronic system under this subsection.''.
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),
$1,000,000.
TITLE II
GENERAL PROVISIONS
maintenance and care of private vehicles
Sec. 201. 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.
fiscal year limitation
Sec. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2014 unless
expressly so provided in this Act.
rates of compensation and designation
Sec. 203. 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.
consulting services
Sec. 204. 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.
costs of lbfmc
Sec. 205. 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.
landscape maintenance
Sec. 206. The Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with the
District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain and improve the
landscape features, excluding streets, 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.
limitation on transfers
Sec. 207. 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.
guided tours of the capitol
Sec. 208. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the
funds made available to the Architect of the Capitol in this Act may be
used to eliminate or restrict guided tours of the United States Capitol
which are led by employees and interns of offices of Members of
Congress and other offices of the House of Representatives and Senate.
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or at the
direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the approval of the
Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the United States Capitol which
are led by employees and interns described in subsection (a) may be
suspended temporarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security
or related reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the United
States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the Capitol.
delivery of bills and resolutions
Sec. 209. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint resolution, or resolution to
the office of a Member of the House of Representatives (including a
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member
requests a copy.
delivery of congressional record
Sec. 210. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to deliver a printed copy of any version of the Congressional Record to
the office of a Member of the House of Representatives (including a
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress).
limitation on amount available to lease vehicles
Sec. 211. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to
make any payments from any Members' Representational Allowance for the
leasing of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an
aggregate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month.
limitation on printed copies of u.s. code to house
Sec. 212. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used
to provide an aggregate number of more than 50 printed copies of any
edition of the United States Code to all offices of the House of
Representatives.
authorizing commercial activity on union square
Sec. 213. (a) Treatment as Part of Capitol Grounds.--
(1) In general.--For purposes of chapter 51 of title 40,
United States Code, the United States Capitol Grounds shall
include Union Square.
(2) Union square defined.--In this section, the term
``Union Square'' means the area for which jurisdiction and
control was transferred to the Architect of the Capitol under
section 1202 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2012
(Public Law 112-74).
(b) Continuation of Types of Activity Previously Authorized.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any limitations on the use
of the United States Capitol Grounds (including section 5104(c)
of title 40, United States Code), the Chief of the United
States Capitol Police (hereafter referred to as the
``Chief'')--
(A) may issue a permit authorizing a person to
engage in commercial activity in Union Square if the
activity is similar to the types of commercial activity
permitted in Union Square prior to the transfer of
jurisdiction and control of Union Square to the
Architect of the Capitol under section 1202 of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law
112-74); and
(B) under the terms and conditions of such a
permit, may require the person to whom the permit is
issued to pay a fee to cover any costs incurred by the
Architect of the Capitol as a result of the issuance of
the permit, if the fees are similar to the fees
collected by the Director of the National Park Service
for commercial activity permitted in Union Square prior
to such transfer of jurisdiction and control.
(2) Regulations.--The Chief shall carry out this section in
accordance with such regulations as the Capitol Police Board
may promulgate pursuant to the Board's authority under section
14 of the Act of July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 1969), except that the
Board shall promulgate the regulations in consultation with the
Committee on House Administration of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration
of the Senate.
(c) Capitol Trust Account.--
(1) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of
the United States an account for the Architect of the Capitol
to be known as the ``Capitol Trust Account'', consisting of all
fees collected by the Chief under subsection (b)(2).
(2) Transfer.--Immediately upon receiving any fees
collected under subsection (b)(2), the Chief shall transfer the
fees to the Capitol Trust Account.
(3) Use of funds.--Amounts in the Capitol Trust Account
shall be available without fiscal year limitation for such
maintenance, improvements, and projects with respect to Union
Square as the Architect of the Capitol considers appropriate,
subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and Senate.
(d) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date of
the enactment of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2012
(Public Law 112-74).
Sec. 214. It is the sense of the Congress that Congress should not
pass any legislation that authorizes spending cuts that would increase
poverty in the United States.
spending reduction account
Sec. 215. The amount by which the applicable allocation of new
budget authority made by the Committee on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, excluding Senate items, exceeds the amount of proposed new
budget authority is $0.
This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 2014''.
Union Calendar No. 126
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2792
[Report No. 113-173]
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes.
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July 23, 2013
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed
Introduced in House
The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 113-173, by Mr. Alexander.
The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 113-173, by Mr. Alexander.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 126.
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