Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2007

        [Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5521 Reported in Senate (RS)]

Calendar No. 478
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H.R. 5521

[Report No. 109-267]

Rule___________________________________________________________________

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 7, 2006

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

June 22, 2006

Reported by Mr. Allard, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]

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AN ACT

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

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>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:</DELETED>

<DELETED>TITLE I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH</DELETED>

<DELETED>HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</DELETED>

<DELETED>Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>house leadership offices</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Members' Representational Allowances</DELETED>

<DELETED>Including Members' Clerk Hire, Official Expenses of Members,
and Official Mail</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For Members' representational allowances, including
Members' clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail,
$557,796,000.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Committee Employees</DELETED>

<DELETED>Standing Committees, Special and Select</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Committee on Appropriations</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Salaries, Officers and Employees</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Allowances and Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Child Care Center</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Administrative Provisions</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of
the House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe
regulations to carry out this section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (1) The allowance for the Office of the Speaker is
increased by $75,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (2) The allowance for the Office of the Majority
Floor Leader is increased by $75,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (3) The allowance for the Office of the Minority
Floor Leader is increased by $75,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (4) The allowance for the Office of the Majority
Whip is increased by $75,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (5) The allowance for the Office of the Minority
Whip is increased by $75,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (6) The allowance for the Democratic Steering and
Policy Committee is increased by $200,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (7) The allowance for the Republican Conference is
increased by $110,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (8) The allowance for the Republican Policy
Committee is increased by $90,000.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year
2007 and each succeeding fiscal year.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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)).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b)(1) Section 7 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1943 (2 U.S.C. 75a), is repealed.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect
as if included in the enactment of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2005.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year
2007 and each succeeding fiscal year.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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).</DELETED>

<DELETED>JOINT ITEMS</DELETED>

<DELETED>    For Joint Committees, as follows:</DELETED>

<DELETED>Joint Economic Committee</DELETED>

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

<DELETED>Joint Committee on Taxation</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    For other joint items, as follows:</DELETED>

<DELETED>Office of the Attending Physician</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Statements of Appropriations</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>CAPITOL POLICE</DELETED>

<DELETED>Salaries</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>General Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Administrative Provisions</DELETED>

<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE</DELETED>

<DELETED>Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Administrative Provision</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal
years beginning after September 30, 2006.</DELETED>

<DELETED>CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE</DELETED>

<DELETED>Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL</DELETED>

<DELETED>General Administration</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Capitol Building</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Capitol Grounds</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>House Office Buildings</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Capitol Power Plant</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Library Buildings and Grounds</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Botanic Garden</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Capitol Visitor Center</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Administrative Provisions</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect
as if included in the enactment of Public Law 109-116.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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)).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 1203. Travel and Transportation.--(a) Section 5721(1)
of title 5, United States Code, is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) and (H) as
subparagraphs (H) and (I); and</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the
following new subparagraph:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(G) the Architect of the
Capitol;''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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)''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    Sec. 1204. Leasing Authority.--(a) Section 1102(b) of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 (2 U.S.C. 1822(b)) is
amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Committee on
Rules and Administration'' and inserting ``Committees on
Appropriations and Rules and Administration'';</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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).''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2004.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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'').</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Inspector General.--</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Duties.--</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (3) Investigations of complaints of employees.--
</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Powers.--</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (2) Staff.--</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (e) Transfer of Functions.--</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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).</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (f) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.</DELETED>

<DELETED>LIBRARY OF CONGRESS</DELETED>

<DELETED>Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Copyright Office</DELETED>

<DELETED>Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Congressional Research Service</DELETED>

<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped</DELETED>

<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Administrative Provisions</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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:</DELETED>
<DELETED>    ``(e) Audit.--The revolving fund shall be subject to audit
by the Comptroller General at the Comptroller General's
discretion.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE</DELETED>

<DELETED>Congressional Printing and Binding</DELETED>

<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Office of Superintendent of Documents</DELETED>

<DELETED>salaries and expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>(including transfer of funds)</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>Government Printing Office Revolving Fund</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE</DELETED>

<DELETED>Salaries and Expenses</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and
Development</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>

<DELETED>TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS</DELETED>

<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2007''.</DELETED>
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 APPROPRIATIONS

SENATE

Expense Allowances

For expense allowances of the Vice President, $20,000; the
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $40,000; Majority Leader of the
Senate, $40,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Majority Whip
of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; President
Pro Tempore emeritus, $15,000; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority
Conference Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the
Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; in
all, $195,000.

Representation Allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders

For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority Leaders
of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all, $30,000.

Salaries, Officers and Employees

For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized
by law, including agency contributions, $157,889,000, which shall be
paid from this appropriation without regard to the following
limitations:

office of the vice president

For the Office of the Vice President, $2,250,000.

office of the president pro tempore

For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $602,000.

office of the president pro tempore emeritus

For the Office of the President Pro Tempore emeritus, $300,000.

offices of the majority and minority leaders

For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $4,658,000.

offices of the majority and minority whips

For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $2,788,000.

committee on appropriations

For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $14,490,000.

conference committees

For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the
Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairman of each
such committee, $1,541,000 for each such committee; in all, $3,082,000.

offices of the secretaries of the conference of the majority and the
conference of the minority

For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority
and the Conference of the Minority, $754,000.

policy committees

For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority
Policy Committee, $1,573,000 for each such committee; in all,
$3,146,000.

office of the chaplain

For Office of the Chaplain, $367,000.

office of the secretary

For Office of the Secretary, $22,166,000.

office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $59,500,000.

offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for
the Minority, $1,634,000.

agency contributions and related expenses

For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by
law, and related expenses, $42,152,000.

Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel
of the Senate, $5,982,000.

Office of Senate Legal Counsel

For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel,
$1,400,000.

Expense Allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secretaries for the Majority and Minority
of the Senate

For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $6,000;
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $6,000; Secretary for
the Majority of the Senate, $6,000; Secretary for the Minority of the
Senate, $6,000; in all, $24,000.

Contingent Expenses of the Senate

inquiries and investigations

For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate,
or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of
the Senate, section 112 of the Supplemental Appropriations and
Rescission Act, 1980 (Public Law 96-304), and Senate Resolution 281,
96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $129,000,000.

expenses of the united states senate caucus on international narcotics
control

For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International
Narcotics Control, $520,000.

secretary of the senate

For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate,
$2,000,000.

sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper
of the Senate, $150,576,000, which shall remain available until
September 30, 2011.

miscellaneous items

For miscellaneous items, $18,737,000, of which up to $500,000 shall
be made available for a pilot program for mailings of postal patron
postcards by Senators for the purpose of providing notice of a town
meeting by a Senator in a county (or equivalent unit of local
government) at which the Senator will personally attend: Provided, That
any amount allocated to a Senator for such mailing shall not exceed 50
percent of the cost of the mailing and the remaining cost shall be paid
by the Senator from other funds available to the Senator.

senators' official personnel and office expense account

For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account,
$374,031,000.

official mail costs

For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate,
$300,000.

administrative provisions

Sec. 1. Gross Rate of Compensation in Offices of Senators.
Effective on and after October 1, 2006, each of the dollar amounts
contained in the table under section 105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61-1(d)(1)(A)) shall be
deemed to be the dollar amounts in that table, as adjusted by law and
in effect on September 30, 2006, increased by an additional $50,000
each.
Sec. 2. United States Senate Collection. Section 316 of Public Law
101-302 (2 U.S.C. 2107) is amended in the first sentence of subsection
(a) by striking ``2006'' and inserting ``2007''.
Sec. 3. President pro Tempore Emeritus of the Senate. Section 7(e)
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 32b note)
is amended by striking ``and the 109th Congress'' and inserting ``, the
109th Congress, and the 110th Congress''.
Sec. 4. Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the
Majority and the Conference of the Minority. (a) In General.--Upon the
written request of the Secretary of the Conference of the Majority or
the Secretary of the Conference of the Minority, the Secretary of the
Senate shall transfer from the appropriations account appropriated
under the subheading ``offices of the secretaries of the conference of
the majority and the conference of the minority'' under the heading
``Salaries, Officers and Employees'' such amount as the Secretary of
the Conference of the Majority or the Secretary of the Conference of
the Minority shall specify to the appropriations account under the
heading ``miscellaneous items'' within the contingent fund of the
Senate.
(b) Authority to Incur Expenses.--The Secretary of the Conference
of the Majority or the Secretary of the Conference of the Minority may
incur such expenses as may be necessary or appropriate. Expenses
incurred by the Secretary of the Conference of the Majority or the
Secretary of the Conference of the Minority shall be paid from the
amount transferred under subsection (a) by the Secretary of the
Conference of the Majority or the Secretary of the Conference of the
Minority and upon vouchers approved by the Secretary of the Conference
of the Majority or the Secretary of the Conference of the Minority, as
applicable.
(c) Authority to Advance Sums.--The Secretary of the Senate may
advance such sums as may be necessary to defray expenses incurred in
carrying out subsections (a) and (b).
(d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal year 2007
and each fiscal year thereafter.
Sec. 5. Authority to Acquire Real Property For the Sergeant at Arms
and Doorkeeper of the Senate. (a) In General.--The Architect of the
Capitol may acquire (through purchase, lease, transfer from another
Federal entity, or otherwise) real property, for the use of the
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to support the operations
of the Senate--
(1) subject to the approval of the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate; and
(2) subject to the availability of appropriations and upon
approval of an obligation plan by the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate.
(b) Authority to Transfer Funds.--Subject to the approval of the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate
may transfer funds for the acquisition or maintenance of any property
under subsection (a) from the account under the subheading ``sergeant
at arms and doorkeeper of the senate'' under the heading ``Contingent
Expenses of the Senate'' under the heading ``SENATE'', to the account
under the heading ``Senate Office Buildings'' under the heading
``ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL''.
(c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to
fiscal year 2007 and each fiscal year thereafter.

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,
$4,406,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

Joint Committee on Taxation

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation,
$9,105,000 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, $8,489,000, 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 first 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, $231,205,000, 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 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, $41,200,000, 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. Transfer of Library of Congress Police to the United
States Capitol Police. (a) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``Act of August 4, 1950'' means the Act
entitled ``An Act relating to the policing of the buildings and
grounds of the Library of Congress'', approved August 4, 1950
(2 U.S.C. 167 et seq.);
(2) the term ``function'' means any duty, obligation,
power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity,
or program; and
(3) the term ``Library of Congress Police employee''--
(A) means an employee of the Library of Congress
designated as police under the first section of the Act
of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167); and
(B) does not include any civilian employee
performing police support functions, emergency
preparedness functions, or collections security
functions.
(b) Superseding Provisions.--
(1) In general.--The provisions of this section shall
supersede the provisions of section 1015 of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1901 note) and
section 1006 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004
(2 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 108-83; 117 Stat. 1023) to the
extent that the provisions of this section are inconsistent
with such other provisions.
(2) Repeal of former retirement treatment provision.--
Section 1015(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1901 note) is amended by striking
subparagraph (B).
(c) Transfer of Personnel and Functions.--
(1) In general.--Effective on the first day of the first
pay period applicable to members of the Capitol Police
beginning on or after April 1, 2007, there are transferred to
the Capitol Police--
(A) each Library of Congress Police employee
described under subsection (e); and
(B) any functions performed under the first section
of the Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167) and section
9 of that Act (2 U.S.C. 167h).
(2) Library of congress collections security.--Nothing in
paragraph (1)(B) shall be construed to affect the authority of
the Librarian of Congress under subsection (k).
(d) Members of the Capitol Police.--Each Library of Congress Police
employee who is transferred under subsection (c)(1)(A) shall be a
member of the Capitol Police.
(e) Employees to be Transferred.--A Library of Congress Police
employee shall be transferred under subsection (c) if--
(1) based on the assumption that such employee would
perform a period of continuous Federal service after the date
of transfer, such employee would be entitled to an annuity for
immediate retirement under section 8336(b) or 8412(b) of title
5, United States Code, on the date such employee becomes 60
years of age; and
(2) the Chief of the Capitol Police makes a determination
under subsection (f) that the employee meets the qualifications
required to be a member of the Capitol Police.
(f) Qualification Determinations.--
(1) In general.--Each Library of Congress Police employee
described under subsection (e)(1) shall request a qualification
determination from the Chief of the Capitol Police.
(2) Standards.--In making qualification determinations
under this subsection, the Chief of the Capitol Police shall
apply--
(A) the qualification standards applicable to
members of the Capitol Police; and
(B) the requirements under subsection (e)(1) and
paragraph (3) of this subsection.
(3) Training.--A Library of Congress Police employee shall
be required to successfully complete such training as
determined by the Chief of the Capitol Police.
(4) Age limitation not to apply.--The maximum age
limitation of 37 years for hiring a member of the Capitol
Police shall not apply to an individual transferred under this
section.
(g) Transition Provisions.--
(1) Transfer and allocations of property and
appropriations.--
(A) In general.--Effective on the date of transfer
under subsection (c)--
(i) the assets, liabilities, contracts,
property, and records in connection with the
functions and Library of Congress Police
employees transferred by this section shall be
transferred to the Capitol Police; and
(ii) the unexpended balances of
appropriations, authorizations, allocations,
and other funds employed, used, held, arising
from, available to, or to be made available in
connection with the functions and Library of
Congress Police employees transferred by this
section shall be transferred to the
appropriations accounts for the Capitol Police
under the subheadings ``Salaries'' and
``General Expenses'' under the heading
``CAPITOL POLICE'', as applicable.
(B) Use of funds.--Unexpended funds transferred
under this section shall be used only for the purposes
for which the funds were originally authorized and
appropriated.
(2) Transferred employees.--
(A) Nonreduction in pay or rank.--The transfer of
any employee under this section shall not cause that
employee to be separated or reduced in basic pay or
rank.
(B) Leave and compensatory time.--Any annual leave,
sick leave, or other leave, or compensatory time, to
the credit of an individual transferred under this
section shall be transferred to the credit of that
individual as a member of the Capitol Police.
(C) Exemption for mandatory separation.--Section
8335(c) or 8425(c) of title 5, United States Code,
shall not apply to any individual who is transferred
to, and becomes a member of, the Capitol Police under
this section, until the earlier of--
(i) the date on which that individual is
entitled to an annuity for immediate retirement
under section 8336(b) or 8412(b) of title 5,
United States Code; or
(ii) the date on which the individual--
(I) is 57 years of age or older;
and
(II) is entitled to an annuity for
immediate retirement under section
8336(m) or 8412(d) of title 5, United
States Code, (including the
determination of such entitlement after
the application of subparagraph (D) of
this paragraph).
(D) Treatment of prior service for purposes of
eligibility for immediate retirement as capitol
police.--Any Library of Congress Police employee who is
transferred under subsection (c) shall be entitled to
have any creditable service as an employee under
section 8332 or 8411 included in calculating the
employee's service as a member of the Capitol Police
for purposes of section 8336(m) or 8412(d) of title 5,
United States Code, but for purposes of computing the
amount of any benefit payable to or on behalf of the
employee under such title, such service shall be
treated as service as an employee and shall not be
treated as service as a member of the Capitol Police.
(E) Rules of construction relating to employee
representation.--
(i) Employee representation.--Nothing in
this section shall be construed to authorize
any labor organization that represented an
individual who was a Library of Congress police
employee before the transfer under subsection
(c) to represent that individual as a member of
the Capitol Police after such transfer.
(ii) Agreements not applicable.--Nothing in
this section shall be construed to authorize
any collective bargaining agreement (or any
related court order, stipulated agreement, or
agreement to the terms or conditions of
employment) applicable to Library of Congress
police employees to apply to members of the
Capitol Police.
(3) Reorganization.--The Capitol Police Board is authorized
to allocate or reallocate any function transferred under this
section among members of the Capitol Police, and to establish,
consolidate, alter, or discontinue such organizational entities
in the Capitol Police as may be necessary or appropriate.
(4) Additional detailees during training.--During the
period preceding the date of the transfer under subsection (c),
the Chief of the Capitol Police may detail additional members
of the Capitol Police to the Library of Congress, without
reimbursement, equal to or less than the number of Library of
Congress Police employees who are in training described under
subsection (f)(3) at any time.
(5) References.--Reference in any other Federal law,
Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation of authority,
or any document of or relating to the Librarian of Congress or
the Library of Congress with regard to functions transferred
under this section, shall be deemed to refer to the Capitol
Police Board.
(h) Capitol Police Jurisdiction.--
(1) Capitol police jurisdiction.--Section 9 of the Act
entitled ``An Act to define the area of the United States
Capitol Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for other
purposes'', approved July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 1961) is amended--
(A) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``The Capitol
Police shall police''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(d) The authority under subsection (a) shall also apply to the
Library of Congress grounds described under section 11 of the Act
entitled `An Act relating to the policing of the buildings of the
Library of Congress', approved August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167j) and any
building on such grounds, except that in a case of a building not
located in the District of Columbia, the authority granted to the
Metropolitan Police Force of the District of Columbia shall be granted
to any police force within whose jurisdiction the buildings or grounds
are located.''.
(2) Library of congress buildings and grounds and capitol
buildings and grounds.--
(A) Capitol buildings.--Section 5101 of title 40,
United States Code, is amended by inserting ``all
buildings on the real property described under section
5102(d),'' after ``(including the Administrative
Building of the United States Botanic Garden),''.
(B) Capitol grounds.--Section 5102 of title 40,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(d) Library of Congress Buildings and Grounds.--
``(1) In general.--Except as provided under paragraph (2),
the United States Capitol Grounds shall include the Library of
Congress grounds described under section 11 of the Act entitled
`An Act relating to the policing of the buildings of the
Library of Congress', approved August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167j).
``(2) Authority of librarian of congress.--Notwithstanding
subsections (a) and (b), the Librarian of Congress shall retain
authority over the Library of Congress buildings and grounds in
accordance with section 1 of the Act of June 29, 1922 (2 U.S.C.
141; 42 Stat. 715).''.
(C) Conforming amendment relating to disorderly
conduct.--Section 5104(e)(2) of title 40, United States
Code, is amended by striking subparagraph (C) and
inserting the following:
``(C) with the intent to disrupt the orderly
conduct of official business, enter or remain in a room
in any of the Capitol Buildings set aside or designated
for the use of--
``(i) either House of Congress or a Member,
committee, officer, or employee of Congress, or
either House of Congress; or
``(ii) the Library of Congress.''.
(D) Conforming amendment to description of library
of congress grounds.--Section 11 of the Act of August
4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167j) is amended--
(i) in subsection (a), by striking ``For
the purposes of this Act the'' and inserting
``The'';
(ii) in subsection (b), by striking ``For
the purposes of this Act, the'' and inserting
``The'';
(iii) in subsection (c), by striking ``For
the purposes of this Act, the'' and inserting
``The''; and
(iv) in subsection (d), by striking ``For
the purposes of this Act, the'' and inserting
``The'';
(3) Amendments relating to library of congress
jurisdiction.--
(A) Designation of library of congress police
employees.--The first section of the Act of August 4,
1950 (2 U.S.C. 167) is repealed.
(B) Jurisdiction of library of congress police
employees.--Section 9 of the Act of August 4, 1950 (2
U.S.C. 167h) is amended--
(i) by striking ``The police provided''
through ``Provided, That the'' and inserting
``The''; and
(ii) by striking ``the Librarian of
Congress or his assistants'' and inserting
``the Capitol Police Board, in consultation
with the Librarian of Congress,''.
(C) Regulations.--Section 7(a) of the Act of August
4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167f(a)) is amended--
(i) by striking ``in sections 2 to 6,
inclusive, of this Act, the Librarian of
Congress'' and inserting ``under sections 5103
and 5104 of title 40, United States Code, the
Capitol Police Board, in consultation with the
Librarian of Congress,''; and
(ii) by inserting ``the Librarian of
Congress may prescribe such regulations as may
be deemed necessary'' after ``property therein,
and''.
(D) Repeal of certain offenses.--
(i) In general.--Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
and 8 of the Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C.
167a, 167b, 167c, 167d, 167e, and 167g) are
repealed.
(ii) Effective date.--This subparagraph
shall take effect on September 30, 2008.
(E) Suspension of prohibitions against use of
library of buildings and grounds.--
(i) In general.--Section 10 of the Act of
August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167i) is amended by
striking ``2 to 6, inclusive, of this Act'' and
inserting ``5103 and 5104 of title 40, United
States Code,''.
(ii) Effective date.--This subparagraph
shall take effect on September 30, 2008.
(i) Treatment of Library of Congress Police Employees Not
Transferred.--
(1) Continuity of employment.--
(A) In general.--With respect to any individual who
remains a Library of Congress Police employee on and
after the date of the transfer under subsection (c),
subject to the Memorandum of Understanding described
under subsection (l)--
(i) the first section of the Act of August
4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167) and section 9 of that
Act (2 U.S.C. 167h) shall apply as though the
amendments under subsection (h)(3)(A) and (B)
of this section had not been enacted; and
(ii) notwithstanding the transfer of
functions under subsection (c) of this section,
the Librarian of Congress and any such Library
of Congress Police employee may exercise the
functions under the first section and section 9
of the Act of August 4, 1950.
(B) Rule of construction.--Nothing under
subparagraph (A) shall be construed to affect the
authority of the Librarian of Congress to--
(i) terminate the employment of a Library
of Congress Police employee; or
(ii) transfer any individual serving in a
Library of Congress Police employee position to
another position at the Library of Congress.
(2) Termination of library of congress police employee
positions.--Effective on September 30, 2008--
(A) all Library of Congress Police employee
positions are terminated;
(B) any individual who is employed in such position
on that date and entitled to an annuity for immediate
retirement under section 8336(b) or 8412(b) of title 5,
United States Code, shall be separated from service for
retirement; and
(C) with respect to any individual employed in such
position on that date (other than an individual
described under subparagraph (B)), the Librarian of
Congress shall separate the individual from service.
(j) Additional Members of the Capitol Police.--Effective on April
1, 2008, the Chief of the Capitol Police may hire an additional number
of individuals as members of the Capitol Police equal to the number of
Library of Congress Police employees on the date following the date of
the transfer under subsection (c).
(k) Collections Security.--
(1) Authority of the librarian of congress.--The Librarian
of Congress shall provide for collections security within the
Library of Congress.
(2) Contracts and consultations.--In exercising the
authority under this subsection, the Librarian of Congress--
(A) may enter into contracts for goods and
services; and
(B) shall coordinate with the Chief of the Capitol
Police.
(l) Memorandum of Understanding.--The Memorandum of Understanding
between the Library of Congress and the Capitol Police entered into on
December 12, 2004, shall remain in effect through fiscal years 2007 and
2008, subject to--
(1) the provisions of this section; and
(2) such modifications as may be made in accordance with
the modification and dispute resolution provisions of the
Memorandum of Understanding, consistent with the provisions of
this section.
(m) Reimbursement of Amounts Relating to Library of Congress
Events.--
(1) In general.--Any amounts received as reimbursement for
salaries and expenses for services performed by the Capitol
Police at any Library of Congress event shall be reimbursed to
the appropriations accounts for the Capitol Police under the
subheadings ``Salaries'' and ``General Expenses'' under the
heading ``CAPITOL POLICE'', as applicable.
(2) Expenditure and availability of reimbursed funds.--
Funds reimbursed to appropriations accounts under paragraph (1)
may be expended and shall remain available in accordance with
section 2802(a)(2) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2001
(2 U.S.C. 1905(a)(2)).
(3) Reimbursement by librarian of congress.--The Librarian
of Congress may reimburse, from any available funds, to the
appropriations accounts described under paragraph (1) amounts
for salaries and expenses for services performed by the Capitol
Police at any Library of Congress event.
(n) Effective Date.--Except as otherwise provided in this section,
this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and
apply to the fiscal year in which enacted and each fiscal year
thereafter.
Sec. 1003. Authorization for Advance Payments on Certain Contracts.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 3324 of title 31, United
States Code, the Chief of the Capitol Police may make advance payments
for any contract relating to an information and workflow system for the
management of human capital life cycle processes if the Chief of the
Capitol Police determines that making such advance payments is more
prompt, efficient, or economical in the interest of carrying out
required activities and operations of the Capitol Police.
(b) Notification.--Before exercising the authority under subsection
(a), the Chief of the Capitol Police shall submit notification to the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives.
(c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal year 2007
and each fiscal year thereafter.
Sec. 1004. General Counsel for the United States Capitol Police and
the Chief of the Capitol Police. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding
section 111 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C.
1901 note) or House Resolution 661 of the 95th Congress, approved July
29, 1977--
(1) the appointment of an individual to the position of
General Counsel for the United States Capitol Police Board and
the Chief of the Capitol Police shall be made by the Capitol
Police Board without regard to political affiliation and solely
on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of the position;
and
(2) the pay for that position--
(A) shall be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol
Police from funds appropriated to the Capitol Police;
(B) shall be set at the rate of pay in effect on
the date of enactment of this Act; and
(C) may be adjusted at any time after that date by
the Capitol Police Board.
(b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to
fiscal year 2007 and each fiscal year thereafter.

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, $36,987,000.

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, $90,669,000, 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, $21,594,000, of which $5,133,000 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, $8,007,000.

Senate Office Buildings

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation
of Senate office buildings; and furniture and furnishings to be
expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of the
Capitol, $74,316,000, of which $20,014,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2011.

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, 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, $79,850,000, of which $4,125,000 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,
$37,959,000, of which $14,361,000 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,
$12,473,000, of which $3,000,000 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, $9,240,000: Provided, 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,
$13,950,000 for Capitol Visitor Center operation costs: 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 Provision

Sec. 1201. Inspector General of the Architect of the Capitol. (a)
Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Architect of the
Capitol Inspector General Act of 2006''.
(b) Office of Inspector General.--There is an Office of Inspector
General within the Office of the Architect of the Capitol which is an
independent objective office to--
(1) conduct and supervise audits and investigations
relating to the Architect of the Capitol;
(2) provide leadership and coordination and recommend
policies to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness; and
(3) provide a means of keeping the Architect of the Capitol
and the Congress fully and currently informed about problems
and deficiencies relating to the administration and operations
of the Architect of the Capitol.
(c) Appointment of Inspector General; Supervision; Removal.--
(1) Appointment and supervision.--
(A) In general.--There shall be at the head of the
Office of Inspector General, an Inspector General who
shall be appointed by the Architect of the Capitol, in
consultation with the Inspectors General of the Library
of Congress, Government Printing Office, Government
Accountability Office, and United States Capitol
Police. The appointment shall be made 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. The Inspector
General shall report to, and be under the general
supervision of, the Architect of the Capitol.
(B) Audits, investigations, reports, and other
duties and responsibilities.--The Architect of the
Capitol shall have no authority to prevent or prohibit
the Inspector General from--
(i) initiating, carrying out, or completing
any audit or investigation;
(ii) issuing any subpoena during the course
of any audit or investigation;
(iii) issuing any report; or
(iv) carrying out any other duty or
responsibility of the Inspector General under
this section.
(2) Removal.--The Inspector General may be removed from
office by the Architect of the Capitol. The Architect of the
Capitol shall, promptly upon such removal, communicate in
writing the reasons for any such removal to each House of
Congress.
(3) Compensation.--The Inspector General shall be paid at
an annual rate of pay equal to $1,500 less than the annual rate
of pay of the Architect of the Capitol.
(d) Duties, Responsibilities, Authority, and Reports.--
(1) In general.--Sections 4, 5 (other than subsections
(a)(13) and (e)(1)(B) thereof), 6 (other than subsection (a)
(7) and (8) thereof), and 7 of the Inspector General Act of
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to the Inspector General of
the Architect of the Capitol and the Office of such Inspector
General and such sections shall be applied to the Office of the
Architect of the Capitol and the Architect of the Capitol by
substituting--
(A) ``Office of the Architect of the Capitol'' for
``establishment''; and
(B) ``Architect of the Capitol'' for ``head of the
establishment''.
(2) Employees.--The Inspector General, in carrying out this
section, is authorized to select, appoint, and employ such
officers and employees (including consultants) as may be
necessary for carrying out the functions, powers, and duties of
the Office of Inspector General subject to the provisions of
law governing selections, appointments, and employment in the
Office of the Architect of the Capitol.
(e) Transfers.--All functions, personnel, and budget resources of
the Office of the Inspector General of the Architect of the Capitol as
in effect before the effective date of this section are transferred to
the Office of Inspector General described under subsection (b).
(f) References.--References in any other Federal law, Executive
order, rule, regulation, or delegation of authority, or any document of
or relating to the Inspector General of the Architect of the Capitol
shall be deemed to refer to the Inspector General as set forth under
this section.
(g) First Appointment.--On the date occurring 180 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Architect of the Capitol shall
appoint an individual to the position of Inspector General of the
Architect of the Capitol described under subparagraph (A) of subsection
(c)(1) in accordance with that subparagraph.
(h) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided under paragraph (2),
this section shall take effect 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act and apply with respect to fiscal year
2007 and each fiscal year thereafter.
(2) First appointment.--Subsection (g) shall take effect on
the date of enactment of this Act and the Architect of the
Capitol shall take such actions as necessary after such date of
enactment to carry out that subsection.

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, $397,756,000, 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, $15,509,000
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, $6,000,000
shall be used for the digital collections and educational curricula
program, of which $4,056,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2011: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $150,000
shall remain available to the Library of Congress until September 30,
2009, for support of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $700,000 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:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $250,000 shall
be used to provide a grant to the Middle Eastern Text Initiative for
translation and publishing of middle eastern text.

Copyright Office

salaries and expenses

For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $59,044,000, of
which not more than $28,335,000, 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 $33,975,000: 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, $103,625,000: 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), $55,547,000, of which
$16,018,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided,
That of the total amount appropriated, $400,000 shall be used to
reimburse the National Federation of the Blind for costs incurred in
the operation of its ``NEWSLINE'' program.

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. Cooperative Acquisitions Program Revolving Fund Audit.
Section 207 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public
Law 105-55, 2 U.S.C. 182) is amended by striking subsection (e) and
inserting the following:
``(e) Audit.--The revolving fund shall be subject to audit by the
Comptroller General at the Comptroller General's discretion.''.
Sec. 1305. Competitive Status of Library of Congress Employees. (a)
Competitive Status.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any
employee of the Library of Congress who has satisfactorily completed a
probationary period in the Library of Congress under a non-temporary
appointment acquires a competitive status for appointment to any
position in the competitive service for which the employee possesses
the required qualifications.
(b) Probationary Period Not Required.--A Library of Congress
employee who acquires a competitive status under this section shall not
be required to complete a probationary period upon appointment to a
position in the competitive service.
(c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to
fiscal year 2007 and each fiscal year thereafter.
Sec. 1306. Selection Priority for Displaced Library of Congress
Employees. (a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``displaced
employee of the Library of Congress'' means, subject to subsection (c),
a former or current employee of the Library of Congress who--
(1) is or was serving on an appointment without time limit;
(2) is or was serving in a position at level GS-15 of the
General Schedule or less; and
(3) is in receipt of a notice of reduction in force or a
notice of proposed removal for declining a transfer of function
or directed reassignment out of the local commuting area or was
separated or removed under such a notice.
(b) Special Selection Priority.--A displaced employee of the
Library of Congress shall be eligible for special selection priority
for a position in the competitive service under the interagency career
transition assistance program administered by the Office of Personnel
Management, and under any similar interagency program for displaced
Federal employees that the Office may subsequently administer.
(c) Effective Date and Application.--This section shall be
effective as of the date occurring 90 days before the date of enactment
of this Act and apply to any displaced employee of the Library of
Congress in receipt of a notice or separated or removed from service on
or after that effective date. This section shall apply to the remainder
of the fiscal year in which enacted after such effective date and to
each fiscal year thereafter.

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, $97,300,000: 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, $40,000,000: 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

For payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving Fund,
$2,980,000 for workforce retraining: Provided, That the Government
Printing Office may 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 $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, $498,620,000: 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),
$14,000,000.

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 law, or under Executive order issued under 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. Ethanol Fuel and Ethanol Compatible Motor Vehicles. (a)
Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``E-85 fuel'' means a mixture containing at
least 85 percent of methanol, denatured ethanol, and other
alcohols by volume with gasoline or other fuels;
(2) the term ``legislative agency or office'' means any
agency, office, or other entity to which funds are made
available from appropriations to the Legislative Branch; and
(3) the term ``motor vehicle''--
(A) has the meaning given under section 30102(a)(6)
of title 49, United States Code; and
(B) does not include a motorcycle.
(b) Installation of E-85 Fuel Pump.--Not later than September 30,
2007, the Architect of the Capitol shall--
(1) install an E-85 fuel pump and related infrastructure on
the Capitol Grounds; and
(2) make E-85 fuel from that pump available to any motor
vehicle operated by any legislative agency or office.
(c) E-85 Fuel Compatible Motor Vehicles.--To the greatest extent
practicable, the head of each legislative agency or office shall ensure
that motor vehicles operated by such agency or office that are
compatible for use of E-85 fuel shall use E-85 fuel.
(d) Acquisition of E-85 Fuel Compatible Motor Vehicles.--To the
greatest extent practicable, any contract or other agreement entered
into by a legislative agency or office after the date of enactment of
this Act for the purchase or lease of any motor vehicle shall require
that the motor vehicle is compatible for use of E-85 fuel.
(e) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to
fiscal year 2007 and each fiscal year thereafter.
This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 2007''.

Calendar No. 478

109th CONGRESS

2d Session

H.R. 5521

[Report No. 109-267]

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AN ACT

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

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June 7, 2006

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

June 22, 2006

Reported with an amendment