[House Report 109-189]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
109th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session 109-189
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2006, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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July 26, 2005.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Lewis of California, from the committee of conference, submitted
the following
CONFERENCE REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2985]
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the
two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R.
2985) ``making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other
purposes'', having met, after full and free conference, have
agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses
as follows:
Amendment numbered 1:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same with
an amendment, as follows:
In lieu of the matter inserted, insert:
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,
$147,120,000, 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, $2,181,000.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $582,000.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore emeritus,
$290,000.
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,
$4,340,000.
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,
$2,644,000.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations,
$13,758,000.
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, $1,470,000 for each such
committee; in all, $2,940,000.
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, $728,000.
POLICY COMMITTEES
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the
Minority Policy Committee, $1,524,000 for each such committee;
in all, $3,048,000.
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN
For Office of the Chaplain, $354,000.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
For Office of the Secretary, $20,866,000.
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,
$56,700,000.
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the
Secretary for the Minority, $1,584,000.
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as
authorized by law, and related expenses, $37,105,000.
Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Legislative Counsel of the Senate, $5,437,000.
Office of Senate Legal Counsel
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal
Counsel, $1,306,000.
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, $119,637,000.
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, $1,980,000.
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate, $142,000,000, which shall remain
available until September 30, 2010.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
For miscellaneous items, $17,000,000, 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, $350,000,000.
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, 2005, 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, 2005, increased by an additional $50,000 each.
Sec. 2. Consultants. With respect to fiscal year 2006,
the first sentence of section 101(a) of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h-6(a)) shall be applied
by substituting ``nine individual consultants'' for ``eight
individual consultants''.
Sec. 3. 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 ``2005'' and inserting
``2006''.
Sec. 4. Senate Commission on Art. Section 3(c)(2) of
Public Law 108-83 (2 U.S.C. 2108(c)(2)) is amended by striking
``and for any purposes'' through the period and inserting ``for
any purposes for which funds from the contingent fund of the
Senate may be used under section 316(a) of Public Law 101-302
(2 U.S.C. 2107(a)), and for expenditures, not to exceed $10,000
in any fiscal year, for meals and refreshments in Capitol
facilities in connection with official activities of the
Commission or other authorized programs or activities.''.
Sec. 5. Absences. Section 40 of the Revised Statutes (2
U.S.C. 39) is amended by--
(1) striking ``Secretary of the Senate and the'';
(2) striking ``, respectively, shall'' and inserting
``shall'';
(3) striking ``Senate or''; and
(4) striking ``, respectively, unless'' and inserting ``,
unless''.
Sec. 6. Modification of Certain Consultant Requirement.
Section 10(a)(5) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
1999 (2 U.S.C. 72d) is amended by inserting ``, except that any
approval (and related reporting requirement) shall not apply''
after ``May 14, 1975''.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the House of
Representatives, $1,100,907,000, as follows:
house leadership offices
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,
$19,844,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $2,788,000,
including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office
of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,089,000, including $10,000 for
official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the
Minority Floor Leader, $2,928,000, including $10,000 for
official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip,
$1,797,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the
Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief
Deputy Minority Whip, $1,345,000, including $5,000 for official
expenses of the Minority Whip; Speaker's Office for Legislative
Floor Activities, $482,000; Republican Steering Committee,
$906,000; Republican Conference, $1,548,000; Republican Policy
Committee, $307,000; Democratic Steering and Policy Committee,
$1,945,000; Democratic Caucus, $816,000; nine minority
employees, $1,445,000; training and program development--
majority, $290,000; training and program development--minority,
$290,000; Cloakroom Personnel--majority, $434,000; and
Cloakroom Personnel--minority, $434,000.
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,
$542,109,000.
Committee Employees
Standing Committees, Special and Select
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special
and select, authorized by House resolutions, $117,913,000:
Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such
salaries and expenses until December 31, 2006.
Committee on Appropriations
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on
Appropriations, $25,668,000, 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, 2006.
Salaries, Officers and Employees
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees,
as authorized by law, $172,249,000, 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,
$21,911,000; 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, $6,284,000; for salaries
and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer,
$121,471,000, of which $7,806,000 shall remain available until
expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Inspector General, $3,991,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Operations,
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended; for salaries
and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, $962,000; for
the Office of the Chaplain, $161,000; for salaries and expenses
of the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the
Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules,
$1,767,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law
Revision Counsel of the House, $2,453,000; for salaries and
expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House,
$6,963,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of
Interparliamentary Affairs, $720,000; for other authorized
employees, $161,000; and for salaries and expenses of the
Office of the Historian, $405,000.
Allowances and Expenses
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House
resolution or law, $223,124,000, including: supplies,
materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,
$4,179,000; 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, $214,422,000; 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; 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 Provision
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 2006. Any amount remaining after all payments are
made under such allowances for fiscal year 2006 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.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
Joint Economic Committee
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic
Committee, $4,276,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the
Senate.
Joint Committee on Taxation
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Taxation, $8,781,000, 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) $1,834,000 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, $2,545,000, 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, $4,098,000, to be disbursed by the
Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount
may be used to employ more than 58 individuals: Provided
further, That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, during
emergencies, to employ not more than two additional individuals
for not more than 120 days each, and not more than 10
additional individuals for not more than 6 months each, for the
Capitol Guide Service.
Statements of Appropriations
For the preparation, under the direction of the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, of the statements for the 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, $217,456,000, 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, $32,000,000, 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 2006 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 2006 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. Mounted Horse Unit. (a) The United States
Capitol Police may not operate a mounted horse unit during
fiscal year 2006 or any succeeding fiscal year.
(b) Not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Chief of the Capitol Police shall
transfer to the Chief of the United States Park Police the
horses, equipment, and supplies of the Capitol Police mounted
horse unit which remain in the possession of the Capitol Police
as of such date.
Sec. 1003. Ethics in Goverment Act. (a) Section
103(h)(1)(A)(i)(I) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5
U.S.C. App. 103(h)(1)(A)(i)(I)) is amended by inserting
``United States Capitol Police,'' after ``Architect of the
Capitol,''.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to reports filed under the Ethics in Government Act of
1978 for calendar year 2005 and each succeeding calendar year.
Sec. 1004. Inspector General for the United States
Capitol Police. (a) Establishment of Office.--There is
established in the United States Capitol Police the Office of
the Inspector General (hereafter in this section referred to as
the ``Office''), headed by the Inspector General of the United
States Capitol Police (hereafter in this section referred to as
the ``Inspector General'').
(b) Inspector General.--
(1) Appointment.--The Inspector General shall be
appointed by, and under the general supervision of, the Capitol
Police Board. The appointment shall be made in consultation
with the Inspectors General of the Library of Congress,
Government Printing Office, and the Government Accountability
Office. The Capitol Police Board shall appoint the Inspector
General without regard to political affiliation and solely on
the basis of integrity and demonstrated ability in accounting,
auditing, financial analysis, law, management analysis, public
administration, or investigations.
(2) Term of service.--The Inspector General shall serve
for a term of 5 years, and an individual serving as Inspector
General may be reappointed for not more than 2 additional
terms.
(3) Removal.--The Inspector General may be removed from
office prior to the expiration of his term only by the
unanimous vote of all of the voting members of the Capitol
Police Board, and the Board shall communicate the reasons for
any such removal to the Committee on House Administration, the
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and of the
Senate.
(4) Salary.--The Inspector General shall be paid at an
annual rate equal to $1,000 less than the annual rate of pay in
effect for the Chief of the Capitol Police.
(5) Deadline.--The Capitol Police Board shall appoint the
first Inspector General under this section not later than 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Duties.--
(1) Applicability of duties of inspector general of
executive branch establishment.--The Inspector General shall
carry out the same duties and responsibilities with respect to
the United States Capitol Police as an Inspector General of an
establishment carries out with respect to an establishment
under section 4 of the Inspector General Act of 1978, (5 U.S.C.
App. 4), under the same terms and conditions which apply under
such section.
(2) Semiannual reports.--The Inspector General shall
prepare and submit semiannual reports summarizing the
activities of the Office in the same manner, and in accordance
with the same deadlines, terms, and conditions, as an Inspector
General of an establishment under section 5 (other than
subsection (a)(13) thereof) 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 Chief of the Capitol
Police shall be considered the head of the establishment. The
Chief shall, within 30 days of receipt of a report, report to
the Capitol Police Board, the Committee on House
Administration, the Senate Committee on Rules and
Administration, and the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and of the Senate consistent with
section 5(b) of such Act.
(3) Investigations of complaints of employees and
members.--
(A) Authority.--The Inspector General may receive and
investigate complaints or information from an employee or
member of the Capitol Police 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, including complaints or information the
investigation of which is under the jurisdiction of the
Internal Affairs Division of the Capitol Police as of the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(B) Nondisclosure.--The Inspector General shall not,
after receipt of a complaint or information from an employee or
member, disclose the identity of the employee or member without
the consent of the employee or member, unless required by law
or the Inspector General determines such disclosure is
otherwise unavoidable during the course of the investigation.
(C) Prohibiting retaliation.--An employee or member of
the Capitol Police 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 or member as a reprisal for making
a complaint or disclosing information to the Inspector General,
unless the complaint was made or the information disclosed with
the knowledge that it was false or with willful disregard for
its truth or falsity.
(4) Independence in carrying out duties.--Neither the
Capitol Police Board, the Chief of the Capitol Police, nor any
other member or employee of the Capitol Police may prevent or
prohibit the Inspector General from carrying out any of the
duties or responsibilities assigned to the Inspector General
under this section.
(d) Powers.--
(1) In general.--The Inspector General may exercise the
same authorities with respect to the United States Capitol
Police as an Inspector General of an establishment may exercise
with respect to an establishment under section 6(a) of the
Inspector General Act of 1978, (5 U.S.C. App. 6(a)), other than
paragraphs (7) and (8) of such section.
(2) Staff.--
(A) In general.--The Inspector General may appoint and
fix the pay of such personnel as the Inspector General
considers appropriate. Such personnel may be appointed without
regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code,
regarding appointments in the competitive service, and may be
paid without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and
subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to
classification and General Schedule pay rates, except that no
personnel of the Office (other than the Inspector General) may
be paid at an annual rate greater than $500 less than the
annual rate of pay of the Inspector General under subsection
(b)(4).
(B) Experts and consultants.--The Inspector General may
procure temporary and intermittent services under section 3109
of title 5, United States Code, at rates not to exceed the
daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV
of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title.
(C) Independence in appointing staff.--No individual may
carry out any of the duties or responsibilities of the Office
unless the individual is appointed by the Inspector General, or
provides services procured by the Inspector General, pursuant
to this paragraph. Nothing in this subparagraph may be
construed to prohibit the Inspector General from entering into
a contract or other arrangement for the provision of services
under this section.
(D) Applicability of capitol police personnel rules.--
None of the regulations governing the appointment and pay of
employees of the Capitol Police shall apply with respect to the
appointment and compensation of the personnel of the Office,
except to the extent agreed to by the Inspector General.
Nothing in the previous sentence may be construed to affect
subparagraphs (A) through (C).
(3) Equipment and supplies.--The Chief of the Capitol
Police shall provide the Office with appropriate and adequate
office space, together with such equipment, supplies, and
communications facilities and services as determined by the
Inspector General to be necessary for the operation of the
Office, and shall provide necessary maintenance services for
such office space and the equipment and facilities located
therein.
(e) Transfer of Functions.--
(1) Transfer.--To the extent that any office or entity in
the Capitol Police prior to the appointment of the first
Inspector General under this section carried out any of the
duties and responsibilities assigned to the Inspector General
under this section, the functions of such office or entity
shall be transferred to the Office upon the appointment of the
first Inspector General under this section.
(2) No reduction in pay or benefits.--The transfer of the
functions of an office or entity to the Office under paragraph
(1) may not result in a reduction in the pay or benefits of any
employee of the office or entity, except to the extent required
under subsection (d)(2)(A).
(f) Effective Date.--This section shall be effective upon
enactment of this Act.
(g) Conforming Amendment.--Section 108(b)(2)(D) of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001, Public Law 106-554
(2 U.S.C. Sec. 1903(b)(2)(D)) is amended to read as follows:
``(D) Prepare annual financial statements for the Capitol
Police, and such financial statements shall be audited by the
Inspector General of the Capitol Police or by an independent
public accountant, as determined by the Inspector General.''.
Sec. 1005. Report of Disbursements. (a) In General.--Not
later than 60 days after the last day of each semiannual
period, the Chief of the Capitol Police shall submit to
Congress, with respect to that period, a detailed, itemized
report of the disbursements for the operations of the United
States Capitol Police.
(b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a)
shall include--
(1) the name of each person or entity who receives a
payment from the Capitol Police and the amount thereof;
(2) a description of any service rendered to the Capitol
Police, together with service dates;
(3) a statement of all amounts appropriated to, or
received or expended by, the Capitol Police and any unexpended
balances of such amounts for any open fiscal year; and
(4) such additional information as may be required by
regulation of the Committee on House Administration of the
House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate.
(c) Printing.--Each report under this section shall be
printed as a House document.
(d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with
respect to the semiannual periods of October 1 through March 31
and April 1 through September 30 of each year, beginning with
the semiannual period in which this section is enacted.
Sec. 1006. Capitol Police and Transfer of Library of
Congress Police. (a) Limitation on Certain Hiring Authority of
Capitol Police.--Section 1006(b)(3) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108-83; 117 Stat. 1023),
as amended by section 1002 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 108-
447; 118 Stat. 3179), is further amended by adding after
subparagraph (D), the following:
``(E) Limitation for fiscal year 2006.--During fiscal
year 2006, the number of individuals hired under this
subsection may not exceed--
``(i) the number of Library of Congress Police employees
who separated from service or transferred to a position other
than a Library of Congress Police employee position during
fiscal year 2005 for whom a corresponding hire was not made
under this subsection; and
``(ii) the number of Library of Congress Police employees
who separate from service or transfer to a position other than
a Library of Congress Police employee position during fiscal
year 2006.''.
(b) 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 year 2006, subject to such modifications
as may be made in accordance with the modification and dispute
resolution provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding.
Sec. 1007. (a) Waiving Repayment of Certain Overtime
Compensation Paid Incorrectly.--Except as provided in
subsection (b), any individual to whom overtime compensation
was paid under section 1009 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 108-7; 117 Stat. 359), in
violation of the restrictions applicable to the payment of such
compensation under section 1009(b) of such Act shall not be
required to repay the compensation, but only to the extent the
compensation was paid for services provided prior to June 15,
2005.
(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with
respect to any officer or employee of the United States Capitol
Police whose annual rate of pay is specified in statute and is
not established under the schedule of rates of basic pay
established and maintained by the Capitol Police Board.
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as
authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $3,112,000, of which $780,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2007: 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.
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, $35,450,000.
Administrative Provision
Sec. 1100. (a) Permitting Waiver of Claims For
Overpayment of Pay and Allowances.--Section 5584(g) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (5);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (6)
and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by inserting immediately after paragraph (6) the
following new paragraph:
``(7) the Congressional Budget Office.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2006 and each
succeeding fiscal year.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
General Administration
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other
personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys
and studies in connection with activities under the care of the
Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the
general and administrative support of the operations under the
Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic Garden;
electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and House office
buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the
Architect of the Capitol; including furnishings and office
equipment; including not more than $5,000 for official
reception and representation expenses, to be expended as the
Architect of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or exchange,
maintenance, and operation of a passenger motor vehicle,
$76,812,000.
Capitol Building
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and
operation of the Capitol, $23,352,000, of which $8,300,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2010.
Capitol Grounds
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of
grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office
buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $7,511,000.
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, $67,004,000, of which $15,745,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2010.
House Office Buildings
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and
operation of the House office buildings, $59,616,000, of which
$20,922,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2010.
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, $58,685,000,
of which $1,600,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2010: Provided, That not more than $6,600,000 of the funds
credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein
provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year
2006.
Library Buildings and Grounds
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library
buildings and grounds, $68,763,000, of which $42,500,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2010.
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, $14,902,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 2010.
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, $7,633,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall
not be available for construction of the National Garden:
Provided further, That of the amount made available under this
heading, the Architect may obligate and expend such sums as may
be necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of the
National Garden established under section 307E of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146),
upon vouchers approved by the Architect or a duly authorized
designee.
Capitol Visitor Center
For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Center
project, $41,900,000, to remain available until expended, and
in addition, $2,300,000 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 Provisions
Sec. 1201. (a) Section 108 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 1849), is amended in
subsection (b), by striking ``8 positions'' and inserting ``9
positions''.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to pay periods beginning on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
Sec. 1202. (a) Section 905 of the 2002 Supplemental
Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response To
Terrorist Attacks on the United States (2 U.S.C. 1819) is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e);
and
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new
subsection:
``(d) In the case of a building or facility acquired
through purchase pursuant to subsection (a), the Architect of
the Capitol may enter into or assume a lease with another
person for the use of any portion of the building or facility
that the Architect of the Capitol determines is not required to
be used to carry out the purposes of this section, subject to
the approval of the entity which approved the acquisition of
such building or facility under subsection (b).''.
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply
with respect to leases entered into on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Salaries and Expenses
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
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, $395,754,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall be
derived from collections credited to this appropriation during
fiscal year 2006, 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 2006 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, $13,972,000 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, $5,860,000 shall remain available until expended
for the digital collections and educational curricula program
under section 1306 of this Act: 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, $11,078,000 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: Provided further, That no funds made
available under this heading may be expended inconsistently
with the provisions and intent of section 1006 of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108-
83), as amended, and the memorandum of understanding between
the Library of Congress and the Capitol Police entered into on
December 12, 2004: Provided further, That of the total amount
appropriated, $300,000 shall be available to the University of
South Carolina for the Cooperative Preservation and
Conservation project for the Movietone Newsreel collection:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
$400,000 shall be available to the University of Mississippi
American Music Archives: Provided further, That of the amounts
made available under this heading in chapter 9 of division A of
the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-554;
114 Stat. 2763A-194), $6,858,000 are rescinded.
Copyright Office
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office,
$58,601,000, of which not more than $30,481,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be derived from collections
credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2006 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
$5,465,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year
2006 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), 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 $35,946,000: 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, $100,916,000: 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),
$54,449,000, of which $16,231,000 shall remain available until
expended: Provided, That of the total amount appropriated,
$400,000 shall remain available until expended 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 2006, the obligational
authority of the Library of Congress for the activities
described in subsection (b) may not exceed $109,943,000.
(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 2006, 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. National Digital Information Infrastructure
and Preservation Program. The Miscellaneous Appropriations Act,
2001 (enacted into law by section 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106-
554, 114 Stat. 2763A-194) is amended in the first proviso under
the subheading ``Salaries and Expenses'' under the heading
``LIBRARY OF CONGRESS'' in chapter 9 of division A by adding at
the end ``, except that an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 of
such additional $75,000,000 shall remain available until
expended and may be used for competitive grants to State
governmental entities, without regard to any matching
contribution requirement, to work cooperatively to collect and
preserve at-risk digital State and local government
information''.
Sec. 1304. 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 2006 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 2006 to the Library
of Congress on State Department diplomatic facilities.
Sec. 1305. Parliamentary Development. (a) Section 208 of
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law
104-53; 109 Stat. 532), is hereby repealed.
(b) The amendment made by this section shall take effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act or October 1, 2005,
whichever occurs earlier.
Sec. 1306. Incorporation of Digital Collections Into
Educational Curricula. (a) Short Title.--This section may be
cited as the ``Library of Congress Digital Collections and
Educational Curricula Act of 2005''.
(b) Program.--The Librarian of Congress shall administer
a program to teach educators and librarians how to incorporate
the digital collections of the Library of Congress into
educational curricula.
(c) Educational Consortium.--In administering the program
under this section, the Librarian of Congress may--
(1) establish an educational consortium to support
the program; and
(2) make funds appropriated for the program
available to consortium members, educational
institutions, and libraries.
(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to
carry out this section for fiscal year 2006 and each fiscal
year thereafter.
Sec. 1307. Inspector General of the Library of Congress.
(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Library of
Congress Inspector General Act of 2005''.
(b) Office of Inspector General.--There is an Office of
Inspector General within the Library of Congress which is an
independent objective office to--
(1) conduct and supervise audits and investigations
(excluding incidents involving violence and personal
property) relating to the Library of Congress;
(2) provide leadership and coordination and
recommend policies to promote economy, efficiency, and
effectiveness; and
(3) provide a means of keeping the Librarian of
Congress and the Congress fully and currently informed
about problems and deficiencies relating to the
administration and operations of the Library of
Congress.
(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
Librarian of Congress 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 Librarian of Congress.
(B) Audits, investigations, and reports.--
The Librarian of Congress 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; or
(iii) issuing any report.
(2) Removal.--The Inspector General may be removed
from office by the Librarian of Congress. The Librarian
of Congress shall, promptly upon such removal,
communicate in writing the reasons for any such removal
to each House of the Congress.
(d) Duties, Responsibilities, Authority, and Reports.--
(1) In general.--Sections 4, 5 (other than
subsections (a)(13)), 6(a) (other than paragraphs (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 Library of Congress and the Office of
such Inspector General and such sections shall be
applied to the Library of Congress and the Librarian of
Congress by substituting--
(A) ``Library of Congress'' for
``establishment''; and
(B) ``Librarian of Congress'' for ``head of
the establishment''.
(2) Employees.--The Inspector General, in carrying
out the provisions of 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 Library of Congress.
(e) Transfers.--All functions, personnel, and budget
resources of the Office of Investigations of the Library of
Congress are transferred to the Office of Inspector General.
(f) Incumbent.--The individual who serves in the position
of Inspector General of the Library of Congress on the date of
enactment of this Act shall continue to serve in that position,
subject to removal in accordance with this section.
(g) 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
Library of Congress shall be deemed to refer to the Inspector
General of the Library of Congress as set forth under this
section.
(h) Effective Date.--This section shall be effective upon
enactment of this Act.
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, $88,090,000: 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, $33,337,000: 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 2004 and 2005 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, $2,000,000 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, $482,395,000: Provided, That not more than
$5,104,000 of payments received under section 782 of title 31,
United States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year
2006: Provided further, That not more than $2,061,000 of
reimbursements received under section 9105 of title 31, United
States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 2006:
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 2006 unless expressly so provided in this
Act.
Sec. 203. Rates of Compensation and Designation. Whenever
in this Act any office or position not specifically established
by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is
appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designation of
any office or position appropriated for is different from that
specifically established by such Act, the rate of compensation
and the designation in this Act shall be the permanent law with
respect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act for
the various items of official expenses of Members, officers,
and committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and
clerk hire for Senators and Members of the House of
Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect
thereto.
Sec. 204. Consulting Services. The expenditure of any
appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through
procurement contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United
States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such
expenditures are a matter of public record and available for
public inspection, except where otherwise provided under
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued under
existing law.
Sec. 205. Awards and Settlements. Such sums as may be
necessary are appropriated to the account described in
subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congressional
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay awards and
settlements as authorized under such subsection.
Sec. 206. Costs of LBFMC. Amounts available for
administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity which
participates in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers
Council (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall
be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs as
determined by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to
be shared among all participating legislative branch entities
(in such allocations among the entities as the entities may
determine) may not exceed $2,000.
Sec. 207. Landscape Maintenance. The Architect of the
Capitol, in consultation with the District of Columbia, is
authorized to maintain and improve the landscape features,
excluding streets and sidewalks, in the irregular shaped grassy
areas bounded by Washington Avenue, SW on the northeast, Second
Street SW on the west, Square 582 on the south, and the
beginning of the I-395 tunnel on the southeast.
Sec. 208. Limitation on Transfers. None of the funds made
available in this Act may be transferred to any department,
agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government,
except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority
provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
TITLE III--CONTINUITY IN REPRESENTATION
Sec. 301. Section 26 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States (2 U.S.C. 8) is amended--
(1) by striking ``The time'' and inserting ``(a) In
General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the
time''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(b) Special Rules in Extraordinary Circumstances.--
``(1) In general.--In extraordinary circumstances,
the executive authority of any State in which a vacancy
exists in its representation in the House of
Representatives shall issue a writ of election to fill
such vacancy by special election.
``(2) Timing of special election.--A special election
held under this subsection to fill a vacancy shall take place
not later than 49 days after the Speaker of the House of
Representatives announces that the vacancy exists, unless,
during the 75-day period which begins on the date of the
announcement of the vacancy--
``(A) a regularly scheduled general election for the
office involved is to be held; or
``(B) another special election for the office involved is
to be held, pursuant to a writ for a special election issued by
the chief executive of the State prior to the date of the
announcement of the vacancy.
``(3) Nominations by parties.--If a special election is
to be held under this subsection, the determination of the
candidates who will run in such election shall be made--
``(A) by nominations made not later than 10 days after
the Speaker announces that the vacancy exists by the political
parties of the State that are authorized by State law to
nominate candidates for the election; or
``(B) by any other method the State considers
appropriate, including holding primary elections, that will
ensure that the State will hold the special election within the
deadline required under paragraph (2).
``(4) Extraordinary circumstances.--
``(A) In general.--In this subsection, `extraordinary
circumstances' occur when the Speaker of the House of
Representatives announces that vacancies in the representation
from the States in the House exceed 100.
``(B) Judicial review.--If any action is brought for
declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge an announcement
made under subparagraph (A), the following rules shall apply:
``(i) Not later than 2 days after the announcement, the
action shall be filed in the United States District Court
having jurisdiction in the district of the Member of the House
of Representatives whose seat has been announced to be vacant
and shall be heard by a 3-judge court convened pursuant to
section 2284 of title 28, United States Code.
``(ii) A copy of the complaint shall be delivered
promptly to the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
``(iii) A final decision in the action shall be made
within 3 days of the filing of such action and shall not be
reviewable.
``(iv) The executive authority of the State that contains
the district of the Member of the House of Representatives
whose seat has been announced to be vacant shall have the right
to intervene either in support of or opposition to the position
of a party to the case regarding the announcement of such
vacancy.
``(5) Protecting ability of absent military and overseas
voters to participate in special elections.--
``(A) Deadline for transmittal of absentee ballots.--In
conducting a special election held under this subsection to
fill a vacancy in its representation, the State shall ensure to
the greatest extent practicable (including through the use of
electronic means) that absentee ballots for the election are
transmitted to absent uniformed services voters and overseas
voters (as such terms are defined in the Uniformed and Overseas
Citizens Absentee Voting Act) not later than 15 days after the
Speaker of the House of Representatives announces that the
vacancy exists.
``(B) Period for ballot transit time.--Notwithstanding
the deadlines referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3), in the
case of an individual who is an absent uniformed services voter
or an overseas voter (as such terms are defined in the
Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act), a State
shall accept and process any otherwise valid ballot or other
election material from the voter so long as the ballot or other
material is received by the appropriate State election official
not later than 45 days after the State transmits the ballot or
other material to the voter.
``(6) Application to district of columbia and
territories.--This subsection shall apply--
``(A) to a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the
Congress in the same manner as it applies to a Member of the
House of Representatives; and
``(B) to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the United States Virgin
Islands in the same manner as it applies to a State, except
that a vacancy in the representation from any such jurisdiction
in the House shall not be taken into account by the Speaker in
determining whether vacancies in the representation from the
States in the House exceed 100 for purposes of paragraph
(4)(A).
``(7) Rule of construction regarding federal election
laws.--Nothing in this subsection may be construed to affect
the application to special elections under this subsection of
any Federal law governing the administration of elections for
Federal office (including any law providing for the enforcement
of any such law), including, but not limited to, the following:
``(A) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 1973 et
seq.), as amended.
``(B) The Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and
Handicapped Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ee et seq.), as amended.
``(C) The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting
Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff et seq.), as amended.
``(D) The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42
U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.), as amended.
``(E) The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), as amended.
``(F) The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et
seq.), as amended.
``(G) The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15301
et seq.), as amended.''.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Amendment Numbered 2:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate numbered 2, and agree to the same with
an amendment, as follows:
Delete the matter stricken, delete the matter inserted, and
strike all beginning on page 2, line 5, down through and
including page 8, line 12 of the House engrossed bill, H.R.
2985.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Amendment Numbered 3:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate numbered 3, and agree to the same with
an amendment, as follows:
Delete the matter stricken, delete the matter inserted, and
strike all beginning on page 24, line 12, down through and
including page 24, line 16 of the House engrossed bill, H.R.
2985.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Amendment Numbered 4:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate numbered 4, and agree to the same with
an amendment, as follows:
Delete the matter stricken, delete the matter inserted, and
strike all beginning on page 41, line 10, down through and
including page 43, line 24 of the House engrossed bill, H.R.
2985.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Amendment Numbered 5:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate numbered 5.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Jerry Lewis,
Jack Kingston,
Kay Granger,
John T. Doolittle,
Ray LaHood,
Steny H. Hoyer,
James P. Moran,
Managers on the Part of the House.
Wayne Allard,
Thad Cochran,
Mike DeWine,
Ted Stevens,
Richard Durbin,
Tim Johnson,
Robert C. Byrd
(except Title III),
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE
The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at
the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on
the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2985) making
appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes, submit the
following joint statement to the House and Senate in
explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the
managers and recommended in the accompanying conference report.
The Senate amended the House bill with five numbered
amendments. The conference agreement addresses all the
differences contained in the five amendments in the disposition
of the first numbered amendment. The first numbered amendment
therefore includes a complete version of the Legislative Branch
bill. An explanation of the resolution of the differences of
the other four numbered amendments is included in the first
numbered amendment. The disposition of the other four numbered
amendments therefore is purely technical in nature to enable
the complete bill text to be included in the first amendment.
Amendment numbered 1: Deletes the matter inserted and
inserts complete bill text excluding the short title.
Many items in both House and Senate Legislative Branch
Appropriations bills are identical and are included in the
conference agreement without change. The conferees have
endorsed statements of policy contained in the House and Senate
reports accompanying the appropriations bills, unless amended
or restated herein. With respect to those items in the
conference agreement that differ between House and Senate
bills, the conferees have agreed to the following with the
appropriate section numbers, punctuation, and other technical
corrections:
TITLE I
SENATE
The conferees agree to appropriate $785,549,000 for
Senate operations. Inasmuch as these items relate solely to the
Senate, and in accord with long practice under which each body
determines its own housekeeping requirements and the other
concurs without intervention, the managers on the part of the
House, at the request of the managers on the part of the
Senate, have receded to the amendment of the Senate.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
The conferees agree to appropriate $1,100,907,000 for
House operations. Inasmuch as these items relate solely to the
House, and in accord with long practice under which each body
determines its own housekeeping requirements and the other
concurs without intervention, the managers on the part of the
Senate, at the request of the managers on the part of the
House, have receded to the amendments of the House.
JOINT ITEMS
Joint Economic Committee
The conference agreement includes $4,276,000 as proposed
by the House and the Senate.
Joint Committee on Taxation
The conference agreement includes $8,781,000 as proposed
by the House and the Senate.
Office of the Attending Physician
The conference agreement includes $2,545,000 as proposed
by the House and the Senate.
Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office
The conference agreement includes $4,098,000 for the
Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office as proposed
by the Senate instead of $4,268,000 as proposed by the House.
Statements of Appropriations
The conference agreement includes $30,000 as proposed by
the House and the Senate.
CAPITOL POLICE
In fiscal year (FY) 2001, in response to pervasive
management issues at the United States Capitol Police (USCP),
the conferees directed the USCP to establish a Chief
Administrative Officer (CAO) position with the overall
responsibility for improving administrative operations of the
USCP, including human resources, information technology,
financial management and budgeting. In FY 2001 and subsequent
years, the conferees also required the Government
Accountability Office (GAO) to report periodically on the
progress of the USCP in improving operations.
The conferees are disappointed with the slow pace of
improvements and the broad range of management issues that
continue to surface, including problems in procurements,
project management, budget execution, and payroll and
compensation issues. The conferees-believe that there has not
been adequate management emphasis on improving administrative
operations. The tone set by management influences the actions
of staff throughout the organization in helping to ensure good
management practices and effective operations.
The conferees direct the Chief, the Assistant Chief, and
the CAO to place a renewed emphasis on implementing basic
internal control throughout their operations, with an emphasis
on instilling accountability for good internal control
procedures and practices throughout the organization, while
leading by example in this area and setting an appropriate tone
at the top. Internal control represents the series of actions
and activities that are put in place throughout an entity's
operations on an ongoing basis and should be designed to
provide reasonable assurance over (1) the effectiveness and
efficiency of operations, (2) compliance with laws and
regulations, (3) safeguarding of assets, and (4) the
reliability of financial reporting and other types of
reporting.
The conferees direct the Chief to implement a structured
internal control program that meets the above objectives and
includes the standard elements of internal control from basic
management literature and GAO's Standards for Internal Control
in the Federal Government. The conferees require the Chief to
provide a written plan describing specific actions and
timeframes required to address these objectives including how
the USCP's new financial management system will improve the
reliability of financial reporting, budget execution and
reprogramming. The written plan is due on October 1, 2005, with
quarterly reports on progress thereafter.
The conferees also direct the Comptroller General to
undertake a review of USCP overtime usage. Specifically, the
Comptroller General shall review (1) the requirements that
necessitate the need for USCP overtime, (2) how USCP is
managing and accounting for overtime use, and (3) the extent to
which the deployment of technology might help defer the need
for some USCP overtime.
Reprogramming Guidelines--The conferees direct that the
United States Capitol Police may not carry out any
reprogramming, transfer, or use of funds unless: (1) the Chief
of the Capitol Police submits a request for the reprogramming,
transfer, or use of funds to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House and Senate on or before August 1 of the respective
year, unless both such committees agree to accept the request
at a later date because of extraordinary and emergency
circumstances cited by the Chief; (2) the request contains
clearly stated and detailed documentation presenting
justifications for the reprogramming, transfer, or use of
funds; (3) the request contains a declaration that, as of the
date of the request, none of the funds included in the request
have been obligated, and none will be obligated until both
committees have approved the request; and (4) both committees
approve the request.
A reprogramming, transfer, or use of unobligated balances
request is required if (1) the amount to be shifted to or from
any object class, approved budget, or program involved under
the request, or the aggregate amount to be shifted to or from
any object class, approved budget, or program involved during
the fiscal year taking into account the amount contained in the
request, is in excess of $250,000 or 10 percent, whichever is
less, of the object class, approved budget, or program; (2) the
reprogramming or use of funds would result in a major change to
the program or item which is different than that presented to
and approved by the Committees on Appropriations of the House
and Senate; or (3) the funds involved were earmarked by either
of the committees for a specific activity which is different
that the activity proposed under the request, without regard to
whether the amount provided in the earmark is less than, equal
to, or greater than the amount required to carry out the
activity.
In 2003, Public Law 108-83 extended the Capitol Police
jurisdiction zone solely for truck interdiction. In the Spring
of 2003, the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations were
given assurances by the Capitol Police that technology existed
for an integrated program to assist in truck interdiction and
subsequently approved $18,891,300 for the technology. In July
of 2004, the Government Accountability Office voiced concerns
about the contract for the program and the lack of procurement
oversight of the project. In March of 2005, the Committees were
informed that the technology did not exist to support this
effort. The Conferees have serious concerns over the lack of
stewardship of the taxpayer dollars and how this exemplifies
pervasive management issues and lack of asset accountability
within the Capitol Police. The conferees direct the GAO to
report on this issue in their next semi-annual report. In
addition, the conferees note that the effective date of this
provision was to be upon approval of regulations prescribed by
the Capitol Police Board for the sole implementation, execution
and maintenance of the truck interdiction program by the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the
Committee on House Administration. It is the conferees'
understanding that to date this has not been accomplished.
The conferees have included an administrative provision
(Section 1004) that establishes an Office of the Inspector
General of the United States Capitol Police. The conferees
direct the Capitol Police Board to enter into a contract with
an executive employment search organization to perform a
nation-wide recruitment for the Inspector General. The
conferees further direct the formation of a panel comprised of
the Inspectors General of the Government Accountability Office,
the Government Printing Office, and the Library of Congress to
review the applications, interview the top applicants, and
forward a recommendation, including not less than three
candidates, to the voting members of the Capitol Police Board
for review and final selection within 180 days of enactment of
this Act.
Salaries
The conference agreement includes $217,456,000 for
salaries of officers, members, and employees of the Capitol
Police instead of $210,350,000 as proposed by the House and
$222,600,000 as proposed by the Senate. This level will support
the current staffing level of 1,592 officers and an additional
43 officers for the Library of Congress. Funding is provided
for an additional 45 officers of the Capitol Visitor Center, as
of August 2006. The conferees direct that these positions not
be advertised until approved by the House Committee on
Administration and the Senate Committee on Rules and
Administration. This level of funding will also support 414
civilians as proposed by the House.
General Expenses
The conference agreement includes $32,000,000 for general
expenses of the Capitol Police instead of $29,345,000 as
proposed by the House and $42,000,000 as proposed by the
Senate. In addition, $10,000,000 from prior year unobligated
balances is available upon the approval of the Committees on
Appropriations of the House and Senate.
Administrative Provisions
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conferees have included an administrative provision,
section 1001, which authorizes transfers between various
accounts upon the approval of the Committees on Appropriations
of the House and Senate. Section 1002 terminates the mounted
horse unit and transfers the horses, equipment, and supplies to
the United States Park Police. Section 1003 requires Capitol
Police employees to file annual reports under the Ethics in
Government Act with the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
Section 1004 establishes an Office of Inspector General.
Section 1005 requires semiannual reports of disbursements.
Section 1006 continues current authority of the USCP to fill
Library of Congress police vacancies with Capitol Police
officers. Section 1007 relates to certain overtime
compensation.
The conferees are very concerned about problems recently
raised by the GAO concerning the inappropriate payment of
compensatory time and overtime to employees of the Capitol
Police who are exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
The conferees have included Section 1007, which waives the
repayment of certain overtime compensation paid incorrectly, to
minimize the impact of flawed management controls on Capitol
Police officers. The conferees are aware that the Capitol
Police Board has promulgated regulations to bring Capitol
Police overtime and compensatory time for FLSA-exempt employees
into compliance with all relevant laws, and that these
regulations are awaiting approval from the authorizing
committees. In its ruling on this issue, the GAO stated its
intention to issue a second opinion that will address the
authority to provide overtime pay and compensatory leave to
nonstatutory civilian employees and FLSA-exempt members of the
USCP. The conferees encourage the Capitol Police Board to work
closely with the Committee on House Administration and the
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration to address any
further issues which may arise from GAO's second opinion.
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
Salaries and Expenses
The conference agreement includes $3,112,000 as proposed
by the House and the Senate. The conferees have included an
official representation and reception allowance as proposed by
the House.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
The conference agreement includes $35,450,000 for
salaries and expenses of the Congressional Budget Office as
proposed by the House instead of $35,853,000 as proposed by the
Senate.
Administrative Provision
The conferees have agreed in Section 1100, as proposed by
the House and the Senate, to provide authority for the Director
of the Congressional Budget Office to permit waivers of claims
for overpayments of pay and allowances.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
General Administration
The conference agreement includes $76,812,000 for General
Administration instead of $77,002,000 as proposed by the House
and $76,522,000 as proposed by the Senate. The study for
emergency power requirements is funded in the amount of
$350,000 as proposed by the House, but will be funded on an
annual instead of a multi-year basis, as agreed to by the
conferees.
With respect to the operations and projects the House and
Senate conferees have agreed to the following:
Operating Budget........................................ $76,462,000
Project Budget:
1. Study, Emergency Power Requirements.............. 350,000
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Total, General Administration..................... 76,812,000
Capitol Building
The conference agreement includes $23,352,000, of which
$8,300,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2010, for
maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol to the Architect
of the Capitol, instead of $22,097,000, of which $6,580,000
would remain available until September 30, 2008 as proposed by
the House, and $25,380,000, of which $10,055,000 would remain
available until September 30, 2010, as proposed by the Senate.
With respect to operations and projects the House and
Senate conferees have agreed to the following:
Operating Budget........................................ $14,259,000
Project Budget:
1. Replacement of Minton Tile....................... 225,000
2. Computer, Telecom, and Electrical Support........ 298,000
3. Restoration of East Front Bronze Doors........... 270,000
4. Emergency Power Upgrades, House Chamber.......... 120,000
5. Minor Construction............................... 2,500,000
6. Emergency Exit Signs and Lighting, CB............ 1,000,000
7. Emergency Electrical Service Upgrade, CB......... 2,980,000
8. West Terrace Egress Doors and Stairs, CB......... 1,700,000
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Total, Capitol Building........................... 23,352,000
Capitol Grounds
The conference agreement includes $7,511,000 to the
Architect of the Capitol for the care and improvements of the
grounds surrounding the Capitol, House and Senate office
buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, instead of $7,723,000,
of which $740,000 would remain available until September 30,
2008 as proposed by the House, and $7,061,000, as proposed by
the Senate.
With respect to operations and projects the House and
Senate conferees have agreed to the following:
Operating Budget........................................ $6,846,000
Project Budget:
1. CVC Land Restoration............................. 50,000
2. National Garden Sidewalks........................ 165,000
3. East Front Plantings............................. 450,000
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Total, Capitol Grounds............................ 7,511,000
Senate Office Buildings
The conferees agree to appropriate $67,004,000, of which
$15,745,000 would remain available until September 30, 2010,
for the maintenance, care and operation of the Senate office
buildings to the Architect of the Capitol. Inasmuch as this
item relates solely to the Senate, and in accord with long
practice under which each body determines its own housekeeping
requirements and the other concurs without intervention, the
managers on the part of the House, at the request of the
managers on the part of the Senate, have receded to the Senate.
Operating Budget........................................ $49,274,000
Project Budget:
1. Refinish Historic Woodwork....................... 285,000
2. Seal Fire Wall Penetrations, HSOB & DSOB......... 300,000
3. Replace Carpet, HSOB............................. 300,000
4. Point, Caulk, and Clean, RSOB.................... 200,000
5. Legislative Call System Upgrade, Phase I......... 400,000
6. Electrical and Data Wire Management.............. 40,000
7. Rotunda Electrical and Data Wire Management...... 75,000
8. Network Transformer Replacement.................. 90,000
9. Fire Alarm replacement SCCC & SWPR............... 100,000
10. Tunnel Fire Protection Upgrades................. 250,000
11. Color Coded Egress.............................. 100,000
12. Egress Improvements............................. 500,000
13. Smoke Management System Installation............ 150,000
14. Minor Construction.............................. 4,000,000
15. Emergency Lighting Upgrades, HSOB............... 3,600,000
16. Replace Modular Furniture, HSOB................. 3,900,000
17. Public Restroom Upgrades, South Stack, HSOB..... 2,400,000
18. High Voltage Switchgear Replacement, HSOB....... 540,000
19. Repair Marble Floors and Clean Arch Surfaces.... 500,000
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Total, Senate Office Buildings.................... 67,004,000
House Office Buildings
The conferees agree to appropriate $59,616,000, of which
$20,922,000 would remain available until September 30, 2010,
for the maintenance, care and operation of the House office
buildings to the Architect of the Capitol. Inasmuch as this
item relates solely to the House, and in accord with long
practice under which each body determines its own housekeeping
requirements and the other concurs without intervention, the
managers on the part of the Senate, at the request of the
managers on the part of the House, have receded to the House.
Operating Budget........................................ $38,344,000
Project Budget:
1. Repairs of Rayburn Garage Fire Doors............. 50,000
2. Fire Pump Installation, LHOB..................... 120,000
3. Replace Sprinkler Valves and Drains, HOB......... 180,000
4. Minor Construction............................... 4,960,000
5. Design, Parking Garage, Lot #9................... 4,000,000
6. Window Replacement, FHOB......................... 3,710,000
7. Fiber Optics Pathway............................. 1,050,000
8. Remodel/Refurbish Gift Shop...................... 175,000
9. Carpet Replacement............................... 502,000
10. House Campus Data Closets Environment Upgrade... 100,000
11. Remodel/Refurbish Supply Store.................. 100,000
12. Modification to House Barber Shop............... 75,000
13. Modification to House Beauty Salon.............. 100,000
14. High Voltage Switchgear Replacement, RHOB....... 1,050,000
15. High Voltage Switchgear Replacement, FHOB....... 1,070,000
16. Emergency Lighting Upgrade, LHOB................ 2,700,000
17. Emergency Lighting Upgrade, FHOB................ 1,030,000
18. Interior Access Improvements.................... 300,000
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Total, House Office Buildings..................... 59,616,000
Capitol Power Plant
In addition to the $6,600,000 made available from
receipts credited as reimbursements to this appropriation, as
proposed by the House, instead of $6,500,000 as proposed by the
Senate, the conferees agree to appropriate $58,685,000 to the
Architect of the Capitol for maintenance, care and operation of
the Capitol Power Plant, instead of $58,585,000 as proposed by
the House and $58,817,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of this
amount, $1,600,000 would remain available until September 30,
2010, instead of $1,592,000 to remain available until September
30, 2008 as proposed by the House.
With respect to operations and project differences the
House and Senate conferees have agreed to the following:
Operating Budget (net).................................. $56,405,000
Project Budget:
1. Replace Air Compressors with Centrifugal Units... 230,000
2. Replace Hotwell with Condensate Receiver......... 240,000
3. Heavy Equipment--Track Mobile.................... 210,000
4. Design, CPP Beautification....................... 1,000,000
5. Design, Egress Improvements...................... 600,000
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Total, Capitol Power Plant (net).................. 58,685,000
Library Buildings and Grounds
The conference agreement includes $68,763,000 for
structural and mechanical care, Library buildings and grounds,
instead of $31,318,000 as proposed by the House and $70,948,000
as proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, $42,500,000 would
remain available until September 30, 2010, instead of
$6,325,000 to remain available until September 30, 2008 as
proposed by the House and $42,950,000 to remain available until
September 30, 2010 as proposed by the Senate.
With respect to the construction of the Book Storage
Modules, the conferees direct the Architect of the Capitol to
engage the services of the Baltimore Corps of Engineers as
project managers on this very important project.
With respect to operations and projects the House and
Senate conferees have agreed to the following:
Operating Budget........................................ $20,133,000
Project Budget:
1. Painting of Interior Arches, TJB................. 240,000
2. Repair Life Safety Deficiencies.................. 390,000
3. Copyright Office Reconfiguration................. 5,500,000
4. Book Storage Modules, 3 & 4...................... 40,700,000
5. Redesign, Copyright Deposit Facility, Fort Meade. 800,000
6. Minor Construction............................... 1,000,000
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Total, Library Buildings and Grounds.............. 68,763,000
Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds
The conference agreement includes $14,902,000 instead of
$16,830,000 as proposed by the House and $10,031,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, $5,000,000, as proposed
by the House, would remain available until September 30, 2010.
With respect to operations and projects the conferees
have agreed to the following:
Operating Budget........................................ $9,786,000
Project Budget:
1. HVAC Replacement, Crib........................... 116,000
2. Vehicle Maintenance Facility Purchase............ 5,000,000
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Total, Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds....... 14,902,000
Botanic Garden
The conference agreement includes $7,633,000 for salaries
and expenses, Botanic Garden, as proposed by the Senate instead
of $7,211,000 as proposed by the House.
The conferees direct the Architect to submit an
obligation plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House and Senate prior to obligating funds for improvements to
the administration building.
With respect to operations and projects the conferees
have agreed to the following:
Operating Budget........................................ $6,886,000
Project Budget:
1. Partnership Support.............................. 300,000
2. Fire Alarm System Upgrade, Production Facility... 187,000
3. Replacement of Delivery Truck.................... 60,000
4. Administration Building Improvements............. 200,000
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Total, Botanic Garden............................. 7,633,000
Capitol Visitor Center
The conference agreement includes $44,200,000 for the
Capitol Visitor Center as proposed by the Senate instead of
$36,900,000 as proposed by the House. Of this amount,
$41,900,000 is appropriated on a no-year basis. The conferees
direct the Architect of the Capitol to provide to the
Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate for
approval a detailed plan on the hiring of all operational
staffing by December 31, 2005.
Operating Budget........................................ $2,300,000
Project Budget:
1. CVC Cost to Complete............................. 41,900,000
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Total, Capitol Visitor Center..................... 44,200,000
Administrative Provisions
The conference agreement includes two administrative
provisions related to the operations of the Architect of the
Capitol. Section 1201 provides for an additional senior level
position for the executive director of the Botanic Garden.
Section 1202 provides authority to the Architect to enter into
certain lease agreements.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Salaries and Expenses
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement includes $395,754,000 for
salaries and expenses, Library of Congress instead of
$388,144,000 as proposed by the House and $397,285,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Of this amount $6,350,000 is made
available from receipts collected by the Library of Congress
and is to remain available until expended; and $13,972,000 is
to remain available until expended for acquisition of books,
periodicals, newspapers, and all other library materials as
proposed by the House and Senate. The conference agreement
provides $600,000 for the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Commission, $11,078,000 for partial support of the National
Audio-Visual Conservation Center, $5,860,000 for the digital
collections and educational curricula program, $250,000 for the
Middle Eastern Text Initiative, $300,000 for the Movietone
Newsreel Collection at the University of South Carolina,
$400,000 for the American Music Archives at the University of
Mississippi, $700,000 for facility modernization and a
rescission of prior year funds in the amount of $6,858,000.
This level funds 2,915 FTEs.
Copyright Office
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $22,655,000, and an
additional $35,946,000 made available from receipts, for
salaries and expenses, Copyright Office, as proposed by the
House instead of $22,700,000, and an additional $34,622,000
made available from receipts, as proposed by the Senate.
Congressional Research Service
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $100,916,000 for
salaries and expenses, Congressional Research Service, Library
of Congress, instead of $99,952,000 as proposed by the House
and $101,755,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $54,449,000, instead of
$54,049,000 as proposed by the House and $64,172,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Of this amount $16,231,000 is to remain
available until expended instead of $15,831,000 as proposed by
the House and $25,667,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
conferees have provided $400,000 for reimbursement to the
National Federation of the Blind for costs incurred in the
operation of its ``NEWSLINE'' program.
Administrative Provisions
The conferees have agreed to include administrative
provisions related to the incentive awards program,
reimbursable and revolving fund activities, and funding
limitations for the United States diplomatic facilities
(Section 1304). In addition, the conferees have included a new
administrative provision, Section 1303, related to the National
Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program.
Section 1305 relates to assistance provided by the
Congressional Research Service, Section 1306 authorizes the
Library of Congress Digital Collections and Educational
Curricula Program, and Section 1307 authorizes a statutory
Inspector General for the Library of Congress.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Congressional Printing and Binding
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement includes $88,090,000 as proposed
by the Senate instead of $82,690,000 as proposed by the House.
Office of the Superintendent of Documents
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
The conference agreement includes $33,337,000 as proposed
by the House instead of $33,837,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Government Printing Office Revolving Fund
The conference agreement includes $2,000,000 for
workforce retraining instead of $1,200,000 as proposed by the
House and $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes $489,560,000, of which
$7,165,000 is from offsetting collections, for salaries and
expenses, Government Accountability Office as proposed by the
House instead of $491,548,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conferees remind the GAO that the core function of
GAO is to provide quantified, authoritative reports to Congress
on issues and questions that Members and the Standing
Committees have identified as of interest and importance. It is
important that this work be done in a manner that supports the
legislative process by being timely and specific to the issues
identified. Any activity beyond the core function and beyond
GAO's core responsibility to Congress must have exceptional
justification to merit pursuit.
OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND
The conference agreement includes $14,000,000 for payment
to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund as proposed by
the House and Senate.
JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
The conference agreement includes $430,000 as proposed by
the Senate. The House did not propose an amount for this
program.
TITLE II--GENERAL PROVISIONS
In Title II, General Provisions the conferees have agreed
to delete language proposed by both bodies relative to
compensation limitation.
TITLE III--CONTINUITY IN REPRESENTATION
The conferees have agreed to include language relating to
continuity in representation.
Amendment numbered 2: Deletes the matter stricken and
deletes the matter inserted and deletes certain House matter
not stricken by the Senate. The disposition of this amendment
is purely technical so that the entire text of the conference
agreement could be included in amendment numbered 1. The
description of the resolution of the differences in this
amendment can be found in the joint statement of the managers
under amendment 1.
Amendment numbered 3: Deletes the matter stricken and
deletes the matter inserted and deletes certain House matter
not stricken by the Senate. The disposition of this amendment
is purely technical so that the entire text of the conference
agreement could be included in amendment numbered 1. The
description of the resolution of the differences in this
amendment can be found in the joint statement of the managers
under amendment 1.
Amendment numbered 4: Deletes the matter stricken and
deletes the matter inserted and deletes certain House matter
not stricken by the Senate. The disposition of this amendment
is purely technical so that the entire text of the conference
agreement could be included in amendment numbered 1. The
description of the resolution of the differences in this
amendment can be found in the joint statement of the managers
under amendment 1.
Amendment numbered 5: The House receeds to the Senate.
The disposition of this amendment is purely technical so that
the entire text of the conference agreement could be included
in amendment numbered 1. The description of the resolution of
the differences in this amendment can be found in the joint
statement of the managers under amendment 1.
Conference Total--With Comparisons
The total new budget (obligational) authority for the
fiscal year 2006 recommended by the Committee of Conference,
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2005 amount, the 2006
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2006
follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2005... $3,639,892
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal
year 2006........................................... 4,028,477
House bill, fiscal year 2006............................ 2,864,418
Senate bill, fiscal year 2006........................... 3,833,765
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2006.................. 3,803,500
Conference agreement compared with:
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year
2005.............................................. +163,608
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority,
fiscal year 2006.................................. -224,977
House bill, fiscal year 2006........................ +939,082
Senate bill, fiscal year 2006....................... -30,265
Jerry Lewis,
Jack Kingston,
Kay Granger,
John T. Doolittle,
Ray LaHood,
Steny H. Hoyer,
James P. Moran,
Managers on the Part of the House.
Wayne Allard,
Thad Cochran,
Mike DeWine,
Ted Stevens,
Richard Durbin,
Tim Johnson,
Robert C. Byrd
(except Title III),
Managers on the Part of the Senate.