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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1172

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                                 AN ACT


 
 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes, namely:

                   TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

                                 SENATE

                           expense allowances

    For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000; the 
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Leader of the 
Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Whip 
of the Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and 
Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Committees, $3,000 for 
each Chairman; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy 
Committees, $3,000 for each Chairman; in all, $62,000.

    representation allowances for the majority and minority leaders

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

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized 
by law, including agency contributions, $104,039,000, which shall be 
paid from this appropriation without regard to the below limitations, 
as follows:

                      office of the vice president

    For the Office of the Vice President, $1,867,000.

                  office of the president pro tempore

    For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $473,000.

              offices of the majority and minority leaders

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $2,868,000.

               offices of the majority and minority whips

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $1,912,000.

                      committee on appropriations

    For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $9,875,000.

                         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, $1,250,000 for each such committee; in all, $2,500,000.

 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, $618,000.

                           policy committees

    For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority 
Policy Committee, $1,275,000 for each such committee; in all, 
$2,550,000.

                         office of the chaplain

    For Office of the Chaplain, $301,000.

                        office of the secretary

    For Office of the Secretary, $15,424,000.

             office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

    For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $39,082,000.

        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

    For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, $1,350,000.

               agency contributions and related expenses

    For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by 
law, and related expenses, $25,219,000.

            Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, $4,306,000.

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 
$1,109,000.

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

    For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $3,000; 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for 
the Majority of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for the Minority of the 
Senate, $3,000; in all, $12,000.

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate

                      inquiries and investigations

    For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, 
or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 601, Seventy-
ninth Congress, as amended, section 112 of Public Law 96-304 and Senate 
Resolution 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, $107,264,000.

expenses of the united states senate caucus on international narcotics 
                                control

    For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International 
Narcotics Control, $370,000.

                        secretary of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$8,571,000, of which $7,000,000 shall remain available until expended.

             sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 
of the Senate, $95,904,000, of which $8,654,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2004, and of which $11,354,000 shall remain 
available until expended.

                          miscellaneous items

    For miscellaneous items, $11,274,000.

        senators' official personnel and office expense account

    For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, 
$270,494,000.

                          official mail costs

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

                       mailings for town meetings

     For mailings of postal patron postcards by Members for the purpose 
of providing notice of a town meeting by a Member in a county (or 
equivalent unit of local government) with a population of less than 
50,000 that the Member will personally attend to be allotted as 
requested, $3,000,000, subject to authorization: Provided, That any 
amount allocated to a Member for such mailing under this paragraph 
shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the mailing and the 
remaining costs shall be paid by the Member from other funds available 
to the Member.

                       administrative provisions

    Section 1. (a) Section 101(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h-6(a)) is amended in the first sentence by 
striking ``four individual consultants'' and inserting ``six individual 
consultants'', and is amended in the second sentence by striking ``one 
consultant'' and inserting ``not more than two individual 
consultants''.
    (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2002 and 
each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 2. Student Loan Repayments. (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Employee of the senate.--The term ``employee of the 
        Senate'' has the meaning given the term in section 101 of the 
        Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301).
            (2) Employing office.--The term ``employing office'' means 
        the employing office, as defined in such section 101, of an 
        employee of the Senate.
            (3) Student loan.--The term ``student loan'' has the 
        meaning given the term in section 5379 of title 5, United 
        States Code.
    (b) Student Loan Repayment Program.--The head of an employing 
office may, in order to recruit or retain highly qualified personnel, 
establish a program under which the office may agree to repay (by 
direct payments on behalf of an employee of the Senate) any student 
loan previously taken out by such employee.
    (c) Administration.--
            (1) In general.--The head of an employing office shall 
        carry out the program in accordance with the provisions of 
        subsections (b) through (d) and subsection (f) of sect
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ion 5379 
        of title 5, United States Code.
            (2) Application.--For purposes of this section, references 
        in such provisions--
                    (A) to an agency shall be considered to be 
                references to an employing office; and
                    (B) to an employee shall be considered to be 
                references to an employee of the Senate.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section such sums as may be necessary.
    (e) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to fiscal year 2002 
and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 3. (a) Agency contributions for employees whose salaries are 
disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate from the appropriations 
account ``Expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International 
Narcotics Control'' under the heading ``Congressional Operations'' 
shall be paid from the Senate appropriations account for ``Salaries, 
Officers and Employees''.
    (b) This section shall apply to pay periods beginning on or after 
October 1, 2001.
    Sec. 4. (a) Section 5(a) under the subheading ``administrative 
provisions'' under the heading ``SENATE'' under title I of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 (2 U.S.C. 58a note) is 
amended by striking ``invoice ends'' and inserting ``invoice begins''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on 
October 1, 2001, and shall apply to base service periods beginning on 
or after that date.
    Sec. 5. (a) Section 120 of Public Law 97-51 (2 U.S.C. 61g-6) is 
amended in the first sentence by striking ``$75,000'' and inserting 
``$100,000''.
    (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2002 and 
each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 6. Effective on and after October 1, 2001, 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, 2001, increased by an additional 
$50,000 each.

                              JOINT ITEMS

    For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$3,424,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$6,733,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House.
    For other joint items, as follows:

                   Office of the Attending Physician

    For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the 
emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his assistants, 
including: (1) an allowance of $1,500 per month to the Attending 
Physician; (2) an allowance of $500 per month each to three medical 
officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) an 
allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and $400 per month each 
not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such 
assistants; and (4) $1,159,904 for reimbursement to the Department of 
the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment assigned to the 
Office of the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 
to the applicable appropriation or appropriations from which such 
salaries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be 
available for all the purposes thereof, $1,765,000, to be disbursed by 
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.

                          Capitol Police Board

                             Capitol Police

                                salaries

    For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers, members, and 
employees of the Capitol Police, including overtime, hazardous duty pay 
differential, clothing allowance of not more than $600 each for members 
required to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for 
health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee 
benefits, $112,922,000, of which $55,296,000 is provided to the 
Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by 
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House, and $57,626,000 is 
provided to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be 
disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That, of the 
amounts appropriated under this heading, such amounts as may be 
necessary may be transferred between the Sergeant at Arms of the House 
of Representatives and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate, upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

                            general expenses

    For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses of the Capitol 
Police, including motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 
security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, 
materials, training, medical services, forensic services, stenographic 
services, personal and professional services, the employee assistance 
program, not more than $2,000 for the awards program, postage, 
telephone service, travel advances, relocation of instructor and 
liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and 
$85 per month for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board 
by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House of 
Representatives designated by the Chairman of the Board, $12,394,000, 
to be disbursed by the Capitol Police Board or their delegee: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic 
training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center for fiscal year 2002 shall be paid by the Secretary of the 
Treasury from funds available to the Department of the Treasury.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 101. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2002 for the Capitol 
Police Board for the Capitol Police may be transferred between the 
headings ``salaries'' and ``general expenses'' upon the approval of--
            (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives, in the case of amounts transferred from the 
        appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
        Representatives under the heading ``salaries'';
            (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in the 
        case of amounts transferred from the appropriation provided to 
        the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate under the 
        heading ``salaries''; and
            (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 
        House of Representatives, in the case of other transfers.

           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

    For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and Special 
Services Office, $2,512,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to employ 
more than 43 individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide 
Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than two 
additional individuals for not more than 120 days each, and not more 
than 10 additional individuals for not more than 6 months each, for the 
Capitol Guide Service.

                      Statements of Appropriations

    For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, of the 
statements for the first session of the One Hundred Seventh Congress, 
showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts 
authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular 
appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the 
persons designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise the 
work.

                          OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as 
authorized by 
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1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,059,000.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), including not 
more than $3,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director of 
the Congressional Budget Office in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses, $30,680,000: Provided, That no 
part of such amount may be used for the purchase or hire of a passenger 
motor vehicle.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 102. (a) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office may, 
by regulation, make applicable such provisions of chapter 41 of title 
5, United States Code, as the Director determines necessary to provide 
hereafter for training of individuals employed by the Congressional 
Budget Office.
    (b) The implementing regulations shall provide for training that, 
in the determination of the Director, is consistent with the training 
provided by agencies subject to chapter 41 of title 5, United States 
Code.
    (c) Any recovery of debt owed to the Congressional Budget Office 
under this section and its implementing regulations shall be credited 
to the appropriations account available for training employees of the 
Office at the time of recovery.
    (d) This section shall apply to fiscal year 2002 and each fiscal 
year thereafter.
    Sec. 103. Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1996 (2 U.S.C. Sec. 606(a)), is amended by striking ``or 
discarding.'' and inserting ``sale, trade-in, or discarding.'', and by 
adding at the end the following: ``Amounts received for the sale or 
trade-in of personal property shall be credited to funds available for 
the operations of the Congressional Budget Office and be available for 
the costs of acquiring the same or similar property. Such funds shall 
be available for such purposes during the fiscal year in which received 
and the following fiscal year.''.
    Sec. 104. (a) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office may, 
in order to recruit or retain qualified personnel, establish and 
maintain hereafter a program under which the Office may agree to repay 
(by direct payments on behalf of the employee) all or a portion of any 
student loan previously taken out by such employee.
    (b) The Director may, by regulation, make applicable such 
provisions of section 5379 of title 5, United States Code as the 
Director determines necessary to provide for such program.
    (c) The regulations shall provide the amount paid by the Office may 
not exceed--
            (1) $6,000 for any employee in any calendar year; or
            (2) a total of $40,000 in the case of any employee.
    (d) The Office may not reimburse an employee for any repayments 
made by such employee prior to the Office entering into an agreement 
under this section with such employee.
    (e) Any amount repaid by, or recovered from, an individual under 
this section and its implementing regulations shall be credited to the 
appropriation account available for salaries and expenses of the Office 
at the time of repayment or recovery.
    (f) This section shall apply to fiscal year 2002 and each fiscal 
year thereafter.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                     Capitol Buildings and Grounds

                           capitol buildings

                         salaries and expenses

    For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant 
Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of pay 
provided by law; for surveys and studies in connection with activities 
under the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary 
expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and 
electrical substations of the Senate and House office buildings under 
the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings 
and office equipment, including not more than $1,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, to be expended as the Architect 
of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance and 
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; and not to exceed $20,000 for 
attendance, when specifically authorized by the Architect of the 
Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connection with subjects related 
to work under the Architect of the Capitol, $54,000,000, of which 
$5,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with the Comptroller General 
or his designee, shall appoint a Chief Financial Officer within 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to the 
availability of appropriations, the Architect of the Capitol is 
authorized to secure, through multi-year rental, lease, or other 
appropriate agreement, the property located at 67 K Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C., for use of Legislative Branch agencies, and to incur 
any necessary incidental expenses including maintenance, alterations, 
and repairs in connection therewith: Provided further, That in 
connection with the property referred to under the preceding proviso, 
the Architect of the Capitol is authorized to expend funds appropriated 
to the Architect of the Capitol for the purpose of the operations and 
support of Legislative Branch agencies, including the United States 
Capitol Police, as may be required for that purpose.

                            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, $6,000,000.

                        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, $47,500,000, of which $3,400,000 shall remain available until 
expended.

                          capitol power plant

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power (including the 
purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer services for the 
Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, Library of Congress 
buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate 
garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in 
any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing Office and 
Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for air 
conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the Union Station complex, 
the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger 
Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed 
upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so received 
shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of this 
appropriation, $47,403,000, of which $3,300,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That not more than $4,400,000 of the funds 
credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided 
shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2002.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                     Congressional Research Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to 
revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United States of 
America, $81,139,000: 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 Ad
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                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                   Congressional Printing and Binding

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and the 
distribution of Congressional information in any format; printing and 
binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary for 
preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional 
Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of 
Government publications authorized by law to be distributed to Members 
of Congress; and printing, binding, and distribution of Government 
publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the 
recipient, $81,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be 
available for paper copies of the permanent edition of the 
Congressional Record for individual Representatives, Resident 
Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for the payment of 
obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for 
preceding fiscal years: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-
year limitation under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none 
of the funds appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 
Act for printing and binding and related services provided to Congress 
under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may be expended to 
print a document, report, or publication after the 27-month period 
beginning on the date that such document, report, or publication is 
authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such 
printing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 
Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 
this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal 
years may be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving 
fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate.
    This title may be cited as the ``Congressional Operations 
Appropriations Act, 2002''.

                        TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES

                             BOTANIC GARDEN

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, and 
collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction of the 
Joint Committee on the Library, $5,829,000.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not otherwise 
provided for, including development and maintenance of the Union 
Catalogs; custody and custodial care of the Library buildings; special 
clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 
motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and 
maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation 
and distribution of catalog records and other publications of the 
Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses 
of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to 
the income of any trust fund held by the Board, $297,775,000, of which 
not more than $6,500,000 shall be derived from collections credited to 
this appropriation during fiscal year 2002, 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 2002 and shall remain available until 
expended for the development and maintenance of an international legal 
information database and activities related thereto: Provided, That the 
Library of Congress may not obligate or expend any funds derived from 
collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount 
authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: 
Provided further, That the total amount available for obligation shall 
be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than the 
$6,850,000: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
$10,824,474 is to remain available until expended for acquisition of 
books, periodicals, newspapers, and all other materials including 
subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, including 
$40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically 
approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials for 
additions to the collections: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, $1,517,903 is to remain available until expended 
for the acquisition and partial support for implementation of an 
Integrated Library System (ILS): Provided further, That of the amount 
appropriated, $500,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, of which amount $3,000 may be 
used for official representation and reception expenses of the Abraham 
Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $40,701,000, of 
which not more than $21,880,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during 
fiscal year 2002 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d): Provided, That the Copyright 
Office may not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections 
under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), in excess of the amount authorized for 
obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, 
That not more than $5,984,000 shall be derived from collections during 
fiscal year 2002 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 
1005: Provided further, That the total amount available for obligation 
shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than 
$27,864,000: Provided further, That not more than $100,000 of the 
amount appropriated is available for the maintenance of an 
``International Copyright Institute'' in the Copyright Office of the 
Library of Congress for the purpose of training nationals of developing 
countries in intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 
That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the certification of the 
Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation and 
reception expenses for activities of the International Copyright 
Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and seminars.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

                         salaries and expenses

    For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 1931 
(chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $49,765,000, of which 
$14,437,000 shall remain available until expended.

                       Furniture and Furnishings

    For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation, maintenance, 
and repair of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment, 
$8,532,000.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of 
Congress shall be available, in an amount of not more than $407,560, of 
which $86,486 is for the Congressional Research Service, when 
specifically authorized by the Librarian of Congress, for attendance at 
meetings concerned with the function or activity for which the 
appropriation is made.
    Sec. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be used by the Library of Congress to administer any flexible or 
compressed work schedule which--
            (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the 
        grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-15; and
            (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to not be 
        at work for all or a portion of a workday because of time 
        worked by the manager or supervisor on another workday.
    (b) Fo
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r purposes of this section, the term ``manager or 
supervisor'' means any management official or supervisor, as such terms 
are defined in section 7103(a)(10) and (11) of title 5, United States 
Code.
    Sec. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library of Congress 
from other Federal agencies to cover general and administrative 
overhead costs generated by performing reimbursable work for other 
agencies under the authority of sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31, 
United States Code, shall not be used to employ more than 65 employees 
and may be expended or obligated--
            (1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such extent or 
        in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts; or
            (2) in the case of an advance payment, only--
                    (A) to pay for such general or administrative 
                overhead costs as are attributable to the work 
                performed for such agency; or
                    (B) to such extent or in such amounts as are 
                provided in appropriations Acts, with respect to any 
                purpose not allowable under subparagraph (A).
    Sec. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in 
this Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the certification of 
the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation 
and reception expenses for the incentive awards program.
    Sec. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library of Congress in 
this Act, not more than $12,000 may be expended, on the certification 
of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.
    Sec. 206. (a) For fiscal year 2002, the obligational authority of 
the Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection (b) 
may not exceed $114,473,000.
    (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are reimbursable 
and revolving fund activities that are funded from sources other than 
appropriations to the Library in appropriations Acts for the 
legislative branch.
    (c) For fiscal year 2002, the Librarian of Congress may temporarily 
transfer funds appropriated in this Act under the heading ``Library of 
Congress Salaries and Expenses'' to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK 
Program and the Federal Research Program established under section 103 
of title I of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act 
of 2000, Public Law 106-481: 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. 207. The Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act 
of 2000 (Public Law 106-481) is hereby amended by striking the words 
``audio and video'' in the heading for section 101 and in subsection 
101(a).
    Sec. 208. The Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act 
of 2000 (Public Law 106-481) is hereby amended in section 102 by adding 
the following new paragraph to subsection (a):
            ``(4) Special events and programs.''.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         Capitol Visitor Center

    For necessary expenses for the planning, engineering, design, and 
construction of a new facility to provide greater security for all 
persons working in or visiting the United States Capitol and to enhance 
the educational experience of those who have come to learn about the 
Capitol building and Congress, $1,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                         Congressional Cemetery

    For a grant for the care and maintenance of the historic 
Congressional Cemetery, $2,500,000, to remain available until expended.

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

                     structural and mechanical care

    For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural 
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds, 
$18,753,000, of which $6,878,000 shall remain available until expended.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                 Office of Superintendent of Documents

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary 
to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications 
and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, other 
Government agencies, and designated depository and international 
exchange libraries as authorized by law, $28,728,000: Provided, That 
travel expenses, including travel expenses of the Depository Library 
Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed $175,000: Provided 
further, That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current year 
appropriations are authorized for producing and disseminating 
Congressional serial sets and other related publications for 2000 and 
2001 to depository and other designated libraries: Provided further, 
That any unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts 
for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 
the Government Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the 
purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.

               Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

    The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in accord with 
the law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to 
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United 
States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and 
purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for the 
Government Printing Office revolving fund: Provided, That not more than 
$2,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public Printer in 
connection with official representation and reception expenses: 
Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available for the 
hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided 
further, That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the 
advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to 
carry out the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
further, That the revolving fund shall be available for temporary or 
intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 
of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5316 of such title: Provided further, That the revolving 
fund and the funds provided under the headings ``Office of 
Superintendent of Documents'' and ``salaries and expenses'' together 
may not be available for the full-time equivalent employment of more 
than 3,260 workyears (or such other number of workyears as the Public 
Printer may request, subject to the approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives): 
Provided further, That activities financed through the revolving fund 
may provide information in any format: Provided further, That the 
revolving fund shall not be used to administer any flexible or 
compressed work schedule which applies to any manager or supervisor in 
a position the grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-
15: Provided further, That expenses for attendance at meetings shall 
not exceed $75,000.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 209. Extension of Early Retirement and Voluntary Separation 
Incentive Payment Authorities. (a) Early Retirement.--Section 309(b)(A) 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 (44 U.S.C. 305 
note), is amended by striking ``October 1, 2001'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``October 1, 2004''.
    (b) Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments.--Section 309(c)(2) of 
the Legislative Branch Appropr
2000
iations Act, 1999 (44 U.S.C. 305 note), 
is amended by striking ``September 30, 2001'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``October 1, 2004''.

                       GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including 
not more than $12,000 to be expended on the certification of the 
Comptroller General of the United States in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at 
rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual 
rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 
5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance 
payments in foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 
31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those payable under 
sections 901(5), 901(6), and 901(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6), and 4081(8)); and under regulations 
prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, rental of 
living quarters in foreign countries, $417,843,000: Provided, That not 
more than $1,751,000 of payments received under 31 U.S.C. 782 shall be 
available for use in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That not more 
than $750,000 of reimbursements received under 31 U.S.C. 9105 shall be 
available for use in fiscal year 2002: 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: Provided further, That this appropriation and 
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department or 
agency which is a member of the American Consortium on International 
Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an 
appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including 
any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the International 
Institute of Administrative Sciences: Provided further, That $1,000,000 
from funds made available under this heading shall be available for a 
pilot program in technology assessment: Provided further, That not 
later than June 15, 2002, a report on the pilot program referred to 
under the preceding proviso shall be submitted to Congress.

    PAYMENT TO THE RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CENTER TRUST FUND

    For a payment to the Russian Leadership Development Center Trust 
Fund for financing activities of the Center for Russian Leadership 
Development, $10,000,000.

                     TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Sec. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for 
emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations 
relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives issued 
by the Committee on House Administration and for the Senate issued by 
the Committee on Rules and Administration.
    Sec. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2002 unless 
expressly so provided in this Act.
    Sec. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position not 
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is 
appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designation of any 
office or position appropriated for is different from that specifically 
established by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation 
in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, 
That the provisions in this Act for the various items of official 
expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House 
of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the 
House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect 
thereto.
    Sec. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those 
contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to 
existing law.
    Sec. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest 
extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds 
made available in this Act should be American-made.
    (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any 
contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act, the 
head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall 
provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made in 
subsection (a) by the Congress.
    (c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency 
that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a ``Made in 
America'' inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any 
product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the 
United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any contract 
or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, pursuant 
to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in 
section 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated to the 
account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of Public Law 104-1 
to pay awards and settlements as authorized under such subsection.
    Sec. 307. Amounts available for administrative expenses of any 
legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative Branch 
Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 
1996, shall be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs 
as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be 
shared among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 
allocations among the entities as the entities may determine) may not 
exceed $252,000.
    Sec. 308. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 is amended in the first 
sentence of subsection (a) by striking ``2001'' and inserting ``2002''.
    Sec. 309. Section 5596(a) of title 5, U.S.C., is amended by 
deleting ``and'' at the end of paragraph (4); by deleting the period at 
the end of paragraph (5) and inserting a semicolon, and by adding the 
following new paragraphs, which shall be effective for all personnel 
actions taken on or after the date of enactment of this Act:
            ``(6) the Architect of the Capitol, including employees of 
        the United States Senate Restaurants; and
            ``(7) the United States Botanic Garden.''.
    Sec. 310. The Architect of the Capitol shall develop and maintain 
an accounting and financial management system, including financial 
reporting and internal controls, which--
            (1) complies with applicable federal accounting principles, 
        standards, and requirements, and internal control standards;
            (2) complies with any other requirements applicable to such 
        systems; and
            (3) provides for--
                    (A) complete, reliable, consistent, and timely 
                information which is prepared on a uniform basis and 
                which is responsive to financial information needs of 
                the Architect of the Capitol;
                    (B) the development and reporting of cost 
                information;
                    (C) the integration of accounting and budgeting 
                information; and
                    (D) the systematic measurement of performance.
    Sec. 311. (a) 
57c
Authority of Architect to Set Pay for Certain 
Positions.--Section 108 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1991 (40 U.S.C. 166b-3b) is amended as follows:
            (1) Subsections (a) and (b) are deleted in their entirety 
        and a new subsection (a) is added to read as follows:
    ``(a) The Architect of the Capitol may fix the rate of basic pay 
for not more than 12 positions, at a rate not less than the minimum 
rate nor more than the maximum rate for the Senior Executive Service 
under chapter 53 of title 5, for the locality involved.''.
            (2) Subsection (c) is redesignated as subsection (b).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to any pay periods beginning on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2002''.

            Passed the Senate July 19, 2001.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
107th CONGRESS

  1st Session

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                                 AN ACT

 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.

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