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Union Calendar No. 41
116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2779
[Report No. 116-64]
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 16, 2019
Mr. Ryan, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2020, 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, 2020, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives,
$1,350,725,000, as follows:
House Leadership Offices
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $28,428,000,
including: Office of the Speaker, $7,964,000, including $25,000 for
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader,
$2,955,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $8,682,000, including
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $2,456,000,
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of
the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,
$1,904,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority
Whip; Republican Conference, $2,406,000; Democratic Caucus, $2,061,000:
Provided, That such amount for salaries and expenses shall remain
available from January 3, 2020 until January 2, 2021.
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, $615,000,000.
Allowance for Compensation of Interns in Member Offices
For the allowance established under section 120 of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 U.S.C. 5322a) for the compensation
of interns who serve in the offices of Members of the House of
Representatives, $11,025,000, to remain available through December 31,
2020: Provided, That notwithstanding section 120(b) of such Act, an
office of a Member of the House of Representatives may use not more
than $25,000 of the allowance available under this heading during
calendar year 2020.
Allowance for Compensation of Interns in House Leadership Offices
For the allowance established under section 113 of this Act for the
compensation of interns who serve in House leadership offices,
$365,000, to remain available through December 31, 2020: Provided, That
of the amount provided under this heading, $200,000 shall be available
for the compensation of interns who serve in House leadership offices
of the majority, to be allocated among such offices by the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, and $165,000 shall be available for the
compensation of interns who serve in House leadership offices of the
minority, to be allocated among such offices by the Minority Floor
Leader.
Committee Employees
Standing Committees, Special and Select
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and
select, authorized by House resolutions, $135,359,000: Provided, That
such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until
December 31, 2020, except that $2,850,000 of such amount shall remain
available until expended for committee room upgrading.
Committee on Appropriations
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations,
$24,269,000, 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, 2020.
Salaries, Officers and Employees
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as
authorized by law, $245,736,000, including: for salaries and expenses
of the Office of the Clerk, including the positions of the Chaplain and
the Historian, and including not more than $25,000 for official
representation and reception expenses, of which not more than $20,000
is for the Family Room and not more than $2,000 is for the Office of
the Chaplain, $32,228,000, of which $3,120,000 shall remain available
until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant
at Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Garages and the
Office of Emergency Management, and including not more than $3,000 for
official representation and reception expenses, $22,071,000, of which
$10,267,000 shall remain available until expended; for salaries and
expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer including
not more than $3,000 for official representation and reception
expenses, $164,308,000, of which $11,639,000 shall remain available
until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of Diversity
and Inclusion, $1,000,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Whistleblower Ombudsman, $750,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of the Inspector General, $5,019,000; for salaries and expenses
of the Office of General Counsel, $1,518,000; for salaries and expenses
of the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian,
$2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than $1,000 for
official representation and reception expenses, $2,088,000; for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the
House, $3,419,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Legislative Counsel of the House, $11,937,000; for salaries and
expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,000; for
other authorized employees, $584,000.
Allowances and Expenses
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or
law, $290,543,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs
and Federal tort claims, $526,000; official mail for committees,
leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, $190,000;
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and
other applicable employee benefits, $262,000,000, to remain available
until March 31, 2021; salaries and expenses for Business Continuity and
Disaster Recovery, $17,668,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain
available until expended; transition activities for new members and
staff, $4,489,000, to remain available until expended; Wounded Warrior
Program, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended; Office of
Congressional Ethics, $1,670,000; 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, $1,000,000.
Administrative Provisions
requiring amounts remaining in members' representational allowances to
be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the federal debt
Sec. 110. (a) 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 2020. Any amount remaining after all
payments are made under such allowances for fiscal year 2020 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) The Committee on House Administration of the House of
Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry
out this section.
(c) 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.
limitation on amount available to lease vehicles
Sec. 111. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used
by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to
make any payments from any Members' Representational Allowance for the
leasing of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an
aggregate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month.
allowance for compensation of interns in member offices
Sec. 112. (a) Section 120(f) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 U.S.C. 5322a(f)) is amended by striking the
period at the end and inserting the following: ``, and such sums as may
be necessary for fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year.''.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if
included in the enactment of section 120 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 U.S.C. 5322a).
allowance for compensation of interns in house leadership offices
Sec. 113. (a) There is established for the House of
Representatives an allowance which shall be available for the
compensation of interns who serve in House leadership offices.
(b) Section 104(b) of the House of Representatives Administrative
Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(b)) shall apply with
respect to an intern who is compensated under the allowance under this
section in the same manner as such section applies with respect to an
intern who is compensated under the Members' Representational
Allowance.
(c) In this section --
(1) the term ``House leadership office'' means, with
respect to a fiscal year, any office for which the
appropriation for salaries and expenses of the office for the
fiscal year is provided under the heading ``House Leadership
Offices'' in the Act making appropriations for the Legislative
Branch for the fiscal year; and
(2) term ``intern'', with respect to a House leadership
office, has the meaning given such term with respect to a
Member of the House of Representatives in section 104(c)(2) of
the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical
Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(c)(2)).
(d) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2020 and each
succeeding fiscal year.
cybersecurity assistance for house of representatives
Sec. 114. The head of any Federal entity that provides assistance
to the House of Representatives in the House's efforts to deter,
prevent, mitigate, or remediate cybersecurity risks to, and incidents
involving, the information systems of the House shall take all
necessary steps to ensure the constitutional integrity of the separate
branches of the government at all stages of providing the assistance,
including applying minimization procedures to limit the spread or
sharing of privileged House and Member information.
rescissions of funds
Sec. 115. (a) Of the unobligated balances available from prior
appropriations Acts from the revolving fund established under House
Resolution 94, Ninety Eighth Congress, agreed to February 8, 1983, as
enacted into permanent law by section 110 of the Congressional
Operations Appropriations Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 4917), $1,000,000 is
hereby rescinded.
(b) Of the unobligated balances available from prior appropriations
Acts from the revolving fund established in the item relating to
``Stationery'' under the heading ``House of Representatives, Contingent
Expenses of the House'' in the first section of the Legislative Branch
Appropriation Act, 1948 (2 U.S.C. 5534), $4,000,000 is hereby
rescinded.
use of available balances of expired appropriations
(including transfer of funds)
Sec. 116. (a) Subject to section 119 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2018 (2 U.S.C. 5511), available balances of expired
appropriations for the House of Representatives shall be available to
the House of Representatives--
(1) for the payment of a death gratuity which is
specifically appropriated by law and which is made in
connection with the death of an employee of the House of
Representatives, without regard to the fiscal year in which the
payment is made; and
(2) for deposit into the account established under section
109 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 (2
U.S.C. 5508) for making payments of the House of
Representatives to the Employees' Compensation Fund under
section 8147 of title 5, United States Code, and for
reimbursing the Secretary of Labor for any amounts paid with
respect to unemployment compensation payments for former
employees of the House.
(b) This section shall apply with respect to funds appropriated or
otherwise made available in fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal
year.
reduction in amount of tuition charged for children of employees of
house child care center
Sec. 117. (a) Section 312(d) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2062(d)) is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
``(4) In the case of a child of an employee of the center
who is furnished care at the center, the Chief Administrative
Officer shall reduce the amount of tuition otherwise charged
with respect to such child during a month by the greater of--
``(A) 50 percent; or
``(B) such percentage as may be necessary to ensure
that the total amount of tuition paid by the employee
with respect to all children of the employee who are
furnished care at the center during the month does not
exceed $1,000.''.
(b) Section 312(d)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 2062(d)(2)) is amended
by inserting after ``similar benefits and programs'' the following:
``(including the subsidies provided on behalf of employees of the
center as a result of reductions in the amount of tuition otherwise
charged with respect to children of such employees under paragraph
(4))''.
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to
fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
Joint Economic Committee
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee,
$4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
Joint Committee on Taxation
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation,
$11,563,000, 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 $1,300 per month to the Senior Medical
Officer;
(3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three medical
officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending
Physician;
(4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assistants and $580
per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis
heretofore provided for such assistants; and
(5) $2,800,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the
Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment assigned to
the Office of the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced
and credited to the applicable appropriation or appropriations
from which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses are
payable and shall be available for all the purposes thereof,
$3,868,260, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer
of the House of Representatives.
Office of Congressional Accessibility Services
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional
Accessibility Services, $1,509,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of
the Senate.
CAPITOL POLICE
Salaries
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including
overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government contributions for health,
retirement, social security, professional liability insurance, and
other applicable employee benefits, $378,062,000, of which overtime
shall not exceed $47,048,000 unless the Committees on Appropriations of
the House and Senate are notified, 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, $85,279,000, 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 2020 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland
Security from funds available to the Department of Homeland Security.
Administrative Provision
Sec. 118. Section 908(c) of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002
(2 U.S.C. 1926(c)), is amended by striking ``$40,000'' and inserting
``$60,000''.
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE RIGHTS
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses necessary for the operation of the Office
of Congressional Workplace Rights, $6,333,000, of which $1,000,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2021, and of which not more
than $1,000 may be expended on the certification of the Executive
Director 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 $6,000 to be
expended on the certification of the Director of the Congressional
Budget Office in connection with official representation and reception
expenses, $52,666,000.
OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses in carrying out the Technology Assessment
Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-484; 2 U.S.C. 471 et. seq.), $6,000,000, to
remain available until September 30, 2021.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Capital Construction and Operations
(including transfer of funds)
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other personal
services, at rates of pay provided by law; for all necessary expenses
for surveys and studies, construction, operation, and general and
administrative support in connection with facilities and activities
under the care of 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, $124,704,000: Provided, That $10,000,000 of the funding
provided shall be available until September 30, 2024 for transfer (in
accordance with section 306 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1997; 2 U.S.C. 1862) in whole or in part to the other
appropriations accounts of the Architect of the Capitol for high
priority construction and renovation projects as well as project
management and information technology needs: Provided further, That the
Architect of the Capitol may not make such a transfer unless the
Architect submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate a spending plan for the funds which are
to be transferred and the Committees approve the plan.
Capitol Building
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation
of the Capitol, $45,912,000, of which $18,599,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2024.
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, $19,336,000, of which $7,600,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2024.
House Office Buildings
(including transfer of funds)
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation
of the House office buildings, $153,273,000, of which $30,300,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2024, and of which $62,000,000
shall remain available until expended for the restoration and
renovation of the Cannon House Office Building: Provided, That of the
amount made available under this heading, $8,000,000 shall be derived
by transfer from the House Office Building Fund established under
section 176(d) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017, as added by
section 101(3) of the Further Continuing Appropriation Act, 2017
(Public Law 114-254; 2 U.S.C. 2001 note).
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 Publishing 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, $102,557,000, of which $18,900,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That not more than
$9,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this
appropriation as herein provided shall be available for obligation
during fiscal year 2020.
Library Buildings and Grounds
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds,
$86,833,000, of which $57,500,000 shall remain available until
September 30, 2024.
Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and Security
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation
of buildings, grounds and security enhancements of the United States
Capitol Police, wherever located, the Alternate Computing Facility, and
Architect of the Capitol security operations, $52,840,000, of which
$26,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024.
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, $15,822,000, of which $4,000,000 shall
remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, That, of the
amount made available under this heading, the Architect of the Capitol
may obligate and expend such sums as may be necessary for the
maintenance, care and operation of the National Garden established
under section 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989
(2 U.S.C. 2146).
Capitol Visitor Center
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Capitol Visitor
Center, $23,391,000.
Administrative Provision
no bonuses for contractors behind schedule or over budget
Sec. 119. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act for the
Architect of the Capitol may be used to make incentive or award
payments to contractors for work on contracts or programs for which the
contractor is behind schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of
the Capitol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any such
deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven scope
changes, or are not significant within the overall scope of the project
and/or program.
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2020 and
each succeeding fiscal year.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Salaries and Expenses
For all 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;
information technology services provided centrally; 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, $507,303,000, of which not
more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections credited to this
appropriation during fiscal year 2020, and shall remain available until
expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2
U.S.C. 150): 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 $6,000,000: Provided further, That of the
total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be expended, on
the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with
official representation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field
Offices: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
$9,110,000 shall remain available until expended for the digital
collections and educational curricula program: Provided further, That
of the total amount appropriated, $1,350,000 shall remain available
until expended for upgrade of the Legislative Branch Financial
Management System: Provided further, That of the total amount
appropriated, $250,000 shall remain available until expended for the
Surplus Books Program to promote the program and facilitate a greater
number of donations to eligible entities across the United States:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $3,587,000
shall remain available until expended for the Veterans History Project
to continue digitization efforts of already collected materials, reach
a greater number of veterans to record their stories, and promote
public access to the Project: Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated, $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended
for the development of the Library's Visitor Experience project, and
may be obligated and expended only upon written approval by the Chair
and ranking minority member of the Subcommittee on the Legislative
Branch of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and by the Chair and ranking minority member of the
Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate, following review of a project budget
justification and cost estimate.
Copyright Office
salaries and expenses
For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $91,856,000, of
which not more than $43,221,000, to remain available until expended,
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during
fiscal year 2020 under sections 708(d) and 1316 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 $6,482,000
shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2020 under
sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 803(e), and 1005 of such title: Provided
further, That the total amount available for obligation shall be
reduced by the amount by which collections are less than $49,703,000:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated under this
heading, not less than $17,100,000 is for modernization initiatives, of
which $10,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2021:
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 $6,500 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian
of Congress, in connection with official representation and reception
expenses for activities of the International Copyright Institute and
for copyright delegations, visitors, and seminars: Provided further,
That, notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United
States Code, any amounts made available under this heading which are
attributable to royalty fees and payments received by the Copyright
Office pursuant to sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may
be used for the costs incurred in the administration of the Copyright
Royalty Judges program, with the exception of the costs of salaries and
benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff under section
802(e).
Congressional Research Service
salaries and expenses
For all 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, $119,889,000: 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: Provided further, That this
prohibition does not apply to publication of non-confidential
Congressional Research Service (CRS) products: Provided further, That a
non-confidential CRS product includes any written product containing
research or analysis that is currently available for general
congressional access on the CRS Congressional Intranet, or that would
be made available on the CRS Congressional Intranet in the normal
course of business and does not include material prepared in response
to Congressional requests for confidential analysis or research.
Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
salaries and expenses
For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 1931
(chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $56,945,000: Provided,
That of the total amount appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to
contract to provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped
residents at no cost to the individual.
Administrative Provision
reimbursable and revolving fund activities
Sec. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2020, the obligational authority of
the Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection (b)
may not exceed $231,975,000.
(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.
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
Congressional Publishing
(including transfer of funds)
For authorized publishing of Congressional information and the
distribution of Congressional information in any format; publishing of
Government publications authorized by law to be distributed to Members
of Congress; and publishing, and distribution of Government
publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the
recipient, $79,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be
available for paper copies of the permanent edition of the
Congressional Record for individual Representatives, Resident
Commissioner 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 unobligated or unexpended balances of expired
discretionary funds made available under this heading in this Act for
this fiscal year may be transferred to, and merged with, funds under
the heading ``Government Publishing Office Business Operations
Revolving Fund'' no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after
the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the
purposes for which appropriated, to be available for carrying out the
purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided
further, That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of title 44,
United States Code, this appropriation may be used to prepare indexes
to the Congressional Record on only a monthly and session basis.
Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of Documents
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses of the public information programs of the Office of
Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide for the cataloging and
indexing of Government publications in any format, and their
distribution to the public, Members of Congress, other Government
agencies, and designated depository and international exchange
libraries as authorized by law, $31,296,000: 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 2018 and 2019 to
depository and other designated libraries: Provided further, That
unobligated or unexpended balances of expired discretionary funds made
available under this heading in this Act for this fiscal year may be
transferred to, and merged with, funds under the heading ``Government
Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund'' no later than
the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which
such funds are available for the purposes for which appropriated, to be
available for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and the Senate.
Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund
For payment to the Government Publishing Office Business Operations
Revolving Fund, $6,704,000, to remain available until expended, for
information technology development and facilities repair: Provided,
That the Government Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make such
expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in accordance
with law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to
fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United
States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and
purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for the
Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund:
Provided further, That not more than $7,500 may be expended on the
certification of the Director of the Government Publishing Office in
connection with official representation and reception expenses:
Provided further, That the Business Operations 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 Director of the Government
Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions
of title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That the Business
Operations Revolving Fund shall be available for temporary or
intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States
Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent
of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule
under section 5316 of such title: Provided further, That activities
financed through the Business Operations Revolving Fund may provide
information in any format: Provided further, That the Business
Operations Revolving Fund and the funds provided under the heading
``Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of Documents'' may
not be used for contracted security services at Government Publishing
Office's passport facility in the District of Columbia.
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Government Accountability Office,
including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the certification of
the Comptroller General of the United States in connection with
official representation and reception expenses; temporary or
intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States
Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent
of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule
under section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor vehicle;
advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with section 3324
of title 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those payable
under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
(22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by
the Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living quarters
in foreign countries, $615,604,000: Provided, That, in addition,
$24,800,000 of payments received under sections 782, 791, 3521, and
9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available without fiscal
year limitation: Provided further, That this appropriation and
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department or
agency which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum
or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to
finance an appropriate share of either Forum's costs as determined by
the respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-
Federal participants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the
Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation from which
costs involved are initially financed.
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),
$5,800,000: Provided, That funds made available to support Russian
participants shall only be used for those engaging in free market
development, humanitarian activities, and civic engagement, and shall
not be used for officials of the central government of Russia.
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
maintenance and care of private vehicles
Sec. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be
used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for
emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations
relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives issued
by the Committee on House Administration and for the Senate issued by
the Committee on Rules and Administration.
fiscal year limitation
Sec. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2020 unless
expressly so provided in this Act.
rates of compensation and designation
Sec. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position not
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 Stat.
32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or
designation of any office or position appropriated for is different
from that specifically established by such Act, the rate of
compensation and the designation in this Act shall be the permanent law
with respect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the
various items of official expenses of Members, officers, and committees
of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators
and Members of the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law
with respect thereto.
consulting services
Sec. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for
any consulting service through procurement contract, under section 3109
of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for
public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law,
or under existing Executive order issued under existing law.
costs of lbfmc
Sec. 205. Amounts available for administrative expenses of any
legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative Branch
Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26,
1996, shall be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs
as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be
shared among all participating legislative branch entities (in such
allocations among the entities as the entities may determine) may not
exceed $2,000.
limitation on transfers
Sec. 206. None of the funds made available in this Act may be
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
guided tours of the capitol
Sec. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the
funds made available to the Architect of the Capitol in this Act may be
used to eliminate or restrict guided tours of the United States Capitol
which are led by employees and interns of offices of Members of
Congress and other offices of the House of Representatives and Senate,
unless through regulations as authorized by section 402(b)(8) of the
Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008 (2 U.S.C. 2242(b)(8)).
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or at the
direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the approval of the
Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the United States Capitol which
are led by employees and interns described in subsection (a) may be
suspended temporarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security
or related reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the United
States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the Capitol.
limitation on telecommunications equipment procurement
Sec. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available under this Act may be used to acquire telecommunications
equipment produced by Huawei Technologies Company, ZTE Corporation or a
high-impact or moderate-impact information system, as defined for
security categorization in the National Institute of Standards and
Technology's (NIST) Federal Information Processing Standard Publication
199, ``Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and
Information Systems'' unless the agency, office, or other entity
acquiring the equipment or system has--
(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the information
systems against criteria developed by NIST to inform
acquisition decisions for high-impact and moderate-impact
information systems within the Federal Government;
(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the presumptive
awardee against available and relevant threat information
provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other
appropriate agencies; and
(3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of
Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, conducted an
assessment of any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage
associated with the acquisition of such system, including any
risk associated with such system being produced, manufactured,
or assembled by one or more entities identified by the United
States Government as posing a cyber threat, including but not
limited to, those that may be owned, directed, or subsidized by
the People's Republic of China, the Islamic Republic of Iran,
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or the Russian
Federation.
(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available
under this Act may be used to acquire a high-impact or moderate impact
information system reviewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless
the head of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has--
(1) developed, in consultation with NIST and supply chain
risk management experts, a mitigation strategy for any
identified risks;
(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, that the acquisition of such system is
in the vital national security interest of the United States;
and
(3) reported that determination to the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
in a manner that identifies the system intended for acquisition
and a detailed description of the mitigation strategies
identified in (1), provided that such report may include a
classified annex as necessary.
prohibition on certain operational expenses
Sec. 209. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations,
prosecution, or adjudication activities or other official government
activities.
plastic waste reduction
Sec. 210. All agencies and offices funded by this Act that
contract with a food service provider or providers shall confer and
coordinate with such food service provider or providers, in
consultation with disability advocacy groups, to eliminate or reduce
plastic waste, including waste from plastic straws, explore the use of
biodegradable items, and increase recycling and composting
opportunities.
authority to hire individuals covered by the deferred action for
childhood arrivals program
Sec. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an entity
may use amounts appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act
to pay the compensation of an officer or employee without regard to the
officer's or employee's immigration status if the officer or employee
has been issued an employment authorization document under the Deferred
Action for Childhood Arrivals Program of the Secretary of Homeland
Security, established pursuant to the memorandum from the Secretary of
Homeland Security entitled ``Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with
Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children'',
dated June 15, 2012.
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This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 2020''.
Union Calendar No. 41
116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2779
[Report No. 116-64]
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A BILL
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
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May 16, 2019
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union
and ordered to be printed