H. R. 7611 [Report No

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Union Calendar No. 359

116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7611 [Report No. 116–447]

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 14, 2020 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

A BILL Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.

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10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 11 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent- 12 atives, $1,479,819,000, as follows:

13 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 14 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 15 $28,884,000, including: Office of the Speaker, 16 $8,295,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 17 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,947,000, 18 including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 19 Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $8,295,000, 20 including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 21 Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 22 Deputy Majority Whip, $2,448,000, including $5,000 for 23 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi- 24 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 25 $2,219,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the

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5 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

6 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

7 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL 8 For Members’ representational allowances, including 9 Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 10 $640,000,000.

11 ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN

12 MEMBER OFFICES 13 For the allowance established under section 120 of 14 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 15 U.S.C. 5322a) for the compensation of interns who serve 16 in the offices of Members of the House of Representatives, 17 $11,025,000, to remain available through January 2, 18 2022: Provided, That notwithstanding section 120(b) of 19 such Act, an office of a Member of the House of Rep- 20 resentatives may use not more than $25,000 of the allow- 21 ance available under this heading during calendar year 22 2021.

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1 ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE

2 LEADERSHIP OFFICES 3 For the allowance established under section 113 of 4 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 (2 5 U.S.C. 5106) for the compensation of interns who serve 6 in House leadership offices, $365,000, to remain available 7 through January 2, 2022: Provided, That of the amount 8 provided under this heading, $200,000 shall be available 9 for the compensation of interns who serve in House leader- 10 ship offices of the majority, to be allocated among such 11 offices by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 12 and $165,000 shall be available for the compensation of 13 interns who serve in House leadership offices of the minor- 14 ity, to be allocated among such offices by the Minority 15 Floor Leader.

16 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

17 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 18 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 19 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 20 $138,100,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 21 available for such salaries and expenses until December 22 31, 2022, except that $3,100,000 of such amount shall 23 remain available until expended for committee room up- 24 grading.

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1 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 2 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap- 3 propriations, $24,725,000, including studies and examina- 4 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv- 5 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 6 section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 7 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 8 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 9 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De- 10 cember 31, 2022.

11 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 12 For compensation and expenses of officers and em- 13 ployees, as authorized by law, $254,781,000, including: 14 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ- 15 ing the positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and 16 including not more than $25,000 for official representa- 17 tion and reception expenses, of which not more than 18 $20,000 is for the Family Room and not more than 19 $2,000 is for the Office of the Chaplain, $31,975,000, of 20 which $4,00,000 shall remain available until expended; for 21 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at 22 Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Garages 23 and the Office of Emergency Management, and including 24 not more than $3,000 for official representation and re- 25 ception expenses, $23,260,000, of which $11,000,000

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22 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 23 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 24 resolution or law, $379,939,000, including: supplies, mate- 25 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,

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19 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MODERNIZATION

20 INITIATIVES ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 22 For the House of Representatives Modernization Ini- 23 tiatives Account established in section 115, $2,000,000, 24 to remain available until expended: Provided, That dis- 25 bursement from this account is subject to approval of the

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6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

7 REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ REP-

8 RESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR

9 DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL

10 DEBT

11 SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 12 of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for

13 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

14 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW-

15 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2021. Any 16 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 17 allowances for fiscal year 2021 shall be deposited in the 18 Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no 19 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 20 made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as 21 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 22 (b) The Committee on House Administration of the 23 House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe 24 regulations to carry out this section.

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4 LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES

5 SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 6 Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 7 the House of Representatives to make any payments from 8 any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 9 of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggre- 10 gate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any 11 month.

12 CYBERSECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSE OF

13 REPRESENTATIVES

14 SEC. 112. The head of any Federal entity that pro- 15 vides assistance to the House of Representatives in the 16 House’s efforts to deter, prevent, mitigate, or remediate 17 cybersecurity risks to, and incidents involving, the infor- 18 mation systems of the House shall take all necessary steps 19 to ensure the constitutional integrity of the separate 20 branches of the government at all stages of providing the 21 assistance, including applying minimization procedures to 22 limit the spread or sharing of privileged House and Mem- 23 ber information.

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1 RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS

2 SEC. 113. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 3 from prior appropriations Acts from the revolving fund es- 4 tablished under House Resolution 64, Ninety Eighth Con- 5 gress, agreed to February 8, 1983, as enacted into perma- 6 nent law by section 110 of the Congressional Operations 7 Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 4917), $212,000 is 8 hereby rescinded. 9 (b) Of the unobligated balances available from prior 10 appropriations Acts from the revolving fund established in 11 the item relating to ‘‘Stationery’’ under the heading 12 ‘‘House of Representatives, Contingent Expenses of the 13 House’’ in the first section of the Legislative Branch Ap- 14 propriation Act, 1948 (2 U.S.C. 5534), $1,000,000 is 15 hereby rescinded. 16 (c) Of the unobligated balances available from prior 17 appropriations Acts from the Net Expenses of Tele- 18 communications Revolving Fund under section 102 of the 19 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 20 5538), $2,000,000 is hereby rescinded.

21 STUDENT LOAN CAP ADJUSTMENT

22 SEC. 114. (a) INCREASE IN LIFETIME LIMIT.—Sec- 23 tion 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 24 2003 (2 U.S.C. 4536) is amended—

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5 ‘‘(b) LIFETIME LIMIT ON AGGREGATE PAYMENTS

6 MADE ON BEHALF OF ANY INDIVIDUAL.—The aggregate 7 amount of payments made on behalf of any individual 8 under the program under this section by all employing of- 9 fices of the House of Representatives may not exceed 10 $80,000.’’.

11 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION.—

12 (1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 13 by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal 14 year 2021 and each succeeding fiscal year.

15 (2) PERMITTING ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS ON

16 BEHALF OF INDIVIDUALS WHOSE PAYMENTS

17 REACHED PRIOR LIMIT.—In promulgating regula- 18 tions to carry out the amendment made by sub- 19 section (a), the Committee on House Administration 20 of the House of Representatives shall include regula- 21 tions to permit payments to be made under the pro- 22 gram under section 105 of the Legislative Branch 23 Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 4536) on behalf 24 of an individual who—

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15 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MODERNIZATION

16 INITIATIVES ACCOUNT

17 SEC. 115. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby es- 18 tablished in the Treasury of the United States an account 19 for the House of Representatives to be known as the 20 ‘‘House of Representatives Modernization Initiatives Ac- 21 count’’ (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Ac- 22 count’’).

23 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds in the Account shall be 24 used by the House of Representatives to carry out initia- 25 tives to modernize the operations of the House, including

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4 (c) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds 5 in the Account are available without fiscal year limitation.

6 (d) AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS AMONG

7 OTHER HOUSE ACCOUNTS.—Section 101(c)(2) of the 8 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 9 5507(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘, and ‘Allowance for 10 Compensation of Interns in House Leadership Offices’.’’ 11 and inserting ‘‘ ‘Allowance for Compensation of Interns in 12 House Leadership Offices’, and ‘House of Representatives 13 Modernization Initiatives Account’.’’.

14 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend- 15 ments made by this section shall apply with respect to fis- 16 cal year 2021 and each succeeding fiscal year. 17 JOINT ITEMS 18 For Joint Committees, as follows:

19 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 20 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 21 Committee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 22 of the Senate.

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1 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 2 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 3 Taxation, $11,905,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad- 4 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 5 For other joint items, as follows:

6 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 7 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex- 8 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 9 Physician and his assistants, including: 10 (1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the 11 Attending Physician; 12 (2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the 13 Senior Medical Officer; 14 (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to 15 three medical officers while on duty in the Office of 16 the Attending Physician; 17 (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist- 18 ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as- 19 sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such as- 20 sistants; and 21 (5) $2,796,000 for reimbursement to the De- 22 partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff 23 and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attend- 24 ing Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 25 to the applicable appropriation or appropriations

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6 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 8 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres- 9 sional Accessibility Services, $1,536,000, to be disbursed 10 by the Secretary of the Senate. 11 CAPITOL POLICE

12 SALARIES 13 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in- 14 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government 15 contributions for health, retirement, social security, pro- 16 fessional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 17 benefits, $395,720,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 18 $50,246,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of 19 the House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the 20 Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee.

21 GENERAL EXPENSES 22 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ- 23 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 24 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 25 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic

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17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

18 STUDENT LOAN CAP ADJUSTMENT

19 SEC. 116. Section 908(c) of the Emergency Supple- 20 mental Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 1926(c)), is amended by strik- 21 ing ‘‘$60,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$80,000’’.

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3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4 For salaries and expenses necessary for the operation 5 of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, 6 $7,500,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available 7 until September 30, 2022, and of which not more than 8 $1,000 may be expended on the certification of the Execu- 9 tive Director in connection with official representation and 10 reception expenses. 11 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 13 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 14 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 15 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 16 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi- 17 cial representation and reception expenses, $57,292,000: 18 Provided, That the Director shall use not less than 19 $500,000 of the amount made available under this head- 20 ing for (1) improving technical systems, processes, and 21 models for the purpose of improving the transparency of 22 estimates of budgetary effects to Members of Congress, 23 employees of Members of Congress, and the public, and 24 (2) to increase the availability of models, economic as-

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4 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS 5 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 6 other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; 7 for all necessary expenses for surveys and studies, con- 8 struction, operation, and general and administrative sup- 9 port in connection with facilities and activities under the 10 care of the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic 11 Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and 12 House office buildings, and other facilities under the juris- 13 diction of the Architect of the Capitol; including fur- 14 nishings and office equipment; including not more than 15 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 16 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap- 17 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper- 18 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $139,239,000.

19 CAPITOL BUILDING 20 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 21 and operation of the Capitol, $36,129,000, of which 22 $6,099,000 shall remain available until September 30, 23 2025.

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1 CAPITOL GROUNDS 2 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 3 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 4 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, 5 $20,560,000, of which $7,800,000 shall remain available 6 until September 30, 2025.

7 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 10 and operation of the House office buildings, 11 $153,273,000, of which $14,540,000 shall remain avail- 12 able until September 30, 2025, and of which $62,000,000 13 shall remain available until expended for the restoration 14 and renovation of the Cannon House Office Building: Pro- 15 vided, That of the amount made available under this head- 16 ing, $9,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 17 House Office Building Fund established under section 18 176(d) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017, as 19 added by section 101(3) of the Further Continuing Appro- 20 priation Act, 2017 (Public Law 114–254; 2 U.S.C. 2001 21 note).

22 CAPITOL POWER PLANT 23 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 24 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat- 25 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)

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19 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 20 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 21 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 22 buildings and grounds, $83,446,000, of which 23 $51,600,000 shall remain available until September 30, 24 2025.

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1 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY 2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 3 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance- 4 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo- 5 cated, the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of 6 the Capitol security operations, $45,993,000, of which 7 $15,700,000 shall remain available until September 30, 8 2025, and of which $2,500,000 shall remain available 9 until expended.

10 BOTANIC GARDEN 11 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 12 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 13 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex- 14 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 15 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com- 16 mittee on the Library, $20,895,000, of which $8,300,000 17 shall remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, 18 That, of the amount made available under this heading, 19 the Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such 20 sums as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and 21 operation of the National Garden established under sec- 22 tion 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 23 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Ar- 24 chitect of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee.

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1 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 2 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 3 Capitol Visitor Center, $24,272,000.

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

5 NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR

6 OVER BUDGET

7 SEC. 117. None of the funds made available in this 8 Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make 9 incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 10 contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 11 schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Cap- 12 itol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any 13 such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, govern- 14 ment-driven scope changes, or are not significant within 15 the overall scope of the project and/or program. 16 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 18 For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 19 not otherwise provided for, including development and 20 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo- 21 dial care of the Library buildings; information technology 22 services provided centrally; special clothing; cleaning, 23 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion 24 pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and 25 maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li-

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7 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 9 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 10 $91,409,000, of which not more than $38,004,000, to re- 11 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec- 12 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2021 13 under sections 708(d) and 1316 of title 17, United States 14 Code: Provided, That the Copyright Office may not obli- 15 gate or expend any funds derived from collections under 16 such section in excess of the amount authorized for obliga- 17 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur- 18 ther, That not more than $6,778,000 shall be derived from 19 collections during fiscal year 2021 under sections 20 111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 803(e), and 1005 of such title: Pro- 21 vided further, That the total amount available for obliga- 22 tion shall be reduced by the amount by which collections 23 are less than $44,782,000: Provided further, That of the 24 funds provided under this heading, not less than 25 $17,100,000 is for modernization initiatives, of which

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22 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 24 For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 25 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

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1 NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND

2 PRINT DISABLED

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4 For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 5 March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 6 135a), $59,439,000: Provided, That of the total amount 7 appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to 8 provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 9 residents at no cost to the individual.

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

11 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

12 SEC. 118. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2021, 13 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 14 the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 15 $252,552,000.

16 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub- 17 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 18 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 19 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 20 branch. 21 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE

22 CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 24 For authorized publishing of congressional informa- 25 tion and the distribution of congressional information in

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14 PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE

15 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18 For expenses of the public information programs of 19 the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to 20 provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 21 publications in any format, and their distribution to the 22 public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, 23 and designated depository and international exchange li- 24 braries as authorized by law, $32,300,000: Provided, That 25 amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current year

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16 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS

17 OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND 18 For payment to the Government Publishing Office 19 Business Operations Revolving Fund, $6,700,000, to re- 20 main available until expended, for information technology 21 development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov- 22 ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 23 such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 24 in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 25 commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as

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6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 7 For necessary expenses of the Government Account- 8 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex- 9 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 10 the United States in connection with official representa- 11 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 12 services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 13 Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily 14 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of 15 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 16 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 17 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 18 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay- 19 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 20 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); 21 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen- 22 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for- 23 eign countries, $664,346,000: Provided, That, in addition, 24 $31,342,000 of payments received under sections 782, 25 791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall

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10 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

11 SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 12 Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 13 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 14 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa- 15 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 16 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 17 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

18 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

19 SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 20 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 21 2021 unless expressly so provided in this Act.

22 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

23 SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 24 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 25 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate

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11 CONSULTING SERVICES

12 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 13 under this Act for any consulting service through procure- 14 ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 15 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex- 16 penditures are a matter of public record and available for 17 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 18 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 19 under existing law.

20 COSTS OF LBFMC

21 SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex- 22 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 23 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 24 (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 25 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC

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5 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

6 SEC. 206. None of the funds made available in this 7 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in- 8 strumentality of the United States Government, except 9 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro- 10 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.

11 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

12 SEC. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 13 none of the funds made available to the Architect of the 14 Capitol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict 15 guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 16 by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con- 17 gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 18 and Senate, unless through regulations as authorized by 19 section 402(b)(8) of the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 20 2008 (2 U.S.C. 2242(b)(8)). 21 (b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 22 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 23 approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 24 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in- 25 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo-

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5 LIMITATION ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

6 PROCUREMENT

7 SEC. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth- 8 erwise made available under this Act may be used to ac- 9 quire telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei 10 Technologies Company, ZTE Corporation or a high-im- 11 pact or moderate-impact information system, as defined 12 for security categorization in the National Institute of 13 Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information 14 Processing Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Se- 15 curity Categorization of Federal Information and Informa- 16 tion Systems’’ unless the agency, office, or other entity 17 acquiring the equipment or system has— 18 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor- 19 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 20 to inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 21 moderate-impact information systems within the 22 Federal Government; 23 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre- 24 sumptive awardee against available and relevant

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10 PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

11 SEC. 209. (a) None of the funds made available in 12 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 13 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 14 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 15 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 16 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 17 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi- 18 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities 19 or other official government activities.

20 PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION

21 SEC. 210. All agencies and offices funded by this Act 22 that contract with a food service provider or providers 23 shall confer and coordinate with such food service provider 24 or providers, in consultation with disability advocacy 25 groups, to eliminate or reduce plastic waste, including

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4 ANNUAL RATE OF PAY FOR HEADS OF CERTAIN

5 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OFFICES

6 SEC. 211. (a) ANNUAL RATE OF PAY FOR HEADS

7 OF CERTAIN OFFICES.—

8 (1) DIRECTOR OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDG-

9 ET OFFICE.—Section 201(a)(5)(A) of the Congres- 10 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601(a)(5)(A)) 11 is amended by striking ‘‘that is equal to’’ and all 12 that follows and inserting ‘‘that is equal to the an- 13 nual rate of basic pay for level II of the Executive 14 Schedule.’’.

15 (2) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF

16 CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE RIGHTS.—Subpara- 17 graph (B) of section 302(a)(2) of the Congressional 18 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1382(a)(2)) is 19 amended to read as follows:

20 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The annual rate of 21 pay for the Executive Director may not exceed 22 the annual rate of basic pay for level II of the 23 Executive Schedule.’’.

24 (3) ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL.—Section 1 of 25 the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to fix the annual rates of

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4 ‘‘SECTION 1. COMPENSATION. 5 ‘‘The compensation of the Architect of the Capitol 6 shall be at an annual rate equal to the annual rate of basic 7 pay for level II of the Executive Schedule.’’.

8 (4) CHIEF OF THE CAPITOL POLICE.—Sub- 9 section (c) of the first section of the Act entitled 10 ‘‘An Act to establish by law the position of Chief of 11 the Capitol Police, and for other purposes’’ (2 12 U.S.C. 1902) is amended to read as follows: 13 ‘‘(c) The annual rate of pay for the Chief of the Cap- 14 itol Police shall be equal to the annual rate of basic pay 15 for level II of the Executive Schedule.’’.

16 AUTHORITY TO HIRE INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

17 DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS PROGRAM

18 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 19 law, an entity may use amounts appropriated or otherwise 20 made available under this Act to pay the compensation 21 of an officer or employee without regard to the officer’s 22 or employee’s immigration status if the officer or employee 23 has been issued an employment authorization document 24 under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Pro- 25 gram of the Secretary of Homeland Security, established

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5 LIMITATION ON COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR

6 MEMBERS

7 SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 8 law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) 9 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 10 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members 11 of Congress) during fiscal year 2021.

12 REMOVAL OF OFFENSIVE U.S. CAPITOL STATUARY

13 SEC. 214. (a) REMOVAL AND STORAGE.—Not later 14 than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 15 the Architect of the Capitol— 16 (1) shall remove all Confederate statues and 17 Confederate busts from any area of the United 18 States Capitol which is accessible to the public; and 19 (2) shall remove the bust of Roger Brooke 20 Taney; the statue of Charles Brantley Aycock; the 21 statue of John Caldwell Calhoun; and the statue of 22 James Paul Clarke from any area of the United 23 States Capitol, which is accessible to the public.

24 (b) STORAGE OF STATUES.—In the case of any stat- 25 ue removed under subsection (a), the Architect of the Cap-

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4 (c) DEFINITIONS.— 5 (1) Confederate statue.—In this section, the 6 term ‘‘Confederate statue’’ means a statue which 7 was provided by a State for display in the United 8 States Capitol under section 1814 of the Revised 9 Statutes (2 U.S.C. 2131), including a replacement 10 statue provided by a State under section 311 of the 11 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 12 U.S.C. 2132), which depicts— 13 (A) any individual who served voluntarily 14 at any time as a member of the armed forces 15 of the Confederate States of America or of the 16 military forces of a State while the State was 17 in rebellion against the United States; or 18 (B) any individual who served as an offi- 19 cial in the government of the Confederate 20 States of America or of a State while the State 21 was in rebellion against the United States. 22 (2) Confederate bust.—In this section, the term 23 ‘‘Confederate bust’’ means a bust which depicts an 24 individual described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of 25 paragraph (1).

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116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7611 [Report No. 116–447] A BILL Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.

JULY 14, 2020 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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