H. R. 2918
[Report No. 111–160] (cont.)

This is the last pages of "Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes."

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1 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
2 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
4 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress
5 and the distribution of Congressional information in any
6 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap-
7 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly
8 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author-
9 ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code);
10 printing and binding of Government publications author-
11 ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and
12 printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica-
13 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge
14 to the recipient, $93,296,000: Provided, That this appro-
15 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per-
16 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual
17 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au-
18 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code:
19 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available
20 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro-
21 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years:
22 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita-
23 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code,
24 none of the funds appropriated or made available under
25 this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and
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1 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of
2 title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print
3 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe-
4 riod beginning on the date that such document, report,
5 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un-
6 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance
7 with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided
8 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in
9 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding
10 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print-
11 ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of
12 this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees
13 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
14 Senate.
15 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS
16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
18 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc-
19 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index-
20 ing of Government publications and their distribution to
21 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen-
22 cies, and designated depository and international exchange
23 libraries as authorized by law, $40,911,000: Provided,
24 That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current
25 year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis
26 eminating Congressional serial sets and other related
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1 publications for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 to depository
2 and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any
3 unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or ac-
4 counts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may
5 be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolv-
6 ing fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading,
7 subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria-
8 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate.
9 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND
10 For payment to the Government Printing Office Re-
11 volving Fund, $12,000,000 for information technology de-
12 velopment and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov-
13 ernment Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such
14 expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in
15 accordance with law, and to make such contracts and com-
16 mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro-
17 vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as
18 may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur-
19 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year
20 for the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Pro-
21 vided further, That not more than $7,500 may be ex-
22 pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec-
23 tion with official representation and reception expenses:
24 Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available
25 for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger
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1 motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con-
2 nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to
3 the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out
4 the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided
5 further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem-
6 porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of
7 title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals
8 not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of
9 basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under sec-
10 tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That activities
11 financed through the revolving fund may provide informa-
12 tion in any format: Provided further, That the revolving
13 fund and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘Office
14 of Superintendent of Documents’’ and ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
15 penses’’ may not be used for contracted security services
16 at GPO’s passport facility in the District of Columbia.
17 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
19 For necessary expenses of the Government Account-
20 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex-
21 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of
22 the United States in connection with official representa-
23 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent
24 services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States
25 Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily
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1 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of
2 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title;
3 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in
4 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title
5 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay-
6 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign
7 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8));
8 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen-
9 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for-
10 eign countries, $558,849,000: Provided, That not more
11 than $5,449,000 of payments received under section 782
12 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for use
13 in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That not more than
14 $2,350,000 of reimbursements received under section
15 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available
16 for use in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That not
17 more than $7,423,000 of reimbursements received under
18 section 3521 of title 31, United States Code, shall be
19 available for use in fiscal year 2010: Provided further,
20 That this appropriation and appropriations for adminis-
21 trative expenses of any other department or agency which
22 is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit
23 Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum
24 shall be available to finance an appropriate share of either
25 Forum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, in-
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1 cluding necessary travel expenses of non-Federal partici-
2 pants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the
3 Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appro-
4 priation from which costs involved are initially financed.
5 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST
6 FUND
7 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center
8 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World
9 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative
10 Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151),
11 $9,000,000.
12 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
13 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
14 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub-
15 lic Service Development Trust Fund established under
16 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv-
17 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105),
18 $430,000.
19 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS
20 SEC. 201. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE
21 VEHICLES.—No part of the funds appropriated in this Act
22 shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehi-
23 cles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may
24 be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities
25 for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee
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1 on House Administration and for the Senate issued by the
2 Committee on Rules and Administration.
3 SEC. 202. FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION.—No part of
4 the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available
5 for obligation beyond fiscal year 2010 unless expressly so
6 provided in this Act.
7 SEC. 203. RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNA-
8 TION.—Whenever in this Act any office or position not
9 specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929
10 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of
11 compensation or designation of any office or position ap-
12 propriated for is different from that specifically estab-
13 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des-
14 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re-
15 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act
16 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi-
17 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep-
18 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of
19 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law
20 with respect thereto.
21 SEC. 204. CONSULTING SERVICES.—The expenditure
22 of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting
23 service through procurement contract, under section 3109
24 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those
25 contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public
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1 record and available for public inspection, except where
2 otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing
3 Executive order issued under existing law.
4 SEC. 205. AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS.—Such sums
5 as may be necessary are appropriated to the account de-
6 scribed in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congres-
7 sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to
8 pay awards and settlements as authorized under such sub-
9 section.
10 SEC. 206. COSTS OF LBFMC.—Amounts available
11 for administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity
12 which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial
13 Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on
14 March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro-
15 priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the
16 LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared
17 among all participating legislative branch entities (in such
18 allocations among the entities as the entities may deter-
19 mine) may not exceed $2,000.
20 SEC. 207. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.—The Archi-
21 tect of the Capitol, in consultation with the District of Co-
22 lumbia, is authorized to maintain and improve the land-
23 scape features, excluding streets, in the irregular shaped
24 grassy areas bounded by Washington Avenue, SW on the
25 northeast, Second Street SW on the west, Square 582 on
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1 the south, and the beginning of the I–395 tunnel on the
2 southeast.
3 SEC. 208. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS.—None of the
4 funds made available in this Act may be transferred to
5 any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
6 States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made
7 by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other
8 appropriation Act.
9 SEC. 209. GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL.—
10 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the
11 funds made available to the Architect of the Capitol in
12 this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided tours
13 of the United States Capitol which are led by employees
14 and interns of offices of Members of Congress and other
15 offices of the House of Representatives and Senate.
16 (b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or
17 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the
18 approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the
19 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in-
20 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo-
21 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re-
22 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the
23 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of
24 the Capitol.
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1 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative
2 Branch Appropriations Act, 2010’’.
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Union Calendar No. 79
111TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 2918
[Report No. 111–160]
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010,
and for other purposes.
JUNE 17, 2009
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed


Tomorrow I will sho you how the House of Representatives voted on this Bill, than on Wednesday I will show you the Senate vote.

I ask you to make note of those voteing for these Congressional leaders who fail to show restraint in wild, careless, reckless spending as well as governing. It certianly is not representing me, and the choices I want them making. Passing Bills and Amendments they don't even take time to read and debate on, and who wants to give up their Freedoms and Liberties for Socialism and Communist way of life.

Maybe Glenn Beck is right! "if you are up you are out." However, I would look at keeping those who fought to keep my Liberties and Freedoms for me, those those who fought hard against Oboma.

Submitted By
Richard Lewis