This is the second day continued posting of "Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes."

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Bill: HR 2918;

1 CAPITOL BUILDING
2 For necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and
3 operation of the Capitol, $32,800,000, of which
4 $6,241,000 shall remain available until September 30,
5 2014.
6 CAPITOL GROUNDS
7 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement
8 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House
9 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant,
10 $10,920,000, of which $1,410,000 shall remain available
11 until September 30, 2014.
12 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS
13 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
14 and operation of the House office buildings,
15 $100,466,000, of which $53,360,000 shall remain avail-
16 able until September 30, 2014.
17 CAPITOL POWER PLANT
18 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
19 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat-
20 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)
21 and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and
22 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and
23 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga-
24 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from
25 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government
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1 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and
2 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su-
3 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the
4 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the
5 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be
6 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of
7 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited
8 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,
9 $125,083,000, of which $31,560,000 shall remain avail-
10 able until September 30, 2014: Provided, That not more
11 than $8,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed
12 to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available
13 for obligation during fiscal year 2010.
14 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
15 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and
16 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library
17 buildings and grounds, $41,937,000, of which
18 $15,750,000 shall remain available until September 30,
19 2014.
20 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY
21 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
22 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance-
23 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo-
24 cated, the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security
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1 operations, $26,364,000, of which $7,750,000 shall re-
2 main available until September 30, 2014.
3 BOTANIC GARDEN
4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
5 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,
6 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex-
7 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger
8 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com-
9 mittee on the Library, $11,263,000, of which $900,000
10 shall remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided,
11 That of the amount made available under this heading,
12 the Architect may obligate and expend such sums as may
13 be necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of
14 the National Garden established under section 307E of
15 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2
16 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect
17 or a duly authorized designee.
18 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER
19 For necessary expenses for Capitol Visitor Center op-
20 erations costs, $23,166,000.
21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
22 SEC. 1201. HISTORIC BUILDINGS REVITALIZATION
23 TRUST FUND.—(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby
24 established in the Treasury of the United States, as an
25 account for the Architect of the Capitol, the Historic
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1 Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund (hereafter in this sec-
2 tion referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’).
3 (b) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts in the Fund shall
4 be used by the Architect of the Capitol for the revitaliza-
5 tion of the major historical buildings and assets which the
6 Architect is responsible for maintaining and preserving,
7 except that the Architect may not obligate any amounts
8 in the Fund without the approval of the Committees on
9 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen-
10 ate.
11 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with
12 respect to fiscal year 2010 and each succeeding fiscal year.
13 SEC. 1202.—Any individual who is appointed as the
14 Architect of the Capitol after the date of the enactment
15 of this Act shall be appointed in accordance with the appli-
16 cable laws in effect at the time of appointment, taking into
17 account any amendments which may be made to such ap-
18 plicable laws during the One Hundred Eleventh Congress.
19 SEC. 1203. SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE DURING
20 EMERGENCIES.—(a) During an emergency involving the
21 safety of human life or the protection of property, as de-
22 termined or declared by the Capitol Police Board, the Ar-
23 chitect of the Capitol—
24 (1) may accept contributions of comfort and
25 other incidental items and services to support em-
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1 ployees of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol
2 while such employees are on duty in response to the
3 emergency; and
4 (2) may incur obligations and make expendi-
5 tures out of available appropriations for meals, re-
6 freshments, and other support and maintenance for
7 the Office of the Architect of the Capitol if, in the
8 judgment of the Architect, such obligations and ex-
9 penditures are necessary to respond to the emer-
10 gency.
11 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year
12 2010 and each succeeding fiscal year.
13 SEC. 1204. FLEXIBLE AND COMPRESSED WORK
14 SCHEDULES.—(a) Section 6121(1) of title 5, United
15 States Code is amended by inserting after ‘‘military de-
16 partment,’’ the following: ‘‘the Architect of the Capitol,’’.
17 (b) Section 6133(c) of such title is amended by add-
18 ing at the end the following new paragraph:
19 ‘‘(3) With respect to employees of the Architect of
20 the Capitol (including employees of the Botanic Garden),
21 the authority granted to the Office of Personnel Manage-
22 ment under this subchapter shall be exercised by the Ar-
23 chitect of the Capitol.’’
24 (c) The amendments made by this section shall apply
25 with respect to pay periods beginning or after the later
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1 of October 1, 2009, or the date of the enactment of this
2 Act.
3 SEC. 1205. ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTARY STUDENT
4 SERVICES.—Section 3111 of title 5, United States Code,
5 is amended by adding the following new subsection:
6 ‘‘(e) In this section, the term ‘agency’ includes the
7 Architect of the Capitol, except that in the case of the
8 Architect of the Capitol, the authority granted to the Of-
9 fice of Personnel Management under this section shall be
10 exercised by the Architect of the Capitol.’’.
11 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
12 apply with respect to fiscal year 2010 and each such suc-
13 ceeding fiscal year.
14 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
16 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress
17 not otherwise provided for, including development and
18 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo-
19 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean
20 -ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of
21 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation
22 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the
23 Library; activities under the Civil Rights History Project
24 Act of 2009; preparation and distribution of catalog
25 records and other publications of the Library; hire or pur-
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1 chase of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the
2 Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly
3 chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the
4 Board, $450,211,000, of which not more than $6,000,000
5 shall be derived from collections credited to this appropria-
6 tion during fiscal year 2010, and shall remain available
7 until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter
8 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than
9 $350,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal
10 year 2010 and shall remain available until expended for
11 the development and maintenance of an international legal
12 information database and activities related thereto: Pro-
13 vided, That the Library of Congress may not obligate or
14 expend any funds derived from collections under the Act
15 of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for
16 obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided
17 further, That the total amount available for obligation
18 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are
19 less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of the total
20 amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be ex-
21 pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress,
22 in connection with official representation and reception ex-
23 penses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further,
24 That of the total amount appropriated, $7,315,000 shall
25 remain available until expended for the digital collections
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1 and educational curricula program: Provided further, That
2 of the total amount appropriated, $750,000 shall be trans-
3 ferred to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission
4 for carrying out the purposes of Public Law 106–173, of
5 which $10,000 may be used for official representation and
6 reception expenses of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
7 Commission.
8 COPYRIGHT OFFICE
9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
10 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office,
11 $55,476,000, of which not more than $28,751,000, to re-
12 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
13 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2010
14 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro-
15 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex-
16 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec-
17 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or
18 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That
19 not more than $5,861,000 shall be derived from collections
20 during fiscal year 2010 under sections 111(d)(2),
21 119(b)(2), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided
22 further, That the total amount available for obligation
23 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are
24 less than $34,612,000: Provided further, That not more
25 than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for
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1 the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’
2 in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the
3 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in
4 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further,
5 That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer-
6 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with
7 official representation and reception expenses for activities
8 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright
9 delegations, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That
10 notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17,
11 United States Code, any amounts made available under
12 this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and
13 payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to
14 sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be
15 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the
16 Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of
17 the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty
18 Judges and staff under section 802(e).
19 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
22 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
23 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno-
24 tated Constitution of the United States of America,
25 $112,490,000: Provided, That no part of such amount
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1 may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection
2 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor
3 (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued
4 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has
5 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House
6 Administration of the House of Representatives or the
7 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
8 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
10 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of
11 March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C.
12 135a), $70,182,000, of which $30,577,000 shall remain
13 available until expended: Provided, That of the total
14 amount appropriated $650,000 shall be available to con-
15 tract to provide newspapers to blind and physically handi-
16 capped residents at no cost to the individual.
17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
18 SEC. 1301. INCENTIVE AWARDS PROGRAM.—Of the
19 amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in this
20 Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the cer-
21 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with
22 official representation and reception expenses for the in-
23 centive awards program.
24 SEC. 1302. REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND
25 ACTIVITIES.—
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1 (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2010, the
2 obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the
3 activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed
4 $123,328,000.
5 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub-
6 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities
7 that are funded from sources other than appropriations
8 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative
9 branch.
10 (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2010,
11 the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds
12 appropriated in this Act, under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY
13 OF CONGRESS’’, under the subheading ‘‘SALARIES AND
14 EXPENSES’’, to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Pro-
15 gram and the Federal Research Program established
16 under section 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Oper-
17 ations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481;
18 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such
19 transfers may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further,
20 That the appropriate revolving fund account shall reim-
21 burse the Library for any amounts transferred to it before
22 the period of availability of the Library appropriation ex-
23 pires.
24 SEC. 1303. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—
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1 (a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated for fiscal
2 year 2010 for the Library of Congress may be transferred
3 during fiscal year 2010 between any of the headings under
4 the heading ‘‘LIBRARY OF CONGRESS’’ upon the ap-
5 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate
6 and the House of Representatives.
7 (b) LIMITATION.—Not more than 10 percent of the
8 total amount of funds appropriated to the account under
9 any heading under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY OF CON-
10 GRESS’’ for fiscal year 2010 may be transferred from
11 that account by all transfers made under subsection (a).
12 SEC. 1304. CLASSIFICATION OF LIBRARY OF CON-
13 GRESS POSITIONS ABOVE GS–15.—Section 5108 of title
14 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
15 the following new subsection:
16 ‘‘(c) The Librarian of Congress may classify positions
17 in the Library of Congress above GS–15 pursuant to
18 standards established by the Office in subsection (a)(2).’’.
19 SEC. 1305. LEAVE CARRYOVER FOR CERTAIN LI-
20 BRARY OF CONGRESS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS.—(a) Sec-
21 tion 6304(f)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amend22
ed—
23 (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘or’’ at
24 the end;
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1 (2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period
2 at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
3 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
4 paragraph:
5 ‘‘(H) a position in the Library of Congress the
6 compensation for which is set at a rate equal to the
7 annual rate of basic pay payable for positions at
8 level III of the Executive Schedule under section
9 5314.’’.
10 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
11 apply with respect to annual leave accrued during pay pe-
12 riods beginning after the date of the enactment of this
13 Act.
14 SEC. 1306. (a) Section 4(a) of the American Folklife
15 Preservation Act (20 U.S.C. 2103(a)) is amended by strik-
16 ing ‘‘an American Folklife Center’’ and inserting ‘‘the Ar-
17 chie Green American Folklife Center’’.
18 (b) Any reference to the American Folklife Center in
19 any law, rule, regulation, or document shall be deemed to
20 be a reference to the Archie Green American Folklife Cen-
21 ter.
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This is the aparent line by line reading of the bill. I have only put the lines in order by page, I have change nothing in the reading ( no words added and none removed). The words broken line to line are as they would appear in the original manuscript as it appeared on my computer.

The opening blog on this Bill that I posted on July 18th. 2009 shows the copy and pasting of the bill without my aligning the lines from the bill there by making reading more difficult. I will align future postings for ease of reading.

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Richard Lewis