Public Law 91–145

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 June 30, 1970, and for other purposes, namely:

SENATE Compensation of the Vice President and Senators, Mileage of the President of the Senate and Senators, and Expense Allowances of the Vice President and Leaders of the Senate compensation of the vice president and senators For compensation of the Vice President and Senators of the United States, $4,685,530. mileage of president of the senate and of senators For mileage of the President of the Senate and of Senators, $58,370. expense allowances of the vice president, and majority and minority leaders For expense allowance of the Vice President, $10,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, $3,000; and Minority Leader of the Senate, $3,000; in all, $16,000. Salaries, Officers and Employees For compensation of officers, employees, clerks to Senators, and others as authorized by law, including agency contributions and longevity compensation as authorized, which shall be paid from this appropriation without regard to the below limitations, as follows: office of the vice president For clerical assistance to the Vice President, $281,187. offices of the majority and minority leaders For offices of the majority leader and the minority leader, $106,930: Provided, That effective November 1, 1969, the respective leaders may each appoint and fix the compensation of an administrative assistant at not to exceed $31,317 per annum, a legislative assistant at not to exceed $28,908 per annum, an executive secretary at not to exceed $15,111 per annum, and a clerical assistant at not to exceed $12,921 per annum in lieu of the positions heretofore authorized by Senate Resolution 158, agreed to December 9, 1941, Public Law 86–30, approved May 20, 1959, and Senate Resolution 240, agreed to January 24, 1952. offices of the majority and minority whips For offices of the majority and minority whips, $68,730: Provided, That effective November 1, 1969, the whips may each appoint and fix the compensation of an administrative assistant at not to exceed $30,003 per annum, and an executive secretary at not to exceed $15,111 per annum. office of the chaplain For the office of the Chaplain, $17,185: Provided, That effective November 1, 1969, the compensation of the Chaplain shall be $10,074 per annum and he shall be subject to election at the beginning of each Congress: Provided further, That the Chaplain may appoint and fix the compensation of a secretary at not to exceed $8,541 per annum. office of the secretary For Office of the Secretary, $1,675,448, including $144,673 required for the purpose specified and authorized by section 74b of title 2, United States Code: Provided, That effective November 1, 1969, the Secretary may fix the compensation of the Assistant Secretary at not to exceed $11,826 per annum, employ and fix the compensation of a Special Assistant at not to exceed $10,293 per annum in lieu of an Assistant at $8,760 per annum, employ and fix the compensation of an Editor, Digest at not to exceed $21,024 per annum, an Assistant Editor, Digest at not to exceed $18,396 per annum, and a Clerk, Digest at not to exceed $8,541 per annum: Provided further, That, effective November 1, 1969, the Secretary is authorized to appoint a Comptroller of the Senate at a salary of $35,259 per annum, and a Secretary to the Comptroller at a salary of not to exceed $12,921 per annum, and the allowance for clerical assistance and readjustment of salaries in the disbursing office is hereby made available for personnel at such titles and per annum rates as may be necessary, at no time exceeding an aggregate of $249,660. committee employees For professional and clerical assistance to standing committees and the Select Committee on Small Business, $4,017,014. conference committees For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Majority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $115,619. For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $115,619. administrative and clerical assistants to senators For administrative and clerical assistants to Senators, $24,656,608: Provided, That the clerk hire allowance of each Senator from the State of Connecticut shall be increased to that allowed Senators from States having a population of three million, the population of said State having exceeded three million inhabitants: Provided further, That, effective November 1, 1969, paragraph (1) of section 105(d) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 as amended (2 U.S.C. 61–1(d)), is amended by increasing each of the amounts in the table therein relating to Senators’ clerk hire allowances by $23,652, and paragraph (2)(i) of such section is amended to read as follows: “(i) the salary of two employees may be fixed at gross rates of not more than $23,652 per annum,”. office of sergeant at arms and doorkeeper For Office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $4,915,909: Provided, That effective November 1, 1969, the Sergeant at Arms is authorized to employ the following additional employees: A Systems Programer at $15,987 per annum, a Production Manager at $14,454 per annum, an Applications Programer at $13,797 per annum, an Operator at $10,074 per annum, an Operator at $9,417 per annum, and six plainclothesmen, Police Force, at $8,760 per annum each in lieu of six Privates at $8,322 per annum each. offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority For the offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for the Minority, $196,612. office of the legislative counsel of the senate For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, $374,100. payment to widow of deceased senator For payment to Louella Dirksen, widow of Everett McKinley Dirksen, late a Senator from the State of Illinois, $49,500. Contingent Expenses of the Senate senate policy committees For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority Policy Committee, $236,720 for each such Committee; in all, $473,440. automobiles and maintenance For purchase, exchange, driving, maintenance, and operation of four automobiles, one for the Vice President, one for the President Pro Tempore, one for the Majority Leader, and one for the Minority Leader, $50,880. furniture For service and materials in cleaning and repairing furniture, and for the purchase of furniture, $31,190: Provided, That the furniture purchased is not available from other agencies of the Government. inquiries and investigations For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, including $431,775 for the Committee on Appropriations, to be available also for the purposes mentioned in Senate Resolution Numbered 193, agreed to October 14, 1948, $6,646,755, of which amount $6,000 is hereby made available for obligations incurred in fiscal year 1968. folding documents For the employment of personnel for folding speeches and pamphlets at a gross rate of not exceeding $2.82 per hour per person, $46,355. mail transportation For maintaining, exchanging, and equipping motor vehicles for carrying the mails and for official use of the offices of the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms, $16,560. miscellaneous items For Miscellaneous Items, exclusive of labor, $5,708,986 including $497,000 for payment to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance section 4 of Public Law 87–82, approved July 6, 1961, and $15,000 for expenses of the Commission on Art and Antiquities of the Senate. For an additional amount for “Miscellaneous Items, fiscal year 1969”, $300,000, to be derived by transfer from the appropriation “Salaries, officers and employees, Senate, fiscal year 1969”. postage stamps For postage stamps for the Offices of the Secretaries for the Majority and Minority, $240; and for air mail and special delivery stamps for the Office of the Secretary, $350; Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $215; Senators and the President of the Senate, as authorized by law, $119,328: Provided, That the maximum allowance per capita of $960 is increased to $1,056 for the fiscal year 1970 and thereafter: Provided further, That Senators from States partially or wholly west of the Mississippi River shall be allowed an additional $264 each fiscal year; in all, $120,133. stationery (revolving fund) For stationery for Senators and the President of the Senate, $363,600; and for stationery for Committees and officers of the Senate, $14,250; in all, $377,850: Provided, That effective with the fiscal year 1970 and thereafter the allowance for stationery for each Senator and the President of the Senate shall be at the rate of $3,600 per annum: Provided further, That section 106 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1969 (Public Law 90–417, approved July 23, 1968), is hereby made applicable to the President of the Senate. communications For an amount for communications which may be expended interchangeably, in accordance with such limitations and restrictions as may be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration, for payment of charges on official telegrams and long-distance telephone calls made by or on behalf of Senators or the President of the Senate, in addition to those otherwise authorized, $15,150. administrative provisions Effective October 1, 1969, the third paragraph under the heading “Administrative Provisions” in the appropriations for the Senate in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1957, as amended (2 U.S.C. 53), is amended by striking out “$300” and inserting in lieu thereof “$400”, and by inserting before the colon preceding the proviso therein a comma and the following: “or incurred for subscriptions to newspapers, magazines, periodicals, or clipping or similar services”. Effective July 1, 1969, the third paragraph under the heading “Administrative Provisions” in the appropriations for the Senate in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1959, as amended (2 U.S.C. 436), is amended by striking out the portion thereof relating to payments from the Contingent Fund of the Senate and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “The Contingent Fund of the Senate is hereafter made available for reimbursement of transportation expenses incurred by Senators in traveling, on official business, by the nearest usual route, between Washington, District of Columbia, and any point in their home States, for not to exceed twelve round trips (or the equivalent thereof in one-way trips) in each fiscal year,”. Section 6(c) of the District of Columbia Traffic Act, 1925 (D.C. Code, sec. 40–603(c)), is amended by inserting after “Senate and House of Representatives,” the words “Comptroller of the Senate,”. The first sentence of the second paragraph under the heading “Administrative Provisions” in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1962, as amended (2 U.S.C. 127), is amended to read as follows: “The contingent fund of the Senate is hereafter made available for reimbursement of transportation expenses incurred in traveling by the nearest usual route between Washington, District of Columbia, and any point in the home State of the Senator involved, for not to exceed eight round trips made by employees in each Senator’s office in any fiscal year, such payment to be made only upon vouchers approved by the Senator containing a certification by such Senator that such travel was performed in line of official duty.” This provision shall take effect with respect to round trips commencing on or after the date of enactment of this Act. No part of any appropriation disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate shall be available for payment of compensation to any person for any period for which such person is carried in a leave without pay status from a position in or under any department or agency of the Government.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES For payment to Pearle Jean Bates, widow of William H. Bates, late a Representative from the State of Massachusetts, $42,500. Salaries, Mileage for the Members, and Expense Allowance of the Speaker compensation of members For compensation of Members, as authorized by law (wherever used herein the term “Member” shall include Members of the House of Representatives and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico), $20,074,000. mileage of members and expense allowance of the speaker For mileage of Members and expense allowance of the Speaker, as authorized by law, $180,000. Salaries, Officers and Employees For compensation of officers and employees, as authorized by law, as follows: office of the speaker For the Office of the Speaker, $151,850. office of the parliamentarian For the Office of the Parliamentarian, $152,310, including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of the Rules, as authorized by law. compilation of precedents of rouse of representatives For compiling the precedents of the House of Representatives, as heretofore authorized, $13,210. office of the chaplain For the Office of the Chaplain, $17,965. office of the clerk For the Office of the Clerk, including not to exceed $192,190 for the House Recording Studio, $2,205,000. office of the sergeant at arms For the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $2,950,000. office of the doorkeeper For the Office of the Doorkeeper, $2,275,000. office of the postmaster For the Office of the Postmaster, including $12,420 for employment of substitute messengers and extra services of regular employees when required at the basic salary rate of not to exceed $2,100 per annum each, $625,870. committee employees For committee employees, including the Committee on Appropriations, $5,300,000. special and minority employees For six minority employees, $182,885. For the House Democratic Steering Committee, $59,040. For the House Republican Conference, $59,040. For the office of the majority floor leader, including $3,000 for official expenses of the majority leader, $119,915. For the office of the minority floor leader, including $3,000 for official expenses of the minority leader, $111,295. For the office of the majority whip, including $13,480 basic lumpsum clerical assistance, $90,990. For the office of the minority whip, including $13,480 basic lumpsum clerical assistance, $90,990. For two printing clerks, one for the majority caucus room and one for the minority caucus room, to be appointed by the majority and minority leaders, respectively, $18,745, to be equally divided. For a technical assistant in the office of the attending physician, to be appointed by the attending physician, subject to the approval of the Speaker, $16,845. official reporters of debates For official reporters of debates, $324,410. official reporters to committees For official reporters to committees, $322,040. committee on appropriations For salaries and expenses, studies and examinations of executive agencies, by the Committee on Appropriations, and temporary personal services for such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 1946, and to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed, $890,000. office of the legislative counsel For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $465,595. Members’ Clerk Hire For clerk hire, necessarily employed by each Member in the discharge of his official and representative duties, $47,000,000. Contingent Expenses of the House furniture For furniture, materials for furniture repairs, including tools and machinery for furniture repair shops, and for purchase of packing boxes and carpets, $240,000. The Clerk of the House is authorized and directed to transfer to the Library of Congress, without exchange of funds, such office furniture and equipment as the Clerk shall have determined to be excess to the needs of the House and the Librarian of Congress deems necessary and suitable to the needs of the Library. miscellaneous items For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries unless specifically ordered by the House of Representatives, including the sum of $159,000 for payment to the Architect of the Capitol in accordance with section 208 of the Act approved October 9, 1940 (Public Law 812); exchange, operation, maintenance, and repair of the Clerk’s motor vehicles, the publications and distribution service motortruck, and the post office motor vehicles for carrying the mails; not to exceed $5,000 for the purposes authorized by section 1 of House Resolution 348, approved June 29, 1961; the sum of $600 for hire of automobile for the Sergeant at Arms; materials for folding; and for stationery for the use of committees, departments, and officers of the House; $4,960,000. No part of the contingent fund herein appropriated shall be available for the purposes of House Resolution 416 of the Eighty-ninth Congress relating to the hire of student congressional interns. government contributions For contributions to employees life insurance fund, retirement fund, and health benefits fund, as authorized by law, $3,240,000, and in addition, such amount as may be necessary may be transferred from the immediately preceding appropriation for “miscellaneous items”. reporting hearings For stenographic reports of hearings of committees other than special and select committees, $325,000. special and select committees For salaries and expenses of special and select committees authorized by the House, $6,800,000. telegraph and telephone For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services, $3,650,000. stationery (revolving fund) For a stationery allowance for each Member for the second session of the Ninety-first Congress, as authorized by law, $1,308,000, to remain available until expended. postage stamp allowances Postage stamp allowances for the second session of the Ninety-first Congress, as follows: Clerk, $1,120; Sergeant at Arms, $840; Doorkeeper, $700; Postmaster, $560, airmail and special-delivery postage stamps for each Member, the Speaker, the majority and minority leaders, the majority and minority whips, and to each standing committee, as authorized by law; $320,390. revision of laws For preparation and editing of the laws as authorized by 1 U.S.C. 202, 203, 213, $38,000, to be expended under the direction of the Committee on the Judiciary. leadership automobiles For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the Speaker, $14,250. For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair and operation of an automobile for the majority leader of the House, $14,250. For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair and operation of an automobile for the minority leader of the House, $14,250. new edition of the united states code For preparation of a new edition of the United States Code, $150;000, to remain available until expended, and to be expended under the direction of the Committee on the Judiciary. Administrative Provisions Except as provided by the House Employees Position Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 291 and following) or by any other provision of law to the contrary, salaries or wages paid out of the items herein for the House of Representatives shall be computed at basic rates, plus increased and additional compensation, as authorized and provided by law. house beauty shop The management of the House Beauty Shop and all matters connected therewith shall be under the direction of a select committee to be composed of three Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker, one of whom shall be designated as Chairman. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the committee shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made. The committee is authorized to issue such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary for the operation and the employment of necessary assistance for the conduct of said Beauty Shop by such business methods as may produce the best results consistent with economical and modern management. Effective the first of the month following approval of this Act, there is established in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund for the House Beauty Shop. vibe revolving fund shall be self-sustaining. The net assets of the Shop on the effective date of this section shall constitute the capital of the fund and the existing liabilities shall be paid from the fund. All moneys thereafter received by the House Beauty Shop from fees for services or from any other source shall be deposited in such fund; and moneys in such fund shall be available without fiscal year limitation for disbursement by the Clerk of the House of Representatives for all expenses of the Shop, including but not limited to the care, maintenance, and operation of the Shop, procurement of supplies and equipment, and compensation of personnel. An adequate system of accounts for the revolving fund shall be maintained and financial reports prepared on the basis of such accounts. The activities of the Shop shall be subject to audit by the General Accounting Office at such times as the select committee may direct, and reports of such audits shall be furnished to the Speaker of the House, to the select committee, and to the Clerk of the House. The Comptroller General, or any of his duly authorized representatives, shall have access for the purposes of audit and examination to such books, documents, papers, records, personnel, and facilities of the Shop as he may deem necessary. The net profit established by the General Accounting Office audit, after restoring any impairment of capital and providing for replacement of equipment, shall be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury.

JOINT ITEMS For joint committees, as follows: Joint Committee on Reduction of Federal Expenditures For an amount to enable the Joint Committee on Reduction of Federal Expenditures to carry out the duties imposed upon it by section 601 of the Revenue Act of 1941 (55 Stat. 726), to remain available during the existence of the Committee, $55,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate. Contingent Expenses of the Senate joint economic committee For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, $468,165. joint committee on atomic energy For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, $400,595. joint committee on printing For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, $212,855. Contingent Expenses of the House joint committee on internal revenue taxation For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, $597,650. joint committee on defense production For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Defense Production as authorized by the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, $107,950. 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 one thousand dollars per month to the attending physician; (2) an allowance of one hundred fifty dollars per month each to three medical officers while on duty in the attending physician’s office; and (3) an allowance of one hundred fifty dollars per month each to not to exceed eight assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such assistants, $70,800. Capitol Police general expenses For purchasing and supplying uniforms; the purchase, maintenance, and repair of police motor vehicles, including two way police radio equipment; contingent expenses, including $25 per month for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board by such member of the staff of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House, as may be designated by the Chairman of the Board; $134,000. capitol police board To enable the Capitol Police Board to provide additional protection for the Capitol Buildings and Grounds, including the Senate and House Office Buildings and the Capitol Power Plant, $900,000. Such sum shall be expended only for payment of salaries and other expenses of personnel detailed from the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia, and the Commissioner of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed to make such details upon the request of the Board. Personnel so detailed shall, during the period of such detail, serve under the direction and instructions of the Board and are authorized to exercise the same authority as members of such Metropolitan Police and members of the Capitol Police and to perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Board. Reimbursement for salaries and other expenses of such detail personnel shall be made to the government of the District of Columbia, and any sums so reimbursed shall be credited to the appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries and expenses are payable and shall be available for all the purposes thereof: Provided, That any person detailed under the authority of this paragraph or under similar authority in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1942, and the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1940, from the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia shall be deemed a member of such Metropolitan Police during the period or periods of any such detail for all purposes of rank, pay, allowances, privileges, and benefits to the same extent as though such detail had not been made, and at the termination thereof any such person who was a member of such police on July 1, 1940, shall have a status with respect to rank, pay, allowances, privileges, and benefits which is not less than the status of such person in such police at the end of such detail: Provided further, That the Commissioner of the District of Columbia is directed (1) to pay the deputy chief of police detailed under the authority of this paragraph and serving as Chief of the Capitol Police, the salary of the rank of deputy chief plus $4,000 and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as this position is held by the present incumbent, (2) to pay the two acting inspectors detailed under the authority of this paragraph and serving as assistants to the Chief of the Capitol Police, the salary of the rank of inspector plus $1,625 and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as these positions are held by the present incumbents, (3) to pay the two detective sergeants detailed under the authority of this paragraph and serving as acting lieutenants the salary of the rank of lieutenant plus $1,825 and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as these positions are held by the present incumbents, (4) to pay the three detectives permanently detailed under the authority of this paragraph and serving as acting detective sergeants the salary of the rank of detective sergeant and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law, and (5) to pay the acting sergeant of the uniform force regularly assigned as such the salary of the rank of sergeant and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as this position is held by the present incumbent. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be paid as compensation to any person appointed after June 30, 1935, as an officer or member of the Capitol Police who does not meet the standards to be prescribed for such appointees by the Capitol Police Board: Provided, That the Capitol Police Board is hereby authorized to detail police from the House Office, Senate Office, and Capitol buildings for police duty on the Capitol Grounds and on the Library of Congress Grounds. Education of Pages For education of congressional pages and pages of the Supreme Court, pursuant to section 243 of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 1946, $112,307, which amount shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropriation of the District of Columbia, and the Board of Education of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to employ such personnel for the education of pages as may be required and to pay compensation for such services in accordance with such rates of compensation as the Board of Education may prescribe. Official Mail Costs For expenses necessary for official mail costs pursuant to title 39, U.S.C., section 4167, $10,161,000, to be available immediately. The foregoing amounts under “other joint items” shall be disbursed by the Clerk of the House. Statements of Appropriations For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives, of the statements for the first session of the Ninety-first Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular appropriation bills as required by law, $13,000, to be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise the work.

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL Office of the Architect of the Capitol salaries For the Architect of the Capitol, Assistant Architect of the Capitol and Second Assistant Architect of the Capitol and other personal services at rates of pay provided by law, $825,000. Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not to exceed in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $20,000. contingent expenses To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make surveys and studies and to meet unforeseen expenses in connection with activities under his care, $50,000. Capitol Buildings and Grounds capitol buildings For necessary expenditures for the Capitol Building and electrical substations of the Senate and House Office Buildings, under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including improvements, maintenance, repair, equipment, supplies, material, fuel, oil, waste, and appurtenances; furnishings and office equipment; special and protective clothing for workmen; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); personal and other services; cleaning and repairing works of art, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; purchase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; purchase of necessary reference books and periodicals; for expenses of attendance, when specifically authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connection with subjects related to work under the Architect of the Capitol, $2,127,400. extension of the capitol For an additional amount for “Extension of the Capitol”, $25,000, to be expended under the direction of the Commission for Extension of the United States Capitol as authorized by law: Provided, That such portion of the foregoing appropriation as may be necessary shall be used for emergency shoring and repairs of, and related work on, the west central front of the Capitol: Provided further, That not to exceed $250,000 of the foregoing appropriation shall be used for the employment of independent nongovernmental engineering and other necessary services for studying and reporting (within six months after the date of the employment contract) on the feasibility and cost of restoring such west central front under such terms and conditions as the Commission may determine: Provided, however, That pending the completion and consideration of such study and report, no further work toward extension of such west central front shall be carried on: Provided further, That after submission of such study and report and consideration thereof by the Commission, the Commission shall direct the preparation of final plans for extending such west central front in accord with Plan 2 (which said Commission has approved), unless such restoration study report establishes to the satisfaction of the Commission: (1) That through restoration such west central front can, without undue hazard to safety of the structure and persons, be made safe, sound, durable, and beautiful for the foreseeable future; (2) That restoration can be accomplished with no more vacation of west central front space in the building proper (excluding the terrace structure) than would be required by the proposed extension Plan 2; (3) That the method or methods of accomplishing restoration can be so described or specified as to form the basis for performance of the restoration work by competitive, lumpsum, fixed price construction bid or bids; (4) That the cost of restoration would not exceed $15,000,000; and (5) That the time schedule for accomplishing the restoration work will not exceed that heretofore projected for accomplishing the Plan 2 extension work: Provided further, That after consideration of the restoration study report, if the Commission concludes that all five of the conditions hereinbefore specified are met, the Commission shall then make recommendations to the Congress on the question of whether to extend or restore the west central front of the Capitol. capitol grounds For care and improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House Office Buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant; personal and other services; care of trees; planting; fertilizers; repairs to pavements, walks, and roadways; waterproof wearing apparel; maintenance of signal lights; and for snow removal by hire of men and equipment or under contract without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; $874,100. senate office buildings For maintenance, miscellaneous items and supplies, including furniture, furnishings, and equipment, and for labor and material incident thereto, and repairs thereof; for purchase of waterproof wearing apparel, and for personal and other services; including eight attendants at $1,800 each; for the care and operation of the Senate Office Buildings; including the subway and subway transportation systems connecting the Senate Office Buildings with the Capitol; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902), to be expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol; in all $3,310,000, of which not to exceed $35,000 shall be available for expenditure without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes as amended. extension of additional senate office building site To enable the Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the Senate Office Building Commission, to acquire on behalf of the United States, in addition to the real property heretofore acquired as a site for an additional office building for the United States Senate under the provisions of the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1948, approved June 25, 1948 (62 Stat. 1028) and Public Law 85–591, approved August 6, 1958 (72 Stat. 495–496), by purchase, condemnation, transfer, or otherwise, for purposes of extension of such site, all publicly or privately owned property contained in lots 863, 864, 892, 893, 894, and 905 in Square 725 in the District of Columbia, and all alleys or parts of alleys and streets contained within the curblines surrounding said squares, as such square appears on the records in the office of the surveyor of the District of Columbia as of the date of the approval of this Act: Provided, That any proceeding for condemnation brought under this Act shall be conducted in accordance with the Act of December 23, 1963 (16 D.C. Code, secs. 1351–1368): Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, any real property owned by the United States and any alleys or parts of alleys and streets contained within the curblines surrounding Square 725 shall, upon request of the Architect of the Capitol, made with the approval of the Senate Office Building Commission, be transferred to the jurisdiction and control of the Architect of the Capitol, and any alleys or parts of alleys or streets contained within the curblines of said square shall be closed and vacated by the Commissioner of the District of Columbia, appointed pursuant to Part III of Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1967, in accordance with any request therefor made by the Architect of the Capitol with the approval of such Commission: Provided further, That, upon acquisition of any real property pursuant to this Act, the Architect of the Capitol, when directed by the Senate Office Building Commission to so act is authorized to provide for the demolition and/or removal of any buildings or other structures on, or constituting a part of, such property and, pending demolition, to use the property for Government purposes or to lease any or all of such property for such periods and under such terms and conditions as he may deem most advantageous to the United States and to incur any necessary expenses in connection therewith: Provided further, That the jurisdiction of the Capitol Police shall extend over any real property acquired under this Act and such property shall become a part of the United States Capitol Grounds; and the Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the Senate Office Building Commission, is authorized to enter into contracts and to make such expenditures, including expenditures for personal and other services, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this appropriation; $1,250,000, to remain available until expended. senate garage For maintenance, repairs, alterations, personal and other services, and all other necessary expenses, $76,600. house office buildings For maintenance, including equipment; waterproof wearing apparel; uniforms or allowances therefor as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902); prevention and eradication of insect and other pests without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; miscellaneous items; and for all necessary services, including the position of Superintendent of Garages as authorized by law, $5,479,000. acquisition of property, construction, and equipment, additional house office building For an additional amount for “Acquisition of property, construction, and equipment, additional House Office building”, to enable the Architect of the Capitol, under the direction of the House Office Building Commission, to provide additional construction and equipment and other changes and improvements, authorized by the Additional House Office Building Act of 1955 (69 Stat. 41, 42), as amended, $107,000. capitol power plant For lighting, heating, and power (including the purchase of electrical energy) for the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings, Supreme Court Building, Congressional Library Buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and for air-conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of such buildings; for heating the Government Printing Office, Washington City Post Office, and Folger Shakespeare Library, reimbursement for which shall be made and covered into the Treasury; personal and other services, fuel, oil, materials, waterproof wearing apparel, and all other necessary expenses in connection with the maintenance and operation of the plant; $3,512,000, of which $225,000 shall remain available until June 30, 1971. expansion of facilities, capitol power plant For an additional amount for “Expansion of facilities, Capitol power plant”, $300,000, to be expended by the Architect of the Capitol under the direction of the House Office Building Commission, in accordance with the provisions of the Act of September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1714–1716). Library Buildings and Grounds structural and mechanical care For necessary expenditures for mechanical and structural maintenance, including improvements, equipment, supplies, waterproof wearing apparel, and personal and other services, $1,047,000, of which not to exceed $10,000 shall be available for expenditure without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended. Not to exceed $60,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation under this head for the fiscal year 1969 is hereby continued available until June 30, 1970. furniture and furnishings For furniture, partitions, screens, shelving, and electrical work pertaining thereto and repairs thereof, office and library equipment, apparatus, and labor-saving devices, $350,000. library of congress james madison memorial building For an additional amount for “Library of Congress James Madison Memorial Building”, $2,800,000, authorized by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 986–987): Provided, That availability of these funds for obligation shall be contingent upon enactment of legislation adjusting the limit of cost of the project (fixed by Section 3 of such Act) to reflect projected escalated construction costs required to complete the project on the basis of the preliminary plans heretofore approved by the Committee and Commissions designated in such Act.

BOTANIC GARDEN salaries and expenses For all necessary expenses incident to maintaining, operating, repairing, and improving the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, collections, and equipment pertaining thereto, including personal services; waterproof wearing apparel; not to exceed $25 for emergency medical supplies; traveling expenses, including bus fares, not to exceed $275; the prevention and eradication of insect and other pests and plant diseases by purchase of materials and procurement of personal services by contract without regard to the provisions of any other Act; purchase and exchange of motor trucks; purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; purchase of botanical books, periodicals, and books of reference, not to exceed $100; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library; $599,800.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Salaries and Expenses For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress, not otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody, care, and maintenance of the Library Buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering, and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, $19,061,500, including $998,000 to be available for reimbursement to the General Services Administration for rental of suitable space in the District of Columbia or its immediate environs for the Library of Congress. Copyright Office salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including publication of the decisions of the United States courts involving copyrights, $3,124,000. Legislative Reference Service salaries and expenses For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended (2 U.S.C. 166), $4,135,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation 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 or the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. Distribution of Catalog Cards salaries and expenses For necessary expenses for the preparation and distribution of catalog cards and other publications of the Library, $7,728,000: Provided, That $200,000 of this appropriation shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), only to the extent necessary to provide for expenses (excluding permanent personal services) for workload increases not anticipated in the budget estimates and which cannot be provided for by normal budgetary adjustments. Books for the General Collections For necessary expenses (except personal services) for acquisition of books, periodicals, and newspapers, and all other material for the increase of the Library, $750,000, to remain available until expended, including $25,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials for additions to the collections. Books for the Law Library For necessary expenses (except personal services) for acquisition of books, legal periodicals, and all other material for the increase of the law library, $140,000, to remain available until expended. Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped salaries and expenses For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act approved March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a), as amended, $6,997,000. Organizing and Microfilming the Papers of the Presidents salaries and expenses For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act of August 16, 1957 (71 Stat. 368), as amended by the Act of April 27, 1964 (78 Stat. 183), $118,800, to remain available until expended. Collection and Distribution of Library Materials (Special Foreign Currency Program) For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of section 104(b)(5) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), to remain available until expended, $1,802,000, of which $1,603,000 shall be available only for payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department shall determine to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States. Administrative Provisions Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of Congress for salaries shall be available for expenses of investigating the loyalty of Library employees; special and temporary services (including employees engaged by the day or hour or in piecework); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. Not to exceed ten positions in the Library of Congress may be exempt from the provisions of appropriation Acts concerning the employment of aliens during the current fiscal year, but the Librarian shall not make any appointment to any such position until he has ascertained that he cannot secure for such appointments a person in any of the categories specified in such provisions who possesses the special qualifications for the particular position and also otherwise meets the general requirements for employment in the Library of Congress. Funds available to the Library of Congress may be expended to reimburse the Department of State for medical services rendered to employees of the Library of Congress stationed abroad and for contracting on behalf of and hiring alien employees for the Library of Congress under compensation plans comparable to those authorized by section 444 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 889(a)); for purchase or hire of passenger motor vehicles; for payment of travel, storage and transportation of household goods, and transportation and per diem expenses for families en route (not to exceed twenty-four); for benefits comparable to those payable under sections 911(9), 911(11), and 941 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1136(9), 1138(11), and 1156, respectively); and travel benefits comparable with those which are now or hereafter may be granted single employees of the Agency for International Development, including single Foreign Service personnel assigned to A.I.D. projects, by the Administrator of the Agency for International Development—or his designee—under the authority of section 836(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, Public Law 87–195, 22 U.S.C. 2396(b); subject to such rules and regulations as may be issued by the Librarian of Congress. Payments in advance for subscriptions or other charges for bibliographical data, publications, materials in any other form, and services may be made by the Librarian of Congress whenever he determines it to be more prompt, efficient, or economical to do so in the interest of carrying out required Library programs.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE Printing and Binding For authorized printing and binding for the Congress; for printing and binding for the Architect of the Capitol: expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing, binding, and distribution of the Federal Register (including the Code of Federal Regulations) as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 1509, 1510); and print-ing and binding of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the recipients; $30,300,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available for printing and binding part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture): Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years. Office of Superintendent of Documents salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents, including compensation of all employees in accordance with the Act entitled “An Act to regulate and fix rates of pay for employees and officers of the Government Printing Office”, approved June 7, 1924 (44 U.S.C. 305); travel expenses (not to exceed $10,000); price lists and bibliographies; repairs to buildings, elevators and machinery; and supplying books to depository libraries; $9,650,000: Provided, That $200,000 of this appropriation shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), with the approval of the Public Printer, only to the extent necessary to provide for expenses (excluding permanent personal services) for workload increases not anticipated in the budget estimates and which cannot be provided for by normal budgetary adjustments. Government Printing Office Revolving Fund The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in accord with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for the “Government Printing Office revolving fund”: Provided, That during the current fiscal year the revolving fund shall be available for the hire of one passenger motor vehicle and the purchase of one passenger motor vehicle (station wagon).

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Salaries and Expenses For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, including not to exceed $2,000 to be expended on the certification of the Comptroller General of the United States in connection with special studies of governmental financial practices and procedures; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for grade GS–18; advance payments in foreign countries notwithstanding section 3648, Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 529); benefits comparable to those payable under sections 911(9), 911(11) and 942(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1136(9), 1136(11) and 1157(a), respectively); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries and travel benefits comparable with those which are now or hereafter may be granted single employees of the Agency for International Development, including single Foreign Service personnel assigned to A.I.D. projects, by the Administrator of the Agency for International Development—or his designee—under the authority of Section 636(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (Public Law 87–195, 22 U.S.C. 2396(b)), $63,000,000.

GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 102. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles. Sec. 103. Whenever any office or position not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for herein or whenever the rate of compensation or designation of any position appropriated for herein is different from that specifically established for such position by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation of the position, or either, appropriated for or provided herein, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, That the provisions harem for the various items of official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House, and clerk hire for Senators and Members shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided further, That the provisions relating to positions and salaries thereof carried in House Resolutions 995 and 1211, Ninetieth Congress, and House Resolutions 857, 441, and 502, Ninety-first Congress, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. This Act may be cited as the “Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1970”.