Public Law 92–342

AN ACT

Making appropriations tor the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SENATE Compensation and Mileage of the Vice President and Senators and Expense Allowances of the Vice President and Leaders of the Senate compensation and mileage of the vice president and senators For compensation and mileage of the Vice President and Senators of the United States, $4,778,340. 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, $430,200. office of the president pro tempore For office of the President pro tempore, $54,130: Provided, That effective July 1, 1972, the Comptroller may appoint and fix the compensation of an auditor at not to exceed $18,130 per annum in lieu of a secretary at not to exceed $15,281 per annum. offices of the majority and minority leaders For offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $206,165. offices of the majority and minority whips For offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $104,640. office of the chaplain For office of the Chaplain, $18,650. office of the secretary For office of the Secretary, $2,244,230, including $99,974 required for the purpose specified and authorized by section 74b of title 2, United States Code: Provided, That effective July 1, 1972, the Secretary may appoint and fix the compensation of a third assistant parliamentarian at not to exceed $19,684 per annum, and a messenger at not to exceed $9,583 per annum. committee employees For professional and clerical assistance to standing committees and the Select Committee on Small Business, $7,696,705. conference committees For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Majority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $153,070. For clerical assistance to the Conference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the chairman of said committee, $153,070. administrative and clerical assistants to senators For administrative and clerical assistants to Senators, $34,264,925. office of sergeant at arms and doorkeeper For office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $8,633,250. offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority For offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for the Minority, $248,120. office of the legislative counsel of the senate For salaries and expenses of the office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, $473,810. Contingent Expenses of the Senate senate policy committees For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority Policy Committee, $309,770 for each such Committee; in all, $619,540. automobiles and maintenance For purchase, lease, exchange, maintenance, and operation of vehicles, one for the Vice President, one for the President pro tempore, one for the Majority Leader, one for the Minority Leader, one for the Majority Whip, one for the Minority Whip, for carrying the mails, and for official use of the offices of the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms, $36,000. 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 $511,460 for the Committee on Appropria-tions, to be available also for the purposes mentioned in Senate Resolution Numbered 193, agreed to October 14, 1943, $11,848,545. folding documents For the employment of personnel for folding speeches and pamphlets at a gross rate of not exceeding $3.34 per hour per person, $74,475. miscellaneous items For miscellaneous items, $6,532,150. postage stamps For postage stamps for the Offices of the Secretaries for the Majority and Minority, $320; and for air mail and special delivery stamps for the Office of the Secretary, $610; Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $240; Comptroller, $100; Senators and the President of the Senate, as authorized by law,$137,355; in all, $138,625. stationery (revolving fund) For stationery for Senators and the President of the Senate, $385,800; and for stationery for committees and officers of the Senate. $17,200; in all, $403,000. administrative provisions The second sentence of section 4 of the joint resolution entitled “Joint Resolution transferring the management of the Senate Restaurants to the Architect of the Capitol, and for other purposes”, approved July 6, 1961, as amended (40 Ú.S.C. 174j–4), is amended (1) by striking out “1972” and inserting in lieu thereof “1973”, and (2) by striking out “specifically for such restaurants as a” and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: “which shall be part of a”. Effective July 1, 1972, the last paragraph under the heading “Administrative Provisions” in the appropriations for the Senate under the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1971 (2 U.S.C. 46d–5), is repealed. For the purpose of carrying out his duties under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, the Secretary of the Senate is authorized, from and after July 1, 1972, (1) to procure technical support services, (2) to procure the temporary or intermittent services of individual technicians, experts, or consultants, or organizations thereof, in the same manner and under the same conditions, to the extent applicable, as a standing committee of the Senate may procure such services under section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, (3) with the prior consent of the Government department or agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration, to use on a reimbursable basis the services of personnel of any such department or agency, and (4) to incur official travel expenses. Payments to carry out the provisions of this paragraph shall be made from funds included in the appropriation “Miscellaneous Items” under the heading “Contingent Expenses of the Senate” upon vouchers approved by the Secretary of the Senate. All sums received by the Secretary under authority of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 shall be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Payments to Widows and Heirs of Deceased Members of Congress For payment to Elizabeth B. Andrews, widow of George W. Andrews, late a Representative from the State of Alabama, $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, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and the Delegate from the District of Columbia), $20,262,420. mileage of members and expense allowance of the speaker For mileage of Members and expense allowance of the Speaker, as authorized by law, $200,000. 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, $247,350. office of the parliamentarian For the Office of the Parliamentarian, $182,020, including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of the Rules, as authorized by law. compilation of precedents of house of representatives For compiling the precedents of the House of Representatives, $16,345. office of the chaplain For the Office of the Chaplain, $19,770. office of the clerk For the Office of the Clerk, including not to exceed $265,395 for the House Recording Studio, $2,992,300. office of the sergeant at arms For the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, $6,181,780. office of the doorkeeper For the Office of the Doorkeeper, $3,091,670. office of the postmaster For the Office of the Postmaster, including $14,490 for employment of substitute messengers and extra services of regular employees when required at the salary rate of not to exceed $7,919 per annum each, $857,535. committee employees For committee employees, including the Committee on Appropriations, $8,125,000. special and minority employees For six minority employees, $205,725. For the House Democratic Steering Committee, $66,440. For the House Republican Conference, $66,440. For the office of the majority floor leader, including $3,000 for official expenses of the majority leader, $149,220. For the office of the minority floor leader, including $3,000 for official expenses of the minority leader, $132,465. For the office of the majority whip, $108,075. For the office of the minority whip, $108,075. 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, $24,455, 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, $21,975. official reporters of debates For official reporters of debates, $415,455. official reporters to committees For official reporters to committees, $502,425. 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. $1,447,500. office of the legislative counsel For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $869,000. Members’ Clerk Hire For staff employed by each Member in the discharge of his official and representative duties, $61,000,000. Contingent Expenses of the House furniture For purchase and repair of furniture, carpets and draperies, including supplies, tools and equipment for repair shops; and for purchase of packing boxes, $700,000. miscellaneous items For miscellaneous items, exclusive of salaries unless specifically ordered by the House of Representatives, including such amounts for transfer to the House of Representatives Restaurant Fund as may be necessary for the purposes authorized by section 2 of House Resolution 317, Ninety-second Congress; purchase, exchange, operation, maintenance, and repair of the Clerk’s motor vehicles, the publications and distribution service motor truck, and the post office motor vehicles for carrying the mails; the sum of $850 for hire of automobile for the Sergeant at Arms; not to exceed $5,000 for the purposes authorized by section 1 of House Resolution 348, approved June 29, 1961; purposes authorized by House Resolution 416, Eighty-ninth Congress; materials for folding; and for stationery for the use of committees, departments, and officers of the House; $8,500,000. government contributions For contributions to employees life insurance fund, retirement fund, and health benefits fund, as authorized by law, $5,770,000, and in addition, such amount as may be necessary may be transferred from the preceding appropriation for “miscellaneous items”. reporting hearings For stenographic reports of hearings of committees other than special and select committees, $422,500. special and select committees For salaries and expenses of special and select committees authorized by the House, $12,675,000. telegraph and telephone For telegraph and telephone service, exclusive of personal services, $4,000,000. stationery (revolving fund) For a stationery allowance for each Member for the first session of the Ninety-third Congress, as authorized by law, $1,529,500, to remain available until expended. postage stamp allowances Postage stamp allowances for the first session of the Ninety-third Congress, as follows: Clerk, $1,460; Sergeant at Arms, $1,090; Doorkeeper, $910; Postmaster, $730; each Member, the Speaker, the majority and minority leaders, the majority and minority whips, and each standing committee, as authorized by law; $417,510. revision of laws For preparation and editing of the laws as authorized by 1 U.S.C. 202, 203, 213, $39,980, 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, $18,780. For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the majority leader of the House, $18,780. For purchase, exchange, hire, driving, maintenance, repair, and operation of an automobile for the minority leader of the House, $18,780. new edition of the district of columbia code For preparation of a new edition of the District of Columbia Code, $150,000, to remain available until expended, and to be expended under the direction of the Committee on the Judiciary. portrait of speaker For the procurement of a portrait of the Honorable Carl Albert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, $5,000, to remain available until expended, and to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House under the direction of the Speaker. Administrative Provision The provisions of House Resolution 741, Ninety-second Congress, relating to pay increases for certain House employees whose salaries are specifically fixed by House resolutions, shall lie the permanent law with respect thereto.

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, $72,600, 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, $700,000. joint committee on atomic energy For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, $498,750. joint committee on printing For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, $295,270. Contingent Expenses of the House joint committee on internal revenue taxation For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, $802,720. 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, $139,980. joint committee on congressional operations For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Congressional Operations, including the Office of Placement and Office Management, $460,000. 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 six hundred dollars per month to one senior medical officer while on duty in the attending physician’s office; (3) an allowance of two hundred dollars per month each to two medical officers while on duty in the attending physician’s office; and (4) an allowance of two hundred dollars per month each to not to exceed eight assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such assistants, $97,700. 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; $236,450. 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, $1,009,865. 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 lie 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 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 elevate and pay the two acting inspectors detailed under the authority of this paragraph and serving as assistants to the Chief of the Capitol Police, the rank and salary 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 captain detailed under the authority of this Act the salary of captain plus $1,625 and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as this position is held by the present incumbent, (4) to pay the two lieutenants detailed under the authority of this Act the salary of lieutenant 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, (5) to pay the three detective sergeants serving under the authority of this Act the salary of the rank of detective sergeant and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as these positions are held by the present incumbents, (6) to elevate and pay the detective permanently detailed under the authority of this Act the salary of the rank of detective 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, (7) to pay the two sergeants of the uniform force serving under the authority of this Act, the salary of sergeants and such increases in basic compensation as may be subsequently provided by law so long as these two positions are held by the present incumbents, and (8) to elevate and pay the desk sergeant permanently detailed under the authority of this Act, 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 part 9 of title IV of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 1970 and section 243 of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 1946, $136,305, 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 3216, $21,226,480, to be available immediately. The foregoing amounts under “other joint items” shall be disbursed by the Clerk of the House. Capitol Guide Service For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service, $322,200, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That-none of these funds shall be used to employ more than twenty-four individuals. 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 second session of the Ninety-second 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; the Assistant Architect of the Capitol; the Executive Assistant; and other personal services; at rates of pay provided by law, $1, 198,500. 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, $75,000. 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 and procurement of fabric and installation of same on the wall panels in the galleries of the Senate Chamber, 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 wider the Architect of the Capitol, $4,411,060, of which $1,521,000 shall remain available until June 30, 1974, to enable the Architect of the Capitol, under the Direction of the Commission on Art. and Antiquities of the United States Senate established by S. Res. 382, 90th Congress, agreed to October 1, 1968, and a similar group as may be appointed by the Speaker of the House, to make such expenditures as may be necessary, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended, to restore the. Old Senate Chamber on the principal floor of the Capitol and the Old Supreme Court Chamber on the ground floor of the Capitol substantially to the condition in which these chambers existed when hist occupied in 1850 and 1860, respectively, by the United States Senate and the United States Supreme Court, including expenditures for procurement, restoration, and repair of furniture and furnishings for these chambers: Provided, That there is hereby authorized to be established and maintained, in an amount not to exceed $10, a petty cash fund for small purchases necessary for care and operation of the buildings and office administration, which shall be reimbursed by vouchers properly chargeable to this and successor appropriations. The sum of $34,000 of the $170,000 made available until expended under the heading “Senate Office Buildings” in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act , 1968, is hereby rescinded. The unobligated balances on June 30, 1972 in the following appropriation accounts, now available until expended, shall cease to be available for obligation on June 30, 1973: Senate Office Buildings (excluding the $34,000 rescinded); Extension of Additional Senate Office Building Site; Structural and Mechanical Care. Library Buildings and Grounds; John IV. McCormack Residential Page School. Not to exceed $12,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation under this bead for the fiscal year 1972 is hereby continued available until June 30, 1973. Not to exceed $105,000 of the unobligated balance of that part of the appropriation under this head for the fiscal year 1971, made available until June 30, 1972, is hereby continued available until June 30, 1973. extension of the capitol Funds available under this appropriation may be used for the preparation of preliminary plans for the extension of the west central front: Provided, however, That no funds may be used for the preparation of the final plans or initiation of construction of said project until specifically approved and appropriated therefor by the Congress. 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 tn section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; $1,017,800. Not to exceed $10,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation under this head for the fiscal year 1972 is hereby continued available until June 30, 1973. 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 a gross annual rate of $7,695 for the period January 9, 1972 to June 30, 1972 and whose salary rates shall be fixed on and after July 1, 1972 by the Architect of the Capitol without regard to Chapter 51 and Subchapters III and IV of Chapter 53 of Title 5, United States Code and shall thereafter be adjusted in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5307; 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), prevention and eradication of insect and other pests without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes as amended; to be expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol; in all, $4,932,200. senate garage For maintenance, repairs, alterations, personal and other services, and all other necessary expenses, $89,100. 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, $7,121,300. Not to exceed $475,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation under this head for the fiscal year 1972 is hereby continued available until June 30, 1973. 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 airconditioning 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; $5,261,000. Not to exceed $120,000 of the unobligated balance of the appropriation under this head for the fiscal year 1972 is hereby continued available until June 30, 1973. 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, $1,531.400.

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; $771,600.

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; for the National Program for acquisition and cataloging of Library material; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, $36,170,000, including $154,000 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, $5,041,000. Congressional Research Service salaries and expenses For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended by section 321 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, (2 U.S.C. 166). $9,155,000: 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, 810,275,000: 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, $1,118,650, 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, $181,500, to remain available until expended. Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped salaries and expenses For salaries and expenses to carry out the profusions of the Act approved March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a), as amended, $8,892,000. 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, $2,903,000, of which $2,627,000 shall be available only for payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department shall determine to lie excess to the normal requirements of the United States. Furniture and Furnishings For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment, $4,435,300, of which $4,000,000 shall be available until expended only for the purchase and supply of furniture, book stacks, shelving, furnishings, and related costs necessary for the initial outfitting of the James Madison Memorial Library Building. Revision of Hinds’ and Cannon’s Precedents salaries and expenses For necessary expenses to enable the Librarian to assist the Parliamentarian of the House of Representatives to revise and update Hinds’ and Cannon’s Precedents, $120,000. 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 day or hour or in piecework); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. Not to exceed fifteen 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), 1136(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 636(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 lie more prompt, efficient, or economical to do so in the interest of carrying out required Library programs. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $50,000, when specifically authorized by the Librarian, for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the function or activity for which the appropriation is made.

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 printing and binding of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the recipients; $46,500,000; 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. Hereafter, appropriations for authorized printing and binding for the Congress shall not be available under the authority of the Act of July 30, 1947 (1 U.S.C. 211) for the printing, publication, and distribution of more than two copies of new editions of the Code of Laws of the United States and of the Code of the District of Columbia for each if ember of the House of Representatives. 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. 365); travel expenses (not to exceed $88,300); price lists and bibliographies; repairs to buildings, elevators, and machinery; and supplying books to depository libraries; $17,239,900: 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 not to exceed $3,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public Printer in connection with special studies of governmental printing, binding, and distribution practices and procedures: Provided further, That during the current fiscal year the revolving fund shall be available for the hire of two passenger motor vehicles 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 $3,506 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; hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries notwithstanding section 3648, Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 529); benefits comparable to those payable under section 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 1157a, 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.I). 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)), $96,235,000.

COST-ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD Salaries and Expenses For expenses of the Cost-Accounting Standards Board necessary to carry out the provisions of section 719 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (Public Law 91–379, approved August 15, 1970), $1,650,000.

Approved July 10, 1972.