Volume 95 · 958
Public Law 97–51
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes.
Approved October 1, 1981
Statutory text
Joint Resolution
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units of the Government for the fiscal year 1982, and for other purposes, namely:
Sec. 101.
Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects or activities (not otherwise specifically provided for in this joint resolution) which were conducted in the fiscal year 1981 and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority would be available in the following appropriations Acts:
Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982, notwithstanding section 15(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of
1956 and section 701 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended;
District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1982;
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982;
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982;
Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1982;
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982;
Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriation Act, 1982;
Military Construction Appropriation Act, 1982; and
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982.
Appropriations made by this subsection shall be available to the extent and in the manner which would be provided by the pertinent appropriation Act.
Whenever the amount which would be made available or the authority which would be granted under an Act listed in this subsection as passed the House as of October 1, 1981, is different from that which would be available or granted under such Act as passed by the Senate as of October 1, 1981, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the lesser amount or the more restrictive authority: Provided, That where an item is included in only one version of an Act as passed by both Houses as of October 1, 1981, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the one House, but at a rate for operations not exceeding the current rate or the rate permitted by the action of the one House, whichever is lower, and under the authority and conditions provided in applicable appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1981: Provided further, That for the purposes of this joint resolution, when an Act listed in this subsection, with the exception of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1982, has been reported to a House but not passed by that House as of October 1, 1981, it shall be deemed as having been passed by that House: Provided further. That funds which would be available under H.R. 4121, entitled the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriation Act, 1982, for the Government payment of annuitants and employees health benefits, shall be available under the authority and conditions set forth in H.R. 4121 as reported to the Senate on September 22, 1981.
Whenever an Act listed in this subsection has been passed by only one House as of October 1, 1981, the pertinent project or activity shall be continued under the appropriation, fund, or authority granted by the one House, but at a rate for operations not exceeding the current rate or the rate permitted by the action of the one House, whichever is lower, and under the authority and conditions provided in applicable appropriation Acts for the fiscal year 1981.
No provision which is included in an appropriation Act enumerated in this subsection but which was not included in the applicable appropriation Act of 1981, and which by its terms is applicable to more than one appropriation, fund, or authority shall be applicable to any appropriation, fund, or authority provided in the joint resolution unless such provision shall have been included in identical form in such bill as enacted by both the House and the Senate.
Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing the following activities, not otherwise provided for, which were conducted in the fiscal year 1981, at a rate for operations not in excess of the current rate or the rate provided for in the budget estimate, whichever is lower, and under the more restrictive authority—
activities for which provision was made in the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1981; and
activities for which provision was made in section 101(b) of Public Law 96–536 regarding foreign assistance and related
programs, notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672, and section 15(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 102 and 106 of this joint resolution, such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects and activities under all the conditions and to the extent and in the manner as provided in H.R. 4120, entitled the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1982, as reported July 9, 1981; and the provisions of H.R. 4120 shall be effective as if enacted into law; except that the provisions of section 305 (a), (b), and (d) of H.R. 4120 shall
apply to any appropriation, fund or authority made available for the period October 1, 1981, through November 20, 1981, by this or any other Act.
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 102 and 106 of this joint resolution, for continuing projects and activities for which disbursements are made by the Secretary of the Senate, the amounts set forth under the following appropriation account headings for fiscal year 1982:
Under the heading “compensation and mileage op the vice president and senators”, $6,932,000; Under the heading “expense allowances of the vice president, the president pro tempore, majority and minority leaders, and majority and minority whips”: For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000; President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $2,500; and Minority Whip of the Senate, $2,500; in all, $45,000; under the headings “salaries, officers and employees”, “office of the vice president”, $945,000; “office of the president pro tempore”, $126,000; “offices of the majority and minority leaders”, $566,100; “floor assistants to the majority and minority leaders”, $109,000; “offices of the majority and minority whips”, $264,600; “offices of the secretaries of the conference of the majority and the conference of the minority”, $143,100; “office of the chaplain”, $76,640; “office of the secretary”, $4,990,000; “conference committees”, $415,350 for each such committee; in all, $830,700; “administrative, clerical, and legislative assistance to senators”, $86,016,000; “office of sergeant at arms and doorkeeper”, $23,399,000; “offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority”, $588,000; “agency contributions and longevity and merit compensation”, $13,731,000; under the heading “Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate”, $1,020,600; under the heading “Office of Senate Legal Counsel”, $495,000; under the heading “Senate Procedure” for compiling, preparing, and editing “Senate Procedure”, 1980 edition, $5,000, to be paid to Floyd M. Riddick, Parliamentarian Emeritus of the Senate; under the headings “Contingent Expenses of the Senate”, “senate policy committees”, $761,850 for each such committee; in all, $1,523,700; “automobiles and maintenance”, $75,000; “inquiries and investigations”, $41,224,500; “folding documents”, at a gross rate of not exceeding $5.15 per hour per person, $128,000; “miscellaneous items”, $32,569,168; “postage stamps”, for postage stamps for the offices of the Secretaries for the Majority and Minority, $600; Chaplain, $300; and for special delivery postage for the Office of the Secretary, $6,000; Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $500; and the President of the Senate, as authorized by law, $1,600; in all, $9,000; “stationery (revolving fund)”, for stationery for the President of the Senate, $4,500, and for committees and officers of the Senate, $38,500; in all, $43,000.
For purposes of this subsection, H.R. 4120, as reported July 9, 1981, shall be treated as appropriating the following amounts:
Under the headings “JOINT ITEMS”, “Contingent Expenses of the Senate”, “joint economic committee”, $2,250,000; “joint committee on printing”, $816,000; “Contingent Expenses of the House”, “joint committee on taxation”, $2,967,000; “Office of the Attending Physician”, $603,000; “Capitol Police”, “general expenses”, $887,000; “Education of Pages”, $244,000; “Official Mail Costs”, $75,095,000; “Capitol Guide Service”, $734,000; “Statements of Appropriations”, $13,000; under the headings “OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT”, “Salaries and Expenses”, $12,019,000; under the headings “CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE”, “Salaries and Expenses”, $12,868,000; under the headings “ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL”, “Office of the Architect of the Capitol”, “salaries”, $3,760,000; “contingent expenses”, $210,000; “Capitol Buildings and Grounds”, “capitol buildings”, $10,100,000 of which $1,767,000 shall remain available until expended; “capitol grounds”, $2,430,000 of which $10,000 shall remain available until expended; “senate office buildings”, $14,851,000, of which $2,600,000 shall remain available until expended; “senate garage”, $99,000; “capitol power plant”, $20,916,000, of which $1,290,000 shall remain available until expended; under the headings “LIBRARY OF CONGRESS”, “Congressional Research Service”, “salaries and expenses”, $30,000,000; under the headings “GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE”, “Congressional Printing and Binding”, $84,843,000; under the headings “BOTANIC GARDEN”, “Salaries and Expenses”, $2,311,000; under the headings “LIBRARY OF CONGRESS”, “Salaries and Expenses”, $111,989,000; “Copyright Office”, “salaries and expenses”, $9,123,000; “Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped”, “salaries and expenses”, $33,221,000; “Collection and Distribution of Library Materials (Special Foreign Currency Program)”, $4,405,000; “Furniture and Furnishings”, $1,089,000; under the headings “ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL”, “Library Buildings and Grounds”, “structural and mechanical care”, $8,715,000; under the headings “COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL”, “Salaries and Expenses”, $400,000; under the headings “GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE”, “Printing and Binding”, $17,888,000; “Office of Superintendent of Documents”, “salaries and expenses”, $27,120,000; under the headings “GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE”, “salaries and expenses”, $229,300,000.
Such amounts as may be necessary for continuing the following activities which were conducted in fiscal year 1981, but at a rate for operations not in excess of the current rate—
activities of the Department of State for contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672, and
section 15(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, except section 102, such amounts as may be necessary for projects or activities provided for in the Department of Housing and Urban Development—Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1982 (H.R. 4034), at a rate of operations and to the extent and in the manner provided for in the conference report and joint explanatory statement of the Committee of Conference (H. Rept. No. 97–222) filed in the House of Representatives on September 11, 1981, as if such Act had been enacted into law.
Sec. 102.
Appropriations and funds made available and authority
Appropriation and funding availability.
granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available from October 1, 1981, and shall remain available until (a) enactment into law of an appropriation for any project or activity provided for in this joint resolution, or (b) enactment of the applicable appropriation Act by both Houses without any provision for such project or activity, or (c) November 20, 1981, whichever first occurs.
Sec. 103.
Appropriations and funds made available or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution may be used without regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of apportionments set forth in section 665(d)(2) of title 31, United States Code, but nothing herein shall be construed to waive any other provision of law governing the apportionment of funds.
Sec. 104.
Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred for any project or activity during the period for which funds or authority for such projects or activity are available under this joint resolution.
Sec. 105.
Expenditures made pursuant to this joint resolution shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted into law.
Sec. 106.
No appropriation or fund made available or authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be used to initiate or resume any project or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were not available during the fiscal year 1981.
Sec. 107.
Any appropriation for the fiscal year 1982 required to be apportioned pursuant to section 665 of title 31, United States Code, may be apportioned on a basis indicating the need (to the extent any such increases cannot be absorbed within available appropriations) for a supplemental or deficiency estimate of appropriation to the extent necessary to permit payment of such pay increases as may be granted pursuant to law to civilian officers and employees and to active and retired military personnel. Each such appropriation shall otherwise be subject to the requirements of section 665 of title 31, United States Code.
Sec. 108.
All obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropriations and authority provided in this joint resolution for the purposes of maintaining the minimum level of essential activities necessary to protect life and property and bringing about orderly termination of other functions are hereby ratified and confirmed if otherwise in accordance with the provisions of this joint resolution.
Sec. 109.
No provision in any appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1982 that makes the availability of any appropriation provided therein dependent upon the enactment of additional authorizing or other legislation shall be effective before the date set forth in section 102(c) of this joint resolution.
Sec. 110.
To meet the emergency facing a number of fruit producing States, particularly California, from the Mediterranean and other types of fruit flies, as well as the immediate and long-range threat to the timber stands and the watersheds of the Northeastern United States and other areas from the gypsy moth, as well as to meet threats from other pests and diseases, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to exercise the emergency authorities provided for in H.R.
Post, p, 1467.
4119 as passed the House of Representatives on July 27, 1981, in connection with the program of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution.
Sec. 110A.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution or any other law, there shall be forty-seven permanent positions designated as Economic Development Representatives out of the total number of permanent positions funded in the Salaries and Expenses account of the Economic Development Administration for fiscal year 1982, and such positions shall be maintained in the various States within the approved organizational structure in place on June 1, 1981, and where possible, with those employees who filled those positions on that date.
Sec. 111.
The first section of the joint resolution relating to the payment of salaries of employees of the Senate, approved April 20, 1960 (Public Law 86–426, first section; 2 U.S.C. 60c–1), is amended—
in the first sentence, by striking out clause (1),
in the second sentence, by inserting “purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and for” immediately after “For”, and
by striking out the last sentence thereof (as added by section 108 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1979 (Public Law
Effective date.
96–38, sec. 108)).
The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be effective in the case of compensation payable for months after December 1982.
Sec. 112.
The first sentence of the first section of the joint resolution relating to the payment of salaries of employees of the Senate, approved April 20, 1960 (Public Law 86–426; 2 U.S.C. 60c–1), is amended by striking out “Officers (other than Senators) and employees” and inserting in lieu thereof “Senators and officers and employees”.
The second paragraph under the heading “senate” of the Act
entitled “An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-four, and for other purposes” (approved March 3, 1883, c. 143, 22 Stat. 632) is repealed.
The eighth paragraph under the heading “senate” of the Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1934 (approved June 19, 1934, c. 648, title 1, sec. 1, 48 Stat. 1022; 2 U.S.C. 33) is amended by striking out “monthly”.
On and after the effective date of the amendments and repeals
made by this section, section 39 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 35) shall not be construed as being applicable to a Senator.
Section 40 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 39) is amended by inserting “(or other periodic payments authorized by law)” immediately after “monthly payments”.
The amendments and repeals made by this section shall be
Effective date.
effective in the case of compensation payable for months after December 1981.
Sec. 113.
Hereafter, the Secretary of the Senate as Disbursing
Officer of the Senate is authorized to make such transfers between appropriations of funds available for disbursement by him for fiscal year 1982, as he deems appropriate, subject to the customary reprograming procedures of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
Sec. 114.
Effective October 1, 1981, all statutory positions in the
Office of the Secretary (other than the positions of the Secretary of the Senate, Assistant Secretary of the Senate, Parliamentarian, Financial Clerk, and Director of the Office of Classified National Security Information) are abolished, and in lieu of the positions hereby abolished the Secretary of the Senate is authorized to establish such number of positions as he deems appropriate and appoint and fix the compensation of employees to fill the positions so established; except that the annual rate of compensation payable to any employee appointed to fill any position established by the Secretary of the Senate shall not, for any period of time, be in excess of $1,000 less than the annual rate of compensation of the Secretary of the Senate for that period of time; and except that nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any position authorized by statute, if the compensation for such position is to be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate.
Sec. 115.
Effective October 1, 1981, section 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 72a note) is reenacted with the following amendments—
in subsection (a), strike out “October 1, 1978, and ending on December 31, 1980,” and insert in lieu thereof “October 1, 1981, and ending September 30, 1986,”, and
at the end thereof add the following new subsection:
“(e) All records, documents, and data in the office for which funds were made available under Senate Resolution Numbered 570, Ninety-sixth Congress, are transferred to the Office established by subsection (a).”.
Sec. 116.
Effective October 1, 1981, all statutory positions in the
Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate (other than the positions of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, Deputy Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, and Administra-tive Assistant) are abolished, and in lieu of the positions hereby abolished the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is authorized to establish such number of positions as he deems appropriate and appoint and fix the compensation of employees to fill the positions so established; except that the annual rate of compensation payable to any employee appointed to fill any position established by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall not, for any period of time, be in excess of $1,000 less than the annual rate of compensation of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate for that period of time; and except that nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any position authorized by statute, if the compensation for such position is to be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate.
Sec. 117.
For each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year which ends September 30, 1982), the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is hereby authorized to expend from the contingent fund of the Senate an amount not to exceed $60,000 for:
the procurement of individual consultants, on a temporary or intermittent basis, at a daily rate of compensation not in excess of the per diem equivalent of the highest gross rate of annual compensation which may be paid to employees of a standing committee of the Senate with the prior consent of the Committee on Rules and Administration; and
with the prior consent of the Government department or agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and Administration, use on a reimbursable basis (with reimbursement payable at the end of each calendar quarter for services rendered during such quarter) of the services of personnel of any such department or agency.
Payments made under this section shall be made upon vouchers approved by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.
Sec. 118.
Section 103 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 59c) is amended to read as follows:
“Sec. 103.
Effective October 1, 1981, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is authorized to dispose of used or surplus furniture and equipment by trade-in or by sale directly or through the General Services Administration. Receipts from the sale of such furniture and equipment shall be deposited in the United States Treasury for credit to the appropriation for ‘Miscellaneous Items’ under the heading ‘Contingent Expenses of the Senate’.”.
Sec. 119.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is hereby established an account, within the Senate, to be known as the “Expense Allowance for the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate and Secretaries for the Majority and for the Minority, of the Senate” (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Expense Allowance”). For each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981) there shall be available from the Expense Allowance an expense allotment not to exceed $2,000 for each of the above specified officers. Amounts paid from the expense allotment of any such officer shall be paid to him only as reimbursement for actual expenses incurred by him and upon certification and documentation by him of such expenses. Amounts paid to any such officer pursuant to this section shall not be reported as income and shall not be allowed as a deduction under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954.
For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, and the succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary of the Senate shall transfer, for each such year, $8,000 to the Expense Allowance from “Miscellaneous Items” in the contingent fund of the Senate. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, and for each fiscal year thereafter, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Expense Allowance such funds as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
Sec. 120.
For each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year which
ends September 30, 1982) there is authorized to be expended from the contingent fund of the Senate an amount, not in excess of $30,000, for the Conference of the Majority and an equal amount for the Conference of the Minority. Payments under this section shall be made only for expenses actually incurred by such a Conference in carrying out its functions, and shall be made upon certification and documentation of the expenses involved, by the Chairman of the Conference claiming payment hereunder and upon vouchers approved by such Chairman and by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Sec. 121.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this joint resolution or
any other provision of law, effective October 1, 1981, the compensation of the Chaplain of the Senate shall be $52,750 in lieu of $40,110.
Sec. 122.
Subsection (c) of section 506 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(c)) is repealed effective January 1, 1982.
Sec. 123.
For the purposes of this joint resolution section 304 of H.R. 4120 shall be deemed to read as follows:
“Sec. 304.
(a) Subsections (c) and (d) of section 491 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (Public Law 91–510; 2 United States Code 88b–1 (c) and (d)) are repealed.
“(b) Section 303 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1979
Repeal.
(Public Law 96–38) is repealed.”.
Sec. 124.
For the purposes of this joint resolution in applying section 305(c) of H.R. 4120, the term “20 per centum” shall be substituted for “25 per centum”.
Sec. 125.
The first sentence of section 110(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1981 (Public Law 97–12) is amended
Ante, p. 62.
by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof the following: “; except that the total amount so transferred from any such balance remaining as of the close of the fiscal year 1982 shall not exceed an amount equal to $15,000 or 25 per centum of the amount of such Senator’s Official Office Expense Account, whichever is greater, as determined under section 506(b)(1) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(b)(1)), for the calendar year 1982”.
Sec. 126.
The second proviso of the paragraph of section 101 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1974, which appears under the heading “committee employees” (87 Stat. 529; 2 U.S.C. 68–1) is amended by striking out “one committee employee” and inserting in lieu thereof “the committee Auditor and the committee Assistant Auditor”.
Sec. 127.
The Secretary of the Senate is authorized and
Postage allowances for Senate officers.
directed to procure and furnish each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982) to the President of the Senate, upon request by such person. United States special delivery postage stamps in such amount as may be necessary for the mailing of postal matters arising in connection with his official business.
That part of the paragraph under the heading “Contingent Expenses of the Senate”, relating to the procurement of air mail and special delivery postage stamps by the Secretary of the Senate, appearing under the heading “SENATE” in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1942, as amended and supplemented (2 U.S.C. 42a), is hereby repealed.
The Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to procure and furnish each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending September 30, 1982) to the Chaplain of the Senate, upon the request of the Chaplain of the Senate, United States postage stamps in such amounts as may be necessary for the mailing of postal matters arising in connection with his official business.
That paragraph of the Second Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1976, with the caption “postage stamps” and relating to postage allowance for the Office of the Chaplain of the Senate, appearing under the heading “SENATE”, in the matter preceding section 115 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 61d–2), is hereby repealed.
Sec. 128.
In the event of the death, resignation, or disability of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, the Deputy Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper shall act as Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of that office in all matters until such time as a new Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall have been elected and qualified or such disability shall have been ended. For purposes of this section, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall be considered as disabled only during such period of time as the Majority and Minority Leaders and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate certify jointly to the Senate that the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is unable to perform his duties. In the event that the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is absent, the Deputy Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper shall act during such absence as the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the office in all matters.
Sec. 129.
Of the unexpended balance of the funds appropriated for the Senate under the appropriation account heading “Salaries, Officers and Employees” for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, $1,505,000 is rescinded.
Sec. 130.
In section 323(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441(a))—
strike out all after “shall accept” down to and including “(1) any” and insert “shall accept any”; and
strike out all after the word “speech,” down to and including “year.” and insert “or article.”.
In section 102 (a)(1)(A) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (2 U.S.C. 702 (a)(1)(A)), after the word “source” where it appears the last time in the paragraph insert “including speeches, appearances, articles, or other publications”.
Effective beginning with fiscal year 1983, and continuing each year thereafter, such sums as hereafter may be necessary for “Compensation of Members” (and administrative expenses related thereto), as authorized by law and at such level recommended by the President for Federal employees for that fiscal year are hereby appropriated from money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Such sums when paid shall be in lieu of any sums accrued in prior years but not paid. For purposes of this subsection, the term
“Member.”
“Member” means each Member of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, the Delegates from the District of Columbia, Guam, Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, and the Vice President.
Sec. 131.
Sections 111 through 130 and sections 139 through 141 of this joint resolution shall be effective without regard to the provisions of sections 102 and 106 of this joint resolution.
Sec. 132.
Effective September 23, 1981, the appropriation “Operations, research, and facilities” of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for Fiscal Year 1981 is amended by adding “purchase (one),” before the words “maintenance, operation, and hire of aircraft”.
Sec. 133.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution,
Community Services Administration close-out expenses.
such sums as may be necessary shall be available during fiscal year 1982 for close-out expenses of the Community Services Administration.
Sec. 134.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, none of the appropriations and funds made available and none of the authority granted pursuant to this joint resolution shall be available for payments under section 5(b)(2) of Public Law 81–874.
Sec. 135.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, for the acquisition and transportation of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve such amount as provided in section 101 of this joint resolution shall be pursuant to and in accordance with section 167 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (Public Law 94–163), as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–35).
Ante, p. 619.
Sec. 136.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, the Department of Defense is authorized to obligate and expend not more than $600,000 of the funds provided by this joint resolution to support the Yorktown Bicentennial Celebration and to participate in and support such celebration as would be authorized by the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1982, as passed by the Senate on May 14, 1981.
Sec. 137.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or this joint resolution, $250,000,000 shall be available for loans to be guaranteed under the Rural Development Insurance Fund for alcohol production facilities to applicants that the Secretary of Agriculture determines are qualified to receive such guarantees, and $93,200,000 shall be available for the Elderly Feeding Program authorized by section 311 of the Older Americans Act.
Multinational force implementing Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty.
Sec. 138.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, $125,000,000 shall be available for expenses necessary for the participation of the United States in a Multinational Force and Observers to implement the Treaty of Peace between Egypt and Israel: Provided, That the facilities constructed by use of these funds shall not be available for participation of United States troops in the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai without prior authorization by Congress for the participation of United States troops.
Sec. 139.
It is the sense of the Congress that the dollar limits on
Living expenses of Members of Congress.
tax deductions for living expenses of Members of Congress while away from home shall be the same as such limits for businessmen and other private citizens.
The last sentence of section 162(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 is amended by striking out all after “home” and
inserting in lieu thereof a period.
Public Law 471, Eighty-second Congress, approved July 9, 1952 (66 Stat. 464), is amended by striking out the proviso in the second paragraph of the matter under the heading “HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Salaries, Mileage, and Expenses of Members” (66 Stat. 467; 2 U.S.C. 31c).
The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to taxable
Effective date.
years beginning after December 31, 1981.
Sec. 140.
None of the funds appropriated in this joint resolution
Senate employees, funding limitations.
shall be used to fund in excess of 8,037 full-time officers and employees of the Senate of the United States and full-time officers and employees in the Office of the Architect of the Capitol who are
Rules and regulations.
assigned to the Senate. The Committee on Rules and Administration, in cooperation with the Committee on Appropriations in the Senate, shall establish rules and regulations for the equitable allocation among the offices and committees of the Senate and the Office of the Architect of the Capitol of the total number of full-time officers and employees established by the preceding limitation.
Sec. 141.
None of the funds appropriated in this joint resolution shall be used for the development, initiation, or implementation of plans, drawings, architectural engineering work, design work, site preparation or acquisition for or the construction of any new Senate office building or addition to existing Senate office buildings. This Provision does not apply to the construction and completion of the Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building currently under construction.
Approved October 1, 1981.