Pub. L. 103-69, tit. III, sec. 308

Sec. 308. (a) For fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997, the submissions in support of the amounts included in the Budget for each entity of the legislative branch shall set forth a separate category for administrative expenses. For fiscal years 1993 and 1994, the administrative expenses for each entity of the legislative branch shall be calculated and submitted in a separate category in the same format as if submitted in support of amounts included in the Budget. (b) For fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997, the submissions under subsection (a) in the separate category for administrative expenses for each entity of the legislative branch shall include reductions from the amount calculated for administrative expenses for fiscal year 1993, adjusted for inflation, as follows: (1) Fiscal year 1994, reduction of not less than 3 percent. (2) Fiscal year 1995, reduction of not less than 6 percent. (3) Fiscal year 1996, reduction of not less than 9 percent. (4) Fiscal year 1997, reduction of not less than 14 percent. (c) The Comptroller General shall carry out compliance reporting under this section. (d) As used in this section— 107 STAT. 711 (1) the term “administrative expenses” means expenses of contractual services and supplies, other than rental payments, programmatic mission-essential expenses, reimbursable expenses, and expenses required by law; (2) the term “Budget” means the Budget of the United States Government, submitted under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code; and (3) the term “entity of the legislative branch” means the House of Representatives, the Senate, the Office of the Architect of the Capitol (including the Botanic Garden), the Capitol Police, the Congressional Budget Office, the Copyright Royalty Tribunal, the General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office, the Library of Congress, and the Office of Technology Assessment.