HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Salaries and Expenses For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, $708,738,000, as follows: house leadership offices For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $12,293,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $1,590,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,626,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,652,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $1,024,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $998,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activities, $397,000; Republican Steering Committee, $736,000; Republican Conference, $1,172,000; Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,277,000; Democratic Caucus, $631,000; and nine minority employees, $1,190,000.111 STAT. 1182 Members’ Representational Allowances Including Members’ Clerk Hire, Official Expenses of Members, and Official Mail For Members’ representational allowances, including Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, $379,789,000. Committee Employees Standing Committees, Special and Select For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and select, authorized by House resolutions, $86,268,000: Provided, That such amount (together with any amounts appropriated for such salaries and expenses for fiscal year 1997) shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 1998. Committee on Appropriations For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, $18,276,000, including studies and examinations of executive agencies and temporary personal services for such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed: Provided, That such amount (together with any amounts appropriated for such salaries and expenses for fiscal year 1997) shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 1998. salaries, officers and employees For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as authorized by law, $84,356,000, including: for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than $3,500, of which not more than $2,500 is for the Family Room, for official representation and reception expenses, $16,804,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more than $750 for official representation and reception expenses, $3,564,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, $50,727,000, including $27,247,000 for salaries, expenses and temporary personal services of House Information Resources, of which $23,210,000 is provided herein: Provided, That of the amount provided for House Information Resources, $8,253,000 shall be for net expenses of telecommunications: Provided further, That House Information Resources is authorized to receive reimbursement from Members of the House of Representatives and other governmental entities for services provided and such reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to this account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, $3,808,000, of which $1,000 shall be for the release of the Inspector General’s Report on Management and Financial Irregularities—Office of the Chief Administrative Office: Provided further, That all names of persons making favorable or unfavorable statements in the report shall be expunged; for the Office of the Chaplain, $133,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and 111 STAT. 1183$2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,101,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $1,821,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $4,827,000; for salaries and expenses of the Corrections Calendar Office, $791,000; and for other authorized employees, $780,000. allowances and expenses For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or law, $127,756,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, $2,225,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, $500,000; Government contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee benefits, $124,390,000; and miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, $641,000. child care center For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. Administrative Provisions Sec. 101. The provisions of House Resolution 7, One Hundred Fifth Congress, agreed to January 7, 1997, establishing the Corrections Calendar Office, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. The provisions of House Resolution 130, One Hundred Fifth Congress, agreed to April 24, 1997, providing a lump sum allowance for the Corrections Calendar Office, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. Sec. 102. The funds and accounts specified in section 107(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act. 1996 (2 U.S.C. 123b note) shall be treated as categories of allowances and expenses for purposes of section 101(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b(a)). Sec. 103. (a) Section 109(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 (2 U.S.C. 60o(a)) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “who is separated from employment,”; (2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “employee” the second place it appears and inserting “employee or for any other purpose”; and (3) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking “the amount” and inserting “in the case of a lump sum payment for the accrued annual leave of the employee, the amount”. (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 1997. Sec. 104. (a) Section 104(c)(2) of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 92(c)(2)) is amended by striking “in the District of Columbia”.111 STAT. 1184 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 1997. Sec. 105. (a) Section 204(11)(A) of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (110 Stat. 1731) is amended by striking out “through ‘respective Houses’ and” and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “through ‘respective Houses’ the second place it appears and”. (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as of August 20, 1996. Sec. 106. Section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 (as incorporated by reference in section 101(j) of Public Law 99–500 and Public Law 99–591) (2 U.S.C. 117e) is amended— (1) in the second sentence of paragraph (2), by striking “A donation” and inserting “Except as provided in paragraph (3), a donation”; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: “(3)(A) In the case of computer-related equipment, during fiscal year 1998 the Chief Administrative Officer may donate directly the equipment to a public elementary or secondary school of the District of Columbia without regard to whether the donation meets the requirements of the second sentence of paragraph (2), except that the total number of workstations donated as a result of this paragraph may not exceed 1,000. “(B) In this paragraph— “(i) the term ‘computer-related equipment’ includes desktops, laptops, printers, file servers, and peripherals which are appropriate for use in public school education; “(ii) the terms ‘public elementary school’ and ‘public secondary school’ have the meaning given such terms in section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and “(iii) the term ‘workstation’ includes desktops and peripherals, file servers and peripherals, laptops and peripherals, printers and peripherals, and workstations and peripherals. “(C) The Committee on House Oversight shall have authority to issue regulations to carry out this paragraph.”. Sec. 107. Title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking “the Speaker of the House of Representatives” each place it appears in sections 5532(i)(2)(B), 5532(i)(3), 8344(k)(2)(B), 8344(k)(3), 8468(h)(2)(B), and 8468(h)(3) and inserting “the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives”. Sec. 108. (a) For fiscal year 1998 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives is authorized to make advance payments under a contract or other agreement to provide a service or deliver an article for the United States Government without regard to the provisions of section 3324 of title 31, United States Code. (b) An advance payment authorized by subsection (a) shall be made in accordance with regulations issued by the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives. (c) The authority granted by subsection (a) shall not take effect until regulations are issued pursuant to subsection (b). Sec. 109. (a) There is hereby established an account in the House of Representatives for purposes of making payments of the 111 STAT. 1185House of Representatives to the Employees’ Compensation Fund under section 8147 of title 5, United States Code. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, payments may be made from the account established under subsection (a) at any time after the date of the enactment of this Act without regard to the fiscal year for which the obligation to make such payments is incurred. (c) The account established under subsection (a) shall be treated as a category of allowances and expenses for purposes of section 101(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b(a)).