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Union Calendar No. 359 116TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 7611 [Report No. 116–447]

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 14, 2020 Mr. RYAN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill;

which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

A BILL Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 3

money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 4

Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 5

30, 2021, and for other purposes, namely: 6

TITLE I 7

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 8

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 9

SALARIES AND EXPENSES 10

For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-11

atives, $1,479,819,000, as follows: 12

HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 13

For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 14

$28,884,000, including: Office of the Speaker, 15

$8,295,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 16

Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,947,000, 17

including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 18

Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $8,295,000, 19

including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 20

Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 21

Deputy Majority Whip, $2,448,000, including $5,000 for 22

official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi-23

nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 24

$2,219,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 25


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Minority Whip; Republican Conference, $2,340,000; 1

Democratic Caucus, $2,340,000: Provided, That such 2

amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available 3

from January 3, 2021 until January 2, 2022. 4

MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES 5

INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL 6

EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL 7

For Members’ representational allowances, including 8

Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 9

$640,000,000. 10

ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN 11

MEMBER OFFICES 12

For the allowance established under section 120 of 13

the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 14

U.S.C. 5322a) for the compensation of interns who serve 15

in the offices of Members of the House of Representatives, 16

$11,025,000, to remain available through January 2, 17

2022: Provided, That notwithstanding section 120(b) of 18

such Act, an office of a Member of the House of Rep-19

resentatives may use not more than $25,000 of the allow-20

ance available under this heading during calendar year 21

2021. 22


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ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE 1

LEADERSHIP OFFICES 2

For the allowance established under section 113 of 3

the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 (2 4

U.S.C. 5106) for the compensation of interns who serve 5

in House leadership offices, $365,000, to remain available 6

through January 2, 2022: Provided, That of the amount 7

provided under this heading, $200,000 shall be available 8

for the compensation of interns who serve in House leader-9

ship offices of the majority, to be allocated among such 10

offices by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 11

and $165,000 shall be available for the compensation of 12

interns who serve in House leadership offices of the minor-13

ity, to be allocated among such offices by the Minority 14

Floor Leader. 15

COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 16

STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 17

For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 18

special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 19

$138,100,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 20

available for such salaries and expenses until December 21

31, 2022, except that $3,100,000 of such amount shall 22

remain available until expended for committee room up-23

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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 1

For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap-2

propriations, $24,725,000, including studies and examina-3

tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv-4

ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 5

section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 6

1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 7

for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 8

remain available for such salaries and expenses until De-9

cember 31, 2022. 10

SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 11

For compensation and expenses of officers and em-12

ployees, as authorized by law, $254,781,000, including: 13

for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ-14

ing the positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and 15

including not more than $25,000 for official representa-16

tion and reception expenses, of which not more than 17

$20,000 is for the Family Room and not more than 18

$2,000 is for the Office of the Chaplain, $31,975,000, of 19

which $4,00,000 shall remain available until expended; for 20

salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at 21

Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Garages 22

and the Office of Emergency Management, and including 23

not more than $3,000 for official representation and re-24

ception expenses, $23,260,000, of which $11,000,000 25


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shall remain available until expended; for salaries and ex-1

penses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer 2

including not more than $3,000 for official representation 3

and reception expenses, $171,200,000, of which 4

$26,000,000 shall remain available until expended; for sal-5

aries and expenses of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, 6

$1,500,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 7

Whistleblower Ombudsman, $1,000,000; for salaries and 8

expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 9

$5,019,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of Gen-10

eral Counsel, $1,815,000; for salaries and expenses of the 11

Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamen-12

tarian, $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not 13

more than $1,000 for official representation and reception 14

expenses, $2,088,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of-15

fice of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, 16

$3,469,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 17

Legislative Counsel of the House, $11,937,000; for sala-18

ries and expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary Af-19

fairs, $934,000; for other authorized employees, 20

$584,000. 21

ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 22

For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 23

resolution or law, $379,939,000, including: supplies, mate-24

rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 25


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$1,555,000; official mail for committees, leadership of-1

fices, and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; 2

Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 3

Security, contractor support for actuarial projections, and 4

other applicable employee benefits, $340,000,000, to re-5

main available until March 31, 2022; salaries and ex-6

penses for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, 7

$18,508,000, of which $6,000,000 shall remain available 8

until expended; transition activities for new members and 9

staff, $13,000,000, to remain available until expended; 10

Wounded Warrior Program and the Congressional Gold 11

Star Family Fellowship Program, $3,975,000, to remain 12

available until expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, 13

$1,711,000; and miscellaneous items including purchase, 14

exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House 15

motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratu-16

ities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 17

$1,000,000. 18

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MODERNIZATION 19

INITIATIVES ACCOUNT 20

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 21

For the House of Representatives Modernization Ini-22

tiatives Account established in section 115, $2,000,000, 23

to remain available until expended: Provided, That dis-24

bursement from this account is subject to approval of the 25


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Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-1

tives. Provided further, That funds provided in this ac-2

count shall only be used for initiatives recommended by 3

the Select Committee on Modernization or approved by the 4

Committee on House Administration. 5

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 6

REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ REP-7

RESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR 8

DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL 9

DEBT 10

SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 11

of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 12

‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND 13

EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW-14

ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2021. Any 15

amount remaining after all payments are made under such 16

allowances for fiscal year 2021 shall be deposited in the 17

Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no 18

Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 19

made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as 20

the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 21

(b) The Committee on House Administration of the 22

House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe 23

regulations to carry out this section. 24


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(c) As used in this section, the term ‘‘Member of the 1

House of Representatives’’ means a Representative in, or 2

a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. 3

LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES 4

SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 5

Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 6

the House of Representatives to make any payments from 7

any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 8

of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggre-9

gate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any 10

month. 11

CYBERSECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSE OF 12

REPRESENTATIVES 13

SEC. 112. The head of any Federal entity that pro-14

vides assistance to the House of Representatives in the 15

House’s efforts to deter, prevent, mitigate, or remediate 16

cybersecurity risks to, and incidents involving, the infor-17

mation systems of the House shall take all necessary steps 18

to ensure the constitutional integrity of the separate 19

branches of the government at all stages of providing the 20

assistance, including applying minimization procedures to 21

limit the spread or sharing of privileged House and Mem-22

ber information. 23


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RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS 1

SEC. 113. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 2

from prior appropriations Acts from the revolving fund es-3

tablished under House Resolution 64, Ninety Eighth Con-4

gress, agreed to February 8, 1983, as enacted into perma-5

nent law by section 110 of the Congressional Operations 6

Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 4917), $212,000 is 7

hereby rescinded. 8

(b) Of the unobligated balances available from prior 9

appropriations Acts from the revolving fund established in 10

the item relating to ‘‘Stationery’’ under the heading 11

‘‘House of Representatives, Contingent Expenses of the 12

House’’ in the first section of the Legislative Branch Ap-13

propriation Act, 1948 (2 U.S.C. 5534), $1,000,000 is 14

hereby rescinded. 15

(c) Of the unobligated balances available from prior 16

appropriations Acts from the Net Expenses of Tele-17

communications Revolving Fund under section 102 of the 18

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 19

5538), $2,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 20

STUDENT LOAN CAP ADJUSTMENT 21

SEC. 114. (a) INCREASE IN LIFETIME LIMIT.—Sec-22

tion 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 23

2003 (2 U.S.C. 4536) is amended— 24


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(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 1

subsections (c) and (d); and 2

(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-3

lowing new subsection: 4

‘‘(b) LIFETIME LIMIT ON AGGREGATE PAYMENTS 5

MADE ON BEHALF OF ANY INDIVIDUAL.—The aggregate 6

amount of payments made on behalf of any individual 7

under the program under this section by all employing of-8

fices of the House of Representatives may not exceed 9

$80,000.’’. 10

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION.— 11

(1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 12

by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal 13

year 2021 and each succeeding fiscal year. 14

(2) PERMITTING ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS ON 15

BEHALF OF INDIVIDUALS WHOSE PAYMENTS 16

REACHED PRIOR LIMIT.—In promulgating regula-17

tions to carry out the amendment made by sub-18

section (a), the Committee on House Administration 19

of the House of Representatives shall include regula-20

tions to permit payments to be made under the pro-21

gram under section 105 of the Legislative Branch 22

Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 4536) on behalf 23

of an individual who— 24


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(A) is an employee of an employing office 1

of the House during fiscal year 2021 or any 2

succeeding fiscal year; 3

(B) prior to fiscal year 2021, had pay-4

ments made on the individual’s behalf under 5

the program under such section; and 6

(C) prior to fiscal year 2021, became ineli-7

gible to have payments made on the individual’s 8

behalf under the program because the aggre-9

gate amount of the payments made on the indi-10

vidual’s behalf under the program reached the 11

limit on such aggregate amount which (under 12

regulations promulgated by the Committee) was 13

in effect prior to fiscal year 2021. 14

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MODERNIZATION 15

INITIATIVES ACCOUNT 16

SEC. 115. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby es-17

tablished in the Treasury of the United States an account 18

for the House of Representatives to be known as the 19

‘‘House of Representatives Modernization Initiatives Ac-20

count’’ (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Ac-21

count’’). 22

(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds in the Account shall be 23

used by the House of Representatives to carry out initia-24

tives to modernize the operations of the House, including 25


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initiatives to promote administrative efficiencies and ex-1

pand the use of innovative technologies in offices of the 2

House. 3

(c) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds 4

in the Account are available without fiscal year limitation. 5

(d) AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS AMONG 6

OTHER HOUSE ACCOUNTS.—Section 101(c)(2) of the 7

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 8

5507(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘, and ‘Allowance for 9

Compensation of Interns in House Leadership Offices’.’’ 10

and inserting ‘‘ ‘Allowance for Compensation of Interns in 11

House Leadership Offices’, and ‘House of Representatives 12

Modernization Initiatives Account’.’’. 13

(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-14

ments made by this section shall apply with respect to fis-15

cal year 2021 and each succeeding fiscal year. 16

JOINT ITEMS 17

For Joint Committees, as follows: 18

JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 19

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 20

Committee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 21

of the Senate. 22


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JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 1

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 2

Taxation, $11,905,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-3

ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 4

For other joint items, as follows: 5

OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 6

For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex-7

penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 8

Physician and his assistants, including: 9

(1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the 10

Attending Physician; 11

(2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the 12

Senior Medical Officer; 13

(3) an allowance of $725 per month each to 14

three medical officers while on duty in the Office of 15

the Attending Physician; 16

(4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist-17

ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as-18

sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such as-19

sistants; and 20

(5) $2,796,000 for reimbursement to the De-21

partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff 22

and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attend-23

ing Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 24

to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 25


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from which such salaries, allowances, and other ex-1

penses are payable and shall be available for all the 2

purposes thereof, $3,869,000, to be disbursed by the 3

Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep-4

resentatives. 5

OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 6


For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres-8

sional Accessibility Services, $1,536,000, to be disbursed 9

by the Secretary of the Senate. 10

CAPITOL POLICE 11

SALARIES 12

For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in-13

cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government 14

contributions for health, retirement, social security, pro-15

fessional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 16

benefits, $395,720,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 17

$50,246,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of 18

the House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the 19

Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 20

GENERAL EXPENSES 21

For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ-22

ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 23

security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 24

supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 25


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services, stenographic services, personal and professional 1

services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro-2

gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 3

relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed-4

eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 5

than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the 6

Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep-7

resentation and reception expenses, $68,621,000, of which 8

$3,600,000 shall remain available until expended, to fund 9

the Joint Audible Warning System, to be disbursed by the 10

Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee: Provided, That, 11

notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of 12

basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law 13

Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 2021 shall 14

be paid by the Secretary of Homeland Security from funds 15

available to the Department of Homeland Security. 16

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 17

STUDENT LOAN CAP ADJUSTMENT 18

SEC. 116. Section 908(c) of the Emergency Supple-19

mental Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 1926(c)), is amended by strik-20

ing ‘‘$60,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$80,000’’. 21


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OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE 1

RIGHTS 2


For salaries and expenses necessary for the operation 4

of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, 5


until September 30, 2022, and of which not more than 7

$1,000 may be expended on the certification of the Execu-8

tive Director in connection with official representation and 9

reception expenses. 10

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 11


For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 13

the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 14

$6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 15

of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi-16

cial representation and reception expenses, $57,292,000: 17

Provided, That the Director shall use not less than 18

$500,000 of the amount made available under this head-19

ing for (1) improving technical systems, processes, and 20

models for the purpose of improving the transparency of 21

estimates of budgetary effects to Members of Congress, 22

employees of Members of Congress, and the public, and 23

(2) to increase the availability of models, economic as-24


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sumptions, and data for Members of Congress, employees 1

of Members of Congress, and the public. 2

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 3

CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS 4

For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 5

other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; 6

for all necessary expenses for surveys and studies, con-7

struction, operation, and general and administrative sup-8

port in connection with facilities and activities under the 9

care of the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic 10

Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and 11

House office buildings, and other facilities under the juris-12

diction of the Architect of the Capitol; including fur-13

nishings and office equipment; including not more than 14

$5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 15

to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap-16

prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper-17

ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $139,239,000. 18

CAPITOL BUILDING 19

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 20

and operation of the Capitol, $36,129,000, of which 21

$6,099,000 shall remain available until September 30, 22

2025. 23


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CAPITOL GROUNDS 1

For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 2

of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 3

office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, 4


until September 30, 2025. 6

HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 7



and operation of the House office buildings, 10

$153,273,000, of which $14,540,000 shall remain avail-11

able until September 30, 2025, and of which $62,000,000 12

shall remain available until expended for the restoration 13

and renovation of the Cannon House Office Building: Pro-14

vided, That of the amount made available under this head-15

ing, $9,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 16

House Office Building Fund established under section 17

176(d) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017, as 18

added by section 101(3) of the Further Continuing Appro-19

priation Act, 2017 (Public Law 114–254; 2 U.S.C. 2001 20

note). 21

CAPITOL POWER PLANT 22


and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat-24

ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 25


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and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and 1

House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 2

the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga-3

rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 4

plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 5

Publishing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 6

heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su-7

preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 8

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 9

Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 10

advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 11

the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 12

into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 13

$116,461,000, of which $32,400,000 shall remain avail-14

able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not more 15

than $10,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reim-16

bursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be 17

available for obligation during fiscal year 2021. 18

LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 19

For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 20

structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 21

buildings and grounds, $83,446,000, of which 22


2025. 24


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CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY 1


and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance-3

ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo-4

cated, the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of 5

the Capitol security operations, $45,993,000, of which 6


2025, and of which $2,500,000 shall remain available 8

until expended. 9

BOTANIC GARDEN 10


and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 12

buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex-13

change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 14

motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com-15

mittee on the Library, $20,895,000, of which $8,300,000 16

shall remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, 17

That, of the amount made available under this heading, 18

the Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such 19

sums as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and 20

operation of the National Garden established under sec-21

tion 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 22

1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Ar-23

chitect of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 24


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CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 1

For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 2

Capitol Visitor Center, $24,272,000. 3

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 4

NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR 5

OVER BUDGET 6


Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make 8

incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 9

contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 10

schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Cap-11

itol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any 12

such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, govern-13

ment-driven scope changes, or are not significant within 14

the overall scope of the project and/or program. 15

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 16


For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 18

not otherwise provided for, including development and 19

maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo-20

dial care of the Library buildings; information technology 21

services provided centrally; special clothing; cleaning, 22

laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion 23

pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and 24

maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li-25


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brary; preparation and distribution of catalog records and 1

other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one 2

passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of 3

Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to 4

the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 5

$523,654,000, and, in addition, not more than $6,000,000 6

shall be derived from collections credited to this appropria-7

tion during fiscal year 2021, and shall remain available 8

until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 9

1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150): Provided, That the 10

Library of Congress may not obligate or expend any funds 11

derived from collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, 12

in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or ex-13

penditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 14

the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced 15

by the amount by which collections are less than 16

$6,000,000: Provided further, That of the total amount 17

appropriated, not more than $18,000 may be expended, 18

on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in con-19

nection with official representation and reception ex-20

penses, including for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided 21

further, That of the total amount appropriated, 22

$9,110,000 shall remain available until expended for the 23

Teaching with Primary Sources program: Provided fur-24

ther, That of the total amount appropriated, $1,350,000 25


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shall remain available until expended for upgrade of the 1

Legislative Branch Financial Management System: Pro-2

vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 3

$250,000 shall remain available until expended for the 4

Surplus Books Program to promote the program and fa-5

cilitate a greater number of donations to eligible entities 6

across the United States: Provided further, That of the 7

total amount appropriated, $3,720,000 shall remain avail-8

able until expended for the Veterans History Project to 9

continue digitization efforts of already collected materials, 10

reach a greater number of veterans to record their stories, 11

and promote public access to the Project: Provided further, 12

That of the total amount appropriated, $10,000,000 shall 13

remain available until expended for the Library’s Visitor 14

Experience project, and may be obligated and expended 15

only upon approval by the Subcommittee on the Legisla-16

tive Branch of the Committee on Appropriations of the 17

House of Representatives and by the Subcommittee on the 18

Legislative Branch of the Committee on Appropriations 19

of the Senate: Provided further, That of the total amount 20

appropriated, $4,370,000 shall remain available until Sep-21

tember 30, 2025 to complete the second of three phases 22

of the shelving replacement in the Law Library’s collection 23

storage areas: Provided further, That of the total amount 24

appropriated, $5,500,000 shall remain available until Sep-25


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tember 30, 2022 for preservation activities, and may be 1

obligated and expended only upon approval by the Sub-2

committee on the Legislative Branch of the Committee on 3

Appropriations of the House of Representatives and by the 4

Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the Committee 5

on Appropriations of the Senate. 6

COPYRIGHT OFFICE 7


For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 9

$91,409,000, of which not more than $38,004,000, to re-10

main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-11

tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2021 12

under sections 708(d) and 1316 of title 17, United States 13

Code: Provided, That the Copyright Office may not obli-14

gate or expend any funds derived from collections under 15

such section in excess of the amount authorized for obliga-16

tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur-17

ther, That not more than $6,778,000 shall be derived from 18

collections during fiscal year 2021 under sections 19

111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 803(e), and 1005 of such title: Pro-20

vided further, That the total amount available for obliga-21

tion shall be reduced by the amount by which collections 22

are less than $44,782,000: Provided further, That of the 23

funds provided under this heading, not less than 24

$17,100,000 is for modernization initiatives, of which 25


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2022: Provided further, That not more than $100,000 of 2

the amount appropriated is available for the maintenance 3

of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright 4

Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose of train-5

ing nationals of developing countries in intellectual prop-6

erty laws and policies: Provided further, That not more 7

than $6,500 may be expended, on the certification of the 8

Librarian of Congress, in connection with official rep-9

resentation and reception expenses for activities of the 10

International Copyright Institute and for copyright dele-11

gations, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That, 12

notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 13

United States Code, any amounts made available under 14

this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 15

payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 16

sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be 17

used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 18

Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 19

the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 20

Judges and staff under section 802(e). 21

CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 22


For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 24

of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 25


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1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno-1

tated Constitution of the United States of America, 2

$123,030,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 3

may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection 4

with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 5

(except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued 6

by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 7

obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 8

Administration of the House of Representatives or the 9

Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: 10

Provided further, That this prohibition does not apply to 11

publication of non-confidential Congressional Research 12

Service (CRS) products: Provided further, That a non-con-13

fidential CRS product includes any written product con-14

taining research or analysis that is currently available for 15

general congressional access on the CRS Congressional 16

Intranet, or that would be made available on the CRS 17

Congressional Intranet in the normal course of business 18

and does not include material prepared in response to 19

Congressional requests for confidential analysis or re-20

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NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND 1

PRINT DISABLED 2


For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 4

March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 5

135a), $59,439,000: Provided, That of the total amount 6

appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to 7

provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 8

residents at no cost to the individual. 9

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 10

REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES 11

SEC. 118. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2021, 12

the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 13

the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 14

$252,552,000. 15

(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub-16

section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 17

that are funded from sources other than appropriations 18

to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 19

branch. 20

GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 21

CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING 22


For authorized publishing of congressional informa-24

tion and the distribution of congressional information in 25


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any format; publishing of Government publications au-1

thorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; 2

and publishing, and distribution of Government publica-3

tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 4

to the recipient, $78,000,000: Provided, That this appro-5

priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per-6

manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 7

Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au-8

thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 9

Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 10

for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro-11

priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 12

Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita-13

tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 14

none of the funds appropriated or made available under 15

this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and 16

related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 17

title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print 18

a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe-19

riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 20

or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un-21

less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 22

with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 23

further, That unobligated or unexpended balances of ex-24

pired discretionary funds made available under this head-25


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ing in this Act for this fiscal year may be transferred to, 1

and merged with, funds under the heading ‘‘Government 2

Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund’’ 3

no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last 4

fiscal year for which such funds are available for the pur-5

poses for which appropriated, to be available for carrying 6

out the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval 7

of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-8

resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That not-9

withstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of title 44, 10

United States Code, this appropriation may be used to 11

prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only a 12

monthly and session basis. 13

PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE 14

SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 15



For expenses of the public information programs of 18

the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to 19

provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 20

publications in any format, and their distribution to the 21

public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, 22

and designated depository and international exchange li-23

braries as authorized by law, $32,300,000: Provided, That 24

amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current year 25


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appropriations are authorized for producing and dissemi-1

nating Congressional serial sets and other related publica-2

tions for fiscal years 2019 and 2020 to depository and 3

other designated libraries: Provided further, That unobli-4

gated or unexpended balances of expired discretionary 5

funds made available under this heading in this Act for 6

this fiscal year may be transferred to, and merged with, 7

funds under the heading ‘‘Government Publishing Office 8

Business Operations Revolving Fund’’ no later than the 9

end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for 10

which such funds are available for the purposes for which 11

appropriated, to be available for carrying out the purposes 12

of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 13

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 14

Senate. 15

GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS 16

OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND 17

For payment to the Government Publishing Office 18

Business Operations Revolving Fund, $6,700,000, to re-19

main available until expended, for information technology 20

development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov-21

ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 22

such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 23

in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 24

commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 25


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provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, 1

as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and 2

purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year 3

for the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 4

Revolving Fund: Provided further, That not more than 5

$7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Direc-6

tor of the Government Publishing Office in connection 7

with official representation and reception expenses: Pro-8

vided further, That the Business Operations Revolving 9

Fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not 10

more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, 11

That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of 12

the advisory councils to the Director of the Government 13

Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out 14

the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided 15

further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund 16

shall be available for temporary or intermittent services 17

under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 18

at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 19

of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive 20

Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur-21

ther, That activities financed through the Business Oper-22

ations Revolving Fund may provide information in any 23

format: Provided further, That the Business Operations 24

Revolving Fund and the funds provided under the heading 25


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‘‘Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of 1

Documents’’ may not be used for contracted security serv-2

ices at Government Publishing Office’s passport facility in 3

the District of Columbia. 4

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 5


For necessary expenses of the Government Account-7

ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex-8

pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 9

the United States in connection with official representa-10

tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 11

services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 12

Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily 13

equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of 14

the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 15

hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 16

foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 17

31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay-18

able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 19

Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); 20

and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen-21

eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for-22

eign countries, $664,346,000: Provided, That, in addition, 23

$31,342,000 of payments received under sections 782, 24

791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall 25


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be available without fiscal year limitation: Provided fur-1

ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad-2

ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 3

which is a member of the National Intergovernmental 4

Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit 5

Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share 6

of either Forum’s costs as determined by the respective 7

Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal 8

participants: Provided further, That payments hereunder 9

to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any 10

appropriation from which costs involved are initially fi-11

nanced. 12

OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 13

FUND 14

For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 15

Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 16

Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 17

Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 18

$6,000,000: Provided, That funds made available to sup-19

port Russian participants shall only be used for those en-20

gaging in free market development, humanitarian activi-21

ties, and civic engagement, and shall not be used for offi-22

cials of the central government of Russia. 23


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JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC 1

SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 2

For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub-3

lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 4

section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv-5

ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 6

$430,000. 7

TITLE II 8

GENERAL PROVISIONS 9

MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES 10

SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 11

Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 12

vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 13

may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa-14

cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 15

Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 16

issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 17

FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION 18

SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 19

Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 20

2021 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 21

RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION 22

SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 23

not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 24

1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 25


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of compensation or designation of any office or position 1

appropriated for is different from that specifically estab-2

lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des-3

ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re-4

spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 5

for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi-6

cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep-7

resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 8

the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 9

with respect thereto. 10

CONSULTING SERVICES 11

SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 12

under this Act for any consulting service through procure-13

ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 14

Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex-15

penditures are a matter of public record and available for 16

public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 17

existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 18

under existing law. 19

COSTS OF LBFMC 20

SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex-21

penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 22

in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 23

(LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 24

be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 25


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costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 1

LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla-2

tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 3

as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 4

LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS 5


Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-7

strumentality of the United States Government, except 8

pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-9

vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 10

GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL 11

SEC. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 12

none of the funds made available to the Architect of the 13

Capitol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict 14

guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 15

by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con-16

gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 17

and Senate, unless through regulations as authorized by 18

section 402(b)(8) of the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 19

2008 (2 U.S.C. 2242(b)(8)). 20

(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 21

at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 22

approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 23

United States Capitol which are led by employees and in-24

terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo-25


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rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re-1

lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 2

United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 3

the Capitol. 4

LIMITATION ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT 5

PROCUREMENT 6

SEC. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth-7

erwise made available under this Act may be used to ac-8

quire telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei 9

Technologies Company, ZTE Corporation or a high-im-10

pact or moderate-impact information system, as defined 11

for security categorization in the National Institute of 12

Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information 13

Processing Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Se-14

curity Categorization of Federal Information and Informa-15

tion Systems’’ unless the agency, office, or other entity 16

acquiring the equipment or system has— 17

(1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor-18

mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 19

to inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 20

moderate-impact information systems within the 21

Federal Government; 22

(2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre-23

sumptive awardee against available and relevant 24


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threat information provided by the Federal Bureau 1

of Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and 2

(3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 3

Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, 4

conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espio-5

nage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of 6

such system, including any risk associated with such 7

system being produced, manufactured, or assembled 8

by one or more entities identified by the United 9

States Government as posing a cyber threat, includ-10

ing but not limited to, those that may be owned, di-11

rected, or subsidized by the People’s Republic of 12

China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic 13

People’s Republic of Korea, or the Russian Federa-14

tion. 15

(b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 16

made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 17

high-impact or moderate impact information system re-18

viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 19

of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 20

(1) developed, in consultation with NIST and 21

supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 22

strategy for any identified risks; 23

(2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 24

the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that the acqui-25


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sition of such system is in the vital national security 1

interest of the United States; and 2

(3) reported that determination to the Commit-3

tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-4

tives and the Senate in a manner that identifies the 5

system intended for acquisition and a detailed de-6

scription of the mitigation strategies identified in 7

paragraph (1), provided that such report may in-8

clude a classified annex as necessary. 9

PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 10

SEC. 209. (a) None of the funds made available in 11

this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 12

network unless such network blocks the viewing, 13

downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 14

(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 15

funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 16

enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-17

nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities 18

or other official government activities. 19

PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION 20

SEC. 210. All agencies and offices funded by this Act 21

that contract with a food service provider or providers 22

shall confer and coordinate with such food service provider 23

or providers, in consultation with disability advocacy 24

groups, to eliminate or reduce plastic waste, including 25


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waste from plastic straws, explore the use of biodegradable 1

items, and increase recycling and composting opportuni-2

ties. 3

ANNUAL RATE OF PAY FOR HEADS OF CERTAIN 4

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OFFICES 5

SEC. 211. (a) ANNUAL RATE OF PAY FOR HEADS 6

OF CERTAIN OFFICES.— 7

(1) DIRECTOR OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDG-8

ET OFFICE.—Section 201(a)(5)(A) of the Congres-9

sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601(a)(5)(A)) 10

is amended by striking ‘‘that is equal to’’ and all 11

that follows and inserting ‘‘that is equal to the an-12

nual rate of basic pay for level II of the Executive 13

Schedule.’’. 14

(2) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF 15

CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE RIGHTS.—Subpara-16

graph (B) of section 302(a)(2) of the Congressional 17

Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1382(a)(2)) is 18

amended to read as follows: 19

‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The annual rate of 20

pay for the Executive Director may not exceed 21

the annual rate of basic pay for level II of the 22

Executive Schedule.’’. 23

(3) ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL.—Section 1 of 24

the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to fix the annual rates of 25


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pay for the Architect of the Capitol and the Assist-1

ant Architect of the Capitol’’ (2 U.S.C. 1802) is 2

amended to read as follows: 3

‘‘SECTION 1. COMPENSATION. 4

‘‘The compensation of the Architect of the Capitol 5

shall be at an annual rate equal to the annual rate of basic 6

pay for level II of the Executive Schedule.’’. 7

(4) CHIEF OF THE CAPITOL POLICE.—Sub-8

section (c) of the first section of the Act entitled 9

‘‘An Act to establish by law the position of Chief of 10

the Capitol Police, and for other purposes’’ (2 11

U.S.C. 1902) is amended to read as follows: 12

‘‘(c) The annual rate of pay for the Chief of the Cap-13

itol Police shall be equal to the annual rate of basic pay 14

for level II of the Executive Schedule.’’. 15

AUTHORITY TO HIRE INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE 16

DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS PROGRAM 17

SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 18

law, an entity may use amounts appropriated or otherwise 19

made available under this Act to pay the compensation 20

of an officer or employee without regard to the officer’s 21

or employee’s immigration status if the officer or employee 22

has been issued an employment authorization document 23

under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Pro-24

gram of the Secretary of Homeland Security, established 25


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pursuant to the memorandum from the Secretary of 1

Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecutorial 2

Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the 3

United States as Children’’ , dated June 15, 2012. 4

LIMITATION ON COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR 5

MEMBERS 6

SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 7

law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) 8

of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 9

4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members 10

of Congress) during fiscal year 2021. 11

REMOVAL OF OFFENSIVE U.S. CAPITOL STATUARY 12

SEC. 214. (a) REMOVAL AND STORAGE.—Not later 13

than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 14

the Architect of the Capitol— 15

(1) shall remove all Confederate statues and 16

Confederate busts from any area of the United 17

States Capitol which is accessible to the public; and 18

(2) shall remove the bust of Roger Brooke 19

Taney; the statue of Charles Brantley Aycock; the 20

statue of John Caldwell Calhoun; and the statue of 21

James Paul Clarke from any area of the United 22

States Capitol, which is accessible to the public. 23

(b) STORAGE OF STATUES.—In the case of any stat-24

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itol shall keep such statue in storage until the Architect 1

and the State which provided the statue arrange for the 2

return of the statue to the State. 3

(c) DEFINITIONS.— 4

(1) Confederate statue.—In this section, the 5

term ‘‘Confederate statue’’ means a statue which 6

was provided by a State for display in the United 7

States Capitol under section 1814 of the Revised 8

Statutes (2 U.S.C. 2131), including a replacement 9

statue provided by a State under section 311 of the 10

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 11

U.S.C. 2132), which depicts— 12

(A) any individual who served voluntarily 13

at any time as a member of the armed forces 14

of the Confederate States of America or of the 15

military forces of a State while the State was 16

in rebellion against the United States; or 17

(B) any individual who served as an offi-18

cial in the government of the Confederate 19

States of America or of a State while the State 20

was in rebellion against the United States. 21

(2) Confederate bust.—In this section, the term 22

‘‘Confederate bust’’ means a bust which depicts an 23

individual described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of 24

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