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H.R. 2647 (107th)

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002

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26 July 2001

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Became Public Law No: 107-68.

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Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for the legislative branch for FY 2002. Title I: Congressional Operations - Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 2002 - Makes appropriations for the House of Representatives for: (1) salaries and expenses of the House leadership offices, committees (including the Committee on Appropriations), officers and employees, and the Child Care Center; and (2) Members' representational allowances. (Sec. 101) Transfers the following four majority positions from the Clerk of the House to the Speaker of the House: (1) the chief of floor service; (2) two assistant floor chiefs; and (3) one cloakroom attendant. Transfers the following four minority positions from the Clerk of the House to the minority leader: (1) the chief of floor service; (2) two assistant floor chiefs; and (3) one cloakroom attendant. (Sec. 102) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 to require that: (1) receipts from disposal of used or surplus furniture and equipment by the Chief Administrator Officer of the House (CAO) be deposited in the Treasury for credit to the appropriate House account; and (2) in the case of receipts from the sale or disposal of any audio or video transcript prepared by the House Recording Studio, the appropriate House account shall be the account of the CAO. (Sec. 103) Makes amounts appropriated under this Act for "House of Representatives Salaries and Expenses - Members' Representational Allowances" available for FY 2002 only. Requires amounts remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for FY 2002 to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or, if there is no Federal budget deficit, for reducing the Federal debt. (Sec. 104) Makes the usual day for paying salaries in or under the House the last day of each month, except that if the last day of a month falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal public holiday, the CAO shall pay such salaries on the first weekday which precedes the last day. Makes appropriations for: (1) the Joint Economic and Taxation Committees; (2) the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) the Capitol Police Board; (4) the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office; (5) the Office of Compliance; (6) the Congressional Budget Office; (7) the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) for salaries and expenses, minor construction, Capitol buildings and grounds, House office buildings, and the Capitol power plant; (8) the Library of Congress for Congressional Research Service (CRS) salaries and expenses; and (9) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding (including transfer of funds). (Sec. 106) Authorizes the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), by regulation, to apply Federal civil service training law as necessary to provide for training of CBO employees. (Sec. 107) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997 to allow the CBO to dispose of surplus or obsolete property by inter-agency transfer, donation, sale, trade-in, or discarding (currently, only by inter-agency transfer, donation, or discarding). (Sec. 108) Establishes in the Treasury a minor construction account to be used by the AOC for land and building acquisition, construction, repair, and alteration projects resulting from unforeseen and unplanned conditions in connection with construction and maintenance activities under the AOC's jurisdiction (including the U.S. Botanic Garden). Requires the AOC to notify specified congressional committees at least 21 days before the AOC obligates any funds in the account with respect to a project. (Sec. 109) Authorizes the AOC to secure, under specified conditions, certain property and facilities located at 67 K Street Southwest in the District of Columbia. Requires such property and facilities to be under the control of the Chief of the U.S. Capitol Police and to be used by the Chief for the care and maintenance of U.S. Capitol Police vehicles. Allows use of the secured property and facilities, subject to the approval of certain congressional committees, for other U.S. Capitol Police purposes, the House, the Senate, and the AOC. Makes the AOC responsible for the costs of the necessary expenses incidental to the use of the property and facilities, with the exception of the Chief, for the costs of any equipment, furniture, and furnishing used in connection with the care and maintenance of vehicles. Requires funds expended by the AOC for such costs in any fiscal year to be derived solely from AOC appropriated funds: (1) for the fiscal year for U.S. Capitol Police purposes; or (2) in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 under the heading "Architect of the Capitol - Capitol Buildings and Grounds - Capitol Buildings - Salaries and Expenses" for the design of police security projects. (Sec. 110) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 to authorize the AOC to fix the rate of basic pay for not more than 11 positions (of whom one shall be the project manager of the Capitol Visitor Center and one shall be the project manager for the modification of the Capitol Power Plant) under AOC jurisdiction (excluding the Architect and Assistant Architect), at a rate not to exceed the highest total rate of pay for the Senior Executive Service, for the locality involved. Requires the Comptroller General to: (1) study and report to the AOC and specified congressional committees on AOC management and operations; and (2) develop and submit to such committees a management improvement plan to address such study and which indicates how the salary adjustments made by this Act will support such plan. (Sec. 111) Prohibits the AOC from entering into or administering any construction contract with a value greater than $50,000 unless the contract includes a provision requiring the payment of liquidated damages in an amount that is equal to the product of the daily liquidated damage payment rate and the number of days by which the completion of the project is delayed in the event that completion of the project is delayed because of the contractor. Sets forth the formula for the daily liquidated damage payment rate. Allows, under specified conditions, adjustment of such rate by the contracting officer. (Sec. 112) Prohibits the AOC from reprogramming any funds with respect to any project or object class without approval of appropriate congressional committees. (Sec. 113) Provides that, with the exception of a temporary employee of the Senate Restaurant or a temporary employee who is hired for a total of 120 days or less during any five-year period, none of the funds provided by this Act or any other Act may be used by the AOC during FY 2002 or any succeeding fiscal year to employ a temporary employee within the category of temporary employment which does not provide employees with the same eligibility for life insurance, health insurance, retirement, and other benefits which are provided to temporary employees who are hired for a period exceeding one year in length. Applies Federal civil service allotment and assignment of pay law to the AOC Office. Title II: Other Agencies - Appropriates funds for: (1) the Botanic Garden for salaries and expenses; (2) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses, the Copyright Office for salaries and expenses, Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped for salaries and expenses, and for the expenses of furniture and furnishings; (3) the AOC for Library buildings and grounds; (4) salaries and expenses of the GPO's Office of Superintendent of Documents (including transfer of funds); and (5) the General Accounting Office for salaries and expenses. Specifies administrative provisions for the Library of Congress identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001. (Sec. 202) Prohibits the Library from using funds appropriated in this Act to administer any flexible or compressed work schedule which: (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-15; and (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to not be at work for all or a portion of a workday because of time worked by such individual on another workday. (Sec. 206) Reduces the obligational authority of the Library from FY 2002 levels for reimbursable and revolving fund activities funded from sources other than appropriations to the Library in appropriation Acts for the legislative branch. Authorizes the Librarian of Congress, under specified conditions, to temporarily transfer funds appropriated in this Act under the heading "Library of Congress Salaries and Expenses" to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research Program established under the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000. (Sec. 208) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 to extend until October 1, 2004, the early retirement and voluntary separation incentive payments authorities for Government Printing Office employees. Title III: General Provisions - Sets forth authorized or prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001. (Sec. 305) Sets forth Buy American requirements. (Sec, 308) Makes Federal civil service law relating to back pay due to unjustified personnel action applicable to AOC and U.S. Botanic Garden employees. (Sec. 309) Amends the House Employees Position Classification Act to provide that, for purposes of applying the adjustment made by the committee under this Act for 2002 and each succeeding year, positions under the CAO shall include positions of the U.S. Capitol telephone exchange under the CAO. (Sec. 310) Authorizes the AOC to maintain and improve the landscape features, excluding streets and sidewalks, in the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by Washington Avenue, SW on the northeast, Second Street SW on the west, Square 582 on the south, and the beginning of the I-395 tunnel on the southeast.

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