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H.R. 3014 (101st)

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1990

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26 July 1989

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Became Public Law No: 101-163.

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Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1990 - Title I: Congressional Operations - Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1990 - Appropriates funds for FY 1990 for the operations of the House of Representatives for the following: (1) a payment to the estate of Claude Pepper, late a Representative from Florida; (2) mileage of Members; (3) House leadership offices; (4) Members' clerk hire; (5) committee employees; (6) studies by the Committee on the Budget; (7) contingent expenses of the House, including salaries and expenses of standing, special, and select committees; (8) allowances and expenses; (9) studies and investigations of the Committee on Appropriations; and (10) salaries and expenses of officers and employees. Allows the transfer of amounts among specified House accounts upon the approval of the Committee on Appropriations. Authorizes one additional employee for the House Democratic Caucus, the House Republican Conference, the Minority Leader, and the Chief Deputy Majority Whip. Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 to authorize the Clerk of the House, under certain circumstances, to dispose of used equipment by donating such equipment to a State, to a local government, or to a tax exempt organization. Repeals the authorization which permits a Member of the House of Representatives to purchase his or her office equipment or furnishings upon leaving office. Makes appropriations for the following joint items: (1) contingent expenses of the Senate for the Joint Economic Committee and the Joint Committee on Printing; (2) contingent expenses of the House for the Joint Committee on Taxation; (3) the Office of the Attending Physician; (4) the Capitol Police Board for salaries and general expenses; (5) official mail costs; (6) salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service; (7) salaries and expenses of the Special Services Office; and (8) the preparation of required statements of appropriations. Appropriates funds for the following congressional offices: (1) the Office of Technology Assessment for salaries and expenses; (2) the Biomedical Ethics Board and Biomedical Ethics Advisory Committee for salaries and expenses; (3) the Congressional Budget Office for salaries and expenses; (4) the Architect of the Capitol for salaries, travel, contingent expenses, the Capitol buildings and grounds, House office buildings, and the Capitol power plant; (5) the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses; and (6) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding. Authorizes the Architect of the Capitol to: (1) develop a pilot program to determine the economic feasibility of centralizing certain maintenance functions and to reassign employees for personal services; (2) maintain cost and productivity records for such program; (3) report to appropriate congressional committees on such program; and (4) accept donations to restore and display the statue of freedom model. Abolishes the position of Executive Assistant to the Architect of the Capitol. Title II: Other Agencies - Appropriates funds for the following congressional agencies: (1) the Botanic Garden for salaries and expenses; (2) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses, the Copyright Office, Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, and furniture and furnishings; (3) the Architect of the Capitol for Library buildings and grounds; (4) the Copyright Royalty Tribunal for salaries and expenses; (5) GPO for the Office of Superintendent of Documents; and (6) the General Accounting Office for salaries and expenses. Makes funds available to the Library of Congress for expenses of attendance at certain meetings, of which a specified amount is set aside for the Congressional Research Service. Prohibits the Library from using appropriated funds to administer a flexible or compressed work schedule for certain managers or supervisors. Limits the number of employees which the Library may employ with appropriated funds to cover general and administrative overhead costs generated by performing reimbursable work for other agencies. Authorizes the Library to engage in specified activities in support of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development. Requires the Library to take appropriate action to assure that no legislative branch employee whose salary is disbursed by the Library is adversely affected by alternative ways of performing the personnel/payroll processing function. Authorizes GPO expenditures to carry out programs and purposes of the GPO revolving fund during the current fiscal year. Title III: General Provisions - Prohibits the use of funds provided by this Act for general maintenance and care of private vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under House regulations relating to parking facilities. Prohibits the obligation of such funds beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided. Makes permanent law the rates of compensation and certain official expenses provided under this Act. Limits the expenditure of such appropriations for consulting service procurement contracts to those contracts that are a matter of public record and available for public inspection. Directs the Architect of the Capitol to develop an overall telecommunications plan for the other agencies of the legislative branch that will be compatible with current plans of the House and Senate. Authorizes legislative branch agencies to use telecommunications systems and services provided by the Architect of the Capitol, the House, or the Senate under a specified plan if such systems and services have been: (1) acquired competitively; and (2) determined to be at least equal in quality to, and not greater in cost than, the systems and services known as "FTS2000." Provides for adjusting the pay of certain employees of the Architect. Requires the procurement of printing for Government publications using appropriated funds under this Act to be made through GPO, unless otherwise specified by law or this Act. Repeals the limitation on the amount GPO may spend from its revolving fund for attendance at meetings. Establishes, as a joint office of Congress, the Special Services Office to provide special services to Members of Congress and to officers, employees, and guests of Congress. Applies provisions of Federal law governing flexible and compressed work schedules to GPO. Authorizes the House Office Building Commission to furnish preschool, educationally enriched child care for the children of Senators, officers and employees of the Senate, and employees of agencies of the legislative branch if there are places available after the admission of the children of Members, officers, employees, and support personnel of the House of Representatives. Repeals the requirement for the corporation which operates the House of Representatives Child Care Center to reimburse the contingent fund of the House. Repeals provisions providing for reimbursement of Senators for expenses for mail matter sent under the franking privilege in excess of amounts provided from the appropriation for official mail costs, upon certification of the Senate Sergeant at Arms.

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