Legislative Branch: FY2015 Appropriations
R. Eric Petersen
Specialist in American National Government
Ida A. Brudnick
Specialist on the Congress
November 13, 2014
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Summary
The legislative branch appropriations bill provides funding for the Senate; House of
Representatives; Joint Items; Capitol Police; Office of Compliance; Congressional Budget Office
(CBO); Architect of the Capitol (AOC); Library of Congress (LOC), including the Congressional
Research Service (CRS); Government Printing Office (GPO); Government Accountability Office
(GAO); and Open World Leadership Center.
The legislative branch FY2015 budget request of $4.471 billion was submitted on March 4, 2014.
By law, the President includes the requests submitted from the legislative branch in the annual
budget without change.
The House and Senate Appropriations Committees’ Legislative Branch Subcommittees held
hearings to consider the FY2015 legislative branch requests.
The House subcommittee held its markup on April 4, 2014, and the full committee held a markup
on April 9. One amendment was offered in the full committee, but failed. The bill, which would
provide $3.3 billion (not including Senate items), was reported on April 17 (H.R. 4487, H.Rept.
113-417).
The House passed H.R. 4487, the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015, on May 1, 2014,
by a vote of 402-14.
The Senate Appropriations Committee reported H.R. 4487, as amended, on June 19, 2014, by
voice vote (S.Rept. 113-196). This version would provide $4.3 billion.
No further action on H.R. 4487 was taken, and legislative branch activities are currently funded
through December 11, 2014, by a continuing appropriations resolution (P.L. 113-164).
Legislative branch funding, which peaked in FY2010, remains below the FY2009 level of $4.501
billion. In FY2014, the funding level was $4.259 billion. The FY2013 act funded legislative
branch accounts at the FY2012 enacted level, with some exceptions (also known as “anomalies”),
less across-the-board rescissions that applied to all appropriations in the act, and not including
sequestration reductions implemented on March 1. The FY2012 level represented a decrease of
$236.9 million (-5.2%) from the FY2011 level, which itself represented a $125.1 million decrease
(-2.7%) from FY2010.
The smallest of the appropriations bills, the legislative branch comprises approximately 0.4% of
total discretionary budget authority.
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Contents
Most Recent Developments ............................................................................................................. 1
Status of FY2015 Appropriations: Dates of Action, Bill Numbers, and Reports ...................... 1
Submission of FY2015 Budget Request on March 4, 2014 ...................................................... 2
Senate and House Hearings on the FY2015 Budget Requests .................................................. 2
House Appropriations Subcommittee Markup .......................................................................... 3
House Appropriations Committee Markup ................................................................................ 3
House Consideration of H.R. 4487 ............................................................................................ 3
Senate Appropriations Committee Consideration of H.R. 4487 ................................................ 4
Passage of a Continuing Appropriations Resolution ................................................................. 4
Prior Year Funding ........................................................................................................................... 4
FY2015 Legislative Branch Funding Issues .................................................................................... 6
Senate ........................................................................................................................................ 6
Overall Funding................................................................................................................... 6
Senate Committee Funding ................................................................................................. 6
Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account ................................................. 7
House of Representatives .......................................................................................................... 7
Overall Funding................................................................................................................... 7
House Committee Funding .................................................................................................. 7
Members’ Representational Allowance ............................................................................... 8
Support Agency Funding ........................................................................................................... 8
U.S. Capitol Police .............................................................................................................. 8
Office of Compliance .......................................................................................................... 9
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) .................................................................................. 9
Architect of the Capitol ..................................................................................................... 10
Library of Congress (LOC) ............................................................................................... 11
Government Printing Office (GPO) .................................................................................. 13
Government Accountability Office (GAO) ....................................................................... 14
Open World Leadership Center ......................................................................................... 15
John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development ............................. 15
General Provisions ................................................................................................................... 16
Tables
Table 1. Status of Legislative Branch Appropriations, FY2015 ...................................................... 1
Table 2. Dates of House and Senate Hearings on Legislative Branch Requests .............................. 2
Table 3. Legislative Branch Funding Since FY2004: Current and Constant Dollars ...................... 5
Table 4. Legislative Branch Appropriations: Funding Levels by Agency or Entity ...................... 17
Table 5. Senate Appropriations ...................................................................................................... 18
Table 6. House of Representatives Appropriations ........................................................................ 19
Table 7. Capitol Police Appropriations .......................................................................................... 20
Table 8. Architect of the Capitol Appropriations ........................................................................... 21
Table A-1. Overview of Legislative Branch Appropriations: FY1998-FY2015 ............................ 22
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Appendixes
Appendix. Fiscal Year Information and Resources ........................................................................ 22
Contacts
Author Contact Information........................................................................................................... 24
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Most Recent Developments
This first section of this report provides an overview of the current status of FY2015 legislative
branch appropriations, with subsections covering each action, including
• the initial submission of the request on March 4, 2014;
• hearings held by the House and Senate Legislative Branch Subcommittees;
• markups held by the House Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, and House
Committee on Appropriations;
• passage of H.R. 4487, Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2015, by the
House on May 1, 2014;
• the markup and reporting of H.R. 4487 by the Senate Appropriations Committee
on June 19, 2014; and
• the continuing appropriations resolution which provides funding for the
legislative branch through December 11, 2014 (P.L. 113-164).
It is followed by a section on prior year actions and funding, which contains historical tables.
The report then addresses the FY2015 budget requests, hearings, and funding issues for
individual legislative branch agencies and entities.
Finally, Table 4 through Table 8 list funding levels for FY2014, and FY2015 budget requests and
House-passed and Senate-reported levels for these accounts, while the Appendix lists House,
Senate, and conference bills and reports and public law numbers and enactment dates since
FY1998.
Status of FY2015 Appropriations: Dates of Action, Bill Numbers,
and Reports
Table 1. Status of Legislative Branch Appropriations, FY2015
Conference Report
Committee Markup
Approval
House
House
Senate
Senate Conference
House Senate Report
Passage
Report
Passage
Report House Senate
Public
Law
4/9/2014
6/19/14
4/17/14
5/1/14
6/19/14
(H.R. 4487) (H.R. 4487) (H.Rept. 113- (H.R. 4487) (S.Rept.
417)
113-196)
Source: Congressional Research Service examination of congress.gov data.
Note: In recent years, the House has held a subcommittee markup, held on April 4, 2014, prior to the full
committee markup.
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Submission of FY2015 Budget Request on March 4, 2014
The FY2015 U.S. Budget submitted on March 4, 2014, contains a request for $4.471 billion in
new budget authority for legislative branch activities.1
By law, the legislative branch request is submitted to the President and included in the budget
without change.2
Senate and House Hearings on the FY2015 Budget Requests
Table 2 lists the dates of hearings of the legislative branch subcommittees in 2014. Prepared
statements of witnesses are available on the subcommittee websites.3
Table 2. Dates of House and Senate Hearings on Legislative Branch Requests
House of Representatives
Senate
Senate
—
March 25, 2014
House of Representatives
March 6, 2014
—
U.S. Capitol Police
March 24, 2014
March 25, 2014
Office of Compliance
—
—
Congressional Budget Office
March 4, 2014
March 11, 2014
Architect of the Capitol
March 4, 2014
April 8, 2014
Library of Congress, including the
March 5, 2014
April 8, 2014
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Government Printing Office
March 4, 2014
—
Government Accountability Office
March 5, 2014
March 11, 2014
Open World Leadership Center
—a
April 8, 2014
Members/Public Witnesses
—b —
Source: Congressional Research Service examination of House and Senate Appropriations Committee websites.
Note:
a. The Open World Leadership Center was discussed during House hearing on the Library of Congress, but
no Open World staff provided testimony.
1 Office of Management and Budget, Appendix, Budget of the United States Government, FY2015 (Washington: GPO,
2014), pp. 15-48, available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2015/assets/leg.pdf.
2 Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1105, “Estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations for the legislative branch and the
judicial branch to be included in each budget ... shall be submitted to the President ... and included in the budget by the
President without change.” Division C of the FY2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 112-74) added language
to 31 U.S.C. 1107 relating to budget amendments, stating: “The President shall transmit promptly to Congress without
change, proposed deficiency and supplemental appropriations submitted to the President by the legislative branch and
the judicial branch.”
3 For House subcommittee witness statements, see http://appropriations.house.gov/files/?CatagoryID=34776 or
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-113hhrg87540/pdf/CHRG-113hhrg87540.pdf.
For Senate subcommittee witness statements and webcasts, see http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/ht-
legislative.cfm.
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b. The House subcommittee announced that it would accept testimony for the record from Members and
outside witnesses through March 7, 2014.
House Appropriations Subcommittee Markup
On April 4, 2014, the House subcommittee met to mark up the FY2015 bill. The mark provided
$3.3 billion (not including Senate items, which are determined by the Senate). No amendments
were offered, and it was reported to the full committee by voice vote.
House Appropriations Committee Markup
On April 9, 2014, the full House Appropriations Committee held a markup of the FY2015 bill.
One amendment was considered before the bill was ordered reported to the House. Representative
Moran proposed the creation of an optional housing stipend of $25 per day for Members who live
50 or more miles away from Washington, DC, which failed.
House Consideration of H.R. 4487
The House of Representatives took up consideration of H.R. 4487 on May 1, 2014. Pursuant to a
rule (H.Res. 557, agreed to by voice vote on April 30, 2014), eight amendments were considered,
including the following:
• An amendment offered by Representative Nugent to prohibit funding through the
Member Representational Allowance (MRA) of vehicle leasing, excluding
mobile district offices and short-term vehicle rentals. The amendment failed by a
vote of 196-221.
• An amendment offered by Representative Speier to appropriate $500,000 to
provide sexual harassment training for House offices, to be carried out by the
Office of Compliance, with funds offset from the general administration fund of
the Architect of the Capitol. The amendment was agreed to by voice vote.
• An amendment offered by Representative Gosar to reduce funding for the
Botanic Garden to FY2014 levels and to transfer funds to the spending reduction
account. The amendment was agreed to by a vote of 219-198.
• An amendment offered by Representative Broun of Georgia to reduce funding for
the Capitol Visitor Center by $243,000, returning it to FY2014 levels. The
amendment failed by a vote of 207-212.
• An amendment offered by Representative Duffy to defund the Open World
Leadership Center Trust Fund. The amendment failed by voice vote.
• An amendment offered by Representative Hall to prohibit funds from being used
to deliver printed copies of the Statement of Disbursements of the House to any
Member of the House. The amendment was agreed to by voice vote.
• An amendment offered by Representative Wenstrup to prohibit funding for the
delivery of printed copies of the House daily calendar to any Member of the
House. The amendment was agreed to by voice vote.
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• An amendment offered by Representative Holt to appropriate $2.5 million to
reinstitute the Office of Technology Assessment, offset from funds in the House
Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund. The amendment failed by a vote of
164-248.
H.R. 4487, as amended, was passed by the House by a vote of 402-14.
Senate Appropriations Committee Consideration of H.R. 4487
The Senate Appropriations Committee considered H.R. 4487 on June 19, 2014. It ordered the bill
reported favorably with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Passage of a Continuing Appropriations Resolution
No further action was taken on H.R. 4487 prior to the start of FY2015 on October 1, 2014.
Legislative branch activities are currently funded through December 11, 2014, by a continuing
appropriations resolution (P.L. 113-164), which was enacted on September 19, 2014.
Prior Year Funding
FY2014
Neither a legislative branch appropriations bill, nor a continuing appropriations resolution (CR),
containing FY2014 funding was enacted prior to the beginning of the fiscal year on October 1,
2013. A funding gap, which resulted in a partial government shutdown, ensued for 16 days. The
funding gap was terminated by the enactment of a CR (P.L. 113-46) on October 17, 2013. The CR
provided funding through January 15, 2014.4 Following enactment of a temporary continuing
resolution on January 15, 2014 (P.L. 113-73), a consolidated appropriations bill was enacted on
January 17 (P.L. 113-76), providing $4.259 billion for the legislative branch for FY2014.
FY2013
FY2013 funding of approximately $4.061 billion was provided by P.L. 113-6, which was signed
into law on March 26, 2013.5 The act funded legislative branch accounts at the FY2012 enacted
level, with some exceptions (also known as “anomalies”), and less across-the-board rescissions
required by Section 3004 of P.L. 113-6. Section 3004 was intended to eliminate any amount by
which the new budget authority provided in the act exceeds the FY2013 discretionary spending
limits in Section 251(c)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, as
amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011 and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012.
4 The legislative branch previously experienced a funding gap in FY1996 (November 14-18, 1995).
5 FY2013 level from the CBO cost estimate for “Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 (H.J.Res. 59), Including
the Amendment Reported by the House Committee on Rules on September 18, 2013 (H.Res. 352) Discretionary
spending (in millions of dollars)” (http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/hjres59amendment.pdf),
which lists a total for legislative branch budget authority of $4.061 billion, noting that it “includes effects of the 2013
sequestration.” This bill only contained a small anomaly for the legislative branch.
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Subsequent to the enactment of P.L. 113-6, OMB calculated that additional rescissions of 0.032%
of security budget authority, and 0.2% of nonsecurity budget authority, would be required. The
act did not alter the sequestration reductions implemented on March 1, which reduced most
legislative branch accounts by 5.0%.6 The accompanying OMB report indicated a dollar amount
of budget authority to be canceled in each account containing non-exempt funds.7
FY2012
Division G of the FY2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 112-74) provided $4.307 billion
for the legislative branch. This level was $236.9 million (-5.2%) below the FY2011 enacted level.
P.L. 112-10 provided $4.543 billion for legislative branch operations in FY2011. This level
represented a $125.1 million decrease from the $4.668 billion provided in the FY2010 Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act (P.L. 111-68) and the FY2010 Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L.
111-212). The FY2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act provided $4.402 billion. In FY2009, an
additional $25.0 million was provided for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.8 P.L. 111-32, the FY2009 Supplemental
Appropriations Act, also contained funding for a new Capitol Police radio system ($71.6 million)
and for the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ($2.0 million).9
Table 3. Legislative Branch Funding Since FY2004: Current and Constant Dollars
(in billions of dollars)
Fiscal
Year 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Current
3.528a 3.640b 3.793c 3.852d 3.970 4.501e 4.669f 4.543g 4.307 4.061h 4.259
Dollars
Constant
4.351 4.348 4.385 4.342 4.320 4.871 4.983 4.746 4.393 4.061 4.163
Dollars
Source: Congressional Research Service analysis of legislative branch appropriations acts and related budget
documents.
Notes: These figures exclude permanent budget authorities and contain supplementals and rescissions.
Permanent budget authorities, including funding for Member pay, are not included in the annual legislative branch
appropriations bill but are automatically funded each year. Constant 2013 dollars calculated using the “Total
Non-Defense” deflator in Table 10.1—Gross Domestic Product and Deflators Used in the Historical Tables: 1940–
2018 in the President’s budget.
a. This figure contains appropriations provided by P.L. 108-83 (the FY2004 Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act). Additional FY2004 provisions which did not contain appropriations were contained in P.L. 108-199
(the FY2004 Consolidated Appropriations Act).
6 White House, President Obama, Sequestration Order for Fiscal Year 2013 Pursuant to Section 251A of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, As Amended, March 1, 2013, available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/
sites/default/files/2013sequestration-order-rel.pdf.
7 Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, OMB Report to the Congress on the Joint
Committee Sequestration for Fiscal Year 2013, March 1, 2013, http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/
assets/legislative_reports/fy13ombjcsequestrationreport.pdf.
8 P.L. 111-5, February 17, 2009, 123 Stat. 191.
9 U.S. Congress, conference committee, Making Supplemental Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Ending September
30, 2009, and for Other Purposes, report to accompany H.R. 2346, 111th Cong., 1st sess., H.Rept. 111-151
(Washington: GPO, 2009), p. 117.
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b. This number contains appropriations provided by P.L. 108-447 (the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
FY2005, adjusted by a 0.80% rescission also contained in P.L. 108-447), and P.L. 109-13 (the FY2005
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act).
c. This number contains appropriations provided by P.L. 109-55 (the FY2006 Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, adjusted by a 1.0% rescission contained in P.L. 109-148), and P.L. 109-234 (the FY2006
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act).
d. This number contains appropriations provided by P.L. 110-5 (the Revised Continuing Appropriations
Resolution, 2007), and funding for the House of Representatives, Government Accountability Office, U.S.
Capitol Police, Architect of the Capitol, and gratuity payments provided in P.L. 110-28 (the U.S. Troop
Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007).
e. This number contains appropriations provided by P.L. 110-161 (the FY2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act),
$25.0 million for the Government Accountability Office provided by P.L. 111-5 (the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009), and $73.6 million provided by P.L. 111-32 for the U.S. Capitol Police and the
Congressional Budget Office (the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009).
f.
This number contains appropriations provided by P.L. 111-68 (the FY2010 Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act), and $12.96 mil ion in supplemental appropriations provided for the U.S. Capitol Police
in P.L. 111-212 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010).
g. This number does not include scorekeeping adjustment.
h. FY2013 level obtained from the CBO cost estimate for “Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014
(H.J.Res. 59), Including the Amendment Reported by the House Committee on Rules on September 18,
2013 (H.Res. 352) Discretionary spending (in millions of dollars)” (http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/
cbofiles/attachments/hjres59amendment.pdf), which lists a total for legislative branch budget authority of
$4.061 billion, noting that it “includes effects of the 2013 sequestration.” This bill only contained a small
anomaly for the legislative branch.
FY2015 Legislative Branch Funding Issues
The following sections discuss the various legislative branch accounts as well as issues discussed
during the hearings on the budget requests.
Senate
Overall Funding
The Senate requested $907.2 million for FY2015, a 5.6% increase over the $859.3 million
provided in FY2014. The Senate Appropriations Committee recommended $865.9 million, an
increase of 0.8% from FY2014.
Additional information on the Senate account is presented in Table 5.
Senate Committee Funding
Appropriations for Senate committees are contained in two accounts:10
10 For additional information on committee funding, see CRS Report R40424, Senate Committee Expenditures
Resolutions, 113th Congress, and Funding Authorizations Since 1999, Senate Committee Expenditures Resolutions,
113th Congress, and Funding Authorizations Since 1999, by Matthew E. Glassman.
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• The inquiries and investigations account contains funds for all Senate
committees except Appropriations. The Senate requested $134.0 million for
inquiries and investigations. The Senate appropriations committee recommended
$133.3 million, an increase of 1.0% from the $132.0 million provided for
FY2014.
• The Committee on Appropriations account contains funds for the Senate
Appropriations Committee. The Senate requested $14.94 million, which was the
same level as FY2014 and the level recommended in the Senate report.
Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account
The Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account (SOPOEA) provides each Senator
with funds to administer an office. It consists of an administrative and clerical assistance
allowance, a legislative assistance allowance, and an official office expense allowance. The funds
may be used for any category of expenses, subject to limitations on official mail.
The Senate requested $429.7 million for FY2015. The Senate Appropriations Committee
recommended $390.0 million, the same level provided in FY2014.
House of Representatives
Overall Funding
The House requested $1.20 billion for FY2015, an increase of 1.7%. The House-passed FY2015
level of $1.18 billion is equivalent to the FY2014 level.11
Additional information on headings in the House of Representatives account is presented in Table
6.
House Committee Funding12
Funding for House committees is contained in the appropriation heading “committee employees,”
which comprises two subheadings.
The first subheading contains funds for personnel and nonpersonnel expenses of House
committees, except the Appropriations Committee, as authorized by the House in a committee
expense resolution. The House requested $126.3 million (+2.0%), and the House-passed bill
would provide $123.9 million, the same level provided in the FY2014 act.
The second subheading contains funds for the personnel and nonpersonnel expenses of the
Committee on Appropriations. The House requested $23.7 million (+2.0%), and the House-
passed bill would provide the same level of funding as the FY2014 act, $23.3 million.
11 Not including one gratuity paid to the heirs of a deceased Member in FY2014.
12 For additional information on committee funding, CRS Report RL32794, House Committee Funding Requests and
Authorizations, 104th-113th Congresses, by Matthew E. Glassman.
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Members’ Representational Allowance13
The Members’ Representational Allowance (MRA) is available to support Members in their
official and representational duties. For FY2015, $565.4 million was requested (+2.0%), and the
House-passed bill would provide $554.3 million, the same level provided in the FY2014 act.
Support Agency Funding
U.S. Capitol Police
The U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) are responsible for the security of the Capitol Complex,
including the U.S. Capitol, the House and Senate office buildings, the U.S. Botanic Garden, and
the Library of Congress buildings and adjacent grounds.
The USCP requested $355.7 million for FY2015, an increase of 5.1% from the $338.5 million the
USCP received in FY2014. The House-passed bill would provide $348.0 million (+2.8%), while
the Senate-reported version would provide $344.0 million (+1.7%).
Additional information on the USCP is presented in Table 7.
Appropriations for the police are contained in two accounts—a salaries account and a general
expenses account. The salaries account contains funds for the salaries of employees; overtime
pay; hazardous duty pay differential; and government contributions for employee health,
retirement, Social Security, professional liability insurance, and other benefit programs. The
general expenses account contains funds for expenses of vehicles; communications equipment;
security equipment and its installation; dignitary protection; intelligence analysis; hazardous
material response; uniforms; weapons; training programs; medical, forensic, and communications
services; travel; relocation of instructors for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; and
other administrative and technical support, among other expenses.
• Salaries—the Capitol Police requested $291.4 million for salaries, an increase of
4.4% from the $279.0 million provided in FY2014. The House-passed bill would
provide $286.5 million (+2.7%), while the Senate-reported bill recommended
$284.6 million (+2.0%).
• General Expenses—the Capitol Police requested $64.3 million for general
expenses, an increase of 8.1% from the $59.5 million provided in FY2014. The
House-passed bill would provide $61.5 million (+3.4%), while the Senate
Appropriations Committee recommended an increase of $499 from the FY2014
enacted level.
Another appropriation relating to the Capitol Police appears within the Architect of the Capitol
account for Capitol Police buildings and grounds. USCP requested $25.6 million, an increase of
32.3% from the $19.3 million provided in FY2014. The House-passed bill would provide $19.5
million (+0.7%), and the Senate-reported bill recommended $20.7 million (+6.8%).
13 For additional information, see CRS Report R40962, Members’ Representational Allowance: History and Usage, by
Ida A. Brudnick.
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Highlights of the House and Senate Hearings on the FY2015 Budget of the
U.S. Capitol Police
On March 24, 2014, the House subcommittee discussed the Capitol Police training requests, radio
modernization program, recent incidents in which USCP was involved, and overtime use, and
discrimination complaints issues related to door closures in the house side of the Capitol were
discussed extensively.
At a hearing on March 25, 2014, the Senate subcommittee discussed the incidents in which USCP
was involved, and questions of increased access as funding returned to post-sequestration levels.
Office of Compliance
The Office of Compliance is an independent and nonpartisan agency within the legislative
branch. It was established to administer and enforce the Congressional Accountability Act, which
was enacted in 1995.14 The act applies various employment and workplace safety laws to
Congress and certain legislative branch entities.15
The Office of Compliance requested $4.02 million for FY2015, an increase of $152,000 (+3.9%)
from the $3.87 million in the FY2014 act. The House Appropriations Committee recommended
$3.96 million. The House-passed bill would provide $4.5 million (+15.3%), including the
$500,000 provided in the amendment offered by Representative Speier to provide sexual
harassment training for House offices, with funds offset from the general administration fund of
the Architect of the Capitol. The Senate-reported bill would provide $3.96 million, an increase of
$91,000 (+2.4%).
Administrative Provisions
The Senate-reported version of H.R. 4487 contains language authorizing the Office of
Compliance to send notifications to covered employees electronically.
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
CBO is a nonpartisan congressional agency created to provide objective economic and budgetary
analysis to Congress. CBO cost estimates are required for any measure reported by a regular or
conference committee that may vary revenues or expenditures.16
14 P.L. 104-1, 109 Stat. 3, January 23, 1995. The act, as amended, applies 12 civil rights, labor, and workplace safety
laws to Congress and certain legislative branch agencies. These laws are the Age Discrimination in Employment Act,
Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Employee Polygraph Protection Act, Fair
Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, Federal Services Labor-Management Relations Act,
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Rehabilitation Act of 1970, Veterans’ employment and reemployment
rights at Chapter 43 of Title 38 of the U.S. Code, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act, and Veterans Employment
Opportunities Act.
15 Among the office’s activities are administration of a dispute resolution process, investigation and enforcement of
occupational safety and health and disability provisions of the act, investigation of labor relations and enforcement of
applicable provisions, and development of educational programs regarding the act’s provisions.
16 The Congressional Budget Office is required to use estimates provided by the Joint Committee on Taxation for all
revenue legislation (Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, P.L. 99-177, §273, 99 Stat.1098,
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CBO requested $46.1 million for FY2015 (+0.8%). The House-passed bill would provide $45.7
million, which was the level contained in the FY2014 act. The Senate-reported bill would provide
$46.1 million.
Highlights of the House and Senate Hearings on the FY2015 Budget of CBO
At the House hearing on March 4, 2014, the subcommittee discussed the volume of CBO
projections, and findings and projections in recent CBO products.
Among the items discussed at the March 11, 2014, Senate subcommittee hearing were the number
of requests received by CBO and its methodologies.
Administrative Provisions
CBO requested two administrative provisions. One provision would make FY2015 funds
available for the compensation of employees in specialty occupations with non-immigrant visas
and another provision would make certain limited FY2015 unobligated balances available
through FY2016. Neither the House-passed nor Senate-reported versions of the bill contain these
provisions.
Architect of the Capitol
The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is responsible for the maintenance, operation, development,
and preservation of the United States Capitol Complex, which includes the Capitol and its
grounds, House and Senate office buildings, Library of Congress buildings and grounds, Capitol
power plant, Botanic Garden, Capitol Visitor Center, and Capitol Police buildings and grounds.
The Architect is responsible for the Supreme Court buildings and grounds, but appropriations for
their expenses are not contained in the legislative branch appropriations bill.
Overall Funding Levels
Operations of the Architect are funded in the following 10 accounts: general administration,
Capitol building, Capitol grounds, Senate office buildings, House office buildings, Capitol power
plant, Library buildings and grounds, Capitol Police buildings and grounds, Capitol Visitor
Center, and Botanic Garden.
The Architect requested $676.6 million for FY2015, an increase of 12.4% from the FY2014 level
of $602.0 million, which included $15.94 million for the next phase of the Capitol Dome
restoration project.
The House-reported bill would provide $488.6 million. The House-passed bill would provide
$484.9 million, not including funding for the Senate office buildings. This level includes an
amendment offered by Representative Gosar to reduce funding for the Botanic Garden to FY2014
(...continued)
December 12, 1985; 2 U.S.C. §621 (et seq.)).
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levels and an amendment offered by Representative Speier to offset from the general
administration fund of the Architect of the Capitol training provided by the Office of Compliance.
The Senate-reported bill would provide $600.0 million.
The FY2014 request and FY2015 House-passed and Senate-reported levels for each of the AOC
accounts is presented in Table 8.
Administrative Provisions
The House-passed version of H.R. 4487 contains an administrative provision preventing the use
of scrims containing photographs of building façades during restoration or construction projects
performed by AOC. The Senate-reported version of H.R. 4487 contains an administrative
provision related to educational outreach efforts of the United States Botanic Garden.
Highlights of the House and Senate Hearings on the FY2015 Budget of the
Architect of the Capitol
Among the items discussed at the House subcommittee hearing on March 4, 2014, were funding
for the Capitol Dome rehabilitation project, the prioritization of projects, and plans for the
renovation of the Cannon House Office Building.
At a hearing on April 8, 2014, the Senate subcommittee discussed the restoration of the Capitol
Dome, and the prioritization of projects.
Library of Congress (LOC)
The Library of Congress serves simultaneously as Congress’s parliamentary library and the de
facto national library of the United States. Its broader services to the nation include the
acquisition, maintenance, and preservation of a collection of more than 155 million items17 in a
wide range of traditional and new media; service to the general public and scholarly and library
communities; administration of U.S. copyright laws by its Copyright Office; and administration
of a national program to provide reading material to the blind and physically handicapped. Its
direct services to Congress include the provision of legal research and law-related services by the
Law Library of Congress, and a broad range of activities by the Congressional Research Service
(CRS), including in-depth and nonpartisan public policy research, analysis, and legislative
assistance for Members and committees and their staff; congressional staff training; information
and statistics retrieval; and continuing legal education for Members of both chambers and
congressional staff.
The Library requested $593.1 million for FY2015, an increase of 2.4% from the $578.98 million
provided in FY2014. The House-passed bill would provide $594.95 million (+2.8%). The Senate-
reported bill would provide $587.4 million (+1.5%).
17 Figure obtained from the Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for Fiscal Year 2012, Library of Congress,
Washington, DC, 2013, p. 5. Available at http://www.loc.gov/about/reports/.
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These figures do not include additional authority to spend receipts.18
The FY2015 budget contains the following headings:
• Salaries and expenses—The Library requested $414.5 million (+2.2%). The
House-passed bill would provide $417.7 million (+3.0%), while the Senate-
reported level would provide $409.8 (+1.0%). The FY2014 act provided $405.7
million. These figures do not include $6.35 million in authority to spend receipts.
• Copyright Office—the Library requested $19.5 million for the Copyright Office
(+7.2%). The House-reported bill would provide $20.7 million (+14.0%), while
the Senate-reported level would provide $19.56 million (+7.6%). The FY2014
act provided $18.2 million. These levels do not include authority to spend
receipts.
• Congressional Research Service—the FY2015 request contains $108.4 million
for CRS (+2.9%), the House-passed bill would provide $106.1 million (+0.7%),
and the Senate-reported bill would provide $107.8 million (+2.3%). The FY2014
act provided $105.4 million.
• Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped—the Library requested $50.7
million (+1.9%), the House-passed bill would provide $50.4 million (+1.4%),
and the Senate-reported bill would provide $50.2 million (+1.0%). The FY2014
act provided $49.8 million.
The Architect’s budget also contains funds for the Library buildings and grounds. The FY2015
request would provide $62.8 million (+17.5%). The House-passed bill would provide $41.7
million (-21.8%), and the Senate-reported bill would provide $47.6 million (-10.8%). The
FY2014 act provided $53.4 million, including $18.2 million for the requested collection storage
module at Ft. Meade.
Administrative Provision
The Library requested authority to obligate funds for reimbursable and revolving fund activities,
which was included in the House-passed and Senate-reported versions of the bill.
Highlights of the House and Senate Hearings on the FY2015 Budget of the
Library of Congress
At a hearing on March 5, 2014, the House subcommittee discussed issues in the Copyright Office,
management and planning within the Library, plans for the Twitter archive, and book
preservation.
At a hearing on April 8, 2014, the Senate subcommittee asked about core services of the Library,
the status of the Open World Leadership Center, and book preservation.
18 An example of receipts are fees paid to the LOC for copyright registration.
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Government Printing Office (GPO)19
GPO requested $128.9 million for FY2015, an increase of 8.1% from the $119.3 million provided
in the FY2014 act. The House-passed bill would provide $122.6 million (+2.8%), while the
Senate-reported bill would provide $122.1 million (+2.4%).
GPO’s budget authority is contained in three accounts: (1) congressional printing and binding, (2)
Office of Superintendent of Documents (salaries and expenses), and (3) the revolving fund.
• Congressional printing and binding—GPO requested $85.4 million (+7.1%). The
House-passed bill would provide $79.7 million, equivalent to the amount
provided in the FY2014 act. The Senate-reported bill would provide $82.5
million (+3.5%).
• Office of Superintendent of Documents (salaries and expenses)—GPO requested
$32.2 million (+2.1%). The House-passed and Senate-reported bill provides
$31.5 million, the same amount provided by the FY2014 act.
• Revolving fund—the revolving fund supports the operation and maintenance of
the Government Printing Office.20 GPO requested, and the House-passed bill
provided, $11.3 million. The Senate-reported bill would provide $8.1 million, the
same amount provided in the FY2014 act.
The congressional printing and binding account pays for expenses of printing and binding
required for congressional use, and for statutorily authorized printing, binding, and distribution of
government publications for specified recipients at no charge. Included within these publications
are the Congressional Record; Congressional Directory; Senate and House Journals; memorial
addresses of Members; nominations; U.S. Code and supplements; serial sets; publications printed
without a document or report number, for example, laws and treaties; envelopes provided to
Members of Congress for the mailing of documents; House and Senate business and committee
calendars; bills, resolutions, and amendments; committee reports and prints; committee hearings;
and other documents.
The Office of Superintendent of Documents account funds the mailing of government documents
for Members of Congress and federal agencies, as statutorily authorized; the compilation of
catalogs and indexes of government publications; and the cataloging, indexing, and distribution of
government publications to the Federal Depository and International Exchange libraries, and to
other individuals and entities, as authorized by law.
Administrative Provision
The Senate-reported version of the bill includes a provision redesignating the Government
Printing Office as the Government Publishing Office. Under this provision, the Public Printer
would also be renamed the Director of the Government Publishing Office, while also making all
19 For additional information on GPO, see CRS Report R40897, Congressional Printing: Background and Issues for
Congress, by R. Eric Petersen and Amber Hope Wilhelm.
20 For additional information, see CRS Report R40939, Legislative Branch Revolving Funds, by Ida A. Brudnick and
Jacob R. Straus.
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references to staff gender neutral. A separate bill redesignating GPO, S. 1947, was reported by the
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration in January 2014.
Highlights of House and Senate Hearings on the FY2015 Budget of the
Government Printing Office
The House subcommittee met on March 4, 2014, to discuss GPO’s FY2015 budget request. The
topics discussed included activities of the agency during the funding lapse, costs of printing and
digital provision of government information, production of passports and secure credentials, the
revolving fund, equal employment opportunity complaints, and the Federal Digital System
(FDSys).
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
GAO responds to requests for studies of federal government programs and expenditures. GAO
may also initiate its own work.21
GAO requested $525.1 million for FY2015, not including offsetting collections. This represents
an increase of 3.9% from the $505.4 million received in FY2014. The House-passed bill would
provide $519.6 million (+2.8%), while the Senate-reported bill would provide $525.5 (+4.0%).
These levels do not include offsetting collections.22
Administrative Provisions
GAO requested three administrative provisions: (1) amending the reviews and reports required by
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; (2) authorizing the detail of personnel
from other branches or agencies of the Federal Government to GAO; and (3) establishing a
Center for Audit Excellence to be operated on a fee-based basis.
H.R. 4487, as passed by the House and reported by the Senate, included language establishing the
Center.
Highlights of House and Senate Hearings on the FY2015 Budget of the GAO
At the House hearing on March 5, 2014, the subcommittee discussed issues including the number
of requests accepted by GAO, savings achieved from GAO recommendations, and plans and
justification for the Center for Audit Excellence.
The Senate subcommittee met on March 11, 2014, and discussed the number of requests received
from Congress, performance management, and plans for the Center for Audit Excellence.
21 GAO’s guidelines for initiating studies are contained in U.S. Government Accountability Office, GAO’s
Congressional Protocols, GAO-04-310G (Washington: GAO, 2004). Posted on the website of the Government
Accountability Office at http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/d04310g.pdf.
22 Offsetting collections include funds derived from reimbursable audits and rental of space in the GAO building.
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Open World Leadership Center
The Open World Leadership Center administers a program that supports democratic changes in
other countries by inviting their leaders to observe democracy and free enterprise in the United
States. The first program was authorized by Congress in 1999 to support the relationship between
Russia and the United States. The program encouraged young federal and local Russian leaders to
visit the United States and observe its government and society.
Established at the Library of Congress as the Center for Russian Leadership Development in
2000, the center was renamed the Open World Leadership Center in 2003, when the program was
expanded to include specified additional countries.23 In 2004, Congress further extended the
program’s eligibility to other countries designated by the center’s board of trustees, subject to
congressional consideration.24 The center is housed in the Library and receives services from the
Library through an inter-agency agreement.
Open World requested $8.0 million for FY2015, an increase of 33.3% from the $6.0 million
provided in FY2014.
The House-passed bill provides $3.42 million (-43.0%). In discussion during the subcommittee
markup of the bill, subcommittee chair Tom Cole of Oklahoma stated that the reduction was
developed in consultation with House leadership, and represented the percentage of Russian
participants in Open World programs.
The Senate-reported bill would provide $5.7 million, a decrease of $300,000 (-5.0%).
John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development
The center was created by Congress in 1988 to encourage public service by congressional staff
through training and development programs.25 The center requested $430,000 for FY2015, which
was the level provided in the House-passed and Senate-reported bill, and in the FY2014 act.
Previously, $430,000, not including the across-board-rescission or sequestration, was provided for
the center in FY2013. The FY2013 Senate-reported bill would have provided the requested level
of $430,000. The FY2013 House-passed bill did not provide funding for the Stennis Center, and
the House report stated the following:
The fiscal year 2012 Conference Agreement (H.Rept. 112-331) directed that future budget
requests from the John C. Stennis Center be accompanied by an appropriately detailed
budget justification as requested in H.Rept. 112-148. The Committee did not receive such
justification and therefore has not provided the requested funding.26
23 P.L. 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-120, December 21, 2000; P.L. 108-7, 117 Stat. 382, February 20, 2003.
According to the 2003 act, the additional countries include “any country specified in §3 of the FREEDOM Support Act
(22 U.S.C. 5801),” and “Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.” The countries specified in 22 U.S.C. 5801 are Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and
Uzbekistan.
24 P.L. 108-447, 118 Stat. 3192, December 8, 2004.
25 2 U.S.C. 1105. See also http://www.stennis.gov/.
26 U.S. Congress, House Committee on Appropriations, FY2013 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill, H.Rept. 112-
511, report to accompany H.R. 5882 (Washington: GPO, 2012), p. 20.
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The $430,000 and directive for budget justifications included in the FY2012 conference report
followed language in H.Rept. 112-148, the FY2012 House report, which stated the following:
The Center was created by Congress in 1988 with an appropriation of $7.5 million which
subsequently was transferred to the John C. Stennis Trust Fund and invested in non-
expendable corpus Special Issue Certificates of Indebtedness with the U.S. Treasury. As
reflected in the current Budget of the United States, the Center has $15 million invested with
the Treasury, and at a 2 percent return should generate $300,000 that can be utilized for the
annual operation of the program. Since the principal of the fund has doubled from the
original appropriation and with reduced funding within the Legislative Branch, the
Committee has provided zero funding for the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service
Training and Development.
The Committee directs that any further budget request from the John C. Stennis Center be
accompanied by an appropriately detailed budget justification.
The Stennis Center was funded at $430,000 in FY2011 (less 0.2% from an across-the-board
rescission), FY2010, FY2009, FY2008 (less 0.25% rescission from an across-the-board
rescission), and FY2007.
General Provisions
The House-passed and Senate-reported versions of H.R. 4487 included recurring general
provisions prohibiting appropriated funds for the maintenance and care of private vehicles;
limiting funds to FY2015 unless otherwise expressly provided; making any changes in rates of
compensation and designation permanent; making consulting services contracts a matter of public
record; authorizing the costs of Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC);
authorizing landscape maintenance by the AOC in a specified area; limiting transfers; and
prohibiting restrictions on guided staff tours of the Capitol.
Both the House-passed and Senate-reported versions also included a provision freezing pay for
Members of Congress in 2015. Salaries for Members of Congress, however, are neither funded
nor increased in the legislative branch bill. In other years, provisions to prohibit the automatic
adjustments have been discussed during consideration of other bills, and a prohibition could be
included in any bill, or be introduced as a separate bill. For a list of the laws that have previously
contained provisions prohibiting the annual pay adjustments, see “Table 3. Legislative Vehicles
Used for Pay Prohibitions, Enacted Dates, and Pay Language” in CRS Report 97-1011, Salaries
of Members of Congress: Recent Actions and Historical Tables, by Ida A. Brudnick.
The Senate-reported bill also included restrictions for bonus awards to contractors for work on
projects for which the contractor is behind schedule or over budget.
Table 4 through Table 8 provide information on funding levels for the legislative branch overall,
the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Capitol Police, and the Architect of the Capitol.
The tables are followed by an Appendix, which lists House, Senate, and conference bills and
reports and public law numbers and enactment dates since FY1998.
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Table 4. Legislative Branch Appropriations: Funding Levels by Agency or Entity
(in thousands of dollars)
FY2015
FY2015
FY2014
FY2015
House-
Senate-
FY2015
Entity
Enacted
Requested
Passed
Reported
Enacted
Title 1: Legislative Branch Appropriations
Senate $859,293
$907,271
—a $865,913
House of Representatives
1,180,908
1,200,509
1,180,735
1,180,735b
Joint Itemsc
18,994 19,195 18,965 19,112
Capitol
Police
338,459 355,663 347,959 344,047
Office of Compliance
3,868
4,020
4,459
3,959
Congressional Budget Office
45,700
46,078
45,700
46,057
Architect of the Capitol
602,030
676,631
484,898a 600,000b
Library of Congress, Including CRS
578,982
593,066
594,952
587,425
Congressional Research Service, Lib. of Cong.
105,350
108,382
106,095
107,796
Government Printing Office
119,300
128,919
122,584
122,109
Government Accountability Office
505,383 525,116 519,622 525,513
Open World Leadership Center
6,000
8,000
3,420
5,700
Stennis Center for Public Service
430
430
430
430
Other
-1,000 0 -1,000
-1,000
Title II: General Provisions
0
0
0
0
Total Legislative Branch
$4,258,347
$4,464,898
$3,322,724a $4,300,000
Source: P.L. 113-76, the FY2015 U.S. Budget, H.Rept. 113-417, and S.Rept. 113-196.
Notes:
a. By tradition, the House does not consider appropriations for Senate operations or Senate Office Buildings.
b.
By tradition, the Senate does not consider appropriations for House operations or House Office Buildings.
c. The FY2015 budget request contains the fol owing under “Joint Items”: the Joint Economic Committee, the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Office of the
Attending Physician, and the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services.
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Table 5. Senate Appropriations
(in thousands of dollars)
FY2015
FY2015
FY2014
FY2015
House-
Senate-
FY2015
Accounts
Enacted
Request
Passeda
Reported
Enacted
Payments—Heirs of Deceased Members of
$174b
$0 — $0
Congress
Expense Al owances and Representation
205
205
—
205
Salaries, Officers, and Employees
175,950
179,863
—
177,350
Office of Legislative Counsel
5,192
5,277
—
5,409
Office of Legal Counsel
1,109
1,126
—
1,120
Expense Al owances for Secretary of Senate, et al.
28
28
—
28
Contingent Expenses (subtotal)
676,635
720,772
—
681,801
Inquiries and Investigations
132,000
134,000
—
133,265
Senate Intl. Narcotics Caucus
494
520
—
508
Secretary of the Senatec
6,250
6,250 — 6,250
Sergeant at Arms/Doorkeeperd
128,210
128,800 — 130,300
Miscel aneous
Items
19,400
21,178 — 21,178
Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense
390,000
429,724 — 390,000
Account
Official Mail Costs
281
300
—
300
Total, Senate
$859,293
$907,271
—a $865,913
Source: P.L. 113-76, the FY2015 U.S. Budget, H.Rept. 113-417, and S.Rept. 113-196.
Notes:
a. By tradition, the House does not consider appropriations for Senate operations.
b. Provided in P.L. 113-46.
c. Office operations of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate are also funded under “Salaries, Officers, and Employees.”
d. Office operations of the Office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper are also funded under “Salaries, Officers, and Employees.”
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(in thousands of dollars)
FY2015
FY2015
FY2014
FY2015
House-
Senate-
FY2015
Accounts
Enacted
Request
Passed
Reporteda
Enacted
Payments—Heirs of Deceased Members of Congress
$174
—
—
—
Salaries and Expenses, Total
$1,180,908
$1,200,510
$1,180,736
$1,180,736
House Leadership Offices
22,278
22,725
22,278
22,278
Members’ Representational Allowance
554,318
565,404
554,318
554,318
Committee Employees (subtotal)
147,174
150,071
147,174
147,174
Standing Committees, Special and Select, except Appropriations
123,903
126,335
123,903
123,903
Appropriations Committee
23,271
23,736
23,271
23,271
Salaries, Officers, and Employees (subtotal)
172,655
175,226
171,345
171,345
Office of the Clerk
24,009
24,639
24,009
24,009
Office of the Sergeant at Arms
14,777
12,058
11,927
11,927
Office of Chief Administrative Officer
113,100
116,163
113,100
113,100
Office of Inspector General
4,742
4,742
4,742
4,742
Office of General Counsel
1,341
1,353
1,341
1,341
Office of the Parliamentarian
1,952
1,971
1,952
1,952
Office of the Law Revision Counsel
3,088
4,114
4,088
4,088
Office of the Legislative Counsel
8,353
8,893
8,893
8,893
Office of Interparliamentary Affairs
814
814
814
814
Other Authorized Employees
479
479
479
479
Allowances and Expenses (subtotal)
284,309
287,083
285,620
285,620
Supplies, Materials, Administrative Costs and Federal Tort Claims
3,503
4,153
4,153
4,153
Official Mail for committees, leadership, administrative and
190 190 190 190
legislative offices
Government Contributions
258,081
258,081
256,636
256,636
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FY2015
FY2015
FY2014
FY2015
House-
Senate-
FY2015
Accounts
Enacted
Request
Passed
Reporteda
Enacted
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Emergency
16,217 16,217 16,217 16,217
Appropriations
Miscel aneous Items
720
720
720
720
Transition Activities
1,631
3,737
3,737
3,737
Wounded Warrior Program
2,500
2,500
2,500
2,500
Office of Congressional Ethics
1,467
1,485
1,467
1,467
House of Representatives, Total
$1,180,908
$1,200,509
$1,180,735
$1,180,735a
Sources: P.L. 113-76, the FY2015 U.S. Budget, H.Rept. 113-417, and S.Rept. 113-196.
a. By tradition, the Senate does not consider appropriations for House operations. Amounts in this column are unchanged from the amounts in the House-passed bill.
Table 7. Capitol Police Appropriations
(in thousands of dollars)
FY2015
FY2015
FY2014
FY2015
House-
Senate-
FY2015
Accounts
Enacted
Request
Passed
Reported
Enacted
Salaries, Capitol Police
$279,000
$291,403
$286,500
$284,588
General Expenses
59,459
64,260
61,459
59,459
Total, Capitol Police
$338,459
$355,663
$347,959
$344,047
Source: P.L. 113-76, the FY2015 U.S. Budget, H.Rept. 113-417, and S.Rept. 113-196.
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Table 8. Architect of the Capitol Appropriations
(in thousands of dollars)
FY2015
FY2015
FY2014
FY2015
House-
Senate-
FY2015
Accounts
Enacted
Request
Passed
Reported
Enacted
General
administration
$90,277 $96,433 $91,055 $93,348
Capitol
building
61,376 57,545 53,126 53,313
Capitol
grounds
13,860 14,366 11,993 11,973
Senate office buildings
72,990
109,221
—a 100,272
House
of
Representatives
House office buildings
71,622
108,934
71,622
71,622b
House Historic Buildings
70,000 70,000 70,000 70,000b
Revitalization Fund
Capitol power plantc
116,678
94,990
93,152
94,768
Library buildings and grounds
53,391
62,756
41,733
47,628
Capitol Police buildings and grounds
19,348
25,605
19,486
20,659
Botanic
garden
11,856 15,686 11,856 15,573
Capitol Visitor Center
20,632
21,095
20,875
20,844
Total, Architect of the Capitol
$602,030
$676,631
$484,898d $600,000
Source: P.L. 113-76, the FY2015 U.S. Budget, H.Rept. 113-417, and S.Rept. 113-196.
Notes:
a. The House does not consider appropriations for Senate office buildings.
b. The Senate does not consider appropriations for House office buildings.
c. Not including offsetting collections.
d. Levels include floor-passed amendments related to General Administration and the Botanic Garden.
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Appendix. Fiscal Year Information and Resources
Table A-1. Overview of Legislative Branch Appropriations: FY1998-FY2015
House, Senate, Conference, and CRS Reports and Related Legislative Vehicles
Fiscal
Enactment
CRS
Year House Senate Conference Enacted
Vehicle Title
Report
H.Rept.
S.Rept.
2015
113-417
113-196
___ ___ ___
___
(H.R.
(H.R.
4487)
4487)
H.Rept.
S.Rept.
explanatory
1/17/2014
Consolidated
CRS Report R43151,
113-173
113-70
materials
(P.L. 113-76)
Appropriations Act,
Legislative Branch:
2014
(H.R.
(S. 1283) inserted into the
2014
FY2014 Appropriations
2792)
Congressional
Record
(H.R. 3547)
H.Rept.
S.Rept.
3/26/2013
Consolidated and
CRS Report R42500,
2013
112-511
112-197
___
(P.L. 113-6)
Further Continuing
Legislative Branch:
(H.R.
(H.R.
Appropriations Act,
FY2013 Appropriations
5882)
5882)
2013
H.Rept.
S.Rept.
H.Rept. 112-331
12/23/2011
Consolidated
CRS Report R41870,
112-148 112-80
(H.R. 2055)
(P.L. 112-74)
Appropriations Act,
Legislative Branch:
2012
(H.R.
(H.R.
2012
FY2012 Appropriations
2551)
2551)
S.Rept.
4/15/2011
Department of
CRS Report R41214,
111-294
(P.L. 112-10)
Defense and Ful -Year Legislative Branch:
2011 ___ (S. 3799)
___
Continuing
FY2011 Appropriations
Appropriations Act,
2011
H.Rept.
S.Rept.
H.Rept. 111-265
10/1/2009
Legislative Branch
CRS Report R40617,
111-160 111-29
(H.R. 2918)
(P.L. 111-68)
Appropriations Act,
Legislative Branch:
2010
(H.R.
(S. 1294)
2010
FY2010 Appropriations
2918)
explanatory
3/11/2009
Omnibus
CRS Report RL34490,
materials
(P.L. 111-8)
Appropriations Act,
Legislative Branch:
inserted into the
2009
FY2009 Appropriations
Congressional
2009 ___ ___ Record and
issued in a
committee print
(H.R.1105)
H.Rept.
S.Rept.
explanatory
12/26/2007
Consolidated
CRS Report RL34031,
110-198 110-89
materials
(P.L. 110-
Appropriations Act,
Legislative Branch:
2008
(H.R.
inserted into the 161)
2008
FY2008 Appropriations
2771)
(S. 1686) Congressional
Record
(H.R. 2764)
H.Rept.
S.Rept.
2/15/2007
Revised Continuing
CRS Report RL33379,
2007
109-485 109-267
___
(P.L. 110-5)
Appropriations
Legislative Branch:
(H.R.
(H.R.
Resolution, 2007
FY2007 Appropriations
5521)
5521)
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Fiscal
Enactment
CRS
Year House Senate Conference Enacted
Vehicle Title
Report
H.Rept.
S.Rept.
H.Rept. 109-189
8/02/2005
FY2006 Legislative
CRS Report RL32819,
2006
109-139
109-89
(H.R. 2985)
(P.L. 109-55) Branch
Legislative Branch:
(H.R.
(H.R.
Appropriations Act
FY2006 Appropriations
2985)
2985)
H.Rept.
S.Rept.
H.Rept. 108-792
12/8/2004
Consolidated
CRS Report RL32312,
108-577
108-307
H.R. 4818
(P.L. 108-
Appropriations Act,
Appropriations for
2005
(H.R.
(S. 2666)
447)
2005
FY2005: Legislative
4755)
Branch
H.Rept.
S.Rept.
H.Rept. 108-279
9/30/2003
Legislative Branch
CRS Report RL31812,
108-186
108-88
(H.R. 2657)
(P.L. 108-83)
Appropriations Act,
Appropriations for
2004
(H.R.
(S. 1383)
2004
FY2004: Legislative
2657)
Branch
H.Rept.
S.Rept.
2/20/2003
Consolidated
CRS Report RL31312,
107-576
107-209
(P.L. 108-7)
Appropriations
Appropriations for
2003
(H.R.
(S. 2720)
___
Resolution, 2003
FY2003: Legislative
5121)
Branch
H.Rept.
S.Rept.
H.Rept. 107-259
11/12/2001
Legislative Branch
CRS Report RL31012,
107-169
107-37
(H.R. 2647)
(P.L. 107-68)
Appropriations Act,
Appropriations for
2002
(H.R.
(S. 1172)
2002
FY2002: Legislative
2647)
Branch
H.Rept.
S.Rept.
H.Rept. 106-796
12/21/2000
Consolidated
CRS Report RL30512,
2001
106-635
106-304
(H.R. 4516,
(P.L. 106-
Appropriations Act,
Appropriations for
(H.R.
(S. 2603) incorporated
554)
2001
FY2001: Legislative
4516)
into H.R. 4577)
Branch
H.Rept.
S.Rept.
H.Rept. 106-290
9/29/1999
Legislative Branch
CRS Report RL30212,
2000
106-156
106-75
(H.R. 1905)
(P.L. 106-57)
Appropriations Act,
Appropriations for
(H.R.
(S. 1206)
2000
FY2000: Legislative
1905)
Branch
H.Rept.
S.Rept.
H.Rept. 105-734
10/21/1998
Legislative Branch
CRS Report 98-212,
1999
105-595
105-204
(H.R. 4112)
(P.L. 105-
Appropriations Act,
Appropriations for
(H.R.
(S. 2137)
275)
1999
FY1999: Legislative
4112)
Branch
H.Rept.
S.Rept.
H.Rept. 105-254
10/7/1997
Legislative Branch
CRS Report 97-212,
1998
105-196
105-47
(H.R. 2209)
(P.L. 105-55)
Appropriations Act,
Appropriations for
(H.R.
(S. 1019)
1998
FY1998: Legislative
2209)
Branch
Source: Congressional Research Service examination of LIS.
Selected Websites
These sites contain information on the FY2015 legislative branch appropriations requests and
legislation, and the appropriations process:
House Committee on Appropriations
http://appropriations.house.gov/
Senate Committee on Appropriations
http://appropriations.senate.gov/
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CRS Appropriations Products Guide
http://www.crs.gov/Pages/AppropriationsStatusTable.aspx?source=QuickLinks
Congressional Budget Office
http://www.cbo.gov
Government Accountability Office
http://www.gao.gov
Office of Management and Budget
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/
Author Contact Information
R. Eric Petersen
Ida A. Brudnick
Specialist in American National Government
Specialist on the Congress
epetersen@crs.loc.gov, 7-0643
ibrudnick@crs.loc.gov, 7-6460
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