Bill > HR4249

This bill makes appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. * **Joint Economic Committee:** $4,283,000 for salaries and expenses. * **Joint Committee on Taxation:** $14,900,000 for salaries and expenses. * **Office of the Attending Physician:** $4,856,000 for medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses, including allowances for medical staff. * **Office of Congressional Accessibility Services:** $1,901,000 for salaries and expenses. * **Capitol Police:** $687,355,000 for salaries, including overtime, and benefits, with $15,000,000 specifically for tuition reimbursement, recruitment, and retention bonuses. * **Capitol Police General Expenses:** $203,546,000 for various operational expenses, including training and equipment, with $10,000,000 available until September 30, 2030, for mutual aid and training. * **Office of Congressional Workplace Rights:** $8,350,000 for salaries and expenses. * **Congressional Budget Office:** $72,000,000 for salaries and expenses, with at least $500,000 dedicated to improving technical systems for budgetary transparency and increasing the availability of models, assumptions, and data. * **Architect of the Capitol:** * $166,303,000 for capital construction and operations, including salaries, surveys, construction, and administrative support for various facilities. * $68,560,000 for the maintenance, care, and operation of the Capitol Building, with $32,899,000 remaining available until September 30, 2030. * $19,939,000 for the care and improvement of Capitol grounds, with $3,000,000 remaining available until September 30, 2030. * $123,672,000 for the maintenance, care, and operation of House office buildings, with $32,140,000 remaining available until September 30, 2030, and $10,500,000 for the House Historic Buildings Revitalization Fund. * $119,926,000 for the maintenance, care, and operation of the Capitol Power Plant, with $8,200,000 remaining available until September 30, 2030. * $76,829,000 for the maintenance, care, and operation of Library buildings and grounds, with $37,200,000 remaining available until September 30, 2030. * $74,910,000 for the maintenance, care, and operation of Capitol Police buildings, grounds, and security enhancements, with $10,000,000 remaining available until September 30, 2030. * $21,392,000 for the Botanic Garden, with $5,000,000 remaining available until September 30, 2030. * $29,827,000 for the operation of the Capitol Visitor Center. * **Library of Congress:** $501,902,900 for salaries and expenses, including specific amounts for the Teaching with Primary Sources program ($10,360,000), Legislative Branch Financial Management System upgrade ($1,546,000), Surplus Books Program ($150,000), and Veterans History Project ($4,379,000), all of which remain available until expended. * **Copyright Office:** $101,476,000 for salaries and expenses, with a significant portion derived from collections. $10,300,000 is for modernization initiatives, with $8,000,000 remaining available until September 30, 2027. * **Congressional Research Service:** $141,093,000 for salaries and expenses. * **National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled:** $68,001,000 for salaries and expenses, with $650,000 for contracting to provide newspapers to blind and print-disabled residents. * **Government Publishing Office:** * $83,000,000 for authorized publishing of congressional and government information. * $42,852,000 for public information programs of the Superintendent of Documents. * $9,525,000 for the Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund for IT development and facilities repair. * **Government Accountability Office:** $415,370,000 for salaries and expenses, with $5,000,000 remaining available until expended. An additional $35,424,000 from payments received under specific titles of U.S. Code is available without fiscal year limitation. * **Congressional Office for International Leadership Fund:** $6,300,000 for financing activities. * **John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development:** $430,000 for payment to the Trust Fund. The bill also includes several provisions that restrict or condition the use of funds, such as prohibiting the use of funds for certain technology manufactured in China, limiting vehicle leasing costs, and prohibiting diversity, equity, and inclusion training that promotes divisive concepts. It also addresses cybersecurity assistance for the House of Representatives and sets limitations on the procurement of certain telecommunications equipment. The bill specifies that funds appropriated are generally available only for fiscal year 2026, unless otherwise stated.

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