118 STAT. 3179 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 insurance, and other applicable employee benefits, $203,440,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. GENERAL EXPENSES For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, stenographic services, personal and professional services, the employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, communication services, travel advances, relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official representation and reception expenses, $28,888,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 2005 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland Security from funds available to the Department of Homeland Security. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2005 for the Capitol Police may be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives. SEC. 1002. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN HIRING AUTHORITY OF CAP ITOL POLICE. Section 1006(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropria tions Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–83; 117 Stat. 1023) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3)— (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting at the end ‘‘The Chief of Police may hire individuals under this subsection who are not submitted for selection under this subpara graph. All hirings under this subparagraph shall comply with the limitations under this paragraph for any fiscal year.’’; and (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘(C) LIMITATION.— ’’ and inserting ‘‘(C) LIMITATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004.— ’’; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(D) LIMITATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005.—During fiscal year 2005, the number of individuals hired under this subsection may not exceed— ‘‘(i) the number of Library of Congress Police employees who separated from service or transferred to a position other than a Library of Congress Police employee position during fiscal year 2004 for whom a corresponding hire was not made under this sub section; and ‘‘(ii) the number of Library of Congress Police employees who separate from service or transfer to a position other than a Library of Congress Police employee position during fiscal year 2005.’’; and 2 USC 1901 note.
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