H.R. 5683: To improve certain administrative operations of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, and for other purposes.

111th Congress · introduced 2010-07-01 · Congress · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

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Where it came from: introduced 2010-07-01 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To improve certain administrative operations of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 to increase from up to 12 to up to 32 the number of positions under the Architect of the Capitol (AOC) jurisdiction for which the AOC may fix the rate of basic pay at a rate not to exceed the highest total rate of pay for the Senior Executive Service for the locality involved. Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 to specify that any multiyear contract for the acquisition of property the AOC is authorized to enter into may include a lease for between one and 10 program years.

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Official text

To improve certain administrative operations of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] · 0 cosponsors

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Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Jurisdiction: The area or the matters a government or court has authority over.

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr5683.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>

Record fed-us-cong111-hr5683 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111