104 STAT. 2268 PUBLIC LAW 101-520—NOV. 5, 1990 the property described in subsection (a), subject to direction by the Committee on Rules and Administration. (e) The authority under this section shall continue until otherwise provided by law. HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the House office buildings, including the position of Superintendent of Garages as authorized by law, $30,800,000, of which $3,105,000 shall remain available until expended. CAPITOL POWER PLANT For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; for lighting, heating, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House office buildings. Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds about the same. Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and for air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of such buildings; for heating the Government Printing Office and Washington City Post Office and heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, Union Station complex and the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, $31,827,000, of which $3,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That of the funds to remain available until expended, $3,000,000 shall be available for obligation without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended: Provided further. That not to exceed $2,400,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 1991. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS Wages. SEC. 108. (a) Effective as of the first day of the first applicable pay Government period beginning on or after the date of enactment of this Act, the EffectwT^ compensation of the Director of Engineering (under the Architect of date. the Capitol) shall be equal to the rate of basic pay payable for level 40 USC 166b-3b. V of the Executive Schedule. (b)(1) Effective beginning with any pay period beginning on or after the date of enactment of this Act, the Architect of the Capitol may fix the rate of basic pay— (A) for not more than one of the positions under paragraph (2) at a rate not to exceed the rate payable for grade GS-18 of the General Schedule; and (B) for any other position under paragraph (2), at such rate as the Architect considers appropriate for such position, not to exceed the rate payable for step 2 of grade GS-17 of the General Schedule. (2) Authority under paragraph (1) may be exercised with respect to any of the following positions under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol: (A) The Senior Landscape Architect. (B) The Administrative Assistant. (C) The Executive Officer.
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