APPENDICES

Appendix D: Reimbursable Accounts Summary

AOC has responsibility for a number of trust and revolving funds, along with reimbursable accounts. The trust and revolving funds are identified and described in Section III: Financial Information under financial statement Note 1.F. The reimbursable accounts are summarized below.

AOC Reimbursements Collected and Posted to a Specific AOC Appropriation

Battery Recharging Stations (2 U.S.C. §2170, P.L. 112-167 (Senate); and 2 U.S.C. §2171, P.L. 112-170 (House). In 2012, AOC was authorized to establish battery recharging stations for privately owned vehicles in parking areas under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives at no net cost to the Federal Government. Any fees, charges, or commissions collected by AOC shall be deposited to the credit of the appropriations account for the Capitol Power Plant. Monies deposited are available for obligation in the fiscal year collected or the fiscal year following the year collected.

Capitol Complex E–85 Refueling Station (2 U.S.C. §2169; P.L. 110-140, Title V, §502). In 2007, AOC was authorized to construct a fuel tank and pumping system for E–85 fuel at or within close proximity to the Capitol Grounds Fuel Station. The AOC’s E–85 fuel tank and pumping system “shall be available for use by all legislative branch vehicles capable of operating with E–85 fuel, subject to such other legislative branch agencies reimbursing the Architect of the Capitol for the costs of E–85 fuel used by such other legislative branch vehicles.”

Disposition of Surplus or Obsolete Personal Property (2 U.S.C. §1817a; P.L. 111-68, Div. A, Title I, §1301). In 2009, AOC was authorized, “within the limits of available appropriations, to dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by inter-agency transfer, donation, sale, trade-in, or discarding. Amounts received for the sale or trade-in of personal property shall be credited to funds available for the operations of the Architect of the Capitol and be available for the costs of acquiring the same or similar property. Such funds shall be available for such purposes during the fiscal year received and the following fiscal year.”

Utility Reimbursements for Steam and Chilled Water (P.L. 113-76, Div. I, Title I, and prior year Appropriations Acts). The Capitol Power Plant may collect amounts for the 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 air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 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 the appropriation for the Capitol Power Plant.