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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2739

To provide for a representational allowance for Members of the House of

Representatives, to make technical and conforming changes to sundry

provisions of law in consequence of administrative reforms in the House

of Representatives, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

DECEMBER 7, 1995

Mr. THOMAS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on House Oversight

A BILL

To provide for a representational allowance for Members

of the House of Representatives, to make technical and

conforming changes to sundry provisions of law in consequence of administrative reforms in the House of Representatives, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 TITLE I—PROVISIONS RELATING

2 TO ALLOWANCES AND AC3 COUNTS IN THE HOUSE OF

4 REPRESENTATIVES

5 SECTION. 101. REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCE FOR MEM6 BERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established for the House

8 of Representatives a single allowance, to be known as the

9 ‘‘Members’ Representational Allowance’’, which shall be

10 available to support the conduct of the official and rep11 resentational duties of a Member of the House of Rep12 resentatives with respect to the district from which the

13 Member is elected.

14 (b) MERGER.—The Clerk Hire Allowance, the Offi15 cial Expenses Allowance, and the Official Mail Allowance,

16 as in effect on the day before the effective date of this

17 section, are merged into the Members’ Representational

18 Allowance.

19 (c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term

20 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep21 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner

22 to, the Congress.

23 (d) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Over24 sight of the House of Representatives shall have authority

25 to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
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1 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect

2 on September 1, 1995 and shall apply with respect to offi3 cial and representational duties carried out on or after

4 that date.

5 SEC. 102. ADJUSTMENT OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

6 ALLOWANCES BY COMMITTEE ON HOUSE

7 OVERSIGHT.

8 House Resolution 457, Ninety-second Congress,

9 agreed to July 21, 1971, as enacted into permanent law

10 by chapter IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act,

11 1972 (2 U.S.C. 57), is amended to read as follows:

12 ‘‘SECTION 1. ADJUSTMENT OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTA13 TIVES ALLOWANCES BY COMMITTEE ON

14 HOUSE OVERSIGHT.

15 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provision of law

16 specified in subsection (b), the Committee on House Over17 sight of the House of Representatives may, by order of

18 the Committee, fix and adjust the amounts, terms, and

19 conditions of, and other matters relating to, allowances of

20 the House of Representatives within the following cat21 egories:

22 ‘‘(1) For Members of the House of Representa23 tives, the Members’ Representational Allowance, in24 cluding all aspects of the Official Mail Allowance

25 within the jurisdiction of the Committee under sec-
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1 tion 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations

2 Act, 1991.

3 ‘‘(2) For committees, the Speaker, the majority

4 and minority leaders, the Clerk, the Sergeant at

5 Arms, and the Chief Administrative Officer, allow6 ances for official mail (including all aspects of the

7 Official Mail Allowance within the jurisdiction of the

8 Committee under section 311 of the Legislative

9 Branch Appropriations Act, 1991), stationery, and

10 telephone and telegraph and other communications.

11 ‘‘(b) PROVISION SPECIFIED.—The provision of law

12 referred to in subsection (a) is House Resolution 1372,

13 Ninety-fourth Congress, agreed to July 1, 1976, as en14 acted into permanent law by section 101 of the Legislative

15 Branch Appropriation Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 57a).

16 ‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term

17 ‘Member of the House of Representatives’ means a Rep18 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner

19 to, the Congress.’’.

20 SEC. 103. LIMITATION ON ALLOWANCE AUTHORITY OF

21 COMMITTEE ON HOUSE OVERSIGHT.

22 House Resolution 1372, Ninety-fourth Congress,

23 agreed to July 1, 1976, as enacted into permanent law

24 by section 101 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation

25 Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 57a), is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON ALLOWANCE AUTHORITY OF

2 COMMITTEE ON HOUSE OVERSIGHT.

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An order under the provision of

4 law specified in subsection (c) may fix or adjust the allow5 ances of the House of Representatives only by reason of—

6 ‘‘(1) a change in the price of materials, services,

7 or office space;

8 ‘‘(2) a technological change or other improve9 ment in office equipment; or

10 ‘‘(3) an increase under section 5303 of title 5,

11 United States Code, in rates of pay under the Gen12 eral Schedule.

13 ‘‘(b) RESOLUTION REQUIREMENT.—In the case of

14 reasons other than the reasons specified in paragraph (1),

15 (2), or (3) of subsection (a), the fixing and adjustment

16 of the allowances of the House of Representatives in the

17 categories described in the provision of law specified in

18 subsection (c) may be carried out only by resolution of

19 the House of Representatives.

20 ‘‘(c) PROVISION SPECIFIED.—The provision of law

21 referred to in subsections (a) and (b) is House Resolution

22 457, Ninety-second Congress, agreed to July 21, 1971, as

23 enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of the Supple24 mental Appropriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C. 57).’’.
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1 SEC. 104. CLERK HIRE EMPLOYEES OF MEMBERS OF THE

2 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Under the Members’ Representa4 tional Allowance, each Member of the House of Represent5 atives may employ not more than 18 permanent clerk hire

6 employees and a total of not more than 4 additional clerk

7 hire employees in the following categories:

8 (1) Interns.

9 (2) Part-time employees.

10 (3) Shared employees.

11 (4) Temporary employees.

12 (5) Employees on leave without pay.

13 (b) BENEFIT EXCLUSION.—For purposes of this sec14 tion, interns and temporary employees shall be excluded

15 from the operation of the following provisions of title 5,

16 United States Code:

17 (1) Chapter 84 (relating to the Federal Em18 ployees’ Retirement System).

19 (2) Chapter 87 (relating to life insurance).

20 (3) Chapter 89 (relating to health insurance).

21 (c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—

22 (1) the term ‘‘Member of the House of Rep23 resentatives’’ means a Representative in, or a Dele24 gate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;

25 (2) the term ‘‘intern’’ means, with respect to a

26 Member of the House of Representatives, an individ-
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1 ual who serves in the office of the Member in the

2 District of Columbia for not more than 120 days in

3 a 12-month period and whose service is primarily for

4 the educational experience of the individual;

5 (3) the term ‘‘part-time employee’’ means, with

6 respect to a Member of the House of Representa7 tives, an individual who is employed by the Member

8 and whose normally assigned work schedule is not

9 more than the equivalent of 15 full working days per

10 month;

11 (4) the term ‘‘temporary employee’’ means, with

12 respect to a Member of the House of Representa13 tives, an individual who is employed for a specific

14 purpose or task and who is employed for not more

15 than 90 days in a 12-month period, except that the

16 term of such employment may be extended with the

17 written approval of the Committee on House Over18 sight; and

19 (5) the term ‘‘shared employee’’ means an em20 ployee who is paid by more than one employing au21 thority of the House of Representatives.

22 (d) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Over23 sight shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry

24 out this section.
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1 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The following pro2 visions of law are repealed:

3 (1) The first section of the Joint Resolution en4 titled ‘‘Joint resolution providing for pay to clerks to

5 Members of Congress and Delegates’’, approved

6 January 25, 1923 (2 U.S.C. 92).

7 (2) House Resolution 359, Ninety-sixth Con8 gress, agreed to July 20, 1979, as enacted into per9 manent law by the bill H.R. 7593, entitled the ‘‘Leg10 islative Branch Appropriation Act, 1981’’, as passed

11 by the House of Representatives on July 21, 1980,

12 and enacted into permanent law by section 101(c) of

13 Public Law 96–536 (2 U.S.C. 92 note).

14 (3) The first section of House Resolution 357,

15 Ninety-first Congress, agreed to June 25, 1969, as

16 enacted into permanent law by section 103 of the

17 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1970 (2

18 U.S.C. 92 note).

19 SEC. 105. PAYMENTS FROM APPLICABLE ACCOUNTS OF

20 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—No payment may be made from

22 the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives

23 (as determined by the Committee on House Oversight of

24 the House of Representatives), unless sanctioned by that

25 Committee. Payments on vouchers approved in the man-
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1 ner directed by that Committee shall be deemed, held, and

2 taken, and are declared to be conclusive upon all the de3 partments and officers of the Government.

4 (b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—

5 (1) the term ‘‘applicable accounts of the House

6 of Representatives’’ means accounts for salaries and

7 expenses of committees (other than the Committee

8 on Appropriations), the computer support organiza9 tion of the House of Representatives, and allowances

10 and expenses of Members of the House of Rep11 resentatives, officers of the House of Representa12 tives, and administrative and support offices of the

13 House of Representatives; and

14 (2) the term ‘‘Member of the House of Rep15 resentatives’’ means a Representative in, or a Dele16 gate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.

17 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The paragraph be18 ginning ‘‘Hereafter’’ under the heading ‘‘UNDER LEG19 ISLATIVE.’’ and the subheading ‘‘HOUSE OF REP20 RESENTATIVES.’’ in the first section of the Act entitled

21 ‘‘An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses

22 of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirti23 eth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for other pur24 poses’’, approved October 2, 1888 (2 U.S.C. 95), is

25 amended—
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1 (1) in the first sentence, by striking out ‘‘, or

2 from the contingent fund’’ and all that follows

3 through the end of the sentence and inserting in lieu

4 thereof a period; and

5 (2) in the second sentence—

6 (A) by striking out ‘‘made upon vouchers

7 approved by the Committee on House Adminis8 tration of the House of Representatives, and

9 payments’’; and

10 (B) in the proviso, by striking out ‘‘funds’’

11 and all that follows through the end of the sen12 tence and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘fund as ad13 ditional salary or compensation to any officer or

14 employee of the Senate.’’.

15 SEC. 106. REPORT OF DISBURSEMENTS FOR THE HOUSE OF

16 REPRESENTATIVES.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the

18 last day of each semiannual period, the Chief Administra19 tive Officer of the House of Representatives shall submit

20 to the House of Representatives, with respect to that pe21 riod, a detailed, itemized report of the disbursements for

22 the operations of the House of Representatives.

23 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection

24 (a) shall include—
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1 (1) the name of each person who receives a pay2 ment from the House of Representatives;

3 (2) the quantity and price of any item furnished

4 to the House of Representatives;

5 (3) a description of any service rendered to the

6 House of Representatives, together with a statement

7 of the time required for the service, and the name,

8 title, and amount paid to each person who renders

9 the service;

10 (4) a statement of all amounts appropriated to,

11 or received, or expended by the House of Represent12 atives, and any unexpended balances of such

13 amounts;

14 (5) the information submitted to the Comptrol15 ler General under section 3523(a) of title 31, United

16 States Code; and

17 (6) such additional information as may be re18 quired by regulation of the Committee on House

19 Oversight of the House of Representatives.

20 (c) EXCLUSION.—Notwithstanding subsection (b), if

21 a voucher is for payment to an individual for attendance

22 as a witness before a committee of the Congress in execu23 tive session, the report for the semiannual period in which

24 the appearance occurs shall show only the date of pay25 ment, voucher number, and amount paid. Any information
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1 excluded from a report under the preceding sentence shall

2 be included in the report for the next period.

3 (d) HOUSE DOCUMENT.—Each report under this sec4 tion shall be printed as a House document.

5 (e) CONFORMING PROVISION.—The provisions of—

6 (1) sections 60, 61, 62, and 63 of the Revised

7 Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 102, 103,

8 and 104); and

9 (2) section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch

10 Appropriation Act, 1965 (2 U.S.C. 104a);

11 that require submission and printing of statements and

12 reports are not applicable to the House of Representatives.

13 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to

14 the semiannual periods of January 1 through June 30 and

15 July 1 through December 31 of each year, beginning with

16 the semiannual period in which this section is enacted.

17 SEC. 107. ANNOTATED UNITED STATES CODE FOR MEM18 BERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

19 TO BE PAID FOR FROM MEMBERS’ REP20 RESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCE.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Clerk of the House of Rep22 resentatives shall, at the request of a Member of the

23 House of Representatives, furnish to the Member, for offi24 cial use only, one set of a privately published annotated

25 version of the United States Code, including supplements
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1 and pocket parts. The furnishing of a set of the United

2 States Code under this section shall be in lieu of any dis3 tribution under section 212 of title 1, United States Code,

4 and shall be paid for from the Members’ Representational

5 Allowance.

6 (b) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term

7 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep8 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner

9 to, the Congress.

10 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Over11 sight of the House of Representatives shall have authority

12 to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

13 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—House Resolution

14 506, Ninetieth Congress, agreed to August 21, 1967, as

15 enacted into permanent law by chapter VIII of the Second

16 Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 54), is

17 repealed.

18 SEC. 108. CAPITOL POLICE CITATION RELEASE.

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Chief of the Capitol Police,

20 with the approval of the Capitol Police Board, may des21 ignate a member of the Capitol Police to have responsibil22 ity for citation release.

23 (b) AUTHORITY.—(1) In the same manner as pro24 vided for with respect to an official of the Metropolitan

25 Police Department of the District of Columbia under sec-
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1 tion 23–1110(a) of the District of Columbia Code, the Su2 perior Court of the District of Columbia shall have the

3 authority to appoint the member of the Capitol Police des4 ignated under subsection (a) of this section to take bail

5 or collateral from persons charged with offenses triable in

6 the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Pursuant

7 to that authority—

8 (A) the citation power described in subsection

9 (b) of section 23–1110 of the District of Columbia

10 Code shall be exercised by such member of the Cap11 itol Police in the same manner as by an official of

12 the Metropolitan Police Department; and

13 (B) paragraph (4) of subsection (b) of section

14 23–1110 of the District of Columbia Code, relating

15 to failure to appear, shall apply with respect to cita16 tions under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.

17 (2) The United States District Court for the District

18 of Columbia shall have the power to authorize the member

19 of the Capitol Police referred to in subsection (a) of this

20 section to take bond from persons arrested upon writs and

21 process from that court in criminal cases in the same man22 ner as provided for with respect to an official of the Metro23 politan Police Department of the District of Columbia

24 under the third sentence of section 23–1110(a) of the Dis25 trict of Columbia Code.
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1 TITLE II—TECHNICAL AND CON2 FORMING AMENDMENTS AND

3 REPEALS RELATING TO AD4 MINISTRATIVE REFORMS IN

5 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA6 TIVES

7 SEC. 201. PROVISIONS RELATING TO ELECTION OF REP8 RESENTATIVES.

9 The provisions of law relating to election of Rep10 resentatives, as codified in chapter 1 of title 2, United

11 States Code, are amended as follows:

12 The third sentence of section 22(b) of the Act

13 entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and

14 subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for ap15 portionment of Representatives in Congress’’, ap16 proved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(b)), is amended

17 by striking out the semicolon after ‘‘Representa18 tives’’ the first place it appears and all that follows

19 through the end of the sentence and inserting in lieu

20 thereof a period.

21 SEC. 202. PROVISIONS RELATING TO ORGANIZATION OF

22 CONGRESS.

23 The provisions of law relating to organization of Con24 gress, as codified in chapter 2 of title 2, United States

25 Code, are amended as follows:
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1 (1) Section 204(a) of the District of Columbia

2 Delegate Act (2 U.S.C. 25b) is repealed.

3 (2) Section 33 of the Revised Statutes of the

4 United States (2 U.S.C. 26, third sentence) is re5 pealed.

6 (3) Section 2(c) of Public Law 94–551 (2

7 U.S.C. 28c(c)) is amended—

8 (A) in paragraph (2), by striking out

9 ‘‘Representives’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

10 ‘‘Representatives’’; and

11 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking out ‘‘, to

12 the Sergeant’’ and all that follows through the

13 end of the paragraph and inserting in lieu

14 thereof ‘‘and to the Sergeant at Arms of the

15 House of Representatives, each two sets;’’.

16 (4) Section 202 of House Resolution 988, Nine17 ty-third Congress, agreed to October 8, 1974, as en18 acted into permanent law by chapter III of title I of

19 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 (2

20 U.S.C. 29a), is amended—

21 (A) in subsection (b)(2), by striking out

22 ‘‘House Administration’’ each place it appears

23 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over24 sight’’; and
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1 (B) in subsection (c), by striking out ‘‘con2 tingent fund of the House is’’ and inserting in

3 lieu thereof ‘‘applicable accounts of the House

4 of Representatives are’’.

5 SEC. 203. PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMPENSATION AND

6 ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS.

7 The provisions of law relating to compensation and

8 allowances of Members, as codified in chapter 3 of title

9 2, United States Code, are amended as follows:

10 (1) Subsection (e) of the first section of the Act

11 entitled ‘‘An Act to increase rates of compensation

12 of the President, Vice President, and the Speaker of

13 the House of Representatives’’, approved January

14 19, 1949 (2 U.S.C. 31b), is amended by striking out

15 ‘‘(which shall be in lieu of the allowance provided by

16 section 601(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act

17 of 1946, as amended)’’.

18 (2) Section 2 of House Resolution 1238, Nine19 ty-first Congress, agreed to December 23, 1970, as

20 enacted into permanent law by chapter VIII of the

21 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1971 (2 U.S.C.

22 31b–2), is amended—

23 (A) by striking out ‘‘contingent fund of the

24 House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable

25 accounts of the House of Representatives’’; and
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1 (B) by striking out ‘‘base allowance’’ and

2 all that follows through ‘‘Member of the

3 House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Members’

4 Representational Allowance’’.

5 (3) The first sentence of section 5 of House

6 Resolution 1238, Ninety-first Congress, agreed to

7 December 22, 1970 (as enacted into permanent law

8 by chapter VIII of the Supplemental Appropriations

9 Act, 1971, and supplemented by the Act entitled

10 ‘‘An Act relating to former Speakers of the House

11 of Representatives’’ (88 Stat. 1723)) (2 U.S.C. 31b–

12 5), is amended by striking out ‘‘to enable the Clerk

13 of the House to pay’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

14 ‘‘for payment of’’.

15 (4) Sections 49 and 50 of the Revised Statutes

16 of the United States (2 U.S.C. 38) are repealed.

17 (5) Section 105 of the Legislative Branch Ap18 propriation Act, 1955 (2 U.S.C. 38a) is amended—

19 (A) in the first undesignated paragraph, by

20 striking out ‘‘(including amounts held in the

21 trust fund account in the office of the Sergeant

22 at Arms)’’; and

23 (B) in the second undesignated paragraph,

24 by striking out ‘‘Sergeant at Arms, and received

25 by the Sergeant at Arms’’ and inserting in lieu
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1 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the

2 House of Representatives and received by the

3 Chief Administrative Officer’’.

4 (6) The proviso in the first paragraph under

5 the heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE BRANCH’’ and the

6 subheading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ in

7 chapter I of the Third Supplemental Appropriation

8 Act, 1952 (2 U.S.C. 38b; 2 U.S.C. 125a) is amend9 ed by striking out ‘‘contingent fund of the House of

10 Representatives or’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

11 ‘‘applicable accounts of the House of Representatives

12 or the contingent fund’’.

13 (7) Section 40 of the Revised Statutes of the

14 United States (2 U.S.C. 39) is amended by striking

15 out ‘‘Sergeant-at-Arms of the House’’ and inserting

16 in lieu thereof ‘‘the Chief Administrative Officer of

17 the House of Representatives (upon certification by

18 the Clerk of the House of Representatives)’’.

19 (8) The proviso in the last undesignated para20 graph under the center heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE

21 ESTABLISHMENT’’ and the center subheading

22 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ in the Deficiency

23 Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1934 (2 U.S.C. 40a)

24 is amended—
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1 (A) by striking out ‘‘Sergeant at Arms of

2 the House’’ the first place it appears and in3 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Of4 ficer of the House of Representatives’’; and

5 (B) by striking out ‘‘Sergeant at Arms of

6 the House shall be paid to the Clerk of the

7 House and’’ inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad8 ministrative Officer of the House of Represent9 atives shall be’’.

10 (9)(A) Section 43 of the Revised Statutes of the

11 United States (2 U.S.C. 41) is repealed.

12 (B) Section 302(c) of House Resolution 287,

13 Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to March 2, 1977, as

14 enacted into permanent law by section 115 of the

15 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2

16 U.S.C. 41 note), is repealed.

17 (10) The first section of House Resolution 420,

18 Ninety-second Congress, agreed to May 18, 1971, as

19 enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of the

20 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C.

21 42), is repealed.

22 (11) Section 44 of the Revised Statutes of the

23 United States (2 U.S.C. 42 note) is repealed.
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1 (12)(A) The provisions of law specified in sub2 paragraph (B), codified as sections 42c, 42c note,

3 and 42d of title 2, United States Code, are repealed.

4 (B) The provisions of law referred to in sub5 paragraph (A) are—

6 (i) the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide air7 mail and special delivery postage stamps for

8 Members of the House of Representatives on

9 the basis of regular sessions of Congress, and

10 for other purposes’’, approved August 27, 1958;

11 (ii) House Resolution 532, Eighty-eighth

12 Congress, agreed to October 2, 1963, as en13 acted into permanent law by section 103 of the

14 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965;

15 and

16 (iii) House Resolution 1003, Ninetieth

17 Congress, agreed to December 14, 1967, as en18 acted into permanent law by chapter VIII of

19 title I of the Second Supplemental Appropria20 tion Act, 1968.

21 (13) The last paragraph under the heading

22 ‘‘SENATE’’ and the subheading ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE

23 PROVISIONS’’ in the first section of the Legislative

24 Branch Appropriation Act, 1959 (2 U.S.C. 43b) is

25 repealed.
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1 (14) Section 2 of Public Law 89–147 (2 U.S.C.

2 43b–1) is repealed.

3 (15) Section 2 of House Resolution 10, Ninety4 fourth Congress, agreed to January 14, 1975, as en5 acted into permanent law by section 201 of the Leg6 islative Branch Appropriation Act, 1976 (2 U.S.C.

7 43b–3), is amended by striking out ‘‘House Admin8 istration’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu

9 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

10 (16)(A) The provisions of law specified in sub11 paragraph (B), codified as section 46b of title 2,

12 United States Code, are amended, repealed, or af13 fected as provided in that subparagraph.

14 (B) The amendments, repeals, and effects re15 ferred to in subparagraph (A) are as follows:

16 (i) The paragraph beginning ‘‘Stationery’’

17 under the heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REP18 RESENTATIVES’’ and the subheading ‘‘CON19 TINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’ in the

20 Legislative Appropriation Act, 1955, is amend21 ed by striking out ‘‘(which hereafter shall be

22 $1,200 per regular session)’’.

23 (ii) That portion of the paragraph under

24 the heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTA25 TIVES’’ and the subheading ‘‘STATIONERY (RE-
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1 VOLVING FUND)’’ in the first section of the Leg2 islative Branch Appropriation Act, 1961, that

3 has been interpreted as increasing the station4 ery allowance from $1,200 to $1,800 shall have

5 no further force or effect.

6 (iii) House Resolution 533, Eighty-eighth

7 Congress, agreed to October 2, 1963, as en8 acted into permanent law by section 103 of the

9 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965, is

10 repealed.

11 (iv) House Resolution 1029, Eighty-ninth

12 Congress, agreed to October 5, 1966, as contin13 ued by House Resolution 112, Ninetieth Con14 gress, agreed to March 8, 1967, as enacted into

15 permanent law by chapter VIII of the Second

16 Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1967, is re17 pealed.

18 (17) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for a

19 prorated stationery allowance in the case of a Mem20 ber of the House of Representatives elected for a

21 portion of a term’’, approved February 27, 1956 (2

22 U.S.C. 46b–2), is repealed.

23 (18)(A) The first section of the Act entitled

24 ‘‘An Act relating to telephone and telegraph service

25 and clerk hire for Members of the House of Rep-
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1 resentatives’’, approved June 23, 1949 (2 U.S.C.

2 46f) is repealed.

3 (B)(i) The provisions of law specified in clause

4 (ii), codified as section 46g of title 2, United States

5 Code, are repealed.

6 (ii) The provisions of law referred to in clause

7 (i) are—

8 (I) section 2 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act

9 relating to telephone and telegraph service and

10 clerk hire for Members of the House of Rep11 resentatives’’, approved June 23, 1949;

12 (II) House Resolution 735, Eighty-seventh

13 Congress, agreed to July 25, 1962, as enacted

14 into permanent law by section 103 of the Legis15 lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1964;

16 (III) House Resolution 531, Eighty-eighth

17 Congress agreed to October 2, 1963, as enacted

18 into permanent law by section 103 of the Legis19 lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965; and

20 (IV) House Resolution 901, Eighty-Ninth

21 Congress, agreed to June 29, 1966, as enacted

22 into permanent law by chapter VI of the Sup23 plemental Appropriation Act, 1967.

24 (C) Section 6 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act relat25 ing to telephone and telegraph service and clerk hire
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1 for Members of the House of Representatives’’, ap2 proved June 23, 1949 (2 U.S.C. 46i) is repealed.

3 (19) The first section of House Resolution 418,

4 Ninety-second Congress, agreed to May 18, 1971, as

5 enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of the

6 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C.

7 46g–1), is repealed.

8 (20)(A) Section 2 of House Resolution 418,

9 Ninety-second Congress, agreed to May 18, 1971, as

10 enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of the

11 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C.

12 56), is repealed.

13 (B) The section designation and subsections

14 (a), (b), and (d) of section 302 of House Resolution

15 287, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to March 2,

16 1977, as enacted into permanent law by section 115

17 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978

18 (2 U.S.C. 56 note, 2 U.S.C. 122a note), are re19 pealed.

20 (21)(A) The second undesignated paragraph of

21 the first section of House Resolution 1297, Ninety22 fifth Congress, agreed to August 16, 1978, as en23 acted into permanent law by section 111(1) of the

24 Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1984

25 (2 U.S.C. 59d(a)), is amended by striking out
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1 ‘‘Clerk of the House of Representatives’’ and insert2 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of

3 the House of Representatives’’.

4 (B) The first undesignated paragraph of the

5 first section of House Resolution 1297, Ninety-fifth

6 Congress, agreed to August 16, 1978, as enacted

7 into permanent law by section 111(1) of the Con8 gressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1984 (2

9 U.S.C. 59d(a)), is amended by striking out ‘‘contin10 gent fund’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable

11 accounts’’.

12 (C) The second undesignated paragraph of the

13 first section of House Resolution 1297, Ninety-fifth

14 Congress, agreed to August 16, 1978, as enacted

15 into permanent law by section 111(1) of the Con16 gressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1984 (2

17 U.S.C. 59d(a)), as amended by subparagraph (A), is

18 further amended by striking out ‘‘House Administra19 tion’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over20 sight’’.

21 (D) Section 2(1) of House Resolution 1297,

22 Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to August 16, 1978,

23 as enacted into permanent law by section 111(1) of

24 the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act,
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1 1984 (2 U.S.C. 59d(b)(1)), is amended to read as

2 follows:

3 ‘‘(1) the term ‘Member of the House of Rep4 resentatives’ means a Representative in, or a Dele5 gate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;

6 and’’.

7 (22)(A) Section 311(a)(3) of the Legislative

8 Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C.

9 59e(a)(3)) is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the

10 House of Representatives’’ and inserting in lieu

11 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House

12 of Representatives’’.

13 (B) Section 311 of the Legislative Branch Ap14 propriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e) is amended—

15 (i) in the matter before paragraph (1) in

16 subsection (a), by striking out ‘‘House Adminis17 tration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House

18 Oversight’’;

19 (ii) in subsection (a)(3), by striking out

20 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

21 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’;

22 (iii) in subsection (b), by striking out

23 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

24 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’;
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1 (iv) in subsection (e)(1)(A), by striking out

2 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

3 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’;

4 (v) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking out

5 ‘‘only’’; and

6 (vi) in subsection (e)(3)(A), by striking out

7 ‘‘Official Expenses Allowance and the Clerk

8 Hire Allowance’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

9 ‘‘Members’ Representational Allowance’’; and

10 (vii) in subsection (e)(4), by striking out

11 ‘‘Official Expenses Allowance’’ and inserting in

12 lieu thereof ‘‘Members’ Representational Allow13 ance’’.

14 SEC. 204. PROVISIONS RELATING TO OFFICERS AND EM15 PLOYEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA16 TIVES.

17 The provisions of law relating to officers and employ18 ees of the House of Representatives, as codified in chapter

19 4 of title 2, United States Code, are amended as follows:

20 (1) Section 5 of the Federal Pay Comparability

21 Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 60a–2) is amended—

22 (A) in the matter before paragraph (1) in

23 subsection (a), by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the

24 House of Representatives’’ and inserting in lieu
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1 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the

2 House of Representatives’’;

3 (B) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking out

4 ‘‘Clerk of the House’’ and inserting in lieu

5 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’;

6 (C) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking out

7 ‘‘, including’’ and all that follows through the

8 end of clause (ii) and inserting in lieu thereof

9 a semicolon;

10 (D) in the matter following subparagraph

11 (B) in subsection (a)(1), by striking out

12 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad13 ministrative Officer’’;

14 (E) in subsection (a)(2), by striking out

15 ‘‘Clerk’’ each place it appears and inserting in

16 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’;

17 (F) in subsection (b), by striking out

18 ‘‘Clerk of the House’’ and inserting in lieu

19 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’; and

20 (G) in subsection (d), by striking out

21 ‘‘Clerk of the House of Representatives’’ and

22 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative

23 Officer’’.

24 (2) Paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of section

25 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
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1 1988 (2 U.S.C. 60a–2a(1)) is amended, in the mat2 ter before subparagraph (A), by striking out ‘‘Clerk

3 of the House of Representatives’’ and inserting in

4 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the

5 House of Representatives’’.

6 (3) The first section and section 2 of the Joint

7 Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint resolution authorizing the

8 payment of salaries of the officers and employees of

9 Congress for December on the 20th day of that

10 month each year’’, approved May 21, 1937 (2

11 U.S.C. 60d and 60e), are each amended by striking

12 out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad13 ministrative Officer’’.

14 (4) The first section of House Resolution 732,

15 Ninety-fourth Congress, agreed to November 4,

16 1975, as enacted into permanent law by section 101

17 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1977

18 (2 U.S.C. 60e–1a), is amended—

19 (A) in the first sentence of subsection (a),

20 by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ the first place it ap21 pears and all that follows through ‘‘provisions

22 of’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Admin23 istrative Officer of the House of Representa24 tives shall, in accordance with’’;
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1 (B) in the second sentence of subsection

2 (a), by striking out ‘‘provide that—’’ and all

3 that follows through ‘‘shall withhold’’ and in4 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘provide that the Chief

5 Administrative Officer shall withhold’’;

6 (C) in subsection (b), by striking out

7 ‘‘Clerk or the Sergeant at Arms’’ and inserting

8 in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’;

9 (D) in subsection (c)(1), by striking out

10 ‘‘Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms’’ and insert11 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi12 cer’’;

13 (E) in subsection (c)(2), by striking out

14 ‘‘Clerk or the Sergeant at Arms, as the case

15 may be,’’ each place it appears and inserting in

16 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’; and

17 (F) in subsections (d) and (e), by striking

18 out ‘‘Clerk or the Sergeant at Arms’’ each place

19 it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief

20 Administrative Officer’’.

21 (5)(A) The first section of House Resolution

22 12, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to August 5, 1977,

23 as enacted into permanent law by section 111 of the

24 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1979 (2

25 U.S.C. 60e–1c), is amended—
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1 (i) in subsection (a), by striking out

2 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad3 ministrative Officer’’; and

4 (ii) in subsection (b) and subsection (d), by

5 striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ each place it appears and

6 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative

7 Officer of the House of Representatives’’.

8 (B) Section 2 of House Resolution 12, Ninety9 fifth Congress, agreed to August 5, 1977, as enacted

10 into permanent law by section 111 of the Legislative

11 Branch Appropriation Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 60e–1d),

12 is amended—

13 (i) in paragraph (1), by adding ‘‘and’’

14 after the semicolon at the end;

15 (ii) by striking out paragraph (2);

16 (iii) in paragraph (3), by striking out

17 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad18 ministrative Officer of the House of Represent19 atives’’; and

20 (iv) by redesignating paragraph (3), as

21 amended by clause (iii), as paragraph (2).

22 (6) Subsection (b) of the first section of House

23 Resolution 420, Ninety-third Congress, agreed to

24 September 18, 1973, as enacted into permanent law

25 by chapter VI of the Supplemental Appropriations
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1 Act, 1974 (2 U.S.C. 60g–2(b)), is amended by strik2 ing out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief

3 Administrative Officer’’.

4 (7) The first section of House Resolution 420,

5 Ninety-third Congress, agreed to September 18,

6 1973, as enacted into permanent law by chapter VI

7 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1974 (2

8 U.S.C. 60g–2), is amended—

9 (A) in the third sentence of subsection (a),

10 by striking out ‘‘contingent fund of the House’’

11 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable ac12 counts of the House of Representatives’’; and

13 (B) in subsection (c), by striking out

14 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

15 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

16 (8) Section 310(a) of the Legislative Branch

17 Appropriation Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 60j–2) is

18 amended—

19 (A) by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ each place it

20 appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad21 ministrative Officer’’; and

22 (B) by striking out ‘‘SEC. 310. (a)’’ and

23 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘SEC. 310.’’.
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1 (9) Section 105 of the Legislative Branch Ap2 propriation Act, 1968 is amended by striking out

3 subsection (j) (2 U.S.C. 61–1(g)).

4 (10)(A) Subsections (f), (i)(1), and (i)(3) of

5 section 202 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

6 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(f), (i)(1), and (i)(3)) are each

7 amended by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’

8 each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof

9 ‘‘House Oversight’’.

10 (B) Subsection (i)(1) of section 202 of the Leg11 islative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C.

12 72a(i)(1)), as amended by subparagraph (A), is fur13 ther amended—

14 (i) by striking out ‘‘contingent funds of the

15 respective Houses pursuant to resolutions,

16 which’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘contingent

17 fund of the Senate or the applicable accounts of

18 the House of Representatives pursuant to reso19 lutions which, in the case of the Senate,’’; and

20 (ii) by striking out ‘‘such respective

21 Houses’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the ap22 propriate House’’.

23 (11) Subsection (j)(1) of section 202 of the

24 Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C.

25 72a(j)(1)) is amended—
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1 (i) in the first sentence, by striking out

2 ‘‘Committee on House Administration’’ and all

3 that follows through ‘‘respective Houses’’ and

4 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘committee involved in

5 the case of standing committees of the House

6 of Representatives, and within the limits of

7 funds made available from the contingent fund

8 of the Senate or the applicable accounts of the

9 House of Representatives pursuant to resolu10 tions, which, in the case of the Senate, shall

11 specify the maximum amounts which may be

12 used for such purpose, approved by the appro13 priate House’’; and

14 (ii) in the second sentence, by striking out

15 ‘‘Clerk of the House’’ and inserting in lieu

16 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the

17 House of Representatives’’.

18 (12) The paragraph beginning ‘‘The appropria19 tion for committee employees’’ under the heading

20 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ and the sub21 heading ‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’

22 in the first section of the Legislative Branch Appro23 priation Act, 1948 (2 U.S.C. 72b) is amended by

24 striking out ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting

25 in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.
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1 (13) The last undesignated paragraph under

2 the center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTA3 TIVES’’ and the center subheading ‘‘CONTINGENT

4 EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’ in the first section of

5 the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1948 (2

6 U.S.C. 72c) is repealed.

7 (14) The first section of House Resolution 487,

8 Eighty-seventh Congress, agreed to January 10,

9 1962, as enacted into permanent law by section 103

10 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963

11 (2 U.S.C. 74–1), is amended by striking out ‘‘con12 tingent fund of the House’’ and inserting in lieu

13 thereof ‘‘applicable accounts of the House of Rep14 resentatives’’.

15 (15)(A) Subsection (b) of the first section of

16 House Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, as en17 acted into permanent law by section 115 of the legis18 lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C.

19 74a–3), is amended by striking out ‘‘contingent fund

20 of the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applica21 ble accounts of the House of Representatives’’.

22 (B) Section 2 of House Resolution 393, Ninety23 fifth Congress, as enacted into permanent law by

24 section 115 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation

25 Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 74a–4), is amended by striking
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1 out ‘‘contingent fund of the House’’ and inserting in

2 lieu thereof ‘‘applicable accounts of the House of

3 Representatives’’.

4 (16) Section 112 of the Congressional Oper5 ations Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 74a–5 and

6 2 U.S.C. 333a) is amended by striking out ‘‘sections

7 74(a)–4 and 333 of title 2, United States Code,’’

8 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘section 2 of House

9 Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to

10 March 31, 1977, as enacted into permanent law by

11 section 115 of the Congressional Operations Appro12 priation Act, 1978, and section 473 of the Legisla13 tive Reorganization Act of 1970,’’.

14 (17) Section 101 of the Legislative Branch Ap15 propriations Act, 1995 (2 U.S.C. 74a–6) is repealed.

16 (18) Section 244 of the Legislative Reorganiza17 tion Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 74b) is amended—

18 (A) by striking out ‘‘and the Clerk of the

19 House are’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘is’’;

20 and

21 (B) by striking out ‘‘their respective juris22 dictions’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the ju23 risdiction of the Secretary’’.

24 (19) Section 7 of the Legislative Branch Appro25 priation Act, 1943 (2 U.S.C. 75a) is amended—
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1 (A) in the first sentence—

2 (i) by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the

3 House of Representatives, the accounts of

4 such Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

5 ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House

6 of Representatives, the accounts of the

7 Chief Administrative Officer’’; and

8 (ii) by striking out ‘‘new Clerk of the

9 House of Representatives shall have been

10 elected and qualified’’ and inserting in lieu

11 thereof ‘‘new Chief Administrative Officer

12 shall have been appointed’’;

13 (B) in the second sentence—

14 (i) by striking out ‘‘, audited,’’;

15 (ii) by striking out ‘‘former Clerk of

16 the House of Representatives’’ and insert17 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘former Chief Adminis18 trative Officer’’; and

19 (iii) by striking out ‘‘such former

20 Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the

21 former Chief Administrative Officer’’;

22 (C) in the third sentence—

23 (i) by striking out ‘‘The former

24 Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘The

25 former Chief Administrative Officer’’; and
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1 (ii) by striking out ‘‘such former

2 Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the

3 former Chief Administrative Officer’’; and

4 (D) by adding at the end the following new

5 sentence: ‘‘The accounts and payments referred

6 to in the second sentence shall be audited by

7 the Inspector General of the House of Rep8 resentatives.’’.

9 (20) Section 208(a) of the Legislative Reorga10 nization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 75a–1(a)) is amend11 ed by striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper, Postmaster,’’ each

12 place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief

13 Administrative Officer’’.

14 (21) Section 73 of the Revised Statutes of the

15 United States (2 U.S.C. 76) is repealed.

16 (22)(A) The first section of House Resolution

17 8, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to January 4, 1977,

18 as enacted into permanent law by section 115 of the

19 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2

20 U.S.C. 76–1), is amended—

21 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking out the

22 comma after ‘‘1976’’ and inserting in lieu

23 thereof ‘‘; and’’;
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1 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking out ‘‘,

2 and’’ after ‘‘91–510’’ and inserting in lieu

3 thereof a period; and

4 (iii) by striking out paragraph (3).

5 (B)(i) The provisions of law specified in clause

6 (ii), codified in section 76–1 note of title 2, United

7 States Code, are repealed or amended as provided in

8 that clause.

9 (ii) The repeals and amendments clause (i) are

10 as follows:

11 (I) House Resolution 909, Eighty-ninth

12 Congress, agreed to September 8, 1966, as en13 acted into permanent law by chapter VI of the

14 Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1967, is re15 pealed.

16 (II) Subsection (a) of the first section of

17 House Resolution 890, Ninety-second Congress,

18 agreed to October 4, 1972, as enacted into per19 manent law by the paragraph under the head20 ing ‘‘LEGISLATIVE BRANCH’’ and the sub21 headings ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTA22 TIVES’’ and ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION’’,

23 in chapter V of the Supplemental Appropria24 tions Act, 1973, is amended by striking out

25 ‘‘the Doorkeeper,’’.
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1 (23) House Resolution 560, Eighty-seventh

2 Congress, agreed to March 27, 1962, as enacted into

3 permanent law by section 103 of the Legislative

4 Branch Appropriation Act, 1963 (2 U.S.C. 76a), is

5 repealed.

6 (24) Section 2 of House Resolution 603,

7 Eighty-seventh Congress, agreed to April 16, 1962,

8 as enacted into permanent law by section 103 of the

9 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1964 (2

10 U.S.C. 76b), is repealed.

11 (25) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act defining certain

12 duties of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Rep13 resentatives, and for other purposes’’, approved Oc14 tober 1, 1890, is amended—

15 (A) in the first section (2 U.S.C. 78), by

16 striking out ‘‘, keep the’’ and all that follows

17 through ‘‘by law’’; and

18 (B) in section 3 (2 U.S.C. 80), by striking

19 out ‘‘Sergeant-at-Arms’’ and inserting in lieu

20 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

21 (26) The next to the last undesignated para22 graph under the center heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE’’

23 and the center subheading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENT24 ATIVES’’, in the first section of the Second Defi25 ciency Act, fiscal year, 1928 (2 U.S.C. 80a), is
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1 amended by striking out ‘‘Sergeant-at-Arms of the

2 House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Admin3 istrative Officer of the House of Representatives’’.

4 (27) The Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint reso5 lution to provide for on-the-spot audits by the Gen6 eral Accounting Office of the fiscal records of the

7 Office of the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Rep8 resentatives’’, approved July 26, 1949 (2 U.S.C.

9 81a), is repealed.

10 (28) House Resolution 465, Eighty-fourth Con11 gress, agreed to April 11, 1956, as enacted into per12 manent law by section 103 of the Legislative Branch

13 Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 81b), is repealed.

14 (29) House Resolution 144, Eighty-fifth Con15 gress, agreed to February 7, 1957, as enacted into

16 permanent law by section 103 of the Legislative

17 Branch Appropriation Act, 1958 (2 U.S.C. 81c), is

18 repealed.

19 (30) Section 7 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act de20 fining certain duties of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the

21 House of Representatives, and for other purposes’’,

22 approved October 1, 1890 (2 U.S.C. 84), is repealed.

23 (31) House Resolution 6, Ninety-eighth Con24 gress, agreed to January 3, 1983, as enacted into

25 permanent law by section 110 of the Congressional
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1 Operations Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 84–

2 1), is repealed.

3 (32) House Resolution 1495, Ninety-fourth

4 Congress, agreed to September 30, 1976, as enacted

5 into permanent law by section 115 of the Legislative

6 Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 84a–1),

7 is repealed.

8 (33) The eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, thir9 teenth, and fourteenth undesignated paragraph re10 lating to contingent expenses, under the center head11 ing ‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the center subheading

12 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.’’, in the first section

13 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations

14 for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of

15 the Government for the fiscal year ending June thir16 tieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other pur17 poses’’, approved March 3, 1901 (2 U.S.C. 85, 86,

18 87, 88, 90, and 91), are repealed.

19 (34)(A) Section 243 of Legislative Reorganiza20 tion Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 88a) is repealed.

21 (B) The table of contents of the Legislative Re22 organization Act of 1946 is amended, in the matter

23 relating to part 3 of title II (60 Stat. 813), by strik24 ing out the item relating to section 243.
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1 (C) Section 492(i) of the Legislative Reorga2 nization Act of 1970 (40 U.S.C. 184a(i)) is amended

3 by striking out ‘‘section 243’’ and all that follows

4 through ‘‘or’’.

5 (35)(A) The provisions of law specified in sub6 paragraph (B), codified as section 88b of title 2,

7 United States Code, are amended or repealed as pro8 vided in that subparagraph.

9 (B) The amendments and repeals referred to in

10 subparagraph (A) are as follows:

11 (i) The proviso in the paragraph beginning

12 under the center heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE’’

13 and the center subheading ‘‘EDUCATION OF

14 SENATE AND HOUSE PAGES’’ in title I of the

15 Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations to

16 supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropria17 tions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947,

18 and for other purposes’’, approved March 22,

19 1947, is amended—

20 (I) by striking out ‘‘congressional’’

21 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Senate’’; and

22 (II) by striking out ‘‘and the Clerk of

23 the House of Representatives’’.

24 (ii) House Resolution 279, Ninety-eighth

25 Congress, agreed to July 21, 1983, as enacted
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1 into permanent law by section 103 of the Legis2 lative Branch Appropriations Act, 1985, is re3 pealed.

4 (36) Section 491 of the Legislative Reorganiza5 tion Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 88b–1) is amended—

6 (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking out ‘‘a

7 period of not less than two months’’ and insert8 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘the period specified in writ9 ing at the time of the appointment’’; and

10 (B) in subsection (b), by striking out ‘‘;

11 or’’ at the end of paragraph (2) and all that fol12 lows through the end of the subsection and in13 serting in lieu thereof a period.

14 (37) Section 2(a)(2) of House Resolution 611,

15 Ninety-seventh Congress, agreed to November 30,

16 1982, as enacted into permanent law by section 127

17 of Public Law 97–377 (2 U.S.C. 88b–3(a)(2)), is

18 amended by striking out ‘‘, Doorkeeper, and’’ and

19 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and the’’.

20 (38) House Resolution 64, Ninety-eighth Con21 gress, agreed to February 8, 1983, as enacted into

22 permanent law by section 110 of the Congressional

23 Operations Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 88b–

24 5), is amended—
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1 (A) in the first sentence of section 2, by

2 striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu there3 of ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House

4 of Representatives’’;

5 (B) in the second sentence of section 2, by

6 striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu there7 of ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House

8 of Representatives, as determined by the Clerk

9 of the House of Representatives,’’;

10 (C) by striking out section 3; and

11 (D) by redesignating section 4 as section

12 3.

13 (39) Section 902 of the Supplemental Appro14 priations Act, 1983 (2 U.S.C. 88b–6) repealed.

15 (40) House Resolution 234, Ninety-eighth Con16 gress, agreed to June 29, 1983, as enacted into per17 manent law by section 103 of the Legislative Branch

18 Appropriations Act, 1985 (2 U.S.C. 88c–1 et seq.)

19 is amended—

20 (A) by striking out the first section;

21 (B) in section 2, by striking out ‘‘terms of

22 the academic year plus a’’ and inserting in lieu

23 thereof ‘‘semesters of the academic year, plus a

24 non-academic’’;
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1 (C) in section 3(a)(1)(B), by striking out

2 ‘‘term or two full terms’’ and inserting in lieu

3 thereof ‘‘semester or two full semesters’’;

4 (D) in section 3 (b)(1), by striking out

5 ‘‘but no appointment to fill that vacancy shall

6 be for a period of less than two months’’ and

7 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘except that no ap8 pointment may be made under this paragraph

9 for service to begin on or after October 1 with

10 respect to the first semester or on or after

11 March 1 with respect to the second semester’’;

12 (E) in section 3(b)(2), by striking out

13 ‘‘terms’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘semes14 ters or terms, as the case may be,’’

15 (F) in section 4(1), by striking out

16 ‘‘terms’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘semes17 ters’’.

18 (41) The twelfth undesignated paragraph relat19 ing to contingent expenses, under the center heading

20 ‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the center subheading

21 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.’’, in the first section

22 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations

23 for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of

24 the Government for the fiscal year ending June thir25 tieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other pur-
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1 poses’’, approved March 3, 1901 (2 U.S.C. 89), is

2 amended by striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper, and Post3 master’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and Chief Ad4 ministrative Officer’’.

5 (42)(A) The first sentence of the first section of

6 the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the Clerk of

7 the House of Representatives to withhold certain

8 amounts due employees of the House of Representa9 tives’’, approved July 2, 1958 (2 U.S.C. 89a), is

10 amended by striking out ‘‘, or to the trust fund’’ and

11 all that follows through the end of the sentence and

12 inserting in lieu thereof the following:

13 ‘‘and fails to pay the indebtedness, the chairman of the

14 committee or the elected officer of the House of Rep15 resentatives that has jurisdiction over the activity under

16 which the indebtedness arises may certify to the Chief Ad17 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives the

18 amount of the indebtedness.’’.

19 (B) The second and fourth sentences of such

20 first section are each amended by striking out

21 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Admin22 istrative Officer’’.

23 (43) Section 2 of House Resolution 294,

24 Eighty-eighth Congress, agreed to August 14, 1964,

25 as continued by House Resolution 7, Eighty-ninth
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1 Congress, agreed to January 4, 1965, as enacted

2 into permanent law by section 103 of the Legislative

3 Branch Appropriation Act, 1966 (2 U.S.C. 92–1), is

4 repealed.

5 (44) Section 2 and section 3 of House Resolu6 tion 804, Ninety-sixth Congress, agreed to October

7 2, 1980, as enacted into permanent law by the bill

8 H.R. 4120, entitled the ‘‘Legislative Branch Appro9 priation Act, 1982’’, as reported in the House of

10 Representatives on July 9, 1981, and enacted into

11 permanent law by section 101(c) of Public Law 97–

12 51 (2 U.S.C. 92b–2; 2 U.S.C. 92b–3), are each

13 amended by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’

14 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight of

15 the House of Representatives’’.

16 (45) The fifth undesignated paragraph relating

17 to contingent expenses, under the center heading

18 ‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the center subheading

19 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.’’, in the first section

20 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations

21 for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of

22 the Government for the fiscal year ending June thir23 tieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and for other

24 purposes’’, approved July 16, 1914 (2 U.S.C. 96), is

25 repealed.
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1 (46) Section 311 of the Legislative Branch Ap2 propriations Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C. 96a) is repealed.

3 (47) The first paragraph after the paragraph

4 with the side heading ‘‘OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER:’’

5 under the heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the sub6 heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.’’ in the first

7 section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appro8 priations for the legislative, executive, and judicial

9 expenses of the Government for the fiscal year end10 ing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six,

11 and for other purposes’’, approved March 2, 1895 (2

12 U.S.C. 97) is repealed.

13 (48) The first undesignated paragraph under

14 the center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTA15 TIVES’’ in the first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An

16 Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses

17 of the Government for the fiscal year ending June

18 thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for

19 other purposes’’, approved March 3, 1885 (2 U.S.C.

20 98), is repealed.

21 (49) The first undesignated paragraph after the

22 paragraph with the side heading ‘‘OFFICE OF POST23 MASTER:’’, under the center heading ‘‘LEGISLA24 TIVE.’’ and the center subheading ‘‘HOUSE OF REP25 RESENTATIVES.’’, in the first section of the Act enti-
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1 tled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the legisla2 tive, executive, and judicial expenses of the Govern3 ment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eight4 een hundred and ninety-two, and for other pur5 poses’’, approved March 3, 1891 (2 U.S.C. 99), is

6 amended by striking out ‘‘; and hereafter’’ and all

7 that follows through the end of the paragraph and

8 inserting in lieu thereof a period.

9 (50) The second sentence of the fourth undesig10 nated paragraph relating to contingent expenses,

11 under the center heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and

12 the center subheading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTA13 TIVES.’’, in the first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An

14 Act making appropriations for the legislative, execu15 tive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the

16 fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred

17 and two, and for other purposes’’, approved March

18 3, 1901 (2 U.S.C. 100), is repealed.

19 (51) Sections 60 and 61 of the Revised Stat20 utes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 102) are re21 pealed.

22 (52) The first sentence of the undesignated

23 paragraph under the center heading ‘‘GENERAL PRO24 VISION’’ in chapter XI of the Third Supplemental

25 Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 102a) is amend-
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1 ed by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu

2 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

3 (53) Section 105(a)(1) of the Legislative

4 Branch Appropriation Act, 1965 (2 U.S.C. 104a(1))

5 is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ each place it ap6 pears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Adminis7 trative Officer’’.

8 (54) Section 65 of the Revised Statutes of the

9 United States (2 U.S.C. 106) is amended—

10 (A) by striking out ‘‘and Clerk of the

11 House of Representatives’’; and

12 (B) by striking out ‘‘and House of Rep13 resentatives, respectively,’’.

14 (55) Section 68 of the Revised Statutes of the

15 United States (2 U.S.C. 108) is amended by striking

16 out ‘‘either the Secretary or the Clerk’’ and inserting

17 in lieu thereof ‘‘the Secretary’’.

18 (56) Section 69 of the Revised Statutes of the

19 United States (2 U.S.C. 109) is amended by striking

20 out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad21 ministrative Officer’’.

22 (57) The proviso in the last sentence of the

23 fifth paragraph after the paragraph with the side

24 heading ‘‘FOR CONTINGENT EXPENSES, NAMELY:’’

25 under the heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the sub-
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1 heading ‘‘SENATE.’’ in the Act entitled ‘‘An Act

2 making appropriations for the legislative, executive,

3 and judicial expenses of the Government for the fis4 cal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and

5 eighty-eight, and for other purposes’’, approved

6 March 3, 1887 (2 U.S.C. 112) is amended by strik7 ing out ‘‘or the Committee on Accounts of the

8 House of Representatives respectively’’.

9 (58)(A) The first section of the Act entitled

10 ‘‘An Act to provide certain equipment for use in the

11 offices of Members, officers, and committees of the

12 House of Representatives, and for other purposes’’,

13 approved December 5, 1969 (2 U.S.C. 112e), is

14 amended—

15 (i) in the first sentence of subsection (a),

16 by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the House shall fur17 nish electrical and mechanical’’ and inserting in

18 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the

19 House of Representatives shall furnish’’; and

20 (ii) in subsection (b), by striking out

21 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad22 ministrative Officer’’.

23 (B) The first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An

24 Act to provide certain equipment for use in the of25 fices of Members, officers, and committees of the
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1 House of Representatives, and for other purposes’’,

2 approved December 5, 1969 (2 U.S.C. 112e), as

3 amended by subparagraph (A) is further amended—

4 (i) by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’

5 each place it appears and inserting in lieu there

6 of ‘‘House Oversight’’;

7 (ii) in subsection (c), by striking out ‘‘con8 tingent fund’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘ap9 plicable accounts’’; and

10 (iii) in subsection (d), by striking out the

11 second sentence.

12 (59) Section 70 of the Revised Statutes of the

13 United States (2 U.S.C. 113) is amended by striking

14 out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad15 ministrative Officer’’.

16 (60) Section 71 of the Revised Statutes of the

17 United States (2 U.S.C. 114) is amended—

18 (A) by striking out ‘‘and the Clerk of the

19 House of Representatives, respectively, are’’

20 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘is’’; and

21 (B) by striking out ‘‘or from the journal of

22 the House of Representatives,’’.

23 (61) The third undesignated paragraph under

24 the center heading ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS’’ in the

25 first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making ap-
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1 propriations for sundry civil expenses of the govern2 ment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eight3 een hundred and eighty-three, and for other pur4 poses’’, approved August 7, 1882 (2 U.S.C. 117), is

5 amended—

6 (A) by striking out ‘‘Clerk and Doorkeeper

7 of the House of Representatives and the’’; and

8 (B) by striking out ‘‘direction’’ and all that

9 follows through ‘‘cover’’ and inserting in lieu

10 thereof ‘‘direction of the Committee on Rules

11 and Administration of the Senate and cover’’.

12 (62)(A) Section 104(a) of the Legislative

13 Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 (as enacted by ref14 erence in identical form by section 101(j) of Public

15 Law 99–500 and Public Law 99–591) (2 U.S.C.

16 117e) is amended—

17 (i) in the first sentence of paragraph (1),

18 by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu

19 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’; and

20 (ii) in the first sentence of paragraph (2),

21 by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu

22 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

23 (B) Section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch

24 Appropriations Act, 1987 (as enacted by reference in

25 identical form by section 101(j) of Public Law 99–
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1 500 and Public Law 99–591) (2 U.S.C. 117e), as

2 amended by subparagraph (A), is further amend3 ed—

4 (i) in paragraph (3), by striking out

5 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

6 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’; and

7 (ii) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking out

8 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

9 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

10 (63) Section 306 of the Legislative Branch Ap11 propriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 117f), is amend12 ed—

13 (A) in subsection (a), by striking out

14 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad15 ministrative Officer’’; and

16 (B) in subsection (b)—

17 (i) by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and insert18 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative

19 Officer’’;

20 (ii) by striking out ‘‘but not limited to

21 Legislative Service Organizations,’’; and

22 (iii) by striking out ‘‘: Provided,

23 That’’ and all that follows through

24 ‘‘House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘,
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1 except that no amount charged to the

2 Members’ Representational Allowance’’.

3 (64) The second sentence of section 2 of the

4 Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the

5 Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal

6 year ending June 30, 1927, and for other purposes’’,

7 approved May 13, 1926 (2 U.S.C. 119), is amended

8 by striking out ‘‘Accounts’’ and inserting in lieu

9 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

10 (65)(A) The provisions of law specified in sub11 paragraph (B), codified as section 122a of title 2,

12 United States Code, are repealed.

13 (B) The provisions of law referred to in sub14 paragraph (A) are—

15 (i) the nineteenth paragraph under the

16 center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTA17 TIVES’’ and the center subheading ‘‘CONTIN18 GENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’ in title I of

19 the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act,

20 1955; and

21 (ii) House Resolution 831, Eighty-eighth

22 Congress, agreed to August 14, 1964, as en23 acted into permanent law by section 103 of the

24 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1966.
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1 (66) The first section and sections 2, 3, 4, 5,

2 and 7 of House Resolution 687, Ninety-fifth Con3 gress, agreed to September 20, 1977, as enacted

4 into permanent law by section 111 of the Legislative

5 Branch Appropriation Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 122b,

6 122c, 122d, 122e, 122f, and 122g), are repealed.

7 (67) Section 105 of the Legislative Branch Ap8 propriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 123b) is amended—

9 (A) in subsections (c), (d), (f), and (h) by

10 striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ each place it appears and

11 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative

12 Officer’’; and

13 (B) in the first sentence of subsection (g),

14 by striking out ‘‘within the contingent fund of

15 the House of Representatives’’.

16 (68) The second sentence of the second para17 graph under the heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REP18 RESENTATIVES’’ and the subheading ‘‘ADMINIS19 TRATIVE PROVISIONS’’ in the first section of the

20 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963 (2

21 U.S.C. 124) is amended—

22 (A) by striking out ‘‘contingent fund of the

23 House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable

24 accounts of the House of Representatives’’; and
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1 (B) by striking out ‘‘House Administra2 tion’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House

3 Oversight’’.

4 (69)(A) The first sentence of the last undesig5 nated paragraph under the center heading ‘‘HOUSE

6 OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ and the center sub7 heading ‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’

8 in the first section of the Legislative Branch Appro9 priation Act, 1955 (2 U.S.C. 125) is amended by

10 striking out ‘‘Clerk of the House’’ and inserting in

11 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the

12 House of Representatives’’.

13 (B) The first sentence of the last undesignated

14 paragraph under the center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF

15 REPRESENTATIVES’’ and the center subheading

16 ‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’ in the

17 first section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation

18 Act, 1955 (2 U.S.C. 125), as amended by subpara19 graph (A), is further amended by striking out ‘‘con20 tingent fund of the House’’ and inserting in lieu

21 thereof ‘‘applicable accounts of the House of Rep22 resentatives’’.

23 (70) Section 3 of Public Law 89–147 (2 U.S.C.

24 127a) is amended—
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1 (A) in the first sentence, by striking out

2 ‘‘contingent fund’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

3 ‘‘applicable accounts’’; and

4 (B) in the last sentence, is amended by

5 striking out ‘‘House Administration’’ and in6 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

7 (71) Subsection (b) of the first section of House

8 Resolution 1047, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to

9 April 4, 1978, as enacted into permanent law by sec10 tion 111 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation

11 Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 130–1), is amended—

12 (A) in the first sentence, by striking out

13 ‘‘contingent fund of the House’’ and inserting

14 in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable accounts of the

15 House of Representatives’’; and

16 (B) in the second sentence, by striking out

17 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

18 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

19 (72) The first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An

20 Act to preserve the benefits of the Civil Service Re21 tirement Act, the Federal Employees’ Group Life In22 surance Act of 1954, and the Federal Employees

23 Health Benefits Act of 1959 for congressional em24 ployees receiving certain congressional staff fellow-
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1 ships’’, approved March 30, 1966 (2 U.S.C. 130a),

2 is amended—

3 (A) by striking out ‘‘That, with respect’’

4 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘That (a) with re5 spect’’;

6 (B) in paragraph (1) of subsection (a), as

7 so redesignated by subparagraph (A), by strik8 ing out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

9 ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’;

10 (C) by striking out ‘‘the purposes of—’’

11 and all that follows through ‘‘if the award’’ and

12 inserting in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘the pur13 poses of the provisions of law specified in sub14 section (b), if the award’’;

15 (D) by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the House of

16 Representatives, as appropriate’’ and inserting

17 in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of

18 the House of Representatives, as appropriate’’;

19 (E) by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the House by

20 records’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief

21 Administrative Officer of the House of Rep22 resentatives by records’’; and

23 (F) by adding at the end the following new

24 subsection:
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1 ‘‘(b) The provisions of law referred to in subsection

2 (a) are—

3 ‘‘(1) subchapter III (relating to civil service re4 tirement) of chapter 83 of title 5, United States

5 Code;

6 ‘‘(2) chapter 87 (relating to Federal employees

7 group life insurance) of title 5, United States Code;

8 and

9 ‘‘(3) chapter 89 (relating to Federal employees

10 group health insurance) of title 5, United States

11 Code.’’.

12 (73) Section 6(a)(1) of the Act entitled ‘‘An

13 Act to amend title 5, United States Code, to revise,

14 clarify, and extend the provisions relating to court

15 leave for employees of the United States and the

16 District of Columbia’’, approved December 19, 1970

17 (2 U.S.C. 130b(a)(1)), is amended by striking out

18 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Admin19 istrative Officer’’.

20 (74) Section 6(f) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to

21 amend title 5, United States Code, to revise, clarify,

22 and extend the provisions relating to court leave for

23 employees of the United States and the District of

24 Columbia’’, approved December 19, 1970 (2 U.S.C.

25 130b(f)), is amended by striking out ‘‘House Admin-
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1 istration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over2 sight’’.

3 (75) Subsection (a) and subsection (b) of sec4 tion 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the

5 waiver of claims of the United States arising out of

6 erroneous payments of pay and allowances to certain

7 officers and employees of the legislative branch’’, ap8 proved July 25, 1974 (2 U.S.C. 130d(a) and (b)),

9 are each amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and in10 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi11 cer’’.

12 (76) Section 310 of the Legislative Branch Ap13 propriations Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 130e) is amended

14 by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

15 ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

16 SEC. 205. PROVISIONS RELATING TO LIBRARY OF CON17 GRESS.

18 The provisions of law relating to the Library of Con19 gress, as codified in chapter 5 of title 2, United States

20 Code, are amended as follows:

21 Section 223 of the Legislative Reorganization

22 Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 132b) is amended by striking

23 out ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

24 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.
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1 SEC. 206. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONGRESSIONAL AND

2 COMMITTEE PROCEDURE; INVESTIGATIONS.

3 The provisions of law relating to congressional and

4 committee procedure; investigations, as codified in chapter

5 6 of title 2, United States Code, are amended as follows:

6 (1) Section 136(c) of the Legislative Reorga7 nization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 190d(c)) is amended

8 by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’ and insert9 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

10 (2) The fourth sentence of section 2 of the Act

11 entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for taking testimony, to

12 be used before Congress, in cases of private claims

13 against the United States’’, approved February 3,

14 1879 (2 U.S.C. 190m) is amended by striking out

15 ‘‘contingent fund of the branch of Congress appoint16 ing such committee.’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

17 the following: ‘‘contingent fund of the Senate, in the

18 case of a committee of the Senate, or the applicable

19 accounts of the House of Representatives, in the

20 case of a committee of the House of Representa21 tives.’’.

22 SEC. 207. PROVISIONS RELATING TO OFFICE OF LAW REVI23 SION COUNSEL.

24 The provisions of law relating to Office of Law Revi25 sion Counsel, as codified in chapter 9A of title 2, United

26 States Code, are amended as follows:
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1 Section 205(h) of House Resolution 988, Nine2 ty-third Congress, agreed to October 8, 1974, as en3 acted into permanent law by chapter III of title I of

4 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 (2

5 U.S.C. 285g), is amended by striking out ‘‘contin6 gent fund of the House’’ and inserting in lieu there7 of ‘‘applicable accounts of the House of Representa8 tives’’.

9 SEC. 208. PROVISIONS RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE CLASSI10 FICATION OFFICE.

11 The provisions of law relating to Legislative Classi12 fication Office, as codified in chapter 9B of title 2, United

13 States Code, are amended as follows:

14 Section 203 of House Resolution 988, Ninety15 third Congress, agreed to October 8, 1974, as en16 acted into permanent law by chapter III of title I of

17 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 (2

18 U.S.C. 286 et seq.), is repealed.

19 SEC. 209. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CLASSIFICATION OF

20 EMPLOYEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT21 ATIVES.

22 The provisions of law relating to classification of em23 ployees of the House of Representatives, as codified in

24 chapter 10 of title 2, United States Code, are amended

25 as follows:
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1 (1) Section 4(a)(1) of the House Employees Po2 sition Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 293(a)(1)) is

3 amended by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’

4 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

5 (2) Section 5(b)(1)(C) of the House Employees

6 Position Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 294(b)(1)(C))

7 is amended by striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper’’ and insert8 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

9 (3) The second sentence of section 11 of the

10 House Employees Position Classification Act (2

11 U.S.C. 300) is amended by striking out ‘‘contingent

12 fund’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable ac13 counts’’.

14 SEC. 210. PROVISIONS RELATING TO PAYROLL ADMINIS15 TRATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA16 TIVES.

17 The provisions of law relating to payroll administra18 tion in the House of Representatives, as codified in chap19 ter 10A of title 2, United States Code, are amended as

20 follows:

21 (1) Section 471 of the Legislative Reorganiza22 tion Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 331) is amended by

23 striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

24 ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.
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1 (2)(A) Section 472 of the Legislative Reorga2 nization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 332) is repealed.

3 (B) The table of contents of the Legislative Re4 organization Act of 1970 is amended, in the matter

5 relating to part 7 of title IV (84 Stat. 1142), by

6 striking out the item relating to section 472.

7 (3)(A) Section 474 of the Legislative Reorga8 nization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 334) is repealed.

9 (B) The table of contents of the Legislative Re10 organization Act of 1970 is amended, in the matter

11 relating to part 7 of title IV (84 Stat. 1142), by

12 striking out the item relating to section 474.

13 (4) Section 475(1) of the Legislative Reorga14 nization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 335(1)) is amended

15 by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

16 ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

17 (5) Section 476 of the Legislative Reorganiza18 tion Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 336) is amended by

19 striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ each place it appears and in20 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi21 cer’’.
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1 SEC. 211. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONTESTED ELEC2 TIONS.

3 The provisions of law relating to contested elections,

4 as codified in chapter 12 of title 2, United States Code,

5 are amended as follows:

6 (1) Section 2 of the Federal Contested Elec7 tions Act (2 U.S.C. 381) is amended—

8 (A) by redesignating subdivisions (a)

9 through (i) as paragraphs (1) through (9), re10 spectively;

11 (B) in the matter before paragraph (1), as

12 so redesignated by subparagraph (A), by strik13 ing out ‘‘Act—’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

14 ‘‘Act:’’;

15 (C) by indenting paragraphs (1) through

16 (9), as so redesignated by subparagraph (A),

17 two ems; and

18 (D) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated

19 by subparagraph (A)—

20 (i) by striking out ‘‘(1) whose’’ and

21 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘(A) whose’’; and

22 (ii) by striking out ‘‘or (2)’’ and in23 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘or (B)’’.

24 (2) Section 2 of the Federal Contested Elec25 tions Act (2 U.S.C. 381), as amended by paragraph

26 (1), is further amended—
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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking out ‘‘or

2 Resident Commissioner’’ and all that follows

3 through ‘‘but’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘,

4 or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the

5 Congress, but that term’’;

6 (B) in paragraph (2), as amended by para7 graph (1) of this section—

8 (i) by striking out ‘‘House of Rep9 resentatives of the United States’’ in sub10 paragraph (A) and inserting in lieu thereof

11 ‘‘office of Representative in, or Delegate or

12 Resident Commissioner to, the Congress’’;

13 and

14 (ii) by striking out ‘‘House of Rep15 resentatives’’ in subparagraph (B) and in16 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘office of Represent17 ative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis18 sioner to, the Congress’’;

19 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking out ‘‘of

20 the United States’’;

21 (D) in paragraph (4), by striking out ‘‘of

22 the United States’’;

23 (E) in paragraph (5), by striking out

24 ‘‘term’’ and all that follows through ‘‘offices’’

25 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘term ‘Member of
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1 the House of Representatives’ means an incum2 bent Representative in, or Delegate or Resident

3 Commissioner to, the Congress, or an individual

4 who has been elected to such office’’;

5 (F) in paragraph (6), by striking out ‘‘of

6 the United States’’;

7 (G) in paragraph (7), by striking out

8 ‘‘House Administration of the House of Rep9 resentatives of the United States’’ and inserting

10 in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight of the House

11 of Representatives’’; and

12 (H) in paragraph (8), by striking out ‘‘in13 cludes territory and’’ and inserting in lieu

14 thereof ‘‘means a State of the United States

15 and any territory or’’.

16 (3) Section 3 of the Federal Contested Elec17 tions Act (2 U.S.C. 382) is amended—

18 (A) in subsection (a), by striking out ‘‘to

19 the House of Representatives’’; and

20 (B) in subsection (c)—

21 (i) by striking out ‘‘or’’ after the

22 semicolon at the end of paragraph (4); and

23 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semi24 colon at the end of paragraph (5).
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1 (4) Section 17 of the Federal Contested Elec2 tions Act (2 U.S.C. 396) is amended by striking out

3 ‘‘contingent fund’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘ap4 plicable accounts’’.

5 SEC. 212. PROVISIONS RELATING TO JOINT COMMITTEE ON

6 CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS.

7 The provisions of law relating to the Joint Committee

8 on Government Operations, as codified in chapter 13 of

9 title 2, United States Code, are amended as follows:

10 (1)(A) Part 1 of title IV of the Legislative Re11 organization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 411–417) is re12 pealed.

13 (B) The table of contents of the Legislative Re14 organization Act of 1970 is amended, in the matter

15 relating to title IV (84 Stat. 1141), by striking out

16 the matter relating to part 1.

17 (2) Section 206 of House Resolution 988, Nine18 ty-third Congress, agreed to October 8, 1974, as en19 acted into permanent law by chapter III of title I of

20 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 (2

21 U.S.C. 412a), is repealed.
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1 SEC. 213. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONGRESSIONAL

2 BUDGET OFFICE.

3 The provisions of law relating to contested elections,

4 as codified in chapter 17 of title 2, United States Code,

5 are amended as follows:

6 Section 202(g) of the Congressional Budget Act

7 of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(g)) is amended by striking

8 out ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

9 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

10 SEC. 214. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE STATES.

11 Section 307(b)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appro12 priations Act, 1988 (4 U.S.C. 105 note) is amended by

13 striking out ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

14 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

15 SEC. 215. PROVISIONS RELATING TO GOVERNMENT ORGA16 NIZATION AND EMPLOYEES.

17 Title 5, United States Code, is amended as follows:

18 (1) Section 2107(5) of title 5, United States

19 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and in20 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi21 cer’’.

22 (2) Section 3304(c)(1) of title 5, United States

23 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and in24 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi25 cer’’.
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1 (3) Section 5306(a)(1)(A) of title 5, United

2 States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and

3 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi4 cer’’.

5 (4) Section 5334(c) of title 5, United States

6 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and in7 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi8 cer’’.

9 (5) Section 5515 of title 5, United States Code,

10 is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in

11 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

12 (6) Section 5531(5) of title 5, United States

13 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and in14 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi15 cer’’.

16 (7) Subsections (c)(1), (c)(2), and (d)(5)(A) of

17 section 5533 of title 5, United States Code, are each

18 amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in

19 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

20 (8) Section 5537(a) of title 5, United States

21 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and in22 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi23 cer’’.

24 (9) Section 5751 of title 5, United States Code,

25 is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ both places it
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1 appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Admin2 istrative Officer’’.

3 (10) Section 6322 of title 5, United States

4 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ both

5 places it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief

6 Administrative Officer’’.

7 (11) Section 8332(b) of title 5, United States

8 Code, is amended in the fourth sentence in the mat9 ter following paragraph (16) by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’

10 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative

11 Officer’’.

12 (12)(A) The third sentence of section

13 8334(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amend14 ed by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the House of Represent15 atives, the Clerk may pay from the contingent fund

16 of the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief

17 Administrative Officer of the House of Representa18 tives, the Chief Administrative Officer may pay from

19 the applicable accounts of the House of Representa20 tives’’.

21 (B) Paragraph (1)(A) and paragraph (3) of

22 section 8334(j) of title 5, United States Code, are

23 each amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting

24 in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.
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1 (13) Section 8402(c)(5) of title 5, United

2 States Code, is amended—

3 (A) in the matter before subparagraph (A),

4 by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu

5 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’; and

6 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking out

7 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad8 ministrative Officer’’.

9 (14) Paragraph (1)(A) and paragraph (3) of

10 section 8422(e) of title 5, United States Code, are

11 each amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting

12 in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

13 (15) Section 8423(a)(3)(C) of title 5, United

14 States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk of

15 the House of Representatives, from the contingent

16 fund of the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

17 ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep18 resentatives, from the applicable accounts of the

19 House of Representatives’’.

20 (16) The second sentence of section 8432(e) of

21 title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking

22 out ‘‘Clerk of the House of Representatives, the

23 Clerk may pay from the contingent fund’’ and in24 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer

25 of the House of Representatives, the Chief Adminis-
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1 trative Officer may pay from the applicable ac2 counts’’.

3 (17) The second sentence of section 8432a(c) of

4 title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking

5 out ‘‘Clerk of the House of Representatives, the

6 Clerk may pay from the contingent fund’’ and in7 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer

8 of the House of Representatives, the Chief Adminis9 trative Officer may pay from the applicable ac10 counts’’.

11 (18) Subsection (b) of section 8708 of title 5,

12 United States Code, is amended by striking out

13 ‘‘Clerk’’ the first place it appears and all that fol14 lows through the end of the subsection and inserting

15 in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘Chief Administrative

16 Officer of the House of Representatives, the Chief

17 Administrative Officer may contribute the sum re18 quired by subsection (a) of this section from the ap19 plicable accounts of the House of Representatives.’’.

20 (19) Section 8906(f)(3) of title 5, United States

21 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the

22 House of Representatives, from the contingent fund

23 of the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief

24 Administrative Officer of the House of Representa-
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1 tives, from the applicable accounts of the House of

2 Representatives’’.

3 SEC. 216. PROVISIONS CODIFIED IN APPENDICES TO TITLE

4 5, UNITED STATES CODE.

5 The provisions of law codified in appendices to title

6 5, United States Code, are amended as follows:

7 (1) Section 103(h)(1)(A)(i)(I) of the Ethics in

8 Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.

9 103(h)(1)(A)(i)(I)) is amended by striking out

10 ‘‘Clerk’’ the second place it appears and inserting in

11 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

12 (2) Section 109(13)(A) of the Ethics in Govern13 ment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 103(13)(A)) is

14 amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in

15 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

16 SEC. 217. PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMERCE AND

17 TRADE.

18 The Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint resolution to

19 print the monthly publication entitled ‘Economic Indica20 tors’’’, approved June 23, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1025), is

21 amended by striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper’’ and inserting in

22 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.
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1 SEC. 218. PROVISIONS RELATING TO FOREIGN RELATIONS

2 AND INTERCOURSE.

3 The provisions of law relating to foreign relations and

4 intercourse, as codified in title 22, United States Code,

5 are amended as follows:

6 (1) The last sentence of section 105(b) of the

7 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1961 (22

8 U.S.C. 276c–1) is amended by striking out ‘‘House

9 Administration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

10 ‘‘House Oversight’’.

11 (2) The first sentence of subsection (b)(2), the

12 first sentence of subsection (b)(3)(A), and the first

13 sentence of subsection (b)(3)(B) of section 502 of

14 the Mutual Security Act of 1954 (22 U.S.C. 1754)

15 are each amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ each place

16 it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad17 ministrative Officer’’.

18 (3) Section 8(d)(2) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act

19 to establish a Commission on Security and Coopera20 tion in Europe’’, approved June 3, 1976 (22 U.S.C.

21 3008(d)(2)), is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and

22 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi23 cer’’.

24 SEC. 219. PROVISIONS RELATING TO MONEY AND FINANCE.

25 (a) USE OF VEHICLES AMENDMENT.—Section

26 802(d) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (31 U.S.C. 1344
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1 note) is amended by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’

2 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

3 (b) TITLE 31, UNITED STATES CODE AMEND4 MENTS.—Title 31, United States Code, is amended as fol5 lows:

6 (1) Section 1551(c)(2) of title 31, United

7 States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and

8 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi9 cer’’.

10 (2) Section 6102a(c) of title 31, United States

11 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘House Adminis12 tration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over13 sight’’.

14 (3) Section 6203(a)(3) of title 31, United

15 States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘House Ad16 ministration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House

17 Oversight’’.

18 SEC. 220. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE POSTAL SERVICE.

19 Title 39, United States Code, is amended as follows:

20 (1) Paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of sub21 section (e) of section 3216 of title 39, United States

22 Code, are each amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk of

23 the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad24 ministrative Officer of the House of Representa25 tives’’.
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1 (2) Section 3216(e)(2) of title 39, United

2 States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘House Ad3 ministration’’ each place it appears and inserting in

4 lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

5 SEC. 221. PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS,

6 PROPERTY, AND WORKS.

7 The provisions of law relating to public buildings,

8 property, and works, as codified in title 40, United States

9 Code, are amended as follows:

10 (1) The first section of House Resolution 291,

11 Eighty-eighth Congress, agreed to June 18, 1963, as

12 enacted into permanent law by section 103 of the

13 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965 (40

14 U.S.C. 166b–4), is amended—

15 (A) in the first sentence, by striking out

16 ‘‘contingent fund’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

17 ‘‘applicable accounts’’; and

18 (B) by striking out ‘‘House Administra19 tion’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu

20 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

21 (2) Section 1816 of the Revised Statutes of the

22 United States (40 U.S.C. 170) is amended by strik23 ing out ‘‘Accounts of the House of Representatives,

24 for the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House
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1 Oversight of the House of Representatives, for the

2 House of Representatives’’.

3 (3)(A) Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section

4 2 of House Resolution 317, Ninety-second Congress,

5 agreed to March 25, 1971, as enacted into perma6 nent law by the paragraph under the heading

7 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ and the sub8 headings ‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’

9 and ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS’’ in the first section of

10 the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1972 (40

11 U.S.C. 174k(a), (b), and (c)), are each amended by

12 striking out ‘‘House Administration’’ each place it

13 appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over14 sight’’.

15 (B) Section 208 of the First Supplemental Civil

16 Functions Appropriation Act, 1941 (40 U.S.C. 174k

17 note) is repealed.

18 (4)(A) The proviso in the paragraph under the

19 heading ‘‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ and

20 the subheading ‘‘HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS’’ in the

21 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (40

22 U.S.C. 175 note), is amended by striking out

23 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu there24 of ‘‘House Oversight’’.
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1 (B) The first section of House Resolution 208,

2 Ninety-fourth Congress, agreed to February 24,

3 1975, as enacted into permanent law by section 201

4 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1976

5 (40 U.S.C. 175 note), is amended—

6 (i) by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’

7 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight

8 of the House of Representatives’’; and

9 (ii) by striking out ‘‘contingent fund’’ and

10 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable accounts’’.

11 (5)(A) Section 312 of the Legislative Branch

12 Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g) is

13 amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ each place it ap14 pears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Adminis15 trative Officer’’.

16 (B) Section 312(a)(1)(A) of the Legislative

17 Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.

18 184g(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking out ‘‘or the

19 Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives’’.

20 (C) Section 312(d)(2) of the Legislative Branch

21 Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g(d)(2)) is

22 amended by striking out ‘‘with’’ and inserting in lieu

23 thereof ‘‘With’’.
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1 (6) Section 312 of the Legislative Branch Ap2 propriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g) is amend3 ed—

4 (A) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking out

5 ‘‘Minority Leader’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

6 ‘‘minority leader’’;

7 (B) in subsection (c), by striking out

8 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

9 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’; and

10 (C) in subsection (d)(1), by striking out

11 ‘‘in the contingent fund of the House of Rep12 resentatives’’.

13 (7) Section 801(b)(3) of the Arizona-Idaho

14 Conservation Act of 1988 (40 U.S.C. 188a(b)(3)) is

15 amended by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’

16 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

17 (8) The second sentence of section 1001(a) of

18 the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988 (40

19 U.S.C. 188c(a)) is amended by striking out ‘‘House

20 Administration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

21 ‘‘House Oversight’’.

22 (9)(A) Section 2(a) of House Resolution 661,

23 Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to July 29, 1977, as

24 enacted into permanent law by section 111 of the

25 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1979 (40
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1 U.S.C. 206 note), is amended by striking out

2 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu there3 of ‘‘House Oversight’’.

4 (B) House Resolution 199, One Hundred Sec5 ond Congress, agreed to August 1, 1991, as enacted

6 into permanent law by section 102 of the Legislative

7 Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 206

8 note), is amended by striking out ‘‘House Adminis9 tration’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu

10 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

11 (C) House Resolution 420, One Hundred First

12 Congress, agreed to June 26, 1990, as enacted into

13 permanent law by section 105 of the Legislative

14 Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (40 U.S.C. 206

15 note), is amended—

16 (i) in section 2(1), by striking out ‘‘House

17 Administration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

18 ‘‘House Oversight’’; and

19 (ii) in section 3(2), by striking out ‘‘from

20 the contingent fund of the House of Represent21 atives or’’.

22 (10) Section 3(a)(1) of House Resolution 449,

23 Ninety-second Congress, agreed to June 2, 1971, as

24 enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of the

25 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1972 (40 U.S.C.
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1 206b(a)(1)), is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and

2 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi3 cer’’.

4 (11)(A) Section 3(d) of House Resolution 449,

5 Ninety-second Congress, agreed to June 2, 1971, as

6 enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of the

7 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1972 (40 U.S.C.

8 206b(d), is amended by striking out ‘‘House Admin9 istration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over10 sight’’.

11 (B)(i) The provisions of law specified in clause

12 (ii) (40 U.S.C. 206b(g); 40 U.S.C. 206b note) are

13 amended as provided in such clause.

14 (ii) House Resolution 449, Ninety-second Con15 gress, agreed to June 2, 1971, as enacted into per16 manent law by chapter IV of the Supplemental Ap17 propriations Act, 1972, is amended by striking out

18 section 5. House Resolution 1309, Ninety-third Con19 gress, agreed to October 10, 1974, as enacted into

20 permanent law by chapter III of the Supplemental

21 Appropriations Act, 1975, is amended by striking

22 out section 3.

23 (12) Section 9C of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to

24 define the area of the United States Capitol

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1 purposes’’, approved July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C.

2 207a) is amended by striking out ‘‘House Adminis3 tration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over4 sight’’.

5 (13) Section 9B(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act

6 to define the area of the United States Capitol

7 Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for other

8 purposes’’, approved July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C.

9 212a–3(a)) is amended by striking out ‘‘House Ad10 ministration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House

11 Oversight’’.

12 (14) Subsection (b)(1) and subsection (c) of

13 section 3 of Public Law 98–392 (40 U.S.C.

14 214b(b)(1) and (c)) are each amended by striking

15 out ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

16 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

17 (15) Section 151(a) of Public Law 99–500 (100

18 Stat. 1783–352), enacted in identical form as sec19 tion 151(a) of Public Law 99–591 (100 Stat. 3341–

20 355), (40 U.S.C. 756b) is amended by striking out

21 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Admin22 istrative Officer’’.

23 (16) The second sentence of section 301 of the

24 National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968 (40

25 U.S.C. 831) is amended by striking out ‘‘House
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1 Committee on House Administration’’ and inserting

2 in lieu thereof ‘‘Committee on House Oversight of

3 the House of Representatives’’.

4 (17) Section 441 of the Legislative Reorganiza5 tion Act of 1970 (40 U.S.C. 851) is amended—

6 (A) in subsection (c)(1), subsection (c)(4),

7 and subsection (h), by striking out ‘‘House Ad8 ministration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

9 ‘‘House Oversight’’; and

10 (B) by striking out subsection (j).

11 (18) Section 3(d) of Public Law 99–652 (40

12 U.S.C. 1003(b)) is amended by striking out ‘‘House

13 Administration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

14 ‘‘House Oversight’’.

15 SEC. 222. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH

16 AND WELFARE.

17 The provisions of law relating to the public health

18 and welfare, as codified in title 42, United States Code,

19 are amended as follows:

20 (1) Section 303d. of the Atomic Energy Act of

21 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2259(d)) is amended by striking

22 out ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

23 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

24 (2) Section 6004(a)(4) of the Solid Waste Dis25 posal Act (42 U.S.C. 6964) is amended by striking
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1 out ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

2 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

3 SEC. 223. PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC PRINTING

4 AND DOCUMENTS.

5 Title 44, United States Code, is amended as follows:

6 (1) Section 101 of title 44, United States Code,

7 is amended by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’

8 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

9 (2) The third sentence of section 703 of title

10 44, United States Code, is amended by striking out

11 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu there12 of ‘‘House Oversight’’.

13 (3) Section 730 of title 44, United States Code,

14 is amended by striking out ‘‘, Sergeant at Arms, and

15 Doorkeeper’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and Ser16 geant at Arms’’.

17 (4)(A) Section 735 of title 44, United States

18 Code, is amended—

19 (i) in the section heading, by striking out

20 ‘‘Members of Congress’’ and inserting in

21 lieu thereof ‘‘Senators’’.

22 (ii) by striking out ‘‘Member of Congress’’

23 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Senator’’; and

24 (iii) by striking out ‘‘and Clerk of the

25 House of Representatives, respectively’’.
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1 (B) The table of sections for chapter 7 of title

2 44, United States Code, is amended by striking out

3 the item relating to section 735 and inserting in lieu

4 thereof the following new item:

‘‘735. Binding for Senators.’’.

5 (5) The second sentence of section 739 of title

6 44, United States Code, is amended by striking out

7 ‘‘Doorkeeper’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Clerk’’.

8 (6) The first sentence of section 740 of title 44,

9 United States Code, is amended by striking out

10 ‘‘Doorkeeper of the House’’ and inserting in lieu

11 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House

12 of Representatives’’.

13 (7) Section 908 of title 44, United States Code,

14 is amended by striking out ‘‘Sergeant at Arms of the

15 House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Admin16 istrative Officer of the House of Representatives’’.

17 (8) Section 2203(e) of title 44, United States

18 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘House Adminis19 tration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over20 sight’’.

21 (9) Section 3303a(c) of title 44, United States

22 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘House Adminis23 tration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over24 sight’’.
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1 SEC. 224. PROVISIONS RELATING TO TERRITORIES AND IN2 SULAR POSSESSIONS.

3 The provisions of law relating to territories and insu4 lar possessions, as codified in title 48, United States Code,

5 are amended as follows:

6 (1) The last undesignated paragraph after the

7 center heading ‘‘MINTS AND ASSAY OFFICES.’’ and

8 the center subheading ‘‘GOVERNMENT IN THE TER9 RITORIES’’ in the first section of the Act entitled

10 ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the legislative,

11 executive, and judicial expenses of the Government

12 for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen

13 hundred and seven, and for other purposes’’, ap14 proved June 22, 1906 (48 U.S.C. 894), is amended

15 by striking out ‘‘Sergeant-at-Arms’’ and inserting in

16 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

17 (2) Section 35 of the Organic Act of Guam (48

18 U.S.C. 1421k–1) is repealed.

19 (3) Section 15 of the Revised Organic Act of

20 the Virgin Islands (48 U.S.C. 1596) is repealed.

21 (4) The last two provisos of section 5 of Public

22 Law 92–271 (48 U.S.C. 1715 note) are repealed.
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1 SEC. 225. MISCELLANEOUS UNCODIFIED PROVISIONS RE2 LATING TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA3 TIVES.

4 The following miscellaneous uncodified provisions re5 lating to the House of Representatives are amended as

6 follows:

7 (1) The next to the last undesignated para8 graph under the center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REP9 RESENTATIVES’’ and the center subheadings

10 ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS’’ and ‘‘HOUSE BEAU11 TY SHOP’’ in the first section of the Legislative

12 Branch Appropriation Act, 1970 (83 Stat. 347) is

13 amended by striking out the last two sentences.

14 (2) The last undesignated paragraph under the

15 center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTA16 TIVES’’ and the center subheadings ‘‘ADMINISTRA17 TIVE PROVISIONS’’ and ‘‘HOUSE BEAUTY SHOP’’ in

18 the first section of the Legislative Branch Appro19 priation Act, 1970 (83 Stat. 347) is repealed.

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