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(b) The Council shall have a staff to be headed by the

Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. The

Council shall have such staff and other assistance as

may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this

order.

(c) All executive departments and agencies shall cooperate with the Council and provide such assistance,

information, and advice to the Council as the Council

may request, to the extent permitted by law.

WILLIAM J. CLINTON.

§ 101. Commencement of term of office

The term of four years for which a President

and Vice President shall be elected, shall, in all

cases, commence on the 20th day of January

next succeeding the day on which the votes of

the electors have been given.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 678.)

OLD EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING

Pub. L. 100–461, title V, §590, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat.

2268–52, provided that:

‘‘(a) ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS OF MONEY AND PROPERTY.—

The Director of the Office of Administration is authorized to—

‘‘(1) accept, hold, administer, utilize and sell gifts

and bequests of property, both real and personal, and

loans of personal property other than money; and

‘‘(2) accept and utilize voluntary and uncompensated services;

for the purpose of aiding, benefiting, or facilitating the

work of preservation, restoration, renovation, rehabilitation, or historic furnishing of the Old Executive Office Building and the grounds thereof.

‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—There is established

in the Treasury a fund for use in accordance with the

provisions of this section. Amounts of money and proceeds from the sale of property accepted under subsection (a) shall be deposited in the fund, which shall be

available to the Director of the Office of Administration. Such funds shall be held in trust by the Secretary

of the Treasury.

‘‘(c) USE OF FUND.—Property accepted pursuant to

this section or the proceeds from the sale thereof, shall

be used as nearly as possible in accordance with the

terms of the gift or bequest. Any use or sale of property

accepted pursuant to this section, and any use of proceeds from such sale, shall be subject to the disapproval

of the Administrator of General Services within 30 days

after the Administrator receives notice of such use or

sale. The Director of the Office of Administration shall

not accept any gift under this section that is expressly

conditioned on any expenditure not to be met from the

gift itself unless such expenditure has been approved by

an Act of Congress.

‘‘(d) TAXES.—For the purpose of the Federal income,

estate, and gift tax laws, property accepted under this

section shall be considered as a gift, bequest, or devise

to the United States.’’

PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PRESIDENTIAL

OFFICE SPACE

Act Aug. 3, 1956, ch. 925, 70 Stat. 979, as amended by

Pub. L. 85–3, Jan. 25, 1957, 71 Stat. 4, created a President’s Advisory Commission on Presidential Office

Space to study the problem of providing more adequate

office space for the White House Office and the other

agencies of the Executive Office of the President. Pursuant to section 1(b) of act Aug. 3, 1956, the Commission

was required to report to the President its findings and

recommendations within 10 months after Aug. 3, 1956,

and section 2(g) of act Aug. 3, 1956, provided that the

Commission should cease to exist 30 days after the submission of its final report.

§ 102. Compensation of the President

The President shall receive in full for his services during the term for which he shall have

been elected compensation in the aggregate

amount of $200,000 a year, to be paid monthly,

and in addition an expense allowance of $50,000

to assist in defraying expenses relating to or resulting from the discharge of his official duties,

for which expense allowance no accounting,

other than for income tax purposes, shall be

made by him. He shall be entitled also to the use

of the furniture and other effects belonging to

the United States and kept in the Executive

Residence at the White House.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 644, 62 Stat. 678; Jan. 19, 1949,

ch. 2, §1(a), 63 Stat. 4; Oct. 20, 1951, ch. 521, title

VI, §619(a), 65 Stat. 569; Pub. L. 91–1, §1, Jan. 17,

1969, 83 Stat. 3; Pub. L. 95–570, §5(a), Nov. 2, 1978,

92 Stat. 2450.)

AMENDMENTS

1978—Pub. L. 95–570 substituted ‘‘Executive Residence

at the White House’’ for ‘‘Executive Mansion’’.

1969—Pub. L. 91–1 substituted ‘‘$200,000’’ for

‘‘$100,000’’.

1951—Act Oct. 20, 1951, made President’s expense allowance taxable.

1949—Act Jan. 19, 1949, increased salary from $75,000

to $100,000 per year, and gave President a yearly expense account of $50,000 for which he was to make no

accounting and which was tax free.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT

Section 6(a) of Pub. L. 95–570 provided that: ‘‘The

amendments made by this Act [enacting sections 107,

108, 112, 113, and 114 of this title, amending sections 102,

103, 105, 106, 109, 110, and 202 of this title, repealing section 107 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as

a note under section 107 of this title] shall apply to any

fiscal year which begins on or after October 1, 1978.’’

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1969 AMENDMENT

Section 2 of Pub. L. 91–1 provided that: ‘‘The amendment made by this Act [amending this section] shall

take effect at noon on January 20, 1969.’’

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1951 AMENDMENT

Section 619(e) of act Oct. 20, 1951, provided that: ‘‘The

amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of this

section [amending this section and section 111 of this

title] shall become effective at noon on January 20,

1953, and the amendments made by subsections (c) and

(d) [amending sections 31a and 31b of Title 2, The Congress] shall become effective at noon on January 3,

1953.’’

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1949 AMENDMENT

Amendment by act Jan. 19, 1949, effective noon, Jan.

19, 1949, see section 3 of that act.

SHORT TITLE OF 1988 AMENDMENT

Pub. L. 100–398, §1, Aug. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 985, provided that: ‘‘This Act [amending sections 3345, 3348, and

5723 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and enacting and amending provisions set out as

notes under this section] may be cited as the ‘Presidential Transitions Effectiveness Act’.’’

DISCLOSURE OF IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS TO 1988–1989

TRANSITION

Pub. L. 100–398, §5, Aug. 17, 1988, 102 Stat. 987, provided that:

‘‘(a) DISCLOSURE AS CONDITION OF RECEIPT OF FUNDS.—

The President-elect and Vice-President-elect (as a condition for receiving services under section 3 and for

funds provided under section 6(a)(1) of the Presidential

Transition Act of 1963 [Pub. L. 88–277] (3 U.S.C. 102 note)

shall provide an estimate to the Administrator of General Services of the aggregate value of in-kind con-