Union Calendar No. 232

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2739

[Report No. 104–482]

A BILL

To provide for a representational allowance for

and for other purposes.trative reforms in the House of Representatives,dry provisions of law in consequence of adminismake technical and conforming changes to sunMembers of the House of Representatives, to

MARCH 14, 1996

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Commitordered to be printed tee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and
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Union Calendar No. 232

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2739

[Report No. 104–482]

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

MARCH 14, 1996

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on December 7, 1995]

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.
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

5 ‘‘House of Representatives Administrative Reform Tech6 nical Corrections Act’’.

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for

8 this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

TITLE I—PROVISIONS RELATING TO ALLOWANCES AND ACCOUNTS

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS

Sec. 101. Representational allowance for Members of House of Representatives.

Sec. 102. Adjustment of House of Representatives allowances by Committee on

House Oversight.

Sec. 103. Limitation on allowance authority of Committee on House Oversight.

Sec. 104. Clerk hire employees of Members of House of Representatives.

Sec. 105. Payments from applicable accounts of House of Representatives.

Sec. 106. Report of disbursements for House of Representatives.

Sec. 107. Cafeteria plan provision.

Sec. 108. Annotated United States Code for Members of House of Representatives

to be paid for from Members’ Representational Allowance.

Sec. 109. Capitol Police citation release.

TITLE II—TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS IN THE HOUSE

OF REPRESENTATIVES

Sec. 201. Provisions relating to election of Representatives.

Sec. 202. Provisions relating to organization of Congress.

Sec. 203. Provisions relating to compensation and allowances of Members.

Sec. 204. Provisions relating to officers and employees of House of Representatives.

Sec. 205. Provisions relating to Library of Congress.

Sec. 206. Provisions relating to congressional and committee procedure; investigations.

Sec. 207. Provisions relating to Office of Law Revision Counsel.

Sec. 208. Provisions relating to Legislative Classification Office.

Sec. 209. Provisions relating to classification of employees of House of Representatives.

Sec. 210. Provisions relating to payroll administration in House of Representatives.

Sec. 211. Provisions relating to contested elections.

Sec. 212. Provisions relating to Joint Committee on Congressional Operations.

Sec. 213. Provisions relating to Congressional Budget Office.
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Sec. 214. Provisions relating to the States.

Sec. 215. Provisions relating to Government organization and employees.

Sec. 216. Provisions codified in appendices to title 5, United States Code.

Sec. 217. Provisions relating to commerce and trade.

Sec. 218. Provisions relating to foreign relations and intercourse.

Sec. 219. Provisions relating to money and finance.

Sec. 220. Provisions relating to Postal Service.

Sec. 221. Provisions relating to public buildings, property, and works.

Sec. 222. Provisions relating to the public health and welfare.

Sec. 223. Provisions relating to public printing and documents.

Sec. 224. Provisions relating to territories and insular possessions.

Sec. 225. Miscellaneous uncodified provisions relating to House of Representatives.

1 TITLE I—PROVISIONS RELATING

2 TO ALLOWANCES AND AC3 COUNTS IN THE HOUSE OF

4 REPRESENTATIVES AND

5 OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE

6 MATTERS

7 SEC. 101. REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCE FOR MEMBERS

8 OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

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

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

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

12 available to support the conduct of the official and represen13 tational duties of a Member of the House of Representatives

14 with respect to the district from which the Member is elect15 ed.

16 (b) MERGER.—The Clerk Hire Allowance, the Official

17 Expenses Allowance, and the Official Mail Allowance, as

18 in effect on the day before the effective date of this section,

19 are merged into the Members’ Representational Allowance.
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1 (c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term

2 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep3 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to,

4 the Congress.

5 (d) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Over6 sight of the House of Representatives shall have authority

7 to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

8 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect on

9 September 1, 1995 and shall apply with respect to official

10 and representational duties carried out on or after that

11 date.

12 SEC. 102. ADJUSTMENT OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

13 ALLOWANCES BY COMMITTEE ON HOUSE

14 OVERSIGHT.

15 House Resolution 457, Ninety-second Congress, agreed

16 to July 21, 1971, as enacted into permanent law by chapter

17 IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C.

18 57), is amended to read as follows:

19 ‘‘SECTION 1. ADJUSTMENT OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTA20 TIVES ALLOWANCES BY COMMITTEE ON

21 HOUSE OVERSIGHT.

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

23 specified in subsection (b), the Committee on House Over24 sight of the House of Representatives may, by order of the

25 Committee, fix and adjust the amounts, terms, and condi-
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1 tions of, and other matters relating to, allowances of the

2 House of Representatives within the following categories:

3 ‘‘(1) For Members of the House of Representa4 tives, the Members’ Representational Allowance, in5 cluding all aspects of the Official Mail Allowance

6 within the jurisdiction of the Committee under section

7 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,

8 1991.

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

10 and minority leaders, the Clerk, the Sergeant at

11 Arms, and the Chief Administrative Officer, allow12 ances for official mail (including all aspects of the Of13 ficial Mail Allowance within the jurisdiction of the

14 Committee under section 311 of the Legislative

15 Branch Appropriations Act, 1991), stationery, and

16 telephone and telegraph and other communications.

17 ‘‘(b) PROVISION SPECIFIED.—The provision of law re18 ferred to in subsection (a) is House Resolution 1372, Nine19 ty-fourth Congress, agreed to July 1, 1976, as enacted into

20 permanent law by section 101 of the Legislative Branch Ap21 propriation Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 57a).

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

23 ‘Member of the House of Representatives’ means a Rep24 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to,

25 the Congress.’’.
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1 SEC. 103. LIMITATION ON ALLOWANCE AUTHORITY OF COM2 MITTEE ON HOUSE OVERSIGHT.

3 House Resolution 1372, Ninety-fourth Congress, agreed

4 to July 1, 1976, as enacted into permanent law by section

5 101 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1977 (2

6 U.S.C. 57a), is amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON ALLOWANCE AUTHORITY OF

8 COMMITTEE ON HOUSE OVERSIGHT.

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

10 law specified in subsection (c) may fix or adjust the allow11 ances of the House of Representatives only by reason of—

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

13 or office space;

14 ‘‘(2) a technological change or other improve15 ment in office equipment; or

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

17 United States Code, in rates of pay under the General

18 Schedule.

19 ‘‘(b) RESOLUTION REQUIREMENT.—In the case of rea20 sons other than the reasons specified in paragraph (1), (2),

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

22 allowances of the House of Representatives in the categories

23 described in the provision of law specified in subsection (c)

24 may be carried out only by resolution of the House of Rep25 resentatives.
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1 ‘‘(c) PROVISION SPECIFIED.—The provision of law re2 ferred to in subsections (a) and (b) is House Resolution 457,

3 Ninety-second Congress, agreed to July 21, 1971, as enacted

4 into permanent law by chapter IV of the Supplemental Ap5 propriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C. 57).’’.

6 SEC. 104. CLERK HIRE EMPLOYEES OF MEMBERS OF HOUSE

7 OF REPRESENTATIVES.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Under the Members’ Representa9 tional Allowance, each Member of the House of Representa10 tives may employ not more than 18 permanent clerk hire

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

12 hire employees in the following categories:

13 (1) Interns.

14 (2) Part-time employees.

15 (3) Shared employees.

16 (4) Temporary employees.

17 (5) Employees on leave without pay.

18 (b) BENEFIT EXCLUSION.—For purposes of this sec19 tion, interns and temporary employees shall be excluded

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

21 United States Code:

22 (1) Chapter 84 (relating to the Federal Employ23 ees’ Retirement System).

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

25 (3) Chapter 89 (relating to health insurance).
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1 (c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—

2 (1) the term ‘‘Member of the House of Represent3 atives’’ means a Representative in, or a Delegate or

4 Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;

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

6 Member of the House of Representatives, an individ7 ual who serves in the office of the Member in the Dis8 trict of Columbia for not more than 120 days in a

9 12-month period and whose service is primarily for

10 the educational experience of the individual;

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

12 respect to a Member of the House of Representatives,

13 an individual who is employed by the Member and

14 whose normally assigned work schedule is not more

15 than the equivalent of 15 full working days per

16 month;

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

18 respect to a Member of the House of Representatives,

19 an individual who is employed for a specific purpose

20 or task and who is employed for not more than 90

21 days in a 12-month period, except that the term of

22 such employment may be extended with the written

23 approval of the Committee on House Oversight; and
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1 (5) the term ‘‘shared employee’’ means an em2 ployee who is paid by more than one employing au3 thority of the House of Representatives.

4 (d) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Over5 sight shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry

6 out this section.

7 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The following provi8 sions of law are repealed:

9 (1) The first section of the Joint Resolution enti10 tled ‘‘Joint resolution providing for pay to clerks to

11 Members of Congress and Delegates’’, approved Janu12 ary 25, 1923 (2 U.S.C. 92).

13 (2) House Resolution 359, Ninety-sixth Congress,

14 agreed to July 20, 1979, as enacted into permanent

15 law by the bill H.R. 7593, entitled the ‘‘Legislative

16 Branch Appropriation Act, 1981’’, as passed by the

17 House of Representatives on July 21, 1980, and en18 acted into permanent law by section 101(c) of Public

19 Law 96–536 (2 U.S.C. 92 note).

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

21 Ninety-first Congress, agreed to June 25, 1969, as en22 acted into permanent law by section 103 of the Legis23 lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1970 (2 U.S.C. 92

24 note).
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1 SEC. 105. PAYMENTS FROM APPLICABLE ACCOUNTS OF

2 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

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

4 applicable accounts of the House of Representatives (as de5 termined by the Committee on House Oversight of the House

6 of Representatives), unless sanctioned by that Committee.

7 Payments on vouchers approved in the manner directed by

8 that Committee shall be deemed, held, and taken, and are

9 declared to be conclusive upon all the departments and offi10 cers of the Government.

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

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

13 Representatives’’ means accounts for salaries and ex14 penses of committees (other than the Committee on

15 Appropriations), the computer support organization

16 of the House of Representatives, and allowances and

17 expenses of Members of the House of Representatives,

18 officers of the House of Representatives, and adminis19 trative and support offices of the House of Represent20 atives; and

21 (2) the term ‘‘Member of the House of Represent22 atives’’ means a Representative in, or a Delegate or

23 Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.

24 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The paragraph be25 ginning ‘‘Hereafter’’ under the heading ‘‘UNDER LEGIS26 LATIVE.’’ and the subheading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
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1 TIVES.’’ in the first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act mak2 ing appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Govern3 ment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hun4 dred and eighty-nine, and for other purposes’’, approved

5 October 2, 1888 (2 U.S.C. 95), is amended—

6 (1) in the first sentence, by striking out ‘‘, or

7 from the contingent fund’’ and all that follows

8 through the end of the sentence and inserting in lieu

9 thereof a period; and

10 (2) in the second sentence—

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

12 approved by the Committee on House Adminis13 tration of the House of Representatives, and pay14 ments’’; and

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

16 and all that follows through the end of the sen17 tence and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘fund as addi18 tional salary or compensation to any officer or

19 employee of the Senate.’’.

20 SEC. 106. REPORT OF DISBURSEMENTS FOR HOUSE OF REP21 RESENTATIVES.

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

23 last day of each semiannual period, the Chief Administra24 tive Officer of the House of Representatives shall submit to

25 the House of Representatives, with respect to that period,
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1 a detailed, itemized report of the disbursements for the oper2 ations of the House of Representatives.

3 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection (a)

4 shall include—

5 (1) the name of each person who receives a pay6 ment from the House of Representatives;

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

8 to the House of Representatives;

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

10 House of Representatives, together with a statement of

11 the time required for the service, and the name, title,

12 and amount paid to each person who renders the serv13 ice;

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

15 or received, or expended by the House of Representa16 tives, and any unexpended balances of such amounts;

17 (5) the information submitted to the Comptroller

18 General under section 3523(a) of title 31, United

19 States Code; and

20 (6) such additional information as may be re21 quired by regulation of the Committee on House Over22 sight of the House of Representatives.

23 (c) EXCLUSION.—Notwithstanding subsection (b), if a

24 voucher is for payment to an individual for attendance as

25 a witness before a committee of the Congress in executive
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1 session, the report for the semiannual period in which the

2 appearance occurs shall show only the date of payment,

3 voucher number, and amount paid. Any information ex4 cluded from a report under the preceding sentence shall be

5 included in the report for the next period.

6 (d) HOUSE DOCUMENT.—Each report under this sec7 tion shall be printed as a House document.

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

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

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

11 104); and

12 (2) section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Ap13 propriation Act, 1965 (2 U.S.C. 104a);

14 that require submission and printing of statements and re15 ports are not applicable to the House of Representatives.

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

17 semiannual periods of January 1 through June 30 and

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

19 the semiannual period in which this section is enacted.

20 SEC. 107. CAFETERIA PLAN PROVISION.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be estab22 lished in the House of Representatives a cafeteria plan (as

23 defined in section 125(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of

24 1986) for the benefit of individuals whose pay is disbursed
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1 by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep2 resentatives.

3 (b) ACCOUNT.—There is established in the Treasury an

4 account which shall be available for the payment of benefits

5 and other expenses of the operation of the plan referred to

6 in subsection (a). The account shall consist of—

7 (1) amounts withheld from the pay of partici8 pants in the plan; and

9 (2) such other amounts as may be received with

10 respect to the plan.

11 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Over12 sight of the House of Representatives shall have authority

13 to prescribe regulations relating to the plan referred to in

14 subsection (a), including regulations defining the nature

15 and extent of benefits under the plan.

16 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect

17 on January 1, 1996.

18 SEC. 108. ANNOTATED UNITED STATES CODE FOR MEM19 BERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BE

20 PAID FOR FROM MEMBERS’ REPRESENTA21 TIONAL ALLOWANCE.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Clerk of the House of Rep23 resentatives shall, at the request of a Member of the House

24 of Representatives, furnish to the Member, for official use

25 only, one set of a privately published annotated version of
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1 the United States Code, including supplements and pocket

2 parts. The furnishing of a set of the United States Code

3 under this section shall be in lieu of any distribution under

4 section 212 of title 1, United States Code, and shall be paid

5 for from the Members’ Representational 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 to,

9 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 en15 acted into permanent law by chapter VIII of the Second

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

17 repealed.

18 SEC. 109. 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 responsibility

22 for citation release.

23 (b) AUTHORITY.—(1) In the same manner as provided

24 for with respect to an official of the Metropolitan Police

25 Department of the District of Columbia under section 23–
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1 1110(a) of the District of Columbia Code, the Superior

2 Court of the District of Columbia shall have the authority

3 to appoint the member of the Capitol Police designated

4 under subsection (a) of this section to take bail or collateral

5 from persons charged with offenses triable in the Superior

6 Court of the District of Columbia. Pursuant to that author7 ity—

8 (A) the citation power described in subsection (b)

9 of section 23–1110 of the District of Columbia Code

10 shall be exercised by such member of the Capitol Po11 lice in the same manner as by an official of the Met12 ropolitan Police Department; and

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

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

15 failure to appear, shall apply with respect to citations

16 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 Represent10 atives, as codified in chapter 1 of title 2, United States

11 Code, are amended as follows:

12 The third sentence of section 22(b) of the Act en13 titled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subse14 quent decennial censuses and to provide for appor15 tionment of Representatives in Congress’’, approved

16 June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(b)), is amended by strik17 ing out the semicolon after ‘‘Representatives’’ the first

18 place it appears and all that follows through the end

19 of the sentence and inserting in lieu thereof a period.

20 SEC. 202. PROVISIONS RELATING TO ORGANIZATION OF

21 CONGRESS.

22 The provisions of law relating to organization of Con23 gress, as codified in chapter 2 of title 2, United States Code,

24 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 U.S.C.

7 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 there14 of ‘‘and to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of

15 Representatives, each two sets;’’.

16 (4) Section 202 of House Resolution 988, Ninety17 third Congress, agreed to October 8, 1974, as enacted

18 into permanent law by chapter III of title I of the

19 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 (2 U.S.C.

20 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 Oversight’’;

24 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 of

4 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 2,

9 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 of

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

13 House of Representatives’’, approved January 19,

14 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 of

17 1946, as amended)’’.

18 (2) Section 2 of House Resolution 1238, Ninety19 first Congress, agreed to December 23, 1970, as en20 acted into permanent law by chapter VIII of the Sup21 plemental Appropriations Act, 1971 (2 U.S.C. 31b–

22 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 House’’

3 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Members’ Rep4 resentational Allowance’’.

5 (3) The first sentence of section 5 of House Reso6 lution 1238, Ninety-first Congress, agreed to Decem7 ber 22, 1970 (as enacted into permanent law by chap8 ter VIII of the Supplemental Appropriations Act,

9 1971, and supplemented by the Act entitled ‘‘An Act

10 relating to former Speakers of the House of Represent11 atives’’ (88 Stat. 1723)) (2 U.S.C. 31b–5), is amended

12 by striking out ‘‘to enable the Clerk of the House to

13 pay’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘for payment of’’.

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

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

16 (5) Section 105 of the Legislative Branch Appro17 priation Act, 1955 (2 U.S.C. 38a) is amended—

18 (A) in the first undesignated paragraph, by

19 striking out ‘‘(including amounts held in the

20 trust fund account in the office of the Sergeant

21 at Arms)’’; and

22 (B) in the second undesignated paragraph,

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

24 by the Sergeant at Arms’’ and inserting in lieu

25 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the
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1 House of Representatives and received by the

2 Chief Administrative Officer’’.

3 (6) The proviso in the first paragraph under the

4 heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE BRANCH’’ and the sub5 heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ in chapter

6 I of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1952

7 (2 U.S.C. 38b; 2 U.S.C. 125a) is amended by striking

8 out ‘‘contingent fund of the House of Representatives

9 or’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable accounts

10 of the House of Representatives or the contingent

11 fund’’.

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

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

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

15 lieu thereof ‘‘the Chief Administrative Officer of the

16 House of Representatives (upon certification by the

17 Clerk of the House of Representatives)’’.

18 (8) The proviso in the last undesignated para19 graph under the center heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE ES20 TABLISHMENT’’ and the center subheading ‘‘HOUSE

21 OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ in the Deficiency Appropria22 tion Act, fiscal year 1934 (2 U.S.C. 40a) is amend23 ed—

24 (A) by striking out ‘‘Sergeant at Arms of

25 the House’’ the first place it appears and insert-
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1 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer

2 of the House of Representatives’’; and

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

4 the House shall be paid to the Clerk of the House

5 and’’ inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Adminis6 trative Officer of the House of Representatives

7 shall be’’.

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

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

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

11 Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to March 2, 1977, as en12 acted into permanent law by section 115 of the Legis13 lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 41

14 note), is repealed.

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

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

17 enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of the Sup18 plemental Appropriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C. 42), is

19 repealed.

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

21 United States (2 U.S.C. 42 note) is repealed.

22 (12)(A) The provisions of law specified in sub23 paragraph (B), codified as sections 42c, 42c note, and

24 42d of title 2, United States Code, are repealed.
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1 (B) The provisions of law referred to in subpara2 graph (A) are—

3 (i) the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide air4 mail and special delivery postage stamps for

5 Members of the House of Representatives on the

6 basis of regular sessions of Congress, and for

7 other purposes’’, approved August 27, 1958;

8 (ii) House Resolution 532, Eighty-eighth

9 Congress, agreed to October 2, 1963, as enacted

10 into permanent law by section 103 of the Legis11 lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965; and

12 (iii) House Resolution 1003, Ninetieth Con13 gress, agreed to December 14, 1967, as enacted

14 into permanent law by chapter VIII of title I of

15 the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act,

16 1968.

17 (13) The last paragraph under the heading

18 ‘‘SENATE’’ and the subheading ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE

19 PROVISIONS’’ in the first section of the Legislative

20 Branch Appropriation Act, 1959 (2 U.S.C. 43b) is re21 pealed.

22 (14) Section 2 of Public Law 89–147 (2 U.S.C.

23 43b–1) is repealed.

24 (15) Section 2 of House Resolution 10, Ninety25 fourth Congress, agreed to January 14, 1975, as en-
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1 acted into permanent law by section 201 of the Legis2 lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1976 (2 U.S.C.

3 43b–3), is amended by striking out ‘‘House Adminis4 tration’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu

5 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

6 (16)(A) The provisions of law specified in sub7 paragraph (B), codified as section 46b of title 2,

8 United States Code, are amended, repealed, or af9 fected as provided in that subparagraph.

10 (B) The amendments, repeals, and effects referred

11 to in subparagraph (A) are as follows:

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

13 under the heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENT14 ATIVES’’ and the subheading ‘‘CONTINGENT EX15 PENSES OF THE HOUSE’’ in the Legislative Ap16 propriation Act, 1955, is amended by striking

17 out ‘‘(which hereafter shall be $1,200 per regular

18 session)’’.

19 (ii) That portion of the paragraph under

20 the heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTA21 TIVES’’ and the subheading ‘‘STATIONERY (RE22 VOLVING FUND)’’ in the first section of the Legis23 lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1961, that has

24 been interpreted as increasing the stationery al-
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1 lowance from $1,200 to $1,800 shall have no fur2 ther force or effect.

3 (iii) House Resolution 533, Eighty-eighth

4 Congress, agreed to October 2, 1963, as enacted

5 into permanent law by section 103 of the Legis6 lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965, is re7 pealed.

8 (iv) House Resolution 1029, Eighty-ninth

9 Congress, agreed to October 5, 1966, as continued

10 by House Resolution 112, Ninetieth Congress,

11 agreed to March 8, 1967, as enacted into perma12 nent law by chapter VIII of the Second Supple13 mental Appropriation Act, 1967, is repealed.

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

15 prorated stationery allowance in the case of a Member

16 of the House of Representatives elected for a portion

17 of a term’’, approved February 27, 1956 (2 U.S.C.

18 46b–2), is repealed.

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

20 Act relating to telephone and telegraph service and

21 clerk hire for Members of the House of Representa22 tives’’, approved June 23, 1949 (2 U.S.C. 46f) is re23 pealed.
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1 (B)(i) The provisions of law specified in clause

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

3 Code, are repealed.

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

5 (i) are—

6 (I) section 2 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act re7 lating to telephone and telegraph service and

8 clerk hire for Members of the House of Represent9 atives’’, approved June 23, 1949;

10 (II) House Resolution 735, Eighty-seventh

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

12 into permanent law by section 103 of the Legis13 lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1964;

14 (III) House Resolution 531, Eighty-eighth

15 Congress agreed to October 2, 1963, as enacted

16 into permanent law by section 103 of the Legis17 lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965; and

18 (IV) House Resolution 901, Eighty-Ninth

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

20 into permanent law by chapter VI of the Supple21 mental Appropriation Act, 1967.

22 (C) Section 6 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act relat23 ing to telephone and telegraph service and clerk hire

24 for Members of the House of Representatives’’, ap25 proved June 23, 1949 (2 U.S.C. 46i) is repealed.
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1 (19) The first section of House Resolution 418,

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

3 enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of the Sup4 plemental Appropriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C. 46g–

5 1), is repealed.

6 (20)(A) Section 2 of House Resolution 418, Nine7 ty-second Congress, agreed to May 18, 1971, as en8 acted into permanent law by chapter IV of the Sup9 plemental Appropriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C. 56), is

10 repealed.

11 (B) The section designation and subsections (a),

12 (b), and (d) of section 302 of House Resolution 287,

13 Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to March 2, 1977, as en14 acted into permanent law by section 115 of the Legis15 lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 56

16 note, 2 U.S.C. 122a note), are repealed.

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

18 the first section of House Resolution 1297, Ninety19 fifth Congress, agreed to August 16, 1978, as enacted

20 into permanent law by section 111(1) of the Congres21 sional Operations Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C.

22 59d(a)), is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the

23 House of Representatives’’ and inserting in lieu there24 of ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep25 resentatives’’.
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1 (B) The first undesignated paragraph of the first

2 section of House Resolution 1297, Ninety-fifth Con3 gress, agreed to August 16, 1978, as enacted into per4 manent law by section 111(1) of the Congressional

5 Operations Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C.

6 59d(a)), is amended by striking out ‘‘contingent

7 fund’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable ac8 counts’’.

9 (C) The second undesignated paragraph of the

10 first section of House Resolution 1297, Ninety-fifth

11 Congress, agreed to August 16, 1978, as enacted into

12 permanent law by section 111(1) of the Congressional

13 Operations Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C.

14 59d(a)), as amended by subparagraph (A), is further

15 amended by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’

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

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

18 Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to August 16, 1978, as

19 enacted into permanent law by section 111(1) of the

20 Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1984 (2

21 U.S.C. 59d(b)(1)), is amended to read as follows:

22 ‘‘(1) the term ‘Member of the House of Represent23 atives’ means a Representative in, or a Delegate or

24 Resident Commissioner to, the Congress; and’’.
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1 (22)(A) Section 311(a)(3) of the Legislative

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

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

4 House of Representatives’’ and inserting in lieu there5 of ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep6 resentatives’’.

7 (B) Section 311 of the Legislative Branch Ap8 propriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e) is amended—

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

10 subsection (a), by striking out ‘‘House Adminis11 tration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House

12 Oversight’’;

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

14 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

15 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’;

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

17 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

18 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’;

19 (iv) in subsection (e)(1)(A), by striking out

20 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

21 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’;

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

23 ‘‘only’’;

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

25 ‘‘Official Expenses Allowance and the Clerk Hire
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1 Allowance’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Mem2 bers’ Representational Allowance’’; and

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

4 ‘‘Official Expenses Allowance’’ and inserting in

5 lieu thereof ‘‘Members’ Representational Allow6 ance’’.

7 SEC. 204. PROVISIONS RELATING TO OFFICERS AND EM8 PLOYEES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

9 The provisions of law relating to officers and employ10 ees of the House of Representatives, as codified in chapter

11 4 of title 2, United States Code, are amended as follows:

12 (1) Section 5 of the Federal Pay Comparability

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

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

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

16 House of Representatives’’ and inserting in lieu

17 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the

18 House of Representatives’’;

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

20 ‘‘Clerk of the House’’ and inserting in lieu there21 of ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’;

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

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

24 end of clause (ii) and inserting in lieu thereof a

25 semicolon;
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1 (D) in the matter following subparagraph

2 (B) in subsection (a)(1), by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’

3 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administra4 tive Officer’’;

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

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

7 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’;

8 (F) in subsection (b), by striking out ‘‘Clerk

9 of the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

10 ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’; and

11 (G) in subsection (d), by striking out ‘‘Clerk

12 of the House of Representatives’’ and inserting

13 in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

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

15 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,

16 1988 (2 U.S.C. 60a–2a(1)) is amended, in the matter

17 before subparagraph (A), by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the

18 House of Representatives’’ and inserting in lieu there19 of ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep20 resentatives’’.

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

22 Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint resolution authorizing the

23 payment of salaries of the officers and employees of

24 Congress for December on the 20th day of that month

25 each year’’, approved May 21, 1937 (2 U.S.C. 60d
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1 and 60e), are each amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’

2 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative

3 Officer’’.

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

5 Ninety-fourth Congress, agreed to November 4, 1975,

6 as enacted into permanent law by section 101 of the

7 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1977 (2

8 U.S.C. 60e–1a), is amended—

9 (A) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by

10 striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ the first place it appears

11 and all that follows through ‘‘provisions of’’ and

12 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative

13 Officer of the House of Representatives shall, in

14 accordance with’’;

15 (B) in the second sentence of subsection (a),

16 by striking out ‘‘provide that—’’ and all that fol17 lows through ‘‘shall withhold’’ and inserting in

18 lieu thereof ‘‘provide that the Chief Administra19 tive Officer shall withhold’’;

20 (C) in subsection (b), by striking out ‘‘Clerk

21 or the Sergeant at Arms’’ and inserting in lieu

22 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’;

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

24 ‘‘Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms’’ and inserting

25 in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’;
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1 (E) in subsection (c)(2), by striking out

2 ‘‘Clerk or the Sergeant at Arms, as the case may

3 be,’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu

4 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’; and

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

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

7 it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief

8 Administrative Officer’’.

9 (5)(A) The first section of House Resolution 12,

10 Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to August 5, 1977, as

11 enacted into permanent law by section 111 of the Leg12 islative Branch Appropriation Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C.

13 60e–1c), is amended—

14 (i) in subsection (a), by striking out

15 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad16 ministrative Officer’’; and

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

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

19 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative

20 Officer of the House of Representatives’’.

21 (B) Section 2 of House Resolution 12, Ninety22 fifth Congress, agreed to August 5, 1977, as enacted

23 into permanent law by section 111 of the Legislative

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

25 is amended—
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1 (i) in paragraph (1), by adding ‘‘and’’ after

2 the semicolon at the end;

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

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

5 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad6 ministrative Officer of the House of Representa7 tives’’; and

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

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

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

11 Resolution 420, Ninety-third Congress, agreed to Sep12 tember 18, 1973, as enacted into permanent law by

13 chapter VI of the Supplemental Appropriations Act,

14 1974 (2 U.S.C. 60g–2(b)), is amended by striking out

15 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Adminis16 trative Officer’’.

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

18 Ninety-third Congress, agreed to September 18, 1973,

19 as enacted into permanent law by chapter VI of the

20 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1974 (2 U.S.C.

21 60g–2), is amended—

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

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

24 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable ac25 counts of the House of Representatives’’; and
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1 (B) in subsection (c), by striking out

2 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

3 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

4 (8) Section 310(a) of the Legislative Branch Ap5 propriation Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 60j–2) is amended—

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

7 appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad8 ministrative Officer’’; and

9 (B) by striking out ‘‘SEC. 310. (a)’’ and in10 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘SEC. 310.’’.

11 (9) Section 105 of the Legislative Branch Appro12 priation Act, 1968 is amended by striking out sub13 section (j) (2 U.S.C. 61–1(g)).

14 (10)(A) Subsections (f), (i)(1), and (i)(3) of sec15 tion 202 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946

16 (2 U.S.C. 72a(f), (i)(1), and (i)(3)) are each amended

17 by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’ each place it

18 appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over19 sight’’.

20 (B) Subsection (i)(1) of section 202 of the Legis21 lative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C.

22 72a(i)(1)), as amended by subparagraph (A), is fur23 ther amended—

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

25 respective Houses pursuant to resolutions,
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1 which’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘contingent

2 fund of the Senate or the applicable accounts of

3 the House of Representatives pursuant to resolu4 tions which, in the case of the Senate,’’; and

5 (ii) by striking out ‘‘such respective

6 Houses’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the ap7 propriate House’’.

8 (11) Subsection (j)(1) of section 202 of the Legis9 lative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C.

10 72a(j)(1)) is amended—

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

12 ‘‘Committee on House Administration’’ and all

13 that follows through ‘‘respective Houses’’ and in14 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘committee involved in the

15 case of standing committees of the House of Rep16 resentatives, and within the limits of funds made

17 available from the contingent fund of the Senate

18 or the applicable accounts of the House of Rep19 resentatives pursuant to resolutions, which, in

20 the case of the Senate, shall specify the maxi21 mum amounts which may be used for such pur22 pose, approved by the appropriate House’’; and

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

24 ‘‘Clerk of the House’’ and inserting in lieu there-
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1 of ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House of

2 Representatives’’.

3 (12) The paragraph beginning ‘‘The appropria4 tion for committee employees’’ under the heading

5 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ and the sub6 heading ‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’ in

7 the first section of the Legislative Branch Appropria8 tion Act, 1948 (2 U.S.C. 72b) is amended by striking

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

10 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

11 (13) The last undesignated paragraph under the

12 center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’

13 and the center subheading ‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES

14 OF THE HOUSE’’ in the first section of the Legislative

15 Branch Appropriation Act, 1948 (2 U.S.C. 72c) is re16 pealed.

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

18 Eighty-seventh Congress, agreed to January 10, 1962,

19 as enacted into permanent law by section 103 of the

20 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963 (2

21 U.S.C. 74–1), is amended by striking out ‘‘contingent

22 fund of the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘ap23 plicable accounts of the House of Representatives’’.

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

25 House Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, as en-
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1 acted into permanent law by section 115 of the legis2 lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C.

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

4 of the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applica5 ble accounts of the House of Representatives’’.

6 (B) Section 2 of House Resolution 393, Ninety7 fifth Congress, as enacted into permanent law by sec8 tion 115 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act,

9 1978 (2 U.S.C. 74a–4), is amended by striking out

10 ‘‘contingent fund of the House’’ and inserting in lieu

11 thereof ‘‘applicable accounts of the House of Rep12 resentatives’’.

13 (16) Section 112 of the Congressional Operations

14 Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 74a–5 and 2

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

16 74(a)–4 and 333 of title 2, United States Code,’’ and

17 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘section 2 of House Resolu18 tion 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to March 31,

19 1977, as enacted into permanent law by section 115

20 of the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act,

21 1978, and section 473 of the Legislative Reorganiza22 tion Act of 1970,’’.

23 (17) Section 101 of the Legislative Branch Ap24 propriations Act, 1995 (2 U.S.C. 74a–6) is repealed.
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1 (18) Section 244 of the Legislative Reorganiza2 tion Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 74b) is amended—

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

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

5 and

6 (B) by striking out ‘‘their respective juris7 dictions’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the juris8 diction of the Secretary’’.

9 (19) Section 7 of the Legislative Branch Appro10 priation Act, 1943 (2 U.S.C. 75a) is amended—

11 (A) in the first sentence—

12 (i) by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the House

13 of Representatives, the accounts of such

14 Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief

15 Administrative Officer of the House of Rep16 resentatives, the accounts of the Chief Ad17 ministrative Officer’’; and

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

19 House of Representatives shall have been

20 elected and qualified’’ and inserting in lieu

21 thereof ‘‘new Chief Administrative Officer

22 shall have been appointed’’;

23 (B) in the second sentence—

24 (i) by striking out ‘‘, audited,’’;
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1 (ii) by striking out ‘‘former Clerk of

2 the House of Representatives’’ and inserting

3 in lieu thereof ‘‘former Chief Administrative

4 Officer’’; and

5 (iii) by striking out ‘‘such former

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

7 former Chief Administrative Officer’’;

8 (C) in the third sentence—

9 (i) by striking out ‘‘The former Clerk’’

10 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘The former

11 Chief Administrative Officer’’; and

12 (ii) by striking out ‘‘such former

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

14 former Chief Administrative Officer’’; and

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

16 sentence: ‘‘The accounts and payments referred

17 to in the second sentence shall be audited by the

18 Inspector General of the House of Representa19 tives.’’.

20 (20) Section 208(a) of the Legislative Reorga21 nization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 75a–1(a)) is amended

22 by striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper, Postmaster,’’ each place

23 it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad24 ministrative Officer’’.
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1 (21) Section 73 of the Revised Statutes of the

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

3 (22)(A) The first section of House Resolution 8,

4 Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to January 4, 1977, as

5 enacted into permanent law by section 115 of the Leg6 islative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C.

7 76–1), is amended—

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

9 comma after ‘‘1976’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

10 ‘‘; and’’;

11 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking out ‘‘,

12 and’’ after ‘‘91–510’’ and inserting in lieu there13 of a period; and

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

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

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

17 States Code, are repealed or amended as provided in

18 that clause.

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

20 as follows:

21 (I) House Resolution 909, Eighty-ninth

22 Congress, agreed to September 8, 1966, as en23 acted into permanent law by chapter VI of the

24 Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1967, is re25 pealed.
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1 (II) Subsection (a) of the first section of

2 House Resolution 890, Ninety-second Congress,

3 agreed to October 4, 1972, as enacted into per4 manent law by the paragraph under the heading

5 ‘‘LEGISLATIVE BRANCH’’ and the subhead6 ings ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ and

7 ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION’’, in chapter V of

8 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973, is

9 amended by striking out ‘‘the Doorkeeper,’’.

10 (23) House Resolution 560, Eighty-seventh Con11 gress, agreed to March 27, 1962, as enacted into per12 manent law by section 103 of the Legislative Branch

13 Appropriation Act, 1963 (2 U.S.C. 76a), is repealed.

14 (24) Section 2 of House Resolution 603, Eighty15 seventh Congress, agreed to April 16, 1962, as enacted

16 into permanent law by section 103 of the Legislative

17 Branch Appropriation Act, 1964 (2 U.S.C. 76b), is

18 repealed.

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

20 duties of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Rep21 resentatives, and for other purposes’’, approved Octo22 ber 1, 1890, is amended—

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

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

25 through ‘‘by law’’; and
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1 (B) in section 3 (2 U.S.C. 80), by striking

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

3 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

4 (26) The next to the last undesignated paragraph

5 under the center heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE’’ and the

6 center subheading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’, in

7 the first section of the Second Deficiency Act, fiscal

8 year, 1928 (2 U.S.C. 80a), is amended by striking out

9 ‘‘Sergeant-at-Arms of the House’’ and inserting in

10 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the

11 House of Representatives’’.

12 (27) The Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint resolu13 tion to provide for on-the-spot audits by the General

14 Accounting Office of the fiscal records of the Office of

15 the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representa16 tives’’, approved July 26, 1949 (2 U.S.C. 81a), is re17 pealed.

18 (28) House Resolution 465, Eighty-fourth Con19 gress, agreed to April 11, 1956, as enacted into per20 manent law by section 103 of the Legislative Branch

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

22 (29) House Resolution 144, Eighty-fifth Con23 gress, agreed to February 7, 1957, as enacted into

24 permanent law by section 103 of the Legislative
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1 Branch Appropriation Act, 1958 (2 U.S.C. 81c), is

2 repealed.

3 (30) Section 7 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act defin4 ing certain duties of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the

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

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

7 (31) House Resolution 6, Ninety-eighth Congress,

8 agreed to January 3, 1983, as enacted into perma9 nent law by section 110 of the Congressional Oper10 ations Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 84–1), is

11 repealed.

12 (32) House Resolution 1495, Ninety-fourth Con13 gress, agreed to September 30, 1976, as enacted into

14 permanent law by section 115 of the Legislative

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

16 repealed.

17 (33) The eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, thir18 teenth, and fourteenth 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 for

23 the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the

24 Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,

25 nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes’’,
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1 approved March 3, 1901 (2 U.S.C. 85, 86, 87, 88,

2 90, and 91), are repealed.

3 (34)(A) Section 243 of Legislative Reorganiza4 tion Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 88a) is repealed.

5 (B) The table of contents of the Legislative Reor6 ganization Act of 1946 is amended, in the matter re7 lating to part 3 of title II (60 Stat. 813), by striking

8 out the item relating to section 243.

9 (C) Section 492(i) of the Legislative Reorganiza10 tion Act of 1970 (40 U.S.C. 184a(i)) is amended by

11 striking out ‘‘section 243’’ and all that follows

12 through ‘‘or’’.

13 (35)(A) The provisions of law specified in sub14 paragraph (B), codified as section 88b of title 2,

15 United States Code, are amended or repealed as pro16 vided in that subparagraph.

17 (B) The amendments and repeals referred to in

18 subparagraph (A) are as follows:

19 (i) The proviso in the paragraph beginning

20 under the center heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE’’ and

21 the center subheading ‘‘EDUCATION OF SENATE

22 AND HOUSE PAGES’’ in title I of the Act entitled

23 ‘‘An Act making appropriations to supply ur24 gent deficiencies in certain appropriations for

25 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, and for
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1 other purposes’’, approved March 22, 1947, is

2 amended—

3 (I) by striking out ‘‘congressional’’ and

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

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

6 the House of Representatives’’.

7 (ii) House Resolution 279, Ninety-eighth

8 Congress, agreed to July 21, 1983, as enacted

9 into permanent law by section 103 of the Legis10 lative Branch Appropriations Act, 1985, is re11 pealed.

12 (36) Section 491 of the Legislative Reorganiza13 tion Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 88b–1) is amended—

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

15 period of not less than two months’’ and insert16 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘the period specified in writ17 ing at the time of the appointment’’; and

18 (B) in subsection (b), by striking out ‘‘; or’’

19 at the end of paragraph (2) and all that follows

20 through the end of the subsection and inserting

21 in lieu thereof a period.

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

23 Ninety-seventh Congress, agreed to November 30,

24 1982, as enacted into permanent law by section 127

25 of Public Law 97–377 (2 U.S.C. 88b–3(a)(2)), is
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1 amended by striking out ‘‘, Doorkeeper, and’’ and in2 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘and the’’.

3 (38) House Resolution 64, Ninety-eighth Con4 gress, agreed to February 8, 1983, as enacted into

5 permanent law by section 110 of the Congressional

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

7 5), is amended—

8 (A) in the first sentence of section 2, by

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

10 ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House of

11 Representatives’’;

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

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

14 ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House of

15 Representatives, as determined by the Clerk of

16 the House of Representatives,’’;

17 (C) by striking out section 3; and

18 (D) by redesignating section 4 as section 3.

19 (39) Section 902 of the Supplemental Appropria20 tions Act, 1983 (2 U.S.C. 88b–6) repealed.

21 (40) House Resolution 234, Ninety-eighth Con22 gress, agreed to June 29, 1983, as enacted into per23 manent law by section 103 of the Legislative Branch

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

25 amended—
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1 (A) by striking out the first section;

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

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

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

5 non-academic’’;

6 (C) in section 3(a)(1)(B), by striking out

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

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

9 (D) in section 3 (b)(1), by striking out ‘‘but

10 no appointment to fill that vacancy shall be for

11 a period of less than two months’’ and inserting

12 in lieu thereof ‘‘except that no appointment may

13 be made under this paragraph for service to

14 begin on or after October 1 with respect to the

15 first semester or on or after March 1 with respect

16 to the second semester’’;

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

18 ‘‘terms’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘semesters

19 or terms, as the case may be,’’; and

20 (F) in section 4(1), by striking out ‘‘terms’’

21 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘semesters’’.

22 (41) The twelfth undesignated paragraph relat23 ing to contingent expenses, under the center heading

24 ‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the center subheading

25 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.’’, in the first section
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1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for

2 the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the

3 Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,

4 nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes’’,

5 approved March 3, 1901 (2 U.S.C. 89), is amended

6 by striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper, and Postmaster’’ and in7 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘and Chief Administrative Of8 ficer’’.

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

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

11 House of Representatives to withhold certain amounts

12 due employees of the House of Representatives’’, ap13 proved July 2, 1958 (2 U.S.C. 89a), is amended by

14 striking out ‘‘, or to the trust fund’’ and all that fol15 lows through the end of the sentence and inserting in

16 lieu thereof the following:

17 ‘‘and fails to pay the indebtedness, the chairman of the com18 mittee or the elected officer of the House of Representatives

19 that has jurisdiction over the activity under which the in20 debtedness arises may certify to the Chief Administrative

21 Officer of the House of Representatives the amount of the

22 indebtedness.’’.

23 (B) The second and fourth sentences of such first

24 section are each amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and
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1 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi2 cer’’.

3 (43) Section 2 of House Resolution 294, Eighty4 eighth Congress, agreed to August 14, 1964, as contin5 ued by House Resolution 7, Eighty-ninth Congress,

6 agreed to January 4, 1965, as enacted into perma7 nent law by section 103 of the Legislative Branch Ap8 propriation Act, 1966 (2 U.S.C. 92–1), is repealed.

9 (44) Section 2 and section 3 of House Resolution

10 804, Ninety-sixth Congress, agreed to October 2, 1980,

11 as enacted into permanent law by the bill H.R. 4120,

12 entitled the ‘‘Legislative Branch Appropriation Act,

13 1982’’, as reported in the House of Representatives on

14 July 9, 1981, and enacted into permanent law by sec15 tion 101(c) of Public Law 97–51 (2 U.S.C. 92b–2; 2

16 U.S.C. 92b–3), are each amended by striking out

17 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

18 ‘‘House Oversight of the House of Representatives’’.

19 (45) The proviso in the fifth paragraph under

20 the heading ‘‘UNDER LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the sub21 heading ‘‘SENATE.’’ in the first section of the Act enti22 tled ‘‘An Act making appropriations to supply urgent

23 deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year

24 ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and

25 for prior years, and for other purposes’’, approved
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1 February 14, 1902 (2 U.S.C. 95a), is amended by

2 striking out ‘‘contingent expenses of the House of Rep3 resentatives or’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘ex4 penses of the House of Representatives or contingent

5 expenses of’’.

6 (46) The fifth undesignated paragraph relating

7 to contingent expenses, under the center heading

8 ‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the center subheading

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

10 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for

11 the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the

12 Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,

13 nineteen hundred and fifteen, and for other purposes’’,

14 approved July 16, 1914 (2 U.S.C. 96), is repealed.

15 (47) Section 311 of the Legislative Branch Ap16 propriations Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C. 96a) is repealed.

17 (48) The first paragraph after the paragraph

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

19 under the heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the sub20 heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.’’ in the first

21 section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropria22 tions for the legislative, executive, and judicial ex23 penses of the Government for the fiscal year ending

24 June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and
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1 for other purposes’’, approved March 2, 1895 (2

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

3 (49) The first undesignated paragraph under the

4 center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’

5 in the first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making

6 appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Gov7 ernment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth,

8 eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other pur9 poses’’, approved March 3, 1885 (2 U.S.C. 98), is re10 pealed.

11 (50) The first undesignated paragraph after the

12 paragraph with the side heading ‘‘OFFICE OF POST13 MASTER:’’, under the center heading ‘‘LEGISLA14 TIVE.’’ and the center subheading ‘‘HOUSE OF REP15 RESENTATIVES.’’, in the first section of the Act enti16 tled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the legisla17 tive, executive, and judicial expenses of the Govern18 ment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eight19 een hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes’’,

20 approved March 3, 1891 (2 U.S.C. 99), is amended

21 by striking out ‘‘; and hereafter’’ and all that follows

22 through the end of the paragraph and inserting in

23 lieu thereof a period.

24 (51) The second sentence of the fourth undesig25 nated paragraph relating to contingent expenses,
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1 under the center heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the

2 center subheading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.’’,

3 in the first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making

4 appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judi5 cial expenses of the Government for the fiscal year

6 ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and

7 for other purposes’’, approved March 3, 1901 (2

8 U.S.C. 100), is repealed.

9 (52) Sections 60 and 61 of the Revised Statutes

10 of the United States (2 U.S.C. 102) are repealed.

11 (53) The first sentence of the undesignated para12 graph under the center heading ‘‘GENERAL PROVI13 SION’’ in chapter XI of the Third Supplemental Ap14 propriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 102a) is amended by

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

16 ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

17 (54) Section 105(a)(1) of the Legislative Branch

18 Appropriation Act, 1965 (2 U.S.C. 104a(1)) is

19 amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ each place it ap20 pears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Adminis21 trative Officer’’.

22 (55) Section 65 of the Revised Statutes of the

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

24 (A) by striking out ‘‘and Clerk of the House

25 of Representatives’’; and
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1 (B) by striking out ‘‘and House of Rep2 resentatives, respectively,’’.

3 (56) Section 68 of the Revised Statutes of the

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

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

6 in lieu thereof ‘‘the Secretary’’.

7 (57) Section 69 of the Revised Statutes of the

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

9 out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad10 ministrative Officer’’.

11 (58) The proviso in the last sentence of the fifth

12 paragraph after the paragraph with the side heading

13 ‘‘FOR CONTINGENT EXPENSES, NAMELY:’’ under the

14 heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the subheading ‘‘SEN15 ATE.’’ in the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropria16 tions for the legislative, executive, and judicial ex17 penses of the Government for the fiscal year ending

18 June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, and

19 for other purposes’’, approved March 3, 1887 (2

20 U.S.C. 112) is amended by striking out ‘‘or the Com21 mittee on Accounts of the House of Representatives re22 spectively’’.

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

24 Act to provide certain equipment for use in the offices

25 of Members, officers, and committees of the House of
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1 Representatives, and for other purposes’’, approved

2 December 5, 1969 (2 U.S.C. 112e), is amended—

3 (i) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by

4 striking out ‘‘Clerk of the House shall furnish

5 electrical and mechanical’’ and inserting in lieu

6 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the

7 House of Representatives shall furnish’’; and

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

9 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad10 ministrative Officer’’.

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

12 to provide certain equipment for use in the offices of

13 Members, officers, and committees of the House of

14 Representatives, and for other purposes’’, approved

15 December 5, 1969 (2 U.S.C. 112e), as amended by

16 subparagraph (A) is further amended—

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

18 each place it appears and inserting in lieu there

19 of ‘‘House Oversight’’;

20 (ii) in subsection (c), by striking out ‘‘con21 tingent fund’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘ap22 plicable accounts’’; and

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

24 second sentence.
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1 (60) Section 70 of the Revised Statutes of the

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

3 out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad4 ministrative Officer’’.

5 (61) Section 71 of the Revised Statutes of the

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

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

8 House of Representatives, respectively, are’’ and

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

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

11 the House of Representatives,’’.

12 (62) The third undesignated paragraph under

13 the center heading ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS’’ in the first

14 section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropria15 tions for sundry civil expenses of the government for

16 the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hun17 dred and eighty-three, and for other purposes’’, ap18 proved August 7, 1882 (2 U.S.C. 117), is amended —

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

20 of the House of Representatives and the’’; and

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

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

23 thereof ‘‘direction of the Committee on Rules and

24 Administration of the Senate and cover’’.
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1 (63)(A) Section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch

2 Appropriations Act, 1987 (as enacted by reference in

3 identical form by section 101(j) of Public Law 99–

4 500 and Public Law 99–591) (2 U.S.C. 117e) is

5 amended—

6 (i) in the first sentence of paragraph (1), by

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

8 ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’; and

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

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

11 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

12 (B) Section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch Ap13 propriations Act, 1987 (as enacted by reference in

14 identical form by section 101(j) of Public Law 99–

15 500 and Public Law 99–591) (2 U.S.C. 117e), as

16 amended by subparagraph (A), is further amended—

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

18 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

19 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’; and

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

21 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

22 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

23 (64) Section 306 of the Legislative Branch Ap24 propriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 117f), is amended—
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1 (A) in subsection (a), by striking out

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

4 (B) in subsection (b)—

5 (i) by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and insert6 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative

7 Officer’’;

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

9 Legislative Service Organizations,’’; and

10 (iii) by striking out ‘‘: Provided, That’’

11 and all that follows through ‘‘House’’ and

12 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘, except that no

13 amount charged to the Members’ Represen14 tational Allowance’’.

15 (65) The second sentence of section 2 of the Act

16 entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the Leg17 islative Branch of the Government for the fiscal year

18 ending June 30, 1927, and for other purposes’’, ap19 proved May 13, 1926 (2 U.S.C. 119), is amended by

20 striking out ‘‘Accounts’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

21 ‘‘House Oversight’’.

22 (66)(A) The provisions of law specified in sub23 paragraph (B), codified as section 122a of title 2,

24 United States Code, are repealed.
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1 (B) The provisions of law referred to in subpara2 graph (A) are—

3 (i) the nineteenth paragraph under the cen4 ter heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTA5 TIVES’’ and the center subheading ‘‘CONTIN6 GENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’ in title I of

7 the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1955;

8 and

9 (ii) House Resolution 831, Eighty-eighth

10 Congress, agreed to August 14, 1964, as enacted

11 into permanent law by section 103 of the Legis12 lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1966.

13 (67) The first section and sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and

14 7 of House Resolution 687, Ninety-fifth Congress,

15 agreed to September 20, 1977, as enacted into perma16 nent law by section 111 of the Legislative Branch Ap17 propriation Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 122b, 122c, 122d,

18 122e, 122f, and 122g), are repealed.

19 (68) Section 105 of the Legislative Branch Ap20 propriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 123b) is amended—

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

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

23 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative

24 Officer’’; and
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1 (B) in the first sentence of subsection (g), by

2 striking out ‘‘within the contingent fund of the

3 House of Representatives’’.

4 (69) The second sentence of the second paragraph

5 under the heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTA6 TIVES’’ and the subheading ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE PRO7 VISIONS’’ in the first section of the Legislative Branch

8 Appropriation Act, 1963 (2 U.S.C. 124) is amend9 ed—

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

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

12 accounts of the House of Representatives’’; and

13 (B) by striking out ‘‘House Administra14 tion’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over15 sight’’.

16 (70)(A) The first sentence of the last undesig17 nated paragraph under the center heading ‘‘HOUSE

18 OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ and the center sub19 heading ‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’ in

20 the first section of the Legislative Branch Appropria21 tion Act, 1955 (2 U.S.C. 125) is amended by striking

22 out ‘‘Clerk of the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

23 ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep24 resentatives’’.
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1 (B) The first sentence of the last undesignated

2 paragraph under the center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF

3 REPRESENTATIVES’’ and the center subheading

4 ‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’ in the first

5 section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act,

6 1955 (2 U.S.C. 125), as amended by subparagraph

7 (A), is further amended by striking out ‘‘contingent

8 fund of the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘ap9 plicable accounts of the House of Representatives’’.

10 (71) Section 3 of Public Law 89–147 (2 U.S.C.

11 127a) is amended—

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

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

14 ‘‘applicable accounts’’; and

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

16 striking out ‘‘House Administration’’ and insert17 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

18 (72) Subsection (b) of the first section of House

19 Resolution 1047, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to

20 April 4, 1978, as enacted into permanent law by sec21 tion 111 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act,

22 1979 (2 U.S.C. 130–1), is amended—

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

24 ‘‘contingent fund of the House’’ and inserting in
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1 lieu thereof ‘‘applicable accounts of the House of

2 Representatives’’; and

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

4 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

5 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

6 (73) The first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act

7 to preserve the benefits of the Civil Service Retirement

8 Act, the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance

9 Act of 1954, and the Federal Employees Health Bene10 fits Act of 1959 for congressional employees receiving

11 certain congressional staff fellowships’’, approved

12 March 30, 1966 (2 U.S.C. 130a), is amended—

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

14 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘That (a) with re15 spect’’;

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

17 so redesignated by subparagraph (A), by striking

18 out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief

19 Administrative Officer’’;

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

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

22 inserting in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘the pur23 poses of the provisions of law specified in sub24 section (b), if the award’’;
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1 (D) by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the House of

2 Representatives, as appropriate’’ and inserting

3 in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of

4 the House of Representatives, as appropriate’’;

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

6 records’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad7 ministrative Officer of the House of Representa8 tives by records’’; and

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

10 subsection:

11 ‘‘(b) The provisions of law referred to in subsection (a)

12 are—

13 ‘‘(1) subchapter III (relating to civil service re14 tirement) of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code;

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

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

17 and

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

19 group health insurance) of title 5, United States

20 Code.’’.

21 (74) Section 6(a)(1) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act

22 to amend title 5, United States Code, to revise, clar23 ify, and extend the provisions relating to court leave

24 for employees of the United States and the District of

25 Columbia’’, approved December 19, 1970 (2 U.S.C.
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1 130b(a)(1)), is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and

2 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi3 cer’’.

4 (75) Section 6(f) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to

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

6 and extend the provisions relating to court leave for

7 employees of the United States and the District of Co8 lumbia’’, approved December 19, 1970 (2 U.S.C.

9 130b(f)), is amended by striking out ‘‘House Adminis10 tration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over11 sight’’.

12 (76) Subsection (a) and subsection (b) of section

13 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the waiver

14 of claims of the United States arising out of erroneous

15 payments of pay and allowances to certain officers

16 and employees of the legislative branch’’, approved

17 July 25, 1974 (2 U.S.C. 130d(a) and (b)), are each

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

19 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

20 SEC. 205. PROVISIONS RELATING TO LIBRARY OF CON21 GRESS.

22 The provisions of law relating to the Library of Con23 gress, as codified in chapter 5 of title 2, United States Code,

24 are amended as follows:
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1 Section 223 of the Legislative Reorganization

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

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

4 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

5 SEC. 206. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONGRESSIONAL AND

6 COMMITTEE PROCEDURE; INVESTIGATIONS.

7 The provisions of law relating to congressional and

8 committee procedure; investigations, as codified in chapter

9 6 of title 2, United States Code, are amended as follows:

10 (1) Section 136(c) of the Legislative Reorganiza11 tion Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 190d(c)) is amended by

12 striking out ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting

13 in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

14 (2) The fourth sentence of section 2 of the Act en15 titled ‘‘An Act to provide for taking testimony, to be

16 used before Congress, in cases of private claims

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

18 1879 (2 U.S.C. 190m) is amended by striking out

19 ‘‘contingent fund of the branch of Congress appoint20 ing such committee.’’ and inserting in lieu thereof the

21 following: ‘‘contingent fund of the Senate, in the case

22 of a committee of the Senate, or the applicable ac23 counts of the House of Representatives, in the case of

24 a committee of the House of Representatives.’’.
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1 SEC. 207. PROVISIONS RELATING TO OFFICE OF LAW REVI2 SION COUNSEL.

3 The provisions of law relating to the Office of the Law

4 Revision Counsel, as codified in chapter 9A of title 2, Unit5 ed States Code, are amended as follows:

6 Section 205(h) of House Resolution 988, Ninety7 third Congress, agreed to October 8, 1974, as enacted

8 into permanent law by chapter III of title I of the

9 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 (2 U.S.C.

10 285g), is amended by striking out ‘‘contingent fund of

11 the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable

12 accounts of the House of Representatives’’.

13 SEC. 208. PROVISIONS RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE CLASSI14 FICATION OFFICE.

15 The provisions of law relating to the Legislative Classi16 fication Office, as codified in chapter 9B of title 2, United

17 States Code, are amended as follows:

18 Section 203 of House Resolution 988, Ninety19 third Congress, agreed to October 8, 1974, as enacted

20 into permanent law by chapter III of title I of the

21 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 (2 U.S.C.

22 286 et seq.), is repealed.
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1 SEC. 209. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CLASSIFICATION OF

2 EMPLOYEES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTA3 TIVES.

4 The provisions of law relating to classification of em5 ployees of the House of Representatives, as codified in chap6 ter 10 of title 2, United States Code, are amended as follows:

7 (1) Section 4(a)(1) of the House Employees Posi8 tion Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 293(a)(1)) is amend9 ed by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’ and in10 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

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

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

13 amended by striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper’’ and inserting

14 in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

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

16 House Employees Position Classification Act (2

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

18 fund’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable ac19 counts’’.

20 SEC. 210. PROVISIONS RELATING TO PAYROLL ADMINIS21 TRATION IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

22 The provisions of law relating to payroll administra23 tion in the House of Representatives, as codified in chapter

24 10A of title 2, United States Code, are amended as follows:

25 (1) Section 471 of the Legislative Reorganization

26 Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 331) is amended by striking
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1 out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad2 ministrative Officer’’.

3 (2)(A) Section 472 of the Legislative Reorganiza4 tion Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 332) is repealed.

5 (B) The table of contents of the Legislative Reor6 ganization Act of 1970 is amended, in the matter re7 lating to part 7 of title IV (84 Stat. 1142), by strik8 ing out the item relating to section 472.

9 (3)(A) Section 474 of the Legislative Reorganiza10 tion Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 334) is repealed.

11 (B) The table of contents of the Legislative Reor12 ganization Act of 1970 is amended, in the matter re13 lating to part 7 of title IV (84 Stat. 1142), by strik14 ing out the item relating to section 474.

15 (4) Section 475(1) of the Legislative Reorganiza16 tion Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 335(1)) is amended by

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

18 ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

19 (5) Section 476 of the Legislative Reorganization

20 Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 336) is amended by striking

21 out ‘‘Clerk’’ each place it appears and inserting in

22 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.
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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 Elections

7 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 striking

13 out ‘‘Act—’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Act:’’;

14 (C) by indenting paragraphs (1) through

15 (9), as so redesignated by subparagraph (A), two

16 ems; and

17 (D) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated by

18 subparagraph (A)—

19 (i) by striking out ‘‘(1) whose’’ and in20 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘(A) whose’’; and

21 (ii) by striking out ‘‘or (2)’’ and in22 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘or (B)’’.

23 (2) Section 2 of the Federal Contested Elections

24 Act (2 U.S.C. 381), as amended by paragraph (1), is

25 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 ‘‘, or

4 Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Con5 gress, 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 Representa17 tive 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’’ and

25 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘term ‘Member of the
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1 House of Representatives’ means an incumbent

2 Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Com3 missioner to, the Congress, or an individual who

4 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 of

11 Representatives’’; and

12 (H) in paragraph (8), by striking out ‘‘in13 cludes territory and’’ and inserting in lieu there14 of ‘‘means a State of the United States and any

15 territory or’’.

16 (3) Section 3 of the Federal Contested Elections

17 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 semi22 colon 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 Elections

2 Act (2 U.S.C. 396) is amended by striking out ‘‘con3 tingent fund’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applica4 ble 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 title

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

10 (1)(A) Part 1 of title IV of the Legislative Reor11 ganization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 411–417) is re12 pealed.

13 (B) The table of contents of the Legislative Reor14 ganization Act of 1970 is amended, in the matter re15 lating to title IV (84 Stat. 1141), by striking out the

16 matter relating to part 1.

17 (2) Section 206 of House Resolution 988, Ninety18 third Congress, agreed to October 8, 1974, as enacted

19 into permanent law by chapter III of title I of the

20 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 (2 U.S.C.

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

2 BUDGET OFFICE.

3 The provisions of law relating to the Congressional

4 Budget Office, as codified in chapter 17 of title 2, United

5 States Code, 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 out

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

9 ‘‘House Oversight’’.

10 SEC. 214. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE STATES.

11 The provisions of law relating to the States, as codified

12 under chapter 4 of title 4, United States Code, are amended

13 as follows:

14 ‘‘Section 307(b)(1) of the Legislative Branch Ap15 propriations Act, 1988 (4 U.S.C. 105 note) is amend16 ed by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’ and in17 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

18 SEC. 215. PROVISIONS RELATING TO GOVERNMENT ORGA19 NIZATION AND EMPLOYEES.

20 The provisions of law relating to Government organi21 zation and employees, enacted as title 5, United States

22 Code, are amended as follows:

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

24 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and insert25 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.
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1 (2) Section 3304(c)(1) of title 5, United States

2 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and insert3 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

4 (3) Section 5306(a)(1)(A) of title 5, United

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

6 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi7 cer’’.

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

9 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and insert10 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

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

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

13 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

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

15 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and insert16 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

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

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

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

20 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

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

22 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and insert23 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

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

25 is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ both places it ap-
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1 pears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Adminis2 trative Officer’’.

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

4 is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ both places it ap5 pears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Adminis6 trative Officer’’.

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

8 Code, is amended in the fourth sentence in the matter

9 following paragraph (16) by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and

10 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi11 cer’’.

12 (12)(A) The third sentence of section 8334(a)(1)

13 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking

14 out ‘‘Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Clerk

15 may pay from the contingent fund of the House’’ and

16 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer

17 of the House of Representatives, the Chief Administra18 tive Officer may pay from the applicable accounts of

19 the House of Representatives’’.

20 (B) Paragraph (1)(A) and paragraph (3) of sec21 tion 8334(j) of title 5, United States Code, are each

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

23 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

24 (13) Section 8402(c)(5) of title 5, United States

25 Code, is amended—
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1 (A) in the matter before subparagraph (A),

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

3 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’; and

4 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking out

5 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad6 ministrative Officer’’.

7 (14) Paragraph (1)(A) and paragraph (3) of sec8 tion 8422(e) of title 5, United States Code, are each

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

10 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

11 (15) Section 8423(a)(3)(C) of title 5, United

12 States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the

13 House of Representatives, from the contingent fund of

14 the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad15 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives,

16 from the applicable accounts of the House of Rep17 resentatives’’.

18 (16) The second sentence of section 8432(e) of

19 title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking

20 out ‘‘Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Clerk

21 may pay from the contingent fund’’ and inserting in

22 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the

23 House of Representatives, the Chief Administrative

24 Officer may pay from the applicable accounts’’.
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1 (17) The second sentence of section 8432a(c) of

2 title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking

3 out ‘‘Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Clerk

4 may pay from the contingent fund’’ and inserting in

5 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the

6 House of Representatives, the Chief Administrative

7 Officer may pay from the applicable accounts’’.

8 (18) Subsection (b) of section 8708 of title 5,

9 United States Code, is amended by striking out

10 ‘‘Clerk’’ the first place it appears and all that follows

11 through the end of the subsection and inserting in lieu

12 thereof the following: ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of

13 the House of Representatives, the Chief Administra14 tive Officer may contribute the sum required by sub15 section (a) of this section from the applicable accounts

16 of the House of Representatives.’’.

17 (19) Section 8906(f)(3) of title 5, United States

18 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the House

19 of Representatives, from the contingent fund of the

20 House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Adminis21 trative Officer of the House of Representatives, from

22 the applicable accounts of the House of Representa23 tives’’.
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1 SEC. 216. PROVISIONS CODIFIED IN APPENDICES TO TITLE

2 5, UNITED STATES CODE.

3 The provisions of law codified in appendices to title

4 5, United States Code, are amended as follows:

5 (1) Section 103(h)(1)(A)(i)(I) of the Ethics in

6 Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.

7 103(h)(1)(A)(i)(I)) is amended by striking out

8 ‘‘Clerk’’ the second place it appears and inserting in

9 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

10 (2) Section 109(13)(A) of the Ethics in Govern11 ment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 103(13)(A)) is

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

13 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

14 SEC. 217. PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMERCE AND

15 TRADE.

16 The provisions of law relating to commerce and trade,

17 as codified in title 15, United States Code, are amended

18 as follows:

19 The Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint resolution

20 to print the monthly publication entitled ‘Economic

21 Indicators’ ’’, approved June 23, 1949 (15 U.S.C.

22 1025), is amended by striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper’’ and

23 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi24 cer’’.
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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, are

5 amended as follows:

6 (1) The last sentence of section 105(b) of the Leg7 islative Branch Appropriation Act, 1961 (22 U.S.C.

8 276c–1) is amended by striking out ‘‘Committee on

9 House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

10 ‘‘Clerk’’.

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 the

14 Mutual Security Act of 1954 (22 U.S.C. 1754) are

15 each amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ each place it

16 appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Adminis17 trative 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 802(d)

26 of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (31 U.S.C. 1344 note)
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1 is amended by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’ and

2 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

3 (b) TITLE 31, UNITED STATES CODE, AMEND4 MENTS.—The provisions of law relating to money and fi5 nance, enacted as title 31, United States Code, are amended

6 as follows:

7 (1) Section 1551(c)(2) of title 31, United States

8 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and insert9 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

10 (2) Section 6102a(c) of title 31, United States

11 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘House Administra12 tion’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

13 (3) Section 6203(a)(3) of title 31, United States

14 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘House Administra15 tion’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

16 SEC. 220. PROVISIONS RELATING TO POSTAL SERVICE.

17 The provisions of law relating to the Postal Service,

18 enacted as title 39, United States Code, are amended as

19 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 the

23 House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Adminis24 trative Officer of the House of Representatives’’.
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1 (2) Section 3216(e)(2) of title 39, United States

2 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘House Administra3 tion’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu

4 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 Leg13 islative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965 (40 U.S.C.

14 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 striking

23 out ‘‘Accounts of the House of Representatives, for the

24 House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over-
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1 sight of the House of Representatives, for the House

2 of Representatives’’.

3 (3)(A) Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 2

4 of House Resolution 317, Ninety-second Congress,

5 agreed to March 25, 1971, as enacted into permanent

6 law by the paragraph under the heading ‘‘HOUSE

7 OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ and the subheadings

8 ‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’ and ‘‘MIS9 CELLANEOUS ITEMS’’ in the first section of the Legis10 lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1972 (40 U.S.C.

11 174k(a), (b), and (c)), are each amended by striking

12 out ‘‘House Administration’’ each place it appears

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

14 (B) Section 208 of the First Supplemental Civil

15 Functions Appropriation Act, 1941 (40 U.S.C. 174k

16 note) is repealed.

17 (4)(A) The proviso in the paragraph under the

18 heading ‘‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ and the

19 subheading ‘‘HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS’’ in the Leg20 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C.

21 175 note), is amended by striking out ‘‘House Admin22 istration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over23 sight’’.

24 (B) The first section of House Resolution 208,

25 Ninety-fourth Congress, agreed to February 24, 1975,
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1 as enacted into permanent law by section 201 of the

2 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1976 (40

3 U.S.C. 175 note), is amended—

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

5 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight of

6 the House of Representatives’’; and

7 (ii) by striking out ‘‘contingent fund’’ and

8 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable accounts’’.

9 (5)(A) Section 312 of the Legislative Branch Ap10 propriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g) is amended

11 by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ each place it appears and in12 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

13 (B) Section 312(a)(1)(A) of the Legislative

14 Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.

15 184g(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking out ‘‘or the

16 Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives’’.

17 (C) Section 312(d)(2) of the Legislative Branch

18 Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g(d)(2)) is

19 amended by striking out ‘‘with’’ and inserting in lieu

20 thereof ‘‘With’’.

21 (6) Section 312 of the Legislative Branch Appro22 priations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g) is amended—

23 (A) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking out

24 ‘‘Minority Leader’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

25 ‘‘minority leader’’;
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1 (B) in subsection (c), by striking out

2 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

3 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’; and

4 (C) in subsection (d)(1), by striking out ‘‘in

5 the contingent fund of the House of Representa6 tives’’.

7 (7) Section 801(b)(3) of the Arizona-Idaho Con8 servation Act of 1988 (40 U.S.C. 188a(b)(3)) is

9 amended by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’

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

11 (8) The second sentence of section 1001(a) of the

12 Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988 (40 U.S.C.

13 188c(a)) is amended by striking out ‘‘House Adminis14 tration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over15 sight’’.

16 (9)(A) Section 2(a) of House Resolution 661,

17 Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to July 29, 1977, as en18 acted into permanent law by section 111 of the Legis19 lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1979 (40 U.S.C.

20 206 note), is amended by striking out ‘‘House Admin21 istration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over22 sight’’.

23 (B) House Resolution 199, One Hundred Second

24 Congress, agreed to August 1, 1991, as enacted into

25 permanent law by section 102 of the Legislative
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1 Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 206

2 note), is amended by striking out ‘‘House Administra3 tion’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu

4 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

5 (C) House Resolution 420, One Hundred First

6 Congress, agreed to June 26, 1990, as enacted into

7 permanent law by section 105 of the Legislative

8 Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (40 U.S.C. 206

9 note), is amended—

10 (i) in section 2(1), by striking out ‘‘House

11 Administration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

12 ‘‘House Oversight’’; and

13 (ii) in section 3(2), by striking out ‘‘from

14 the contingent fund of the House of Representa15 tives or’’.

16 (10) Section 3(a)(1) of House Resolution 449,

17 Ninety-second Congress, agreed to June 2, 1971, as

18 enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of the Sup19 plemental Appropriations Act, 1972 (40 U.S.C.

20 206b(a)(1)), is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and

21 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi22 cer’’.

23 (11)(A) Section 3(d) of House Resolution 449,

24 Ninety-second Congress, agreed to June 2, 1971, as

25 enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of the Sup-
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1 plemental Appropriations Act, 1972 (40 U.S.C.

2 206b(d), is amended by striking out ‘‘House Adminis3 tration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over4 sight’’.

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

6 (ii) (40 U.S.C. 206b(g); 40 U.S.C. 206b note) are

7 amended as provided in such clause.

8 (ii) House Resolution 449, Ninety-second Con9 gress, agreed to June 2, 1971, as enacted into perma10 nent law by chapter IV of the Supplemental Appro11 priations Act, 1972, is amended by striking out sec12 tion 5. House Resolution 1309, Ninety-third Congress,

13 agreed to October 10, 1974, as enacted into perma14 nent law by chapter III of the Supplemental Appro15 priations Act, 1975, is amended by striking out sec16 tion 3.

17 (12) Section 9C of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to

18 define the area of the United States Capitol Grounds,

19 to regulate the use thereof, and for other purposes’’,

20 approved July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 207a) is amended

21 by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’ and insert22 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

23 (13) Section 9B(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act

24 to define the area of the United States Capitol

25 Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for other
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1 purposes’’, approved July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 212a–

2 3(a)) is amended by striking out ‘‘House Administra3 tion’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

4 (14) Subsection (b)(1) and subsection (c) of sec5 tion 3 of Public Law 98–392 (40 U.S.C. 214b(b)(1)

6 and (c)) are each amended by striking out ‘‘House

7 Administration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House

8 Oversight’’.

9 (15) Section 151(a) of Public Law 99–500 (100

10 Stat. 1783–352), enacted in identical form as section

11 151(a) of Public Law 99–591 (100 Stat. 3341–355),

12 (40 U.S.C. 756b) is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’

13 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative

14 Officer’’.

15 (16) The second sentence of section 301 of the

16 National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968 (40

17 U.S.C. 831) is amended by striking out ‘‘House Com18 mittee on House Administration’’ and inserting in

19 lieu thereof ‘‘Committee on House Oversight of the

20 House of Representatives’’.

21 (17) Section 441 of the Legislative Reorganiza22 tion Act of 1970 (40 U.S.C. 851) is amended—

23 (A) in subsection (c)(1), subsection (c)(4),

24 and subsection (h), by striking out ‘‘House Ad-
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1 ministration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

2 ‘‘House Oversight’’; and

3 (B) by striking out subsection (j).

4 (18) Section 3(d) of Public Law 99–652 (40

5 U.S.C. 1003(b)) is amended by striking out ‘‘House

6 Administration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House

7 Oversight’’.

8 SEC. 222. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH

9 AND WELFARE.

10 The provisions of law relating to the public health and

11 welfare, as codified in title 42, United States Code, are

12 amended as follows:

13 (1) Section 303d. of the Atomic Energy Act of

14 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2259(d)) is amended by striking out

15 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

16 ‘‘House Oversight’’.

17 (2) Section 6004(a)(4) of the Solid Waste Dis18 posal Act (42 U.S.C. 6964) is amended by striking

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

20 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

21 SEC. 223. PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC PRINTING AND

22 DOCUMENTS.

23 The provisions of law relating to public printing and

24 documents, enacted as title 44, United States Code, are

25 amended as follows:
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1 (1) Section 101 of title 44, United States Code,

2 is amended by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’

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

4 (2) The third sentence of section 703 of title 44,

5 United States Code, is amended by striking out

6 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

7 ‘‘House Oversight’’.

8 (3) Section 730 of title 44, United States Code,

9 is amended by striking out ‘‘, Sergeant at Arms, and

10 Doorkeeper’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and Ser11 geant at Arms’’.

12 (4)(A) Section 735 of title 44, United States

13 Code, is amended—

14 (i) in the section heading, by striking out

15 ‘‘Members of Congress’’ and inserting in

16 lieu thereof ‘‘Senators’’;

17 (ii) by striking out ‘‘Member of Congress’’

18 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Senator’’; and

19 (iii) by striking out ‘‘and Clerk of the

20 House of Representatives, respectively’’.

21 (B) The table of sections for chapter 7 of title 44,

22 United States Code, is amended by striking out the

23 item relating to section 735 and inserting in lieu

24 thereof the following new item:

‘‘735. Binding for Senators.’’.
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1 (5) The second sentence of section 739 of title 44,

2 United States Code, is amended by striking out

3 ‘‘Doorkeeper’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Clerk’’.

4 (6) The first sentence of section 740 of title 44,

5 United States Code, is amended by striking out

6 ‘‘Doorkeeper of the House’’ and inserting in lieu

7 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House of

8 Representatives’’.

9 (7)(A) The first undesignated paragraph of sec10 tion 906 of title 44, United States Code, is amend11 ed—

12 (i) in the fifth undesignated subdivision of

13 the matter relating to furnishing of the bound

14 edition of the Congressional Record, by striking

15 out ‘‘, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper’’ and

16 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and the Sergeant at

17 Arms’’;

18 (ii) in the seventh undesignated subdivision

19 of the matter relating to furnishing of the daily

20 edition of the Congressional Record, by striking

21 out ‘‘, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper’’ and

22 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and the Sergeant at

23 Arms’’; and

24 (iii) in the eighth undesignated subdivision

25 of the matter relating to furnishing of the daily
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1 edition of the Congressional Record, by striking

2 out ‘‘Doorkeeper’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

3 ‘‘Clerk’’.

4 (B) The third undesignated paragraph of section

5 906 of title 44, United States Code, is amended—

6 (i) in the fourth undesignated subdivision of

7 the matter relating to furnishing of the Congres8 sional Record in unstitched form, by striking out

9 ‘‘, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper’’ and in10 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘and the Sergeant at

11 Arms’’; and

12 (ii) in the twelfth undesignated subdivision

13 of the matter relating to furnishing of the Con14 gressional Record in unstitched form—

15 (I) by striking out ‘‘to the Secretaries’’

16 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and to the

17 Secretaries’’; and

18 (II) by striking out ‘‘, and to the Door19 keeper of the House of Representatives’’.

20 (8) Section 908 of title 44, United States Code,

21 is amended by striking out ‘‘Sergeant at Arms of the

22 House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Adminis23 trative Officer of the House of Representatives’’.
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1 (9) Section 2203(e) of title 44, United States

2 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘House Administra3 tion’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

4 (10) Section 3303a(c) of title 44, United States

5 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘House Administra6 tion’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

7 SEC. 224. PROVISIONS RELATING TO TERRITORIES AND IN8 SULAR POSSESSIONS.

9 The provisions of law relating to territories and insu10 lar possessions, as codified in title 48, United States Code,

11 are amended as follows:

12 (1) The last undesignated paragraph after the

13 center heading ‘‘MINTS AND ASSAY OFFICES.’’ and the

14 center subheading ‘‘GOVERNMENT IN THE TERRI15 TORIES’’ in the first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An

16 Act making appropriations for the legislative, execu17 tive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the

18 fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred

19 and seven, and for other purposes’’, approved June

20 22, 1906 (48 U.S.C. 894), is amended by striking out

21 ‘‘Sergeant-at-Arms’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

22 ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

23 (2) Section 35 of the Organic Act of Guam (48

24 U.S.C. 1421k–1) is repealed.
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1 (3) Section 15 of the Revised Organic Act of the

2 Virgin Islands (48 U.S.C. 1596) is repealed.

3 (4) The last two provisos of section 5 of Public

4 Law 92–271 (48 U.S.C. 1715 note) are repealed.

5 SEC. 225. MISCELLANEOUS UNCODIFIED PROVISIONS RE6 LATING TO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

7 The following miscellaneous uncodified provisions re8 lating to the House of Representatives are amended as fol9 lows:

10 (1) The next to the last undesignated paragraph

11 under the center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REP12 RESENTATIVES’’ and the center subheadings ‘‘AD13 MINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS’’ and ‘‘HOUSE BEAUTY

14 SHOP’’ in the first section of the Legislative Branch

15 Appropriation Act, 1970 (83 Stat. 347) is amended

16 by striking out the last two sentences.

17 (2) The last undesignated paragraph under the

18 center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’

19 and the center subheadings ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE PROVI20 SIONS’’ and ‘‘HOUSE BEAUTY SHOP’’ in the first sec21 tion of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act,

22 1970 (83 Stat. 347) is repealed.