Calendar No. 441

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2739

AN ACT

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

JUNE 19, 1996

Reported with amendments
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Calendar No. 441

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 2739

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 20, 1996

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

JUNE 19, 1996

Reported by Mr. STEVENS, with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

AN ACT

To provide for a representational allowance for Members

of the House of Representatives, to make technical and

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

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

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

2 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. 107. Annotated United States Code for Members of House of Representatives to be paid for from Members’ Representational Allowance.

Sec. 109. 108. 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.

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.
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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 rep13 resentational duties of a Member of the House of Rep14 resentatives with respect to the district from which the

15 Member is elected.

16 (b) MERGER.—The Clerk Hire Allowance, the Offi17 cial Expenses Allowance, and the Official Mail Allowance,

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

19 section, are merged into the Members’ Representational

20 Allowance.

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

22 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep23 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner

24 to, the Congress.
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1 (d) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Over2 sight of the House of Representatives shall have authority

3 to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

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

5 on September 1, 1995 and shall apply with respect to offi6 cial and representational duties carried out on or after

7 that date.

8 SEC. 102. ADJUSTMENT OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

9 ALLOWANCES BY COMMITTEE ON HOUSE

10 OVERSIGHT.

11 House Resolution 457, Ninety-second Congress,

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

13 by chapter IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act,

14 1972 (2 U.S.C. 57), is amended to read as follows:

15 ‘‘SECTION 1. ADJUSTMENT OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTA16 TIVES ALLOWANCES BY COMMITTEE ON

17 HOUSE OVERSIGHT.

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

19 specified in subsection (b), the Committee on House Over20 sight of the House of Representatives may, by order of

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

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

23 the House of Representatives within the following cat24 egories:
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1 ‘‘(1) For Members of the House of Representa2 tives, the Members’ Representational Allowance, in3 cluding all aspects of the Official Mail Allowance

4 within the jurisdiction of the Committee under sec5 tion 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations

6 Act, 1991.

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

8 and minority leaders, the Clerk, the Sergeant at

9 Arms, and the Chief Administrative Officer, allow10 ances for official mail (including all aspects of the

11 Official Mail Allowance within the jurisdiction of the

12 Committee under section 311 of the Legislative

13 Branch Appropriations Act, 1991), stationery, and

14 telephone and telegraph and other communications.

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

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

17 Ninety-fourth Congress, agreed to July 1, 1976, as en18 acted into permanent law by section 101 of the Legislative

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

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

21 ‘Member of the House of Representatives’ means a Rep22 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner

23 to, the Congress.’’.
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1 SEC. 103. LIMITATION ON ALLOWANCE AUTHORITY OF

2 COMMITTEE ON HOUSE OVERSIGHT.

3 House Resolution 1372, Ninety-fourth Congress,

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

5 by section 101 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation

6 Act, 1977 (2 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 Gen18 eral Schedule.

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

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

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

22 of the allowances of the House of Representatives in the

23 categories described in the provision of law specified in

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

25 the House of Representatives.
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1 ‘‘(c) PROVISION SPECIFIED.—The provision of law

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

3 457, Ninety-second Congress, agreed to July 21, 1971, as

4 enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of the Supple5 mental Appropriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C. 57).’’.

6 SEC. 104. CLERK HIRE EMPLOYEES OF MEMBERS OF

7 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Under the Members’ Representa9 tional Allowance, each Member of the House of Represent10 atives 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 Em23 ployees’ 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 Rep3 resentatives’’ means a Representative in, or a Dele4 gate or 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

8 District of Columbia for not more than 120 days in

9 a 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 Representa13 tives, an individual who is employed by the Member

14 and whose normally assigned work schedule is not

15 more 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 Representa19 tives, an individual who is employed for a specific

20 purpose or task and who is employed for not more

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

22 term of such employment may be extended with the

23 written approval of the Committee on House Over24 sight; 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 pro8 visions of law are repealed:

9 (1) The first section of the Joint Resolution en10 titled ‘‘Joint resolution providing for pay to clerks to

11 Members of Congress and Delegates’’, approved

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

13 (2) House Resolution 359, Ninety-sixth Con14 gress, agreed to July 20, 1979, as enacted into per15 manent law by the bill H.R. 7593, entitled the ‘‘Leg16 islative Branch Appropriation Act, 1981’’, as passed

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

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

19 Public 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

22 enacted into permanent law by section 103 of the

23 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1970 (2

24 U.S.C. 92 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

4 the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives

5 (as determined by the Committee on House Oversight of

6 the House of Representatives), unless sanctioned by that

7 Committee. Payments on vouchers approved in the man8 ner directed by that Committee shall be deemed, held, and

9 taken, and are declared to be conclusive upon all the de10 partments and officers of the Government.

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

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

13 of Representatives’’ means accounts for salaries and

14 expenses of committees (other than the Committee

15 on Appropriations), the computer support organiza16 tion of the House of Representatives, and allowances

17 and expenses of Members of the House of Rep18 resentatives, officers of the House of Representa19 tives, and administrative and support offices of the

20 House of Representatives; and

21 (2) the term ‘‘Member of the House of Rep22 resentatives’’ means a Representative in, or a Dele23 gate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.

24 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The paragraph be25 ginning ‘‘Hereafter’’ under the heading ‘‘UNDER LEG26 ISLATIVE.’’ and the subheading ‘‘HOUSE OF REP-
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1 RESENTATIVES.’’ in the first section of the Act entitled

2 ‘‘An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses

3 of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirti4 eth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for other pur5 poses’’, approved October 2, 1888 (2 U.S.C. 95), is

6 amended—

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

8 from the contingent fund’’ and all that follows

9 through the end of the sentence and inserting in lieu

10 thereof a period; and

11 (2) in the second sentence—

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

13 approved by the Committee on House Adminis14 tration of the House of Representatives, and

15 payments’’; and

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

17 and all that follows through the end of the sen18 tence and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘fund as ad19 ditional salary or compensation to any officer or

20 employee of the Senate.’’.

21 SEC. 106. REPORT OF DISBURSEMENTS FOR HOUSE OF

22 REPRESENTATIVES.

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

24 last day of each semiannual period, the Chief Administra25 tive Officer of the House of Representatives shall submit
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1 to the House of Representatives, with respect to that pe2 riod, a detailed, itemized report of the disbursements for

3 the operations of the House of Representatives.

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

5 (a) shall include—

6 (1) the name of each person who receives a pay7 ment from the House of Representatives;

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

9 to the House of Representatives;

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

11 House of Representatives, together with a statement

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

13 title, and amount paid to each person who renders

14 the service;

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

16 or received, or expended by the House of Represent17 atives, and any unexpended balances of such

18 amounts;

19 (5) the information submitted to the Comptrol20 ler General under section 3523(a) of title 31, United

21 States Code; and

22 (6) such additional information as may be re23 quired by regulation of the Committee on House

24 Oversight of the House of Representatives.
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1 (c) EXCLUSION.—Notwithstanding subsection (b), if

2 a voucher is for payment to an individual for attendance

3 as a witness before a committee of the Congress in execu4 tive session, the report for the semiannual period in which

5 the appearance occurs shall show only the date of pay6 ment, voucher number, and amount paid. Any information

7 excluded from a report under the preceding sentence shall

8 be included in the report for the next period.

9 (d) HOUSE DOCUMENT.—Each report under this sec10 tion shall be printed as a House document.

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

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

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

14 and 104); and

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

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

17 that require submission and printing of statements and

18 reports are not applicable to the House of Representatives.

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

20 the semiannual periods of January 1 through June 30 and

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

22 the semiannual period in which this section is enacted.

23 SEC. 107. CAFETERIA PLAN PROVISION.

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be estab25 lished in the House of Representatives a cafeteria plan (as
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1 defined in section 125(d) of the Internal Revenue Code

2 of 1986) for the benefit of individuals whose pay is dis3 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House

4 of Representatives.

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

6 an account which shall be available for the payment of

7 benefits and other expenses of the operation of the plan

8 referred to in subsection (a). The account shall consist

9 of—

10 (1) amounts withheld from the pay of partici11 pants in the plan; and

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

13 respect to the plan.

14 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Over15 sight of the House of Representatives shall have authority

16 to prescribe regulations relating to the plan referred to

17 in subsection (a), including regulations defining the nature

18 and extent of benefits under the plan.

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

20 on January 1, 1996.
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1 SEC. 108. 107. ANNOTATED UNITED STATES CODE FOR MEM2 BERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO

3 BE PAID FOR FROM MEMBERS’ REPRESENTA4 TIONAL ALLOWANCE.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Clerk of the House of Rep6 resentatives shall, at the request of a Member of the

7 House of Representatives, furnish to the Member, for offi8 cial use only, one set of a privately published annotated

9 version of the United States Code, including supplements

10 and pocket parts. The furnishing of a set of the United

11 States Code under this section shall be in lieu of any dis12 tribution under section 212 of title 1, United States Code,

13 and shall be paid for from the Members’ Representational

14 Allowance.

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

16 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep17 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner

18 to, the Congress.

19 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Over20 sight of the House of Representatives shall have authority

21 to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

22 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—House Resolution

23 506, Ninetieth Congress, agreed to August 21, 1967, as

24 enacted into permanent law by chapter VIII of the Second

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

26 repealed.
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1 SEC. 109. 108. CAPITOL POLICE CITATION RELEASE.

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

3 with the approval of the Capitol Police Board, may des4 ignate a member of the Capitol Police to have responsibil5 ity for citation release.

6 (b) AUTHORITY.—(1) In the same manner as pro7 vided for with respect to an official of the Metropolitan

8 Police Department of the District of Columbia under sec9 tion 23–1110(a) of the District of Columbia Code, the Su10 perior Court of the District of Columbia shall have the

11 authority to appoint the member of the Capitol Police des12 ignated under subsection (a) of this section to take bail

13 or collateral from persons charged with offenses triable in

14 the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Pursuant

15 to that authority—

16 (A) the citation power described in subsection

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

18 Code shall be exercised by such member of the Cap19 itol Police in the same manner as by an official of

20 the Metropolitan Police Department; and

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

22 23–1110 of the District of Columbia Code, relating

23 to failure to appear, shall apply with respect to cita24 tions under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.

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

26 of Columbia shall have the power to authorize the member
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1 of the Capitol Police referred to in subsection (a) of this

2 section to take bond from persons arrested upon writs and

3 process from that court in criminal cases in the same man4 ner as provided for with respect to an official of the Metro5 politan Police Department of the District of Columbia

6 under the third sentence of section 23–1110(a) of the Dis7 trict of Columbia Code.

8 TITLE II—TECHNICAL AND CON9 FORMING AMENDMENTS AND

10 REPEALS RELATING TO AD11 MINISTRATIVE REFORMS IN

12 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA13 TIVES

14 SEC. 201. PROVISIONS RELATING TO ELECTION OF REP15 RESENTATIVES.

16 The provisions of law relating to election of Rep17 resentatives, as codified in chapter 1 of title 2, United

18 States Code, are amended as follows:

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

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

21 subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for ap22 portionment of Representatives in Congress’’, ap23 proved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(b)), is amended

24 by striking out the semicolon after ‘‘Representa25 tives’’ the first place it appears and all that follows
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1 through the end of the sentence and inserting in lieu

2 thereof a period.

3 SEC. 202. PROVISIONS RELATING TO ORGANIZATION OF

4 CONGRESS.

5 The provisions of law relating to organization of Con6 gress, as codified in chapter 2 of title 2, United States

7 Code, are amended as follows:

8 (1) Section 204(a) of the District of Columbia

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

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

11 United States (2 U.S.C. 26, third sentence) is re12 pealed.

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

14 U.S.C. 28c(c)) is amended—

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

16 ‘‘Representives’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

17 ‘‘Representatives’’; and

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

19 the Sergeant’’ and all that follows through the

20 end of the paragraph and inserting in lieu

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

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

23 (4) Section 202 of House Resolution 988, Nine24 ty-third Congress, agreed to October 8, 1974, as en25 acted into permanent law by chapter III of title I of
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1 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 (2

2 U.S.C. 29a), is amended—

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

4 ‘‘House Administration’’ each place it appears

5 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over6 sight’’; and

7 (B) in subsection (c), by striking out ‘‘con8 tingent fund of the House is’’ and inserting in

9 lieu thereof ‘‘applicable accounts of the House

10 of Representatives are’’.

11 SEC. 203. PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMPENSATION AND

12 ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS.

13 The provisions of law relating to compensation and

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

15 2, United States Code, are amended as follows:

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

17 entitled ‘‘An Act to increase rates of compensation

18 of the President, Vice President, and the Speaker of

19 the House of Representatives’’, approved January

20 19, 1949 (2 U.S.C. 31b), is amended by striking out

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

22 section 601(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act

23 of 1946, as amended)’’.

24 (2) Section 2 of House Resolution 1238, Nine25 ty-first Congress, agreed to December 23, 1970, as
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1 enacted into permanent law by chapter VIII of the

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

3 31b–2), is amended—

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

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

6 accounts of the House of Representatives’’; and

7 (B) by striking out ‘‘base allowance’’ and

8 all that follows through ‘‘Member of the

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

10 Representational Allowance’’.

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

12 Resolution 1238, Ninety-first Congress, agreed to

13 December 22, 1970 (as enacted into permanent law

14 by chapter VIII of the Supplemental Appropriations

15 Act, 1971, and supplemented by the Act entitled

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

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

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

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

20 ‘‘for payment of’’.

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

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

23 (5) Section 105 of the Legislative Branch Ap24 propriation Act, 1955 (2 U.S.C. 38a) is amended—
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1 (A) in the first undesignated paragraph, by

2 striking out ‘‘(including amounts held in the

3 trust fund account in the office of the Sergeant

4 at Arms)’’; and

5 (B) in the second undesignated paragraph,

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

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

8 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the

9 House of Representatives and received by the

10 Chief Administrative Officer’’.

11 (6) The proviso in the first paragraph under

12 the heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE BRANCH’’ and the

13 subheading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ in

14 chapter I of the Third Supplemental Appropriation

15 Act, 1952 (2 U.S.C. 38b; 2 U.S.C. 125a) is amend16 ed by striking out ‘‘contingent fund of the House of

17 Representatives or’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

18 ‘‘applicable accounts of the House of Representatives

19 or the contingent fund’’.

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

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

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

23 in lieu thereof ‘‘the Chief Administrative Officer of

24 the House of Representatives (upon certification by

25 the Clerk of the House of Representatives)’’.
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1 (8) The proviso in the last undesignated para2 graph under the center heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE

3 ESTABLISHMENT’’ and the center subheading

4 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ in the Deficiency

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

6 is amended—

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

8 the House’’ the first place it appears and in9 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Of10 ficer of the House of Representatives’’; and

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

12 the House shall be paid to the Clerk of the

13 House and’’ inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad14 ministrative Officer of the House of Represent15 atives shall be’’.

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

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

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

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

20 enacted into permanent law by section 115 of the

21 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2

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

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

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

25 enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of the
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1 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C.

2 42), is repealed.

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

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

5 (12)(A) The provisions of law specified in sub6 paragraph (B), codified as sections 42c, 42c note,

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

8 (B) The provisions of law referred to in sub9 paragraph (A) are—

10 (i) the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide air11 mail and special delivery postage stamps for

12 Members of the House of Representatives on

13 the basis of regular sessions of Congress, and

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

15 (ii) House Resolution 532, Eighty-eighth

16 Congress, agreed to October 2, 1963, as en17 acted into permanent law by section 103 of the

18 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965;

19 and

20 (iii) House Resolution 1003, Ninetieth

21 Congress, agreed to December 14, 1967, as en22 acted into permanent law by chapter VIII of

23 title I of the Second Supplemental Appropria24 tion Act, 1968.
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1 (13) The last paragraph under the heading

2 ‘‘SENATE’’ and the subheading ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE

3 PROVISIONS’’ in the first section of the Legislative

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

5 repealed.

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

7 43b–1) is repealed.

8 (15) Section 2 of House Resolution 10, Ninety9 fourth Congress, agreed to January 14, 1975, as en10 acted into permanent law by section 201 of the Leg11 islative Branch Appropriation Act, 1976 (2 U.S.C.

12 43b–3), is amended by striking out ‘‘House Admin13 istration’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu

14 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

15 (16)(A) The provisions of law specified in sub16 paragraph (B), codified as section 46b of title 2,

17 United States Code, are amended, repealed, or af18 fected as provided in that subparagraph.

19 (B) The amendments, repeals, and effects re20 ferred to in subparagraph (A) are as follows:

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

22 under the heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REP23 RESENTATIVES’’ and the subheading ‘‘CON24 TINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’ in the

25 Legislative Appropriation Act, 1955, is amend-
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1 ed by striking out ‘‘(which hereafter shall be

2 $1,200 per regular session)’’.

3 (ii) That portion of the paragraph under

4 the heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTA5 TIVES’’ and the subheading ‘‘STATIONERY (RE6 VOLVING FUND)’’ in the first section of the Leg7 islative Branch Appropriation Act, 1961, that

8 has been interpreted as increasing the station9 ery allowance from $1,200 to $1,800 shall have

10 no further force or effect.

11 (iii) House Resolution 533, Eighty-eighth

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

14 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965, is

15 repealed.

16 (iv) House Resolution 1029, Eighty-ninth

17 Congress, agreed to October 5, 1966, as contin18 ued by House Resolution 112, Ninetieth Con19 gress, agreed to March 8, 1967, as enacted into

20 permanent law by chapter VIII of the Second

21 Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1967, is re22 pealed.

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

24 prorated stationery allowance in the case of a Mem25 ber of the House of Representatives elected for a
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1 portion of a term’’, approved February 27, 1956 (2

2 U.S.C. 46b–2), is repealed.

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

4 ‘‘An Act relating to telephone and telegraph service

5 and clerk hire for Members of the House of Rep6 resentatives’’, approved June 23, 1949 (2 U.S.C.

7 46f) is repealed.

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

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

10 Code, are repealed.

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

12 (i) are—

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

14 relating to telephone and telegraph service and

15 clerk hire for Members of the House of Rep16 resentatives’’, approved June 23, 1949;

17 (II) House Resolution 735, Eighty-seventh

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

19 into permanent law by section 103 of the Legis20 lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1964;

21 (III) House Resolution 531, Eighty-eighth

22 Congress agreed to October 2, 1963, as enacted

23 into permanent law by section 103 of the Legis24 lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965; and
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1 (IV) House Resolution 901, Eighty-Ninth

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

3 into permanent law by chapter VI of the Sup4 plemental Appropriation Act, 1967.

5 (C) Section 6 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act relat6 ing to telephone and telegraph service and clerk hire

7 for Members of the House of Representatives’’, ap8 proved June 23, 1949 (2 U.S.C. 46i) is repealed.

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

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

11 enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of the

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

13 46g–1), is repealed.

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

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

16 enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of the

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

18 56), is repealed.

19 (B) The section designation and subsections

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

21 287, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to March 2,

22 1977, as enacted into permanent law by section 115

23 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978

24 (2 U.S.C. 56 note, 2 U.S.C. 122a note), are re25 pealed.
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1 (21)(A) The second undesignated paragraph of

2 the first section of House Resolution 1297, Ninety3 fifth Congress, agreed to August 16, 1978, as en4 acted into permanent law by section 111(1) of the

5 Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1984

6 (2 U.S.C. 59d(a)), is amended by striking out

7 ‘‘Clerk of the House of Representatives’’ and insert8 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of

9 the House of Representatives’’.

10 (B) The first undesignated paragraph of the

11 first section of House Resolution 1297, Ninety-fifth

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

13 into permanent law by section 111(1) of the Con14 gressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1984 (2

15 U.S.C. 59d(a)), is amended by striking out ‘‘contin16 gent fund’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable

17 accounts’’.

18 (C) The second undesignated paragraph of the

19 first section of House Resolution 1297, Ninety-fifth

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

21 into permanent law by section 111(1) of the Con22 gressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1984 (2

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

24 further amended by striking out ‘‘House Administra-
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1 tion’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over2 sight’’.

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

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

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

6 the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act,

7 1984 (2 U.S.C. 59d(b)(1)), is amended to read as

8 follows:

9 ‘‘(1) the term ‘Member of the House of Rep10 resentatives’ means a Representative in, or a Dele11 gate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;

12 and’’.

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

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

15 59e(a)(3)) is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the

16 House of Representatives’’ and inserting in lieu

17 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House

18 of Representatives’’.

19 (B) Section 311 of the Legislative Branch Ap20 propriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e) is amended—

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

22 subsection (a), by striking out ‘‘House Adminis23 tration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House

24 Oversight’’;
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1 (ii) in subsection (a)(3), by striking out

2 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

3 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’;

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

5 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

6 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’;

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

8 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

9 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’;

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

11 ‘‘only’’;

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

13 ‘‘Official Expenses Allowance and the Clerk

14 Hire Allowance’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

15 ‘‘Members’ Representational Allowance’’; and

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

17 ‘‘Official Expenses Allowance’’ and inserting in

18 lieu thereof ‘‘Members’ Representational Allow19 ance’’.

20 SEC. 204. PROVISIONS RELATING TO OFFICERS AND EM21 PLOYEES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

22 The provisions of law relating to officers and employ23 ees of the House of Representatives, as codified in chapter

24 4 of title 2, United States Code, are amended as follows:
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1 (1) Section 5 of the Federal Pay Comparability

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

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

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

5 House of Representatives’’ and inserting in lieu

6 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the

7 House of Representatives’’;

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

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

10 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’;

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

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

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

14 a semicolon;

15 (D) in the matter following subparagraph

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

17 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad18 ministrative Officer’’;

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

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

21 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’;

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

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

24 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’; and
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1 (G) in subsection (d), by striking out

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

3 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative

4 Officer’’.

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

6 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,

7 1988 (2 U.S.C. 60a–2a(1)) is amended, in the mat8 ter before subparagraph (A), by striking out ‘‘Clerk

9 of the House of Representatives’’ and inserting in

10 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the

11 House of Representatives’’.

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

13 Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint resolution authorizing the

14 payment of salaries of the officers and employees of

15 Congress for December on the 20th day of that

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

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

18 out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad19 ministrative Officer’’.

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

21 Ninety-fourth Congress, agreed to November 4,

22 1975, as enacted into permanent law by section 101

23 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1977

24 (2 U.S.C. 60e–1a), is amended—
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1 (A) in the first sentence of subsection (a),

2 by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ the first place it ap3 pears and all that follows through ‘‘provisions

4 of’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Admin5 istrative Officer of the House of Representa6 tives shall, in accordance with’’;

7 (B) in the second sentence of subsection

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

9 that follows through ‘‘shall withhold’’ and in10 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘provide that the Chief

11 Administrative Officer shall withhold’’;

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

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

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

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

16 ‘‘Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms’’ and insert17 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi18 cer’’;

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

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

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

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

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

24 out ‘‘Clerk or the Sergeant at Arms’’ each place
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1 it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief

2 Administrative Officer’’.

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

4 12, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to August 5, 1977,

5 as enacted into permanent law by section 111 of the

6 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1979 (2

7 U.S.C. 60e–1c), is amended—

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

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

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

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

13 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative

14 Officer of the House of Representatives’’.

15 (B) Section 2 of House Resolution 12, Ninety16 fifth Congress, agreed to August 5, 1977, as enacted

17 into permanent law by section 111 of the Legislative

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

19 is amended—

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

21 after the semicolon at the end;

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

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

24 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad-
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1 ministrative Officer of the House of Represent2 atives’’; and

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

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

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

6 Resolution 420, Ninety-third Congress, agreed to

7 September 18, 1973, as enacted into permanent law

8 by chapter VI of the Supplemental Appropriations

9 Act, 1974 (2 U.S.C. 60g–2(b)), is amended by strik10 ing out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief

11 Administrative Officer’’.

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

13 Ninety-third Congress, agreed to September 18,

14 1973, as enacted into permanent law by chapter VI

15 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1974 (2

16 U.S.C. 60g–2), is amended—

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

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

19 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable ac20 counts of the House of Representatives’’; and

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

22 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

23 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.
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1 (8) Section 310(a) of the Legislative Branch

2 Appropriation Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 60j–2) is amend3 ed—

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

5 appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad6 ministrative Officer’’; and

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

8 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘SEC. 310.’’.

9 (9) Section 105 of the Legislative Branch Ap10 propriation Act, 1968 is amended by striking out

11 subsection (j) (2 U.S.C. 61–1(g)).

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

13 section 202 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

14 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(f), (i)(1), and (i)(3)) are each

15 amended by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’

16 each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof

17 ‘‘House Oversight’’.

18 (B) Subsection (i)(1) of section 202 of the Leg19 islative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C.

20 72a(i)(1)), as amended by subparagraph (A), is fur21 ther amended—

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

23 respective Houses pursuant to resolutions,

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

25 fund of the Senate or the applicable accounts of
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1 the House of Representatives pursuant to reso2 lutions which, in the case of the Senate,’’; and

3 (ii) by striking out ‘‘such respective

4 Houses’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the ap5 propriate House’’.

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

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

8 72a(j)(1)) is amended—

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

10 ‘‘Committee on House Administration’’ and all

11 that follows through ‘‘respective Houses’’ and

12 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘committee involved in

13 the case of standing committees of the House

14 of Representatives, and within the limits of

15 funds made available from the contingent fund

16 of the Senate or the applicable accounts of the

17 House of Representatives pursuant to resolu18 tions, which, in the case of the Senate, shall

19 specify the maximum amounts which may be

20 used for such purpose, approved by the appro21 priate House’’; and

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

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

24 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the

25 House of Representatives’’.
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1 (12) The paragraph beginning ‘‘The appropria2 tion for committee employees’’ under the heading

3 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ and the sub4 heading ‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’

5 in the first section of the Legislative Branch Appro6 priation Act, 1948 (2 U.S.C. 72b) is amended by

7 striking out ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting

8 in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

9 (13) The last undesignated paragraph under

10 the center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTA11 TIVES’’ and the center subheading ‘‘CONTINGENT

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

13 the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1948 (2

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

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

16 Eighty-seventh Congress, agreed to January 10,

17 1962, as enacted into permanent law by section 103

18 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963

19 (2 U.S.C. 74–1), is amended by striking out ‘‘con20 tingent fund of the House’’ and inserting in lieu

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

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

24 House Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, as en25 acted into permanent law by section 115 of the legis-
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1 lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C.

2 74a–3), is amended by striking out ‘‘contingent fund

3 of the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applica4 ble accounts of the House of Representatives’’.

5 (B) Section 2 of House Resolution 393, Ninety6 fifth Congress, as enacted into permanent law by

7 section 115 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation

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

9 out ‘‘contingent fund of the House’’ and inserting in

10 lieu thereof ‘‘applicable accounts of the House of

11 Representatives’’.

12 (16) Section 112 of the Congressional Oper13 ations Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 74a–5 and

14 2 U.S.C. 333a) is amended by striking out ‘‘sections

15 74(a)–4 and 333 of title 2, United States Code,’’

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

17 Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to

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

19 section 115 of the Congressional Operations Appro20 priation Act, 1978, and section 473 of the Legisla21 tive Reorganization Act of 1970,’’.

22 (17) Section 101 of the Legislative Branch Ap23 propriations Act, 1995 (2 U.S.C. 74a–6) is repealed.

24 (18) Section 244 of the Legislative Reorganiza25 tion Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 74b) is amended—
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1 (A) by striking out ‘‘and the Clerk of the

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

3 and

4 (B) by striking out ‘‘their respective juris5 dictions’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the ju6 risdiction of the Secretary’’.

7 (19) Section 7 of the Legislative Branch Appro8 priation Act, 1943 (2 U.S.C. 75a) is amended—

9 (A) in the first sentence—

10 (i) by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the

11 House of Representatives, the accounts of

12 such Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

13 ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House

14 of Representatives, the accounts of the

15 Chief Administrative Officer’’; and

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

17 House of Representatives shall have been

18 elected and qualified’’ and inserting in lieu

19 thereof ‘‘new Chief Administrative Officer

20 shall have been appointed’’;

21 (B) in the second sentence—

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

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

24 the House of Representatives’’ and insert-
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1 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘former Chief Adminis2 trative Officer’’; and

3 (iii) by striking out ‘‘such former

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

5 former Chief Administrative Officer’’;

6 (C) in the third sentence—

7 (i) by striking out ‘‘The former

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

9 former Chief Administrative Officer’’; and

10 (ii) by striking out ‘‘such former

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

12 former Chief Administrative Officer’’; and

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

14 sentence: ‘‘The accounts and payments referred

15 to in the second sentence shall be audited by

16 the Inspector General of the House of Rep17 resentatives.’’.

18 (20) Section 208(a) of the Legislative Reorga19 nization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 75a–1(a)) is amend20 ed by striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper, Postmaster,’’ each

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

22 Administrative Officer’’.

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

24 United States (2 U.S.C. 76) is repealed.
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1 (22)(A) The first section of House Resolution

2 8, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to January 4, 1977,

3 as enacted into permanent law by section 115 of the

4 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2

5 U.S.C. 76–1), is amended—

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

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

8 thereof ‘‘; and’’;

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

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

11 thereof a period; and

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

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

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

15 States Code, are repealed or amended as provided in

16 that clause.

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

18 as follows:

19 (I) House Resolution 909, Eighty-ninth

20 Congress, agreed to September 8, 1966, as en21 acted into permanent law by chapter VI of the

22 Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1967, is re23 pealed.

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

25 House Resolution 890, Ninety-second Congress,
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1 agreed to October 4, 1972, as enacted into per2 manent law by the paragraph under the head3 ing ‘‘LEGISLATIVE BRANCH’’ and the sub4 headings ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTA5 TIVES’’ and ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION’’,

6 in chapter V of the Supplemental Appropria7 tions Act, 1973, is amended by striking out

8 ‘‘the Doorkeeper,’’.

9 (23) House Resolution 560, Eighty-seventh

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

11 permanent law by section 103 of the Legislative

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

13 repealed.

14 (24) Section 2 of House Resolution 603,

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

16 as enacted into permanent law by section 103 of the

17 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1964 (2

18 U.S.C. 76b), is 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 Oc22 tober 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 para5 graph under the center heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE’’

6 and the center subheading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENT7 ATIVES’’, in the first section of the Second Defi8 ciency Act, fiscal year, 1928 (2 U.S.C. 80a), is

9 amended by striking out ‘‘Sergeant-at-Arms of the

10 House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Admin11 istrative Officer of the House of Representatives’’.

12 (27) The Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint reso13 lution to provide for on-the-spot audits by the Gen14 eral Accounting Office of the fiscal records of the

15 Office of the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Rep16 resentatives’’, approved July 26, 1949 (2 U.S.C.

17 81a), is repealed.

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 de4 fining 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 Con8 gress, agreed to January 3, 1983, as enacted into

9 permanent law by section 110 of the Congressional

10 Operations Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 84–

11 1), is repealed.

12 (32) House Resolution 1495, Ninety-fourth

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

14 into permanent law by section 115 of the Legislative

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

16 is repealed.

17 (33) The eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, thir18 teenth, and fourteenth undesignated paragraph re19 lating to contingent expenses, under the center head20 ing ‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the center subheading

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

22 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations

23 for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of

24 the Government for the fiscal year ending June thir25 tieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other pur-
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1 poses’’, approved March 3, 1901 (2 U.S.C. 85, 86,

2 87, 88, 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 Re6 organization Act of 1946 is amended, in the matter

7 relating to part 3 of title II (60 Stat. 813), by strik8 ing out the item relating to section 243.

9 (C) Section 492(i) of the Legislative Reorga10 nization Act of 1970 (40 U.S.C. 184a(i)) is amended

11 by 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’’

21 and the center subheading ‘‘EDUCATION OF

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

23 Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations to

24 supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropria25 tions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947,
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1 and for other purposes’’, approved March 22,

2 1947, is amended—

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

4 and 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 ‘‘;

19 or’’ at the end of paragraph (2) and all that fol20 lows through the end of the subsection and in21 serting 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

2 inserting 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 there10 of ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House

11 of Representatives’’;

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

13 striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu there14 of ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House

15 of Representatives, as determined by the Clerk

16 of the House of Representatives,’’;

17 (C) by striking out section 3; and

18 (D) by redesignating section 4 as section

19 3.

20 (39) Section 902 of the Supplemental Appro21 priations Act, 1983 (2 U.S.C. 88b–6) repealed.

22 (40) House Resolution 234, Ninety-eighth Con23 gress, agreed to June 29, 1983, as enacted into per24 manent law by section 103 of the Legislative Branch
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1 Appropriations Act, 1985 (2 U.S.C. 88c–1 et seq.)

2 is amended—

3 (A) by striking out the first section;

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

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

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

7 non-academic’’;

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

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

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

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

12 ‘‘but no appointment to fill that vacancy shall

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

14 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘except that no ap15 pointment may be made under this paragraph

16 for service to begin on or after October 1 with

17 respect to the first semester or on or after

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

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

20 ‘‘terms’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘semes21 ters or terms, as the case may be,’’; and

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

23 ‘‘terms’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘semes24 ters’’.
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1 (41) The twelfth undesignated paragraph relat2 ing to contingent expenses, under the center heading

3 ‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the center subheading

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

5 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations

6 for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of

7 the Government for the fiscal year ending June thir8 tieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other pur9 poses’’, approved March 3, 1901 (2 U.S.C. 89), is

10 amended by striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper, and Post11 master’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and Chief Ad12 ministrative Officer’’.

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

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

15 the House of Representatives to withhold certain

16 amounts due employees of the House of Representa17 tives’’, approved July 2, 1958 (2 U.S.C. 89a), is

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

19 all that follows through the end of the sentence and

20 inserting in lieu thereof the following:

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

22 committee or the elected officer of the House of Rep23 resentatives that has jurisdiction over the activity under

24 which the indebtedness arises may certify to the Chief Ad-
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1 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives the

2 amount of the indebtedness.’’.

3 (B) The second and fourth sentences of such

4 first section are each amended by striking out

5 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Admin6 istrative Officer’’.

7 (43) Section 2 of House Resolution 294,

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

9 as continued by House Resolution 7, Eighty-ninth

10 Congress, agreed to January 4, 1965, as enacted

11 into permanent law by section 103 of the Legislative

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

13 repealed.

14 (44) Section 2 and section 3 of House Resolu15 tion 804, Ninety-sixth Congress, agreed to October

16 2, 1980, as enacted into permanent law by the bill

17 H.R. 4120, entitled the ‘‘Legislative Branch Appro18 priation Act, 1982’’, as reported in the House of

19 Representatives on July 9, 1981, and enacted into

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

21 51 (2 U.S.C. 92b–2; 2 U.S.C. 92b–3), are each

22 amended by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’

23 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight of

24 the House of Representatives’’.
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1 (45) The proviso in the fifth paragraph under

2 the heading ‘‘UNDER LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the

3 subheading ‘‘SENATE.’’ in the first section of the Act

4 entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations to supply

5 urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fis6 cal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and

7 two, and for prior years, and for other purposes’’,

8 approved February 14, 1902 (2 U.S.C. 95a), is

9 amended by striking out ‘‘contingent expenses of the

10 House of Representatives or’’ and inserting in lieu

11 thereof ‘‘expenses of the House of Representatives

12 or contingent expenses of’’.

13 (46) The fifth undesignated paragraph relating

14 to contingent expenses, under the center heading

15 ‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the center subheading

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

17 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations

18 for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of

19 the Government for the fiscal year ending June thir20 tieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and for other

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

22 repealed.

23 (47) Section 311 of the Legislative Branch Ap24 propriations Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C. 96a) is repealed.
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1 (48) The first paragraph after the paragraph

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

3 under the heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the sub4 heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.’’ in the first

5 section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appro6 priations for the legislative, executive, and judicial

7 expenses of the Government for the fiscal year end8 ing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six,

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

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

11 (49) The first undesignated paragraph under

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

14 Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses

15 of the Government for the fiscal year ending June

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

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

18 98), is repealed.

19 (50) The first undesignated paragraph after the

20 paragraph with the side heading ‘‘OFFICE OF POST21 MASTER:’’, under the center heading ‘‘LEGISLA22 TIVE.’’ and the center subheading ‘‘HOUSE OF REP23 RESENTATIVES.’’, in the first section of the Act enti24 tled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the legisla25 tive, executive, and judicial expenses of the Govern-
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1 ment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eight2 een hundred and ninety-two, and for other pur3 poses’’, approved March 3, 1891 (2 U.S.C. 99), is

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

5 that follows through the end of the paragraph and

6 inserting in lieu thereof a period.

7 (51) The second sentence of the fourth undesig8 nated paragraph relating to contingent expenses,

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

10 the center subheading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTA11 TIVES.’’, in the first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An

12 Act making appropriations for the legislative, execu13 tive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the

14 fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred

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

16 3, 1901 (2 U.S.C. 100), is repealed.

17 (52) Sections 60 and 61 of the Revised Stat18 utes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 102) are re19 pealed.

20 (53) The first sentence of the undesignated

21 paragraph under the center heading ‘‘GENERAL PRO22 VISION’’ in chapter XI of the Third Supplemental

23 Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 102a) is amend24 ed by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu

25 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.
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1 (54) Section 105(a)(1) of the Legislative

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

3 is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ each place it ap4 pears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Adminis5 trative Officer’’.

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

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

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

9 House of Representatives’’; and

10 (B) by striking out ‘‘and House of Rep11 resentatives, respectively,’’.

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

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

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

15 in lieu thereof ‘‘the Secretary’’.

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

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

18 out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad19 ministrative Officer’’.

20 (58) The proviso in the last sentence of the

21 fifth paragraph after the paragraph with the side

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

23 under the heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the sub24 heading ‘‘SENATE.’’ in the Act entitled ‘‘An Act

25 making appropriations for the legislative, executive,
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1 and judicial expenses of the Government for the fis2 cal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and

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

4 March 3, 1887 (2 U.S.C. 112) is amended by strik5 ing out ‘‘or the Committee on Accounts of the

6 House of Representatives respectively’’.

7 (59)(A) The first section of the Act entitled

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

9 offices of Members, officers, and committees of the

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

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

12 amended—

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

14 by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the House shall fur15 nish electrical and mechanical’’ and inserting in

16 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the

17 House of Representatives shall furnish’’; and

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

19 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad20 ministrative Officer’’.

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

22 Act to provide certain equipment for use in the of23 fices of Members, officers, and committees of the

24 House of Representatives, and for other purposes’’,
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1 approved December 5, 1969 (2 U.S.C. 112e), as

2 amended by subparagraph (A) is further amended—

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

4 each place it appears and inserting in lieu

5 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’;

6 (ii) in subsection (c), by striking out ‘‘con7 tingent fund’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘ap8 plicable accounts’’; and

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

10 second sentence.

11 (60) Section 70 of the Revised Statutes of the

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

13 out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad14 ministrative Officer’’.

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

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

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

18 House of Representatives, respectively, are’’

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

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

21 the House of Representatives,’’.

22 (62) The third undesignated paragraph under

23 the center heading ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS’’ in the

24 first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making ap25 propriations for sundry civil expenses of the govern-
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1 ment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eight2 een hundred and eighty-three, and for other pur3 poses’’, approved August 7, 1882 (2 U.S.C. 117), is

4 amended—

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

6 of the House of Representatives and the’’; and

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

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

9 thereof ‘‘direction of the Committee on Rules

10 and Administration of the Senate and cover’’.

11 (63)(A) Section 104(a) of the Legislative

12 Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 (as enacted by ref13 erence in identical form by section 101(j) of Public

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

15 117e) is amended—

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

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

18 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’; and

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

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

21 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

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

23 Appropriations Act, 1987 (as enacted by reference in

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

25 500 and Public Law 99–591) (2 U.S.C. 117e), as
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1 amended by subparagraph (A), is further amend2 ed—

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

4 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

5 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’; and

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

7 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

8 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

9 (64) Section 306 of the Legislative Branch Ap10 propriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 117f), is amend11 ed—

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

13 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad14 ministrative Officer’’; and

15 (B) in subsection (b)—

16 (i) by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and insert17 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative

18 Officer’’;

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

20 Legislative Service Organizations,’’; and

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

22 That’’ and all that follows through

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

24 except that no amount charged to the

25 Members’ Representational Allowance’’.
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1 (65) The second sentence of section 2 of the

2 Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the

3 Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal

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

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

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

7 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

8 (66)(A) The provisions of law specified in sub9 paragraph (B), codified as section 122a of title 2,

10 United States Code, are repealed.

11 (B) The provisions of law referred to in sub12 paragraph (A) are—

13 (i) the nineteenth paragraph under the

14 center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTA15 TIVES’’ and the center subheading ‘‘CONTIN16 GENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’ in title I of

17 the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act,

18 1955; and

19 (ii) House Resolution 831, Eighty-eighth

20 Congress, agreed to August 14, 1964, as en21 acted into permanent law by section 103 of the

22 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1966.

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

24 and 7 of House Resolution 687, Ninety-fifth Con25 gress, agreed to September 20, 1977, as enacted
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1 into permanent law by section 111 of the Legislative

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

3 122c, 122d, 122e, 122f, and 122g), are repealed.

4 (68) Section 105 of the Legislative Branch Ap5 propriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 123b) is amended—

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

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

8 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative

9 Officer’’; and

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

11 by striking out ‘‘within the contingent fund of

12 the House of Representatives’’.

13 (69) The second sentence of the second para14 graph under the heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REP15 RESENTATIVES’’ and the subheading ‘‘ADMINIS16 TRATIVE PROVISIONS’’ in the first section of the

17 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963 (2

18 U.S.C. 124) is amended—

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

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

21 accounts of the House of Representatives’’; and

22 (B) by striking out ‘‘House Administra23 tion’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House

24 Oversight’’.
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1 (70)(A) The first sentence of the last undesig2 nated paragraph under the center heading ‘‘HOUSE

3 OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ and the center sub4 heading ‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’

5 in the first section of the Legislative Branch Appro6 priation Act, 1955 (2 U.S.C. 125) is amended by

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

8 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the

9 House of Representatives’’.

10 (B) The first sentence of the last undesignated

11 paragraph under the center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF

12 REPRESENTATIVES’’ and the center subheading

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

14 first section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation

15 Act, 1955 (2 U.S.C. 125), as amended by subpara16 graph (A), is further amended by striking out ‘‘con17 tingent fund of the House’’ and inserting in lieu

18 thereof ‘‘applicable accounts of the House of Rep19 resentatives’’.

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

21 127a) is amended—

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

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

24 ‘‘applicable accounts’’; and
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1 (B) in the last sentence, is amended by

2 striking out ‘‘House Administration’’ and in3 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

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

5 Resolution 1047, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to

6 April 4, 1978, as enacted into permanent law by sec7 tion 111 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation

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

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

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

11 in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable accounts of the

12 House of Representatives’’; and

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

14 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu

15 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

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

17 Act to preserve the benefits of the Civil Service Re18 tirement Act, the Federal Employees’ Group Life In19 surance Act of 1954, and the Federal Employees

20 Health Benefits Act of 1959 for congressional em21 ployees receiving certain congressional staff fellow22 ships’’, approved March 30, 1966 (2 U.S.C. 130a),

23 is amended—
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1 (A) by striking out ‘‘That, with respect’’

2 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘That (a) with re3 spect’’;

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

5 so redesignated by subparagraph (A), by strik6 ing out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

7 ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’;

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

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

10 inserting in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘the pur11 poses of the provisions of law specified in sub12 section (b), if the award’’;

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

14 Representatives, as appropriate’’ and inserting

15 in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of

16 the House of Representatives, as appropriate’’;

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

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

19 Administrative Officer of the House of Rep20 resentatives by records’’; and

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

22 subsection:

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

24 (a) are—
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1 ‘‘(1) subchapter III (relating to civil service re2 tirement) of chapter 83 of title 5, United States

3 Code;

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

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

6 and

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

8 group health insurance) of title 5, United States

9 Code.’’.

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

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

12 clarify, and extend the provisions relating to court

13 leave for employees of the United States and the

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

15 (2 U.S.C. 130b(a)(1)), is amended by striking out

16 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Admin17 istrative Officer’’.

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

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

20 and extend the provisions relating to court leave for

21 employees of the United States and the District of

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

23 130b(f)), is amended by striking out ‘‘House Admin24 istration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over25 sight’’.
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1 (76) Subsection (a) and subsection (b) of sec2 tion 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the

3 waiver of claims of the United States arising out of

4 erroneous payments of pay and allowances to certain

5 officers and employees of the legislative branch’’, ap6 proved July 25, 1974 (2 U.S.C. 130d(a) and (b)),

7 are each amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and in8 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi9 cer’’.

10 SEC. 205. PROVISIONS RELATING TO LIBRARY OF CON11 GRESS.

12 The provisions of law relating to the Library of Con13 gress, as codified in chapter 5 of title 2, United States

14 Code, are amended as follows:

15 Section 223 of the Legislative Reorganization

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

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

18 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

19 SEC. 206. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONGRESSIONAL AND

20 COMMITTEE PROCEDURE; INVESTIGATIONS.

21 The provisions of law relating to congressional and

22 committee procedure; investigations, as codified in chapter

23 6 of title 2, United States Code, are amended as follows:

24 (1) Section 136(c) of the Legislative Reorga25 nization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 190d(c)) is amended
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1 by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’ and insert2 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

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

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

5 be used before Congress, in cases of private claims

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

7 1879 (2 U.S.C. 190m) is amended by striking out

8 ‘‘contingent fund of the branch of Congress appoint9 ing such committee.’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

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

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

12 accounts of the House of Representatives, in the

13 case of a committee of the House of Representa14 tives.’’.

15 SEC. 207. PROVISIONS RELATING TO OFFICE OF LAW REVI16 SION COUNSEL.

17 The provisions of law relating to the Office of the

18 Law Revision Counsel, as codified in chapter 9A of title

19 2, United States Code, are amended as follows:

20 Section 205(h) of House Resolution 988, Nine21 ty-third Congress, agreed to October 8, 1974, as en22 acted into permanent law by chapter III of title I of

23 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 (2

24 U.S.C. 285g), is amended by striking out ‘‘contin25 gent fund of the House’’ and inserting in lieu there-
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1 of ‘‘applicable accounts of the House of Representa2 tives’’.

3 SEC. 208. PROVISIONS RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE CLASSI4 FICATION OFFICE.

5 The provisions of law relating to the Legislative Clas6 sification Office, as codified in chapter 9B of title 2, Unit7 ed States Code, are amended as follows:

8 Section 203 of House Resolution 988, Ninety9 third Congress, agreed to October 8, 1974, as en10 acted into permanent law by chapter III of title I of

11 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 (2

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

13 SEC. 209. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CLASSIFICATION OF

14 EMPLOYEES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTA15 TIVES.

16 The provisions of law relating to classification of em17 ployees of the House of Representatives, as codified in

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

19 as follows:

20 (1) Section 4(a)(1) of the House Employees Po21 sition Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 293(a)(1)) is

22 amended by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’

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

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

25 Position Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 294(b)(1)(C))
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1 is amended by striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper’’ and insert2 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

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

4 House Employees Position Classification Act (2

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

6 fund’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable ac7 counts’’.

8 SEC. 210. PROVISIONS RELATING TO PAYROLL ADMINIS9 TRATION IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

10 The provisions of law relating to payroll administra11 tion in the House of Representatives, as codified in chap12 ter 10A of title 2, United States Code, are amended as

13 follows:

14 (1) Section 471 of the Legislative Reorganiza15 tion Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 331) is amended by

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

17 ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

18 (2)(A) Section 472 of the Legislative Reorga19 nization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 332) is repealed.

20 (B) The table of contents of the Legislative Re21 organization Act of 1970 is amended, in the matter

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

23 striking out the item relating to section 472.

24 (3)(A) Section 474 of the Legislative Reorga25 nization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 334) is repealed.
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1 (B) The table of contents of the Legislative Re2 organization Act of 1970 is amended, in the matter

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

4 striking out the item relating to section 474.

5 (4) Section 475(1) of the Legislative Reorga6 nization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 335(1)) is amended

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

8 ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

9 (5) Section 476 of the Legislative Reorganiza10 tion Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 336) is amended by

11 striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ each place it appears and in12 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi13 cer’’.

14 SEC. 211. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONTESTED ELEC15 TIONS.

16 The provisions of law relating to contested elections,

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

18 are amended as follows:

19 (1) Section 2 of the Federal Contested Elec20 tions Act (2 U.S.C. 381) is amended—

21 (A) by redesignating subdivisions (a)

22 through (i) as paragraphs (1) through (9), re23 spectively;

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

25 so redesignated by subparagraph (A), by strik-
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1 ing out ‘‘Act—’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

2 ‘‘Act:’’;

3 (C) by indenting paragraphs (1) through

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

5 two ems; and

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

7 by subparagraph (A)—

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

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

10 (ii) by striking out ‘‘or (2)’’ and in11 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘or (B)’’.

12 (2) Section 2 of the Federal Contested Elec13 tions Act (2 U.S.C. 381), as amended by paragraph

14 (1), is further amended—

15 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking out ‘‘or

16 Resident Commissioner’’ and all that follows

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

18 or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the

19 Congress, but that term’’;

20 (B) in paragraph (2), as amended by para21 graph (1) of this section—

22 (i) by striking out ‘‘House of Rep23 resentatives of the United States’’ in sub24 paragraph (A) and inserting in lieu thereof

25 ‘‘office of Representative in, or Delegate or
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1 Resident Commissioner to, the Congress’’;

2 and

3 (ii) by striking out ‘‘House of Rep4 resentatives’’ in subparagraph (B) and in5 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘office of Represent6 ative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis7 sioner to, the Congress’’;

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

9 the United States’’;

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

11 the United States’’;

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

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

14 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘term ‘Member of

15 the House of Representatives’ means an incum16 bent Representative in, or Delegate or Resident

17 Commissioner to, the Congress, or an individual

18 who has been elected to such office’’;

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

20 the United States’’;

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

22 ‘‘House Administration of the House of Rep23 resentatives of the United States’’ and inserting

24 in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight of the House

25 of Representatives’’; and
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1 (H) in paragraph (8), by striking out ‘‘in2 cludes territory and’’ and inserting in lieu

3 thereof ‘‘means a State of the United States

4 and any territory or’’.

5 (3) Section 3 of the Federal Contested Elec6 tions Act (2 U.S.C. 382) is amended—

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

8 the House of Representatives’’; and

9 (B) in subsection (c)—

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

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

12 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semi13 colon at the end of paragraph (5).

14 (4) Section 17 of the Federal Contested Elec15 tions Act (2 U.S.C. 396) is amended by striking out

16 ‘‘contingent fund’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘ap17 plicable accounts’’.

18 SEC. 212. PROVISIONS RELATING TO JOINT COMMITTEE ON

19 CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS.

20 The provisions of law relating to the Joint Committee

21 on Government Operations, as codified in chapter 13 of

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

23 (1)(A) Part 1 of title IV of the Legislative Re24 organization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 411–417) is re25 pealed.
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1 (B) The table of contents of the Legislative Re2 organization Act of 1970 is amended, in the matter

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

4 the matter relating to part 1.

5 (2) Section 206 of House Resolution 988, Nine6 ty-third Congress, agreed to October 8, 1974, as en7 acted into permanent law by chapter III of title I of

8 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 (2

9 U.S.C. 412a), is repealed.

10 SEC. 213. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONGRESSIONAL

11 BUDGET OFFICE.

12 The provisions of law relating to the Congressional

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

14 States Code, are amended as follows:

15 Section 202(g) of the Congressional Budget Act

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

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

18 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

19 SEC. 214. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE STATES.

20 The provisions of law relating to the States, as codi21 fied under chapter 4 of title 4, United States Code, are

22 amended as follows:

23 ‘‘Section 307(b)(1) of the Legislative Branch

24 Appropriations Act, 1988 (4 U.S.C. 105 note) is
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1 amended by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’

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

3 SEC. 215. PROVISIONS RELATING TO GOVERNMENT ORGA4 NIZATION AND EMPLOYEES.

5 The provisions of law relating to Government organi6 zation and employees, enacted as title 5, United States

7 Code, are amended as follows:

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

9 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and in10 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi11 cer’’.

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

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

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

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

18 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi19 cer’’.

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

21 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and in22 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi23 cer’’.
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1 (5) Section 5515 of title 5, United States Code,

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

3 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

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

5 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and in6 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi7 cer’’.

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

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

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

11 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

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

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

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

17 is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ both places it

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

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

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

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

23 Administrative Officer’’.

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

25 Code, is amended in the fourth sentence in the mat-
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1 ter following paragraph (16) by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’

2 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative

3 Officer’’.

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

5 8334(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amend6 ed by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the House of Represent7 atives, the Clerk may pay from the contingent fund

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

9 Administrative Officer of the House of Representa10 tives, the Chief Administrative Officer may pay from

11 the applicable accounts of the House of Representa12 tives’’.

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

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

15 each amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting

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

17 (13) Section 8402(c)(5) of title 5, United

18 States Code, is amended—

19 (A) in the matter before subparagraph (A),

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

21 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’; and

22 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking out

23 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad24 ministrative Officer’’.
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1 (14) Paragraph (1)(A) and paragraph (3) of

2 section 8422(e) of title 5, United States Code, are

3 each amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting

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

5 (15) Section 8423(a)(3)(C) of title 5, United

6 States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk of

7 the House of Representatives, from the contingent

8 fund of the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

9 ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep10 resentatives, from the applicable accounts of the

11 House of Representatives’’.

12 (16) The second sentence of section 8432(e) of

13 title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking

14 out ‘‘Clerk of the House of Representatives, the

15 Clerk may pay from the contingent fund’’ and in16 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer

17 of the House of Representatives, the Chief Adminis18 trative Officer may pay from the applicable ac19 counts’’.

20 (17) The second sentence of section 8432a(c) of

21 title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking

22 out ‘‘Clerk of the House of Representatives, the

23 Clerk may pay from the contingent fund’’ and in24 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer

25 of the House of Representatives, the Chief Adminis-
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1 trative Officer may pay from the applicable ac2 counts’’.

3 (18) Subsection (b) of section 8708 of title 5,

4 United States Code, is amended by striking out

5 ‘‘Clerk’’ the first place it appears and all that fol6 lows through the end of the subsection and inserting

7 in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘Chief Administrative

8 Officer of the House of Representatives, the Chief

9 Administrative Officer may contribute the sum re10 quired by subsection (a) of this section from the ap11 plicable accounts of the House of Representatives.’’.

12 (19) Section 8906(f)(3) of title 5, United States

13 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the

14 House of Representatives, from the contingent fund

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

16 Administrative Officer of the House of Representa17 tives, from the applicable accounts of the House of

18 Representatives’’.

19 SEC. 216. PROVISIONS CODIFIED IN APPENDICES TO TITLE

20 5, UNITED STATES CODE.

21 The provisions of law codified in appendices to title

22 5, United States Code, are amended as follows:

23 (1) Section 103(h)(1)(A)(i)(I) of the Ethics in

24 Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.

25 103(h)(1)(A)(i)(I)) is amended by striking out
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1 ‘‘Clerk’’ the second place it appears and inserting in

2 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

3 (2) Section 109(13)(A) of the Ethics in Govern4 ment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 103(13)(A)) is

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

6 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

7 SEC. 217. PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMERCE AND

8 TRADE.

9 The provisions of law relating to commerce and trade,

10 as codified in title 15, United States Code, are amended

11 as follows:

12 The Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint resolution

13 to print the monthly publication entitled ‘Economic

14 Indicators’ ’’, approved June 23, 1949 (15 U.S.C.

15 1025), is amended by striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper’’

16 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative

17 Officer’’.

18 SEC. 218. PROVISIONS RELATING TO FOREIGN RELATIONS

19 AND INTERCOURSE.

20 The provisions of law relating to foreign relations and

21 intercourse, as codified in title 22, United States Code,

22 are amended as follows:

23 (1) The last sentence of section 105(b) of the

24 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1961 (22

25 U.S.C. 276c–1) is amended by striking out ‘‘Com-
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1 mittee on House Administration’’ and inserting in

2 lieu thereof ‘‘Clerk’’.

3 (2) The first sentence of subsection (b)(2) and

4 the first sentence of subsection (b)(3)(A) of section

5 502 of the Mutual Security Act of 1954 (22 U.S.C.

6 1754) are each amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ the

7 second place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof

8 ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

9 (3) Section 8(d)(2) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act

10 to establish a Commission on Security and Coopera11 tion in Europe’’, approved June 3, 1976 (22 U.S.C.

12 3008(d)(2)), is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and

13 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi14 cer’’.

15 SEC. 219. PROVISIONS RELATING TO MONEY AND FINANCE.

16 (a) USE OF VEHICLES AMENDMENT.—Section

17 802(d) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (31 U.S.C. 1344

18 note) is amended by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’

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

20 (b) TITLE 31, UNITED STATES CODE, AMEND21 MENTS.—The provisions of law relating to money and fi22 nance, enacted as title 31, United States Code, are amend23 ed as follows:

24 (1) Section 1551(c)(2) of title 31, United

25 States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and
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1 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi2 cer’’.

3 (2) Section 6102a(c) of title 31, United States

4 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘House Adminis5 tration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over6 sight’’.

7 (3) Section 6203(a)(3) of title 31, United

8 States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘House Ad9 ministration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House

10 Oversight’’.

11 SEC. 220. PROVISIONS RELATING TO POSTAL SERVICE.

12 The provisions of law relating to the Postal Service,

13 enacted as title 39, United States Code, are amended as

14 follows:

15 (1) Paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) of sub16 section (e) of section 3216 of title 39, United States

17 Code, are each amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk of

18 the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad19 ministrative Officer of the House of Representa20 tives’’.

21 (2) Section 3216(e)(2) of title 39, United

22 States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘House Ad23 ministration’’ each place it appears and inserting in

24 lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.
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1 SEC. 221. PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS,

2 PROPERTY, AND WORKS.

3 The provisions of law relating to public buildings,

4 property, and works, as codified in title 40, United States

5 Code, are amended as follows:

6 (1) The first section of House Resolution 291,

7 Eighty-eighth Congress, agreed to June 18, 1963, as

8 enacted into permanent law by section 103 of the

9 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965 (40

10 U.S.C. 166b–4), is amended—

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

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

13 ‘‘applicable accounts’’; and

14 (B) by striking out ‘‘House Administra15 tion’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu

16 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

17 (2) Section 1816 of the Revised Statutes of the

18 United States (40 U.S.C. 170) is amended by strik19 ing out ‘‘Accounts of the House of Representatives,

20 for the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House

21 Oversight of the House of Representatives, for the

22 House of Representatives’’.

23 (3)(A) Subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section

24 2 of House Resolution 317, Ninety-second Congress,

25 agreed to March 25, 1971, as enacted into perma26 nent law by the paragraph under the heading
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1 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ and the sub2 headings ‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’

3 and ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS’’ in the first section of

4 the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1972 (40

5 U.S.C. 174k(a), (b), and (c)), are each amended by

6 striking out ‘‘House Administration’’ each place it

7 appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over8 sight’’.

9 (B) Section 208 of the First Supplemental Civil

10 Functions Appropriation Act, 1941 (40 U.S.C. 174k

11 note) is repealed.

12 (4)(A) The proviso in the paragraph under the

13 heading ‘‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ and

14 the subheading ‘‘HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS’’ in the

15 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (40

16 U.S.C. 175 note), is amended by striking out

17 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu there18 of ‘‘House Oversight’’.

19 (B) The first section of House Resolution 208,

20 Ninety-fourth Congress, agreed to February 24,

21 1975, as enacted into permanent law by section 201

22 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1976

23 (40 U.S.C. 175 note), is amended—
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1 (i) by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’

2 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight

3 of the House of Representatives’’; and

4 (ii) by striking out ‘‘contingent fund’’ and

5 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable accounts’’.

6 (5)(A) Section 312 of the Legislative Branch

7 Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g) is

8 amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ each place it ap9 pears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Adminis10 trative Officer’’.

11 (B) Section 312(a)(1)(A) of the Legislative

12 Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.

13 184g(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking out ‘‘or the

14 Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives’’.

15 (C) Section 312(d)(2) of the Legislative Branch

16 Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g(d)(2)) is

17 amended by striking out ‘‘with’’ and inserting in lieu

18 thereof ‘‘With’’.

19 (6) Section 312 of the Legislative Branch Ap20 propriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g) is amend21 ed—

22 (A) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking out

23 ‘‘Minority Leader’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

24 ‘‘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

5 ‘‘in the contingent fund of the House of Rep6 resentatives’’.

7 (7) Section 801(b)(3) of the Arizona-Idaho

8 Conservation 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

12 the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988 (40

13 U.S.C. 188c(a)) is amended by striking out ‘‘House

14 Administration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

15 ‘‘House Oversight’’.

16 (9)(A) Section 2(a) of House Resolution 661,

17 Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to July 29, 1977, as

18 enacted into permanent law by section 111 of the

19 Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1979 (40

20 U.S.C. 206 note), is amended by striking out

21 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu there22 of ‘‘House Oversight’’.

23 (B) House Resolution 199, One Hundred Sec24 ond Congress, agreed to August 1, 1991, as enacted

25 into 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 Adminis3 tration’’ 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 Represent15 atives 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

19 Supplemental 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
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1 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1972 (40 U.S.C.

2 206b(d), is amended by striking out ‘‘House Admin3 istration’’ 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 per10 manent law by chapter IV of the Supplemental Ap11 propriations Act, 1972, is amended by striking out

12 section 5. House Resolution 1309, Ninety-third Con13 gress, agreed to October 10, 1974, as enacted into

14 permanent law by chapter III of the Supplemental

15 Appropriations Act, 1975, is amended by striking

16 out section 3.

17 (12) Section 9C of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to

18 define the area of the United States Capitol

19 Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for other

20 purposes’’, approved July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C.

21 207a) is amended by striking out ‘‘House Adminis22 tration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over23 sight’’.

24 (13) Section 9B(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act

25 to define the area of the United States Capitol
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1 Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for other

2 purposes’’, approved July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C.

3 212a–3(a)) is amended by striking out ‘‘House Ad4 ministration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House

5 Oversight’’.

6 (14) Subsection (b)(1) and subsection (c) of

7 section 3 of Public Law 98–392 (40 U.S.C.

8 214b(b)(1) and (c)) are each amended by striking

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

10 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

11 (15) Section 151(a) of Public Law 99–500 (100

12 Stat. 1783–352), enacted in identical form as sec13 tion 151(a) of Public Law 99–591 (100 Stat. 3341–

14 355), (40 U.S.C. 756b) is amended by striking out

15 ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Admin16 istrative Officer’’.

17 (16) The second sentence of section 301 of the

18 National Visitor Center Facilities Act of 1968 (40

19 U.S.C. 831) is amended by striking out ‘‘House

20 Committee on House Administration’’ and inserting

21 in lieu thereof ‘‘Committee on House Oversight of

22 the House of Representatives’’.

23 (17) Section 441 of the Legislative Reorganiza24 tion Act of 1970 (40 U.S.C. 851) is amended—
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1 (A) in subsection (c)(1), subsection (c)(4),

2 and subsection (h), by striking out ‘‘House Ad3 ministration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

4 ‘‘House Oversight’’; and

5 (B) by striking out subsection (j).

6 (18) Section 3(d) of Public Law 99–652 (40

7 U.S.C. 1003(b)) is amended by striking out ‘‘House

8 Administration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

9 ‘‘House Oversight’’.

10 SEC. 222. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH

11 AND WELFARE.

12 The provisions of law relating to the public health

13 and welfare, as codified in title 42, United States Code,

14 are amended as follows:

15 (1) Section 303d. of the Atomic Energy Act of

16 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2259(d)) is amended by striking

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

18 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.

19 (2) Section 6004(a)(4) of the Solid Waste Dis20 posal Act (42 U.S.C. 6964) is amended by striking

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

22 thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.
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1 SEC. 223. PROVISIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC PRINTING

2 AND DOCUMENTS.

3 The provisions of law relating to public printing and

4 documents, enacted as title 44, United States Code, are

5 amended as follows:

6 (1) Section 101 of title 44, United States Code,

7 is amended by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’

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

9 (2) The third sentence of section 703 of title

10 44, United States Code, is amended by striking out

11 ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu there12 of ‘‘House Oversight’’.

13 (3) Section 730 of title 44, United States Code,

14 is amended by striking out ‘‘, Sergeant at Arms, and

15 Doorkeeper’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and Ser16 geant at Arms’’.

17 (4)(A) Section 735 of title 44, United States

18 Code, is amended—

19 (i) in the section heading, by striking out

20 ‘‘Members of Congress’’ and inserting in

21 lieu thereof ‘‘Senators’’;

22 (ii) by striking out ‘‘Member of Congress’’

23 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Senator’’; and

24 (iii) by striking out ‘‘and Clerk of the

25 House of Representatives, respectively’’.
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1 (B) The table of sections for chapter 7 of title

2 44, United States Code, is amended by striking out

3 the item relating to section 735 and inserting in lieu

4 thereof the following new item:

‘‘735. Binding for Senators.’’.

5 (5) The second sentence of section 739 of title

6 44, United States Code, is amended by striking out

7 ‘‘Doorkeeper’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Clerk’’.

8 (6) The first sentence of section 740 of title 44,

9 United States Code, is amended by striking out

10 ‘‘Doorkeeper of the House’’ and inserting in lieu

11 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House

12 of Representatives’’.

13 (7)(A) The first undesignated paragraph of sec14 tion 906 of title 44, United States Code, is amend15 ed—

16 (i) in the fifth undesignated subdivision of

17 the matter relating to furnishing of the bound

18 edition of the Congressional Record, by striking

19 out ‘‘, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper’’ and

20 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and the Sergeant at

21 Arms’’;

22 (ii) in the seventh undesignated subdivision

23 of the matter relating to furnishing of the daily

24 edition of the Congressional Record, by striking

25 out ‘‘, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper’’ and
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1 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and the Sergeant at

2 Arms’’; and

3 (iii) in the eighth undesignated subdivision

4 of the matter relating to furnishing of the daily

5 edition of the Congressional Record, by striking

6 out ‘‘Doorkeeper’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

7 ‘‘Clerk’’.

8 (B) The third undesignated paragraph of sec9 tion 906 of title 44, United States Code, is amend10 ed—

11 (i) in the fourth undesignated subdivision

12 of the matter relating to furnishing of the Con13 gressional Record in unstitched form, by strik14 ing out ‘‘, Sergeant at Arms, and Doorkeeper’’

15 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and the Sergeant

16 at Arms’’; and

17 (ii) in the twelfth undesignated subdivision

18 of the matter relating to furnishing of the Con19 gressional Record in unstitched form—

20 (I) by striking out ‘‘to the Secretar21 ies’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and to

22 the Secretaries’’; and

23 (II) by striking out ‘‘, and to the

24 Doorkeeper of the House of Representa25 tives’’.
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1 (8) Section 908 of title 44, United States Code,

2 is amended by striking out ‘‘Sergeant at Arms of the

3 House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Admin4 istrative Officer of the House of Representatives’’.

5 (9) Section 2203(e) of title 44, United States

6 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘House Adminis7 tration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over8 sight’’.

9 (10) Section 3303a(c) of title 44, United States

10 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘House Adminis11 tration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over12 sight’’.

13 SEC. 224. PROVISIONS RELATING TO TERRITORIES AND IN14 SULAR POSSESSIONS.

15 The provisions of law relating to territories and insu16 lar possessions, as codified in title 48, United States Code,

17 are amended as follows:

18 (1) The last undesignated paragraph after the

19 center heading ‘‘MINTS AND ASSAY OFFICES.’’ and

20 the center subheading ‘‘GOVERNMENT IN THE TER21 RITORIES’’ in the first section of the Act entitled

22 ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the legislative,

23 executive, and judicial expenses of the Government

24 for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen

25 hundred and seven, and for other purposes’’, ap-
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1 proved June 22, 1906 (48 U.S.C. 894), is amended

2 by striking out ‘‘Sergeant-at-Arms’’ and inserting in

3 lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.

4 (2) Section 35 of the Organic Act of Guam (48

5 U.S.C. 1421k–1) is repealed.

6 (3) Section 15 of the Revised Organic Act of

7 the Virgin Islands (48 U.S.C. 1596) is repealed.

8 (4) The last two provisos of section 5 of Public

9 Law 92–271 (48 U.S.C. 1715 note) are repealed.

10 SEC. 225. MISCELLANEOUS UNCODIFIED PROVISIONS RE11 LATING TO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

12 The following miscellaneous uncodified provisions re13 lating to the House of Representatives are amended as

14 follows:

15 (1) The next to the last undesignated para16 graph under the center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REP17 RESENTATIVES’’ and the center subheadings

18 ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS’’ and ‘‘HOUSE BEAU19 TY SHOP’’ in the first section of the Legislative

20 Branch Appropriation Act, 1970 (83 Stat. 347) is

21 amended by striking out the last two sentences.

22 (2) The last undesignated paragraph under the

23 center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTA24 TIVES’’ and the center subheadings ‘‘ADMINISTRA25 TIVE PROVISIONS’’ and ‘‘HOUSE BEAUTY SHOP’’ in
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1 the first section of the Legislative Branch Appro2 priation Act, 1970 (83 Stat. 347) is repealed.

Passed the House of Representatives March 19,

1996.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.