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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5682 

To improve the operation of certain facilities and programs of the House 

of Representatives, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 1, 2010 

Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on House Administration 

A BILL 

To improve the operation of certain facilities and programs 

of 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. MEMBERSHIP IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

4 EXERCISE FACILITY FOR ACTIVE DUTY 

5 ARMED FORCES MEMBERS ASSIGNED TO 

6 CONGRESSIONAL LIAISON OFFICE. 

7 Any active duty member of the Armed Forces who 

8 is assigned to a congressional liaison office of the Armed 

9 Forces at the House of Representatives may obtain mem10 bership in the exercise facility established for employees 


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1 of the House of Representatives (as described in section 

2 103(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

3 2005) in the same manner as an employee of the House 

4 of Representatives, in accordance with such regulations as 

5 the Committee on House Administration may promulgate. 

6 SEC. 2. REVOLVING FUND FOR HOUSE CHILD CARE CEN7 TER. 

8 (a) CONVERSION OF HOUSE CHILD CARE CENTER

9 ACCOUNT INTO REVOLVING FUND.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 312(d)(1) of the 

11 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 

12 U.S.C. 2062(d)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(1) There is established in the Treasury of the 

14 United States a revolving fund for the House of Rep15 resentatives to be known as the ‘House Child Care Center 

16 Revolving Fund’ (hereafter in this section referred to as 

17 the ‘Fund’), consisting of the amounts received under sub18 section (c) and any other funds deposited by the Chief Ad19 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives from 

20 amounts received by the House of Representatives with 

21 respect to the operation of the center. Except as provided 

22 in paragraphs (2) and (3), the Fund shall be the exclusive 

23 source for all salaries and expenses for activities carried 

24 out under this section.’’. 


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1 (2) TRANSFER OF EXISTING ACCOUNT.—Any 

2 amounts in the account established by section 

3 312(d)(1) of such Act as of the day before the effec4 tive date of this section, together with any amounts 

5 in the House Services Revolving Fund as of the ef6 fective date of this section which, at the time of de7 posit into the House Services Revolving Fund, were 

8 designated for purposes of the House Child Care 

9 Center, shall be transferred to the House Child Care 

10 Center Revolving Fund established by such section, 

11 as amended by paragraph (1). 

12 (b) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Section 312 of such 

13 Act (2 U.S.C. 2062) is amended— 

14 (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub15 section (f); and 

16 (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol17 lowing new subsection: 

18 ‘‘(e) The Fund shall be treated as a category of allow19 ances and expenses for purposes of section 101(a) of the 

20 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 

21 95b(a)).’’. 

22 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend23 ments made by this section shall take effect October 1, 

24 2010, and shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2011 and 

25 each succeeding fiscal year. 


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1 SEC. 3. MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 

2 (a) The second undesignated paragraph under the 

3 heading ‘‘Under Superintendent of the Capitol Buildings 

4 and Grounds’’ in the Act of April 28, 1902 (chapter 594; 

5 32 Stat. 125; 2 U.S.C. 2012), is amended to read as fol6 lows: 

7 ‘‘The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 

8 Representatives shall supervise and direct the care and re9 pair of all furniture in the Hall, cloakrooms, lobby, com10 mittee rooms, and offices of the House, and all furniture 

11 required for the House of Representatives or for any of 

12 its committee rooms or offices shall be procured on designs 

13 and specifications made or approved by the Chief Adminis14 trative Officer.’’. 

15 (b) Effective as if included in the enactment of Public 

16 Law 111–145, section 3 of House Resolution 661, Ninety17 fifth Congress, agreed to July 29, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 84– 

18 2), is restored into permanent law. 

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