I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2739
To provide for a representational allowance for Members of the House of
Representatives, to make technical and conforming changes to sundry
provisions of law in consequence of administrative reforms in the House
of Representatives, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
DECEMBER 7, 1995
Mr. THOMAS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Oversight
A BILL
To provide for a representational allowance for Members
of the House of Representatives, to make technical and
conforming changes to sundry provisions of law in con-
sequence of administrative reforms in the House of Rep-
resentatives, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
TITLE I—PROVISIONS RELATING
TO 
ALLOWANCES 
AND 
AC-
COUNTS IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
SECTION. 101. REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCE FOR MEM-
BERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established for the House
of Representatives a single allowance, to be known as the
‘‘Members’ Representational Allowance’’, which shall be
available to support the conduct of the official and rep-
resentational duties of a Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives with respect to the district from which the
Member is elected.
(b) MERGER.—The Clerk Hire Allowance, the Offi-
cial Expenses Allowance, and the Official Mail Allowance,
as in effect on the day before the effective date of this
section, are merged into the Members’ Representational
Allowance.
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term
‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep-
resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner
to, the Congress.
(d) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Over-
sight of the House of Representatives shall have authority
to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
on September 1, 1995 and shall apply with respect to offi-
cial and representational duties carried out on or after
that date.
SEC. 102. ADJUSTMENT OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ALLOWANCES BY COMMITTEE ON HOUSE
OVERSIGHT.
House Resolution 457, Ninety-second Congress,
agreed to July 21, 1971, as enacted into permanent law
by chapter IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1972 (2 U.S.C. 57), is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SECTION 1. ADJUSTMENT OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES 
ALLOWANCES 
BY 
COMMITTEE 
ON
HOUSE OVERSIGHT.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provision of law
specified in subsection (b), the Committee on House Over-
sight of the House of Representatives may, by order of
the Committee, fix and adjust the amounts, terms, and
conditions of, and other matters relating to, allowances of
the House of Representatives within the following cat-
egories:
‘‘(1) For Members of the House of Representa-
tives, the Members’ Representational Allowance, in-
cluding all aspects of the Official Mail Allowance
within the jurisdiction of the Committee under sec-
tion 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1991.
‘‘(2) For committees, the Speaker, the majority
and minority leaders, the Clerk, the Sergeant at
Arms, and the Chief Administrative Officer, allow-
ances for official mail (including all aspects of the
Official Mail Allowance within the jurisdiction of the
Committee under section 311 of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1991), stationery, and
telephone and telegraph and other communications.
‘‘(b) PROVISION SPECIFIED.—The provision of law
referred to in subsection (a) is House Resolution 1372,
Ninety-fourth Congress, agreed to July 1, 1976, as en-
acted into permanent law by section 101 of the Legislative
Branch Appropriation Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 57a).
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term
‘Member of the House of Representatives’ means a Rep-
resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner
to, the Congress.’’.
SEC. 103. LIMITATION ON ALLOWANCE AUTHORITY OF
COMMITTEE ON HOUSE OVERSIGHT.
House Resolution 1372, Ninety-fourth Congress,
agreed to July 1, 1976, as enacted into permanent law
by section 101 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation
Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 57a), is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON ALLOWANCE AUTHORITY OF
COMMITTEE ON HOUSE OVERSIGHT.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An order under the provision of
law specified in subsection (c) may fix or adjust the allow-
ances of the House of Representatives only by reason of—
‘‘(1) a change in the price of materials, services,
or office space;
‘‘(2) a technological change or other improve-
ment in office equipment; or
‘‘(3) an increase under section 5303 of title 5,
United States Code, in rates of pay under the Gen-
eral Schedule.
‘‘(b) RESOLUTION REQUIREMENT.—In the case of
reasons other than the reasons specified in paragraph (1),
(2), or (3) of subsection (a), the fixing and adjustment
of the allowances of the House of Representatives in the
categories described in the provision of law specified in
subsection (c) may be carried out only by resolution of
the House of Representatives.
‘‘(c) PROVISION SPECIFIED.—The provision of law
referred to in subsections (a) and (b) is House Resolution
457, Ninety-second Congress, agreed to July 21, 1971, as
enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C. 57).’’.
SEC. 104. CLERK HIRE EMPLOYEES OF MEMBERS OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Under the Members’ Representa-
tional Allowance, each Member of the House of Represent-
atives may employ not more than 18 permanent clerk hire
employees and a total of not more than 4 additional clerk
hire employees in the following categories:
(1) Interns.
(2) Part-time employees.
(3) Shared employees.
(4) Temporary employees.
(5) Employees on leave without pay.
(b) BENEFIT EXCLUSION.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, interns and temporary employees shall be excluded
from the operation of the following provisions of title 5,
United States Code:
(1) Chapter 84 (relating to the Federal Em-
ployees’ Retirement System).
(2) Chapter 87 (relating to life insurance).
(3) Chapter 89 (relating to health insurance).
(c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—
(1) the term ‘‘Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’ means a Representative in, or a Dele-
gate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;
(2) the term ‘‘intern’’ means, with respect to a
Member of the House of Representatives, an individ-
ual who serves in the office of the Member in the
District of Columbia for not more than 120 days in
a 12-month period and whose service is primarily for
the educational experience of the individual;
(3) the term ‘‘part-time employee’’ means, with
respect to a Member of the House of Representa-
tives, an individual who is employed by the Member
and whose normally assigned work schedule is not
more than the equivalent of 15 full working days per
month;
(4) the term ‘‘temporary employee’’ means, with
respect to a Member of the House of Representa-
tives, an individual who is employed for a specific
purpose or task and who is employed for not more
than 90 days in a 12-month period, except that the
term of such employment may be extended with the
written approval of the Committee on House Over-
sight; and
(5) the term ‘‘shared employee’’ means an em-
ployee who is paid by more than one employing au-
thority of the House of Representatives.
(d) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Over-
sight shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry
out this section.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The following pro-
visions of law are repealed:
(1) The first section of the Joint Resolution en-
titled ‘‘Joint resolution providing for pay to clerks to
Members of Congress and Delegates’’, approved
January 25, 1923 (2 U.S.C. 92).
(2) House Resolution 359, Ninety-sixth Con-
gress, agreed to July 20, 1979, as enacted into per-
manent law by the bill H.R. 7593, entitled the ‘‘Leg-
islative Branch Appropriation Act, 1981’’, as passed
by the House of Representatives on July 21, 1980,
and enacted into permanent law by section 101(c) of
Public Law 96–536 (2 U.S.C. 92 note).
(3) The first section of House Resolution 357,
Ninety-first Congress, agreed to June 25, 1969, as
enacted into permanent law by section 103 of the
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1970 (2
U.S.C. 92 note).
SEC. 105. PAYMENTS FROM APPLICABLE ACCOUNTS OF
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—No payment may be made from
the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives
(as determined by the Committee on House Oversight of
the House of Representatives), unless sanctioned by that
Committee. Payments on vouchers approved in the man-
ner directed by that Committee shall be deemed, held, and
taken, and are declared to be conclusive upon all the de-
partments and officers of the Government.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—
(1) the term ‘‘applicable accounts of the House
of Representatives’’ means accounts for salaries and
expenses of committees (other than the Committee
on Appropriations), the computer support organiza-
tion of the House of Representatives, and allowances
and expenses of Members of the House of Rep-
resentatives, officers of the House of Representa-
tives, and administrative and support offices of the
House of Representatives; and
(2) the term ‘‘Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’ means a Representative in, or a Dele-
gate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The paragraph be-
ginning ‘‘Hereafter’’ under the heading ‘‘UNDER LEG-
ISLATIVE.’’ and the subheading ‘‘HOUSE
OF
REP-
RESENTATIVES.’’ in the first section of the Act entitled
‘‘An Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses
of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirti-
eth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and for other pur-
poses’’, approved October 2, 1888 (2 U.S.C. 95), is
amended—
(1) the name of each person who receives a pay-
ment from the House of Representatives;
(2) the quantity and price of any item furnished
to the House of Representatives;
(3) a description of any service rendered to the
House of Representatives, together with a statement
of the time required for the service, and the name,
title, and amount paid to each person who renders
the service;
(4) a statement of all amounts appropriated to,
or received, or expended by the House of Represent-
atives, and any unexpended balances of such
amounts;
(5) the information submitted to the Comptrol-
ler General under section 3523(a) of title 31, United
States Code; and
(6) such additional information as may be re-
quired by regulation of the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives.
(c) EXCLUSION.—Notwithstanding subsection (b), if
a voucher is for payment to an individual for attendance
as a witness before a committee of the Congress in execu-
tive session, the report for the semiannual period in which
the appearance occurs shall show only the date of pay-
ment, voucher number, and amount paid. Any information
excluded from a report under the preceding sentence shall
be included in the report for the next period.
(d) HOUSE DOCUMENT.—Each report under this sec-
tion shall be printed as a House document.
(e) CONFORMING PROVISION.—The provisions of—
(1) sections 60, 61, 62, and 63 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 102, 103,
and 104); and
(2) section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriation Act, 1965 (2 U.S.C. 104a);
that require submission and printing of statements and
reports are not applicable to the House of Representatives.
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to
the semiannual periods of January 1 through June 30 and
July 1 through December 31 of each year, beginning with
the semiannual period in which this section is enacted.
SEC. 107. ANNOTATED UNITED STATES CODE FOR MEM-
BERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
TO BE PAID FOR FROM MEMBERS’ REP-
RESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Clerk of the House of Rep-
resentatives shall, at the request of a Member of the
House of Representatives, furnish to the Member, for offi-
cial use only, one set of a privately published annotated
version of the United States Code, including supplements
and pocket parts. The furnishing of a set of the United
States Code under this section shall be in lieu of any dis-
tribution under section 212 of title 1, United States Code,
and shall be paid for from the Members’ Representational
Allowance.
(b) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term
‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep-
resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner
to, the Congress.
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Over-
sight of the House of Representatives shall have authority
to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—House Resolution
506, Ninetieth Congress, agreed to August 21, 1967, as
enacted into permanent law by chapter VIII of the Second
Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 54), is
repealed.
SEC. 108. CAPITOL POLICE CITATION RELEASE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Chief of the Capitol Police,
with the approval of the Capitol Police Board, may des-
ignate a member of the Capitol Police to have responsibil-
ity for citation release.
(b) AUTHORITY.—(1) In the same manner as pro-
vided for with respect to an official of the Metropolitan
Police Department of the District of Columbia under sec-
tion 23–1110(a) of the District of Columbia Code, the Su-
perior Court of the District of Columbia shall have the
authority to appoint the member of the Capitol Police des-
ignated under subsection (a) of this section to take bail
or collateral from persons charged with offenses triable in
the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Pursuant
to that authority—
(A) the citation power described in subsection
(b) of section 23–1110 of the District of Columbia
Code shall be exercised by such member of the Cap-
itol Police in the same manner as by an official of
the Metropolitan Police Department; and
(B) paragraph (4) of subsection (b) of section
23–1110 of the District of Columbia Code, relating
to failure to appear, shall apply with respect to cita-
tions under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
(2) The United States District Court for the District
of Columbia shall have the power to authorize the member
of the Capitol Police referred to in subsection (a) of this
section to take bond from persons arrested upon writs and
process from that court in criminal cases in the same man-
ner as provided for with respect to an official of the Metro-
politan Police Department of the District of Columbia
under the third sentence of section 23–1110(a) of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Code.
TITLE II—TECHNICAL AND CON-
FORMING AMENDMENTS AND
REPEALS RELATING TO AD-
MINISTRATIVE REFORMS IN
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES
SEC. 201. PROVISIONS RELATING TO ELECTION OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.
The provisions of law relating to election of Rep-
resentatives, as codified in chapter 1 of title 2, United
States Code, are amended as follows:
The third sentence of section 22(b) of the Act
entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and
subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for ap-
portionment of Representatives in Congress’’, ap-
proved June 28, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(b)), is amended
by striking out the semicolon after ‘‘Representa-
tives’’ the first place it appears and all that follows
through the end of the sentence and inserting in lieu
thereof a period.
SEC. 202. PROVISIONS RELATING TO ORGANIZATION OF
CONGRESS.
The provisions of law relating to organization of Con-
gress, as codified in chapter 2 of title 2, United States
Code, are amended as follows:
(1) Section 204(a) of the District of Columbia
Delegate Act (2 U.S.C. 25b) is repealed.
(2) Section 33 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States (2 U.S.C. 26, third sentence) is re-
pealed.
(3) Section 2(c) of Public Law 94–551 (2
U.S.C. 28c(c)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking out
‘‘Representives’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘Representatives’’; and
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking out ‘‘, to
the Sergeant’’ and all that follows through the
end of the paragraph and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘and to the Sergeant at Arms of the
House of Representatives, each two sets;’’.
(4) Section 202 of House Resolution 988, Nine-
ty-third Congress, agreed to October 8, 1974, as en-
acted into permanent law by chapter III of title I of
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 (2
U.S.C. 29a), is amended—
(A) in subsection (b)(2), by striking out
‘‘House Administration’’ each place it appears
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over-
sight’’; and
(B) in subsection (c), by striking out ‘‘con-
tingent fund of the House is’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘applicable accounts of the House
of Representatives are’’.
SEC. 203. PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMPENSATION AND
ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS.
The provisions of law relating to compensation and
allowances of Members, as codified in chapter 3 of title
2, United States Code, are amended as follows:
(1) Subsection (e) of the first section of the Act
entitled ‘‘An Act to increase rates of compensation
of the President, Vice President, and the Speaker of
the House of Representatives’’, approved January
19, 1949 (2 U.S.C. 31b), is amended by striking out
‘‘(which shall be in lieu of the allowance provided by
section 601(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act
of 1946, as amended)’’.
(2) Section 2 of House Resolution 1238, Nine-
ty-first Congress, agreed to December 23, 1970, as
enacted into permanent law by chapter VIII of the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1971 (2 U.S.C.
31b–2), is amended—
(A) by striking out ‘‘contingent fund of the
House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable
accounts of the House of Representatives’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘base allowance’’ and
all that follows through ‘‘Member of the
House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Members’
Representational Allowance’’.
(3) The first sentence of section 5 of House
Resolution 1238, Ninety-first Congress, agreed to
December 22, 1970 (as enacted into permanent law
by chapter VIII of the Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 1971, and supplemented by the Act entitled
‘‘An Act relating to former Speakers of the House
of Representatives’’ (88 Stat. 1723)) (2 U.S.C. 31b–
5), is amended by striking out ‘‘to enable the Clerk
of the House to pay’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘for payment of’’.
(4) Sections 49 and 50 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States (2 U.S.C. 38) are repealed.
(5) Section 105 of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriation Act, 1955 (2 U.S.C. 38a) is amended—
(A) in the first undesignated paragraph, by
striking out ‘‘(including amounts held in the
trust fund account in the office of the Sergeant
at Arms)’’; and
(B) in the second undesignated paragraph,
by striking out ‘‘Sergeant at Arms, and received
by the Sergeant at Arms’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the
House of Representatives and received by the
Chief Administrative Officer’’.
(6) The proviso in the first paragraph under
the heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE BRANCH’’ and the
subheading ‘‘HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES’’ in
chapter I of the Third Supplemental Appropriation
Act, 1952 (2 U.S.C. 38b; 2 U.S.C. 125a) is amend-
ed by striking out ‘‘contingent fund of the House of
Representatives or’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘applicable accounts of the House of Representatives
or the contingent fund’’.
(7) Section 40 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States (2 U.S.C. 39) is amended by striking
out ‘‘Sergeant-at-Arms of the House’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘the Chief Administrative Officer of
the House of Representatives (upon certification by
the Clerk of the House of Representatives)’’.
(8) The proviso in the last undesignated para-
graph under the center heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE
ESTABLISHMENT’’ and the center subheading
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ in the Deficiency
Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1934 (2 U.S.C. 40a)
is amended—
(A) by striking out ‘‘Sergeant at Arms of
the House’’ the first place it appears and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Of-
ficer of the House of Representatives’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘Sergeant at Arms of
the House shall be paid to the Clerk of the
House and’’ inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Represent-
atives shall be’’.
(9)(A) Section 43 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States (2 U.S.C. 41) is repealed.
(B) Section 302(c) of House Resolution 287,
Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to March 2, 1977, as
enacted into permanent law by section 115 of the
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2
U.S.C. 41 note), is repealed.
(10) The first section of House Resolution 420,
Ninety-second Congress, agreed to May 18, 1971, as
enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C.
42), is repealed.
(11) Section 44 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States (2 U.S.C. 42 note) is repealed.
(12)(A) The provisions of law specified in sub-
paragraph (B), codified as sections 42c, 42c note,
and 42d of title 2, United States Code, are repealed.
(B) The provisions of law referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) are—
(i) the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide air-
mail and special delivery postage stamps for
Members of the House of Representatives on
the basis of regular sessions of Congress, and
for other purposes’’, approved August 27, 1958;
(ii) House Resolution 532, Eighty-eighth
Congress, agreed to October 2, 1963, as en-
acted into permanent law by section 103 of the
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965;
and
(iii) House Resolution 1003, Ninetieth
Congress, agreed to December 14, 1967, as en-
acted into permanent law by chapter VIII of
title I of the Second Supplemental Appropria-
tion Act, 1968.
(13) The last paragraph under the heading
‘‘SENATE’’ and the subheading ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE
PROVISIONS’’ in the first section of the Legislative
Branch Appropriation Act, 1959 (2 U.S.C. 43b) is
repealed.
(14) Section 2 of Public Law 89–147 (2 U.S.C.
43b–1) is repealed.
(15) Section 2 of House Resolution 10, Ninety-
fourth Congress, agreed to January 14, 1975, as en-
acted into permanent law by section 201 of the Leg-
islative Branch Appropriation Act, 1976 (2 U.S.C.
43b–3), is amended by striking out ‘‘House Admin-
istration’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.
(16)(A) The provisions of law specified in sub-
paragraph (B), codified as section 46b of title 2,
United States Code, are amended, repealed, or af-
fected as provided in that subparagraph.
(B) The amendments, repeals, and effects re-
ferred to in subparagraph (A) are as follows:
(i) The paragraph beginning ‘‘Stationery’’
under 
the 
heading 
‘‘HOUSE 
OF 
REP-
RESENTATIVES’’ and the subheading ‘‘CON-
TINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’ in the
Legislative Appropriation Act, 1955, is amend-
ed by striking out ‘‘(which hereafter shall be
$1,200 per regular session)’’.
(ii) That portion of the paragraph under
the heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES’’ and the subheading ‘‘STATIONERY (RE-
‘‘Clerk of the House of Representatives’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of
the House of Representatives’’.
(B) The first undesignated paragraph of the
first section of House Resolution 1297, Ninety-fifth
Congress, agreed to August 16, 1978, as enacted
into permanent law by section 111(1) of the Con-
gressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1984 (2
U.S.C. 59d(a)), is amended by striking out ‘‘contin-
gent fund’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable
accounts’’.
(C) The second undesignated paragraph of the
first section of House Resolution 1297, Ninety-fifth
Congress, agreed to August 16, 1978, as enacted
into permanent law by section 111(1) of the Con-
gressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1984 (2
U.S.C. 59d(a)), as amended by subparagraph (A), is
further amended by striking out ‘‘House Administra-
tion’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over-
sight’’.
(D) Section 2(1) of House Resolution 1297,
Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to August 16, 1978,
as enacted into permanent law by section 111(1) of
the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act,
1984 (2 U.S.C. 59d(b)(1)), is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(1) the term ‘Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives’ means a Representative in, or a Dele-
gate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;
and’’.
(22)(A) Section 311(a)(3) of the Legislative
Branch 
Appropriations 
Act, 
1991 
(2 
U.S.C.
59e(a)(3)) is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the
House of Representatives’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House
of Representatives’’.
(B) Section 311 of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e) is amended—
(i) in the matter before paragraph (1) in
subsection (a), by striking out ‘‘House Adminis-
tration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House
Oversight’’;
(ii) in subsection (a)(3), by striking out
‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’;
(iii) in subsection (b), by striking out
‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’;
(iv) in subsection (e)(1)(A), by striking out
‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’;
(v) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking out
‘‘only’’; and
(vi) in subsection (e)(3)(A), by striking out
‘‘Official Expenses Allowance and the Clerk
Hire Allowance’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘Members’ Representational Allowance’’; and
(vii) in subsection (e)(4), by striking out
‘‘Official Expenses Allowance’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘Members’ Representational Allow-
ance’’.
SEC. 204. PROVISIONS RELATING TO OFFICERS AND EM-
PLOYEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES.
The provisions of law relating to officers and employ-
ees of the House of Representatives, as codified in chapter
4 of title 2, United States Code, are amended as follows:
(1) Section 5 of the Federal Pay Comparability
Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 60a–2) is amended—
(A) in the matter before paragraph (1) in
subsection (a), by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the
House of Representatives’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the
House of Representatives’’;
(B) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking out
‘‘Clerk of the House’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’;
(C) in subsection (a)(1)(B), by striking out
‘‘, including’’ and all that follows through the
end of clause (ii) and inserting in lieu thereof
a semicolon;
(D) in the matter following subparagraph
(B) in subsection (a)(1), by striking out
‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer’’;
(E) in subsection (a)(2), by striking out
‘‘Clerk’’ each place it appears and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’;
(F) in subsection (b), by striking out
‘‘Clerk of the House’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’; and
(G) in subsection (d), by striking out
‘‘Clerk of the House of Representatives’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative
Officer’’.
(2) Paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of section
311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
1988 (2 U.S.C. 60a–2a(1)) is amended, in the mat-
ter before subparagraph (A), by striking out ‘‘Clerk
of the House of Representatives’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the
House of Representatives’’.
(3) The first section and section 2 of the Joint
Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint resolution authorizing the
payment of salaries of the officers and employees of
Congress for December on the 20th day of that
month each year’’, approved May 21, 1937 (2
U.S.C. 60d and 60e), are each amended by striking
out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer’’.
(4) The first section of House Resolution 732,
Ninety-fourth Congress, agreed to November 4,
1975, as enacted into permanent law by section 101
of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1977
(2 U.S.C. 60e–1a), is amended—
(A) in the first sentence of subsection (a),
by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ the first place it ap-
pears and all that follows through ‘‘provisions
of’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Admin-
istrative Officer of the House of Representa-
tives shall, in accordance with’’;
(B) in the second sentence of subsection
(a), by striking out ‘‘provide that—’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘shall withhold’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘provide that the Chief
Administrative Officer shall withhold’’;
(C) in subsection (b), by striking out
‘‘Clerk or the Sergeant at Arms’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’;
(D) in subsection (c)(1), by striking out
‘‘Clerk and the Sergeant at Arms’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi-
cer’’;
(E) in subsection (c)(2), by striking out
‘‘Clerk or the Sergeant at Arms, as the case
may be,’’ each place it appears and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’; and
(F) in subsections (d) and (e), by striking
out ‘‘Clerk or the Sergeant at Arms’’ each place
it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief
Administrative Officer’’.
(5)(A) The first section of House Resolution
12, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to August 5, 1977,
as enacted into permanent law by section 111 of the
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1979 (2
U.S.C. 60e–1c), is amended—
(i) in subsection (a), by striking out
‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer’’; and
(ii) in subsection (b) and subsection (d), by
striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ each place it appears and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative
Officer of the House of Representatives’’.
(B) Section 2 of House Resolution 12, Ninety-
fifth Congress, agreed to August 5, 1977, as enacted
into permanent law by section 111 of the Legislative
Branch Appropriation Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 60e–1d),
is amended—
(i) in paragraph (1), by adding ‘‘and’’
after the semicolon at the end;
(ii) by striking out paragraph (2);
(iii) in paragraph (3), by striking out
‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Represent-
atives’’; and
(iv) by redesignating paragraph (3), as
amended by clause (iii), as paragraph (2).
(6) Subsection (b) of the first section of House
Resolution 420, Ninety-third Congress, agreed to
September 18, 1973, as enacted into permanent law
by chapter VI of the Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 1974 (2 U.S.C. 60g–2(b)), is amended by strik-
ing out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief
Administrative Officer’’.
(7) The first section of House Resolution 420,
Ninety-third Congress, agreed to September 18,
1973, as enacted into permanent law by chapter VI
of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1974 (2
U.S.C. 60g–2), is amended—
(A) in the third sentence of subsection (a),
by striking out ‘‘contingent fund of the House’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable ac-
counts of the House of Representatives’’; and
(B) in subsection (c), by striking out
‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.
(8) Section 310(a) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriation Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 60j–2) is
amended—
(A) by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ each place it
appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘SEC. 310. (a)’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘SEC. 310.’’.
(9) Section 105 of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriation Act, 1968 is amended by striking out
subsection (j) (2 U.S.C. 61–1(g)).
(10)(A) Subsections (f), (i)(1), and (i)(3) of
section 202 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(f), (i)(1), and (i)(3)) are each
amended by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’
each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘House Oversight’’.
(B) Subsection (i)(1) of section 202 of the Leg-
islative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C.
72a(i)(1)), as amended by subparagraph (A), is fur-
ther amended—
(i) by striking out ‘‘contingent funds of the
respective Houses pursuant to resolutions,
which’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘contingent
fund of the Senate or the applicable accounts of
the House of Representatives pursuant to reso-
lutions which, in the case of the Senate,’’; and
(ii) by striking out ‘‘such respective
Houses’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the ap-
propriate House’’.
(11) Subsection (j)(1) of section 202 of the
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C.
72a(j)(1)) is amended—
(A) in the first sentence—
(i) by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the
House of Representatives, the accounts of
such Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House
of Representatives, the accounts of the
Chief Administrative Officer’’; and
(ii) by striking out ‘‘new Clerk of the
House of Representatives shall have been
elected and qualified’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘new Chief Administrative Officer
shall have been appointed’’;
(B) in the second sentence—
(i) by striking out ‘‘, audited,’’;
(ii) by striking out ‘‘former Clerk of
the House of Representatives’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘former Chief Adminis-
trative Officer’’; and
(iii) by striking out ‘‘such former
Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the
former Chief Administrative Officer’’;
(C) in the third sentence—
(i) by striking out ‘‘The former
Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘The
former Chief Administrative Officer’’; and
(ii) by striking out ‘‘such former
Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the
former Chief Administrative Officer’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ‘‘The accounts and payments referred
to in the second sentence shall be audited by
the Inspector General of the House of Rep-
resentatives.’’.
(20) Section 208(a) of the Legislative Reorga-
nization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 75a–1(a)) is amend-
ed by striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper, Postmaster,’’ each
place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief
Administrative Officer’’.
(21) Section 73 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States (2 U.S.C. 76) is repealed.
(22)(A) The first section of House Resolution
8, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to January 4, 1977,
as enacted into permanent law by section 115 of the
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2
U.S.C. 76–1), is amended—
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking out the
comma after ‘‘1976’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘; and’’;
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking out ‘‘,
and’’ after ‘‘91–510’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof a period; and
(iii) by striking out paragraph (3).
(B)(i) The provisions of law specified in clause
(ii), codified in section 76–1 note of title 2, United
States Code, are repealed or amended as provided in
that clause.
(ii) The repeals and amendments clause (i) are
as follows:
(I) House Resolution 909, Eighty-ninth
Congress, agreed to September 8, 1966, as en-
acted into permanent law by chapter VI of the
Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1967, is re-
pealed.
(II) Subsection (a) of the first section of
House Resolution 890, Ninety-second Congress,
agreed to October 4, 1972, as enacted into per-
manent law by the paragraph under the head-
ing ‘‘LEGISLATIVE BRANCH’’ and the sub-
headings 
‘‘HOUSE 
OF 
REPRESENTA-
TIVES’’ and ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION’’,
in chapter V of the Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 1973, is amended by striking out
‘‘the Doorkeeper,’’.
(23) House Resolution 560, Eighty-seventh
Congress, agreed to March 27, 1962, as enacted into
permanent law by section 103 of the Legislative
Branch Appropriation Act, 1963 (2 U.S.C. 76a), is
repealed.
(24) Section 2 of House Resolution 603,
Eighty-seventh Congress, agreed to April 16, 1962,
as enacted into permanent law by section 103 of the
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1964 (2
U.S.C. 76b), is repealed.
(25) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act defining certain
duties of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and for other purposes’’, approved Oc-
tober 1, 1890, is amended—
(A) in the first section (2 U.S.C. 78), by
striking out ‘‘, keep the’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘by law’’; and
(B) in section 3 (2 U.S.C. 80), by striking
out ‘‘Sergeant-at-Arms’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.
(26) The next to the last undesignated para-
graph under the center heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE’’
and the center subheading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENT-
ATIVES’’, in the first section of the Second Defi-
ciency Act, fiscal year, 1928 (2 U.S.C. 80a), is
amended by striking out ‘‘Sergeant-at-Arms of the
House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Admin-
istrative Officer of the House of Representatives’’.
(27) The Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint reso-
lution to provide for on-the-spot audits by the Gen-
eral Accounting Office of the fiscal records of the
Office of the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’, approved July 26, 1949 (2 U.S.C.
81a), is repealed.
(28) House Resolution 465, Eighty-fourth Con-
gress, agreed to April 11, 1956, as enacted into per-
manent law by section 103 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 81b), is repealed.
(29) House Resolution 144, Eighty-fifth Con-
gress, agreed to February 7, 1957, as enacted into
permanent law by section 103 of the Legislative
Branch Appropriation Act, 1958 (2 U.S.C. 81c), is
repealed.
(30) Section 7 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act de-
fining certain duties of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the
House of Representatives, and for other purposes’’,
approved October 1, 1890 (2 U.S.C. 84), is repealed.
(31) House Resolution 6, Ninety-eighth Con-
gress, agreed to January 3, 1983, as enacted into
permanent law by section 110 of the Congressional
Operations Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 84–
1), is repealed.
(32) House Resolution 1495, Ninety-fourth
Congress, agreed to September 30, 1976, as enacted
into permanent law by section 115 of the Legislative
Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 84a–1),
is repealed.
(33) The eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, thir-
teenth, and fourteenth undesignated paragraph re-
lating to contingent expenses, under the center head-
ing ‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the center subheading
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.’’, in the first section
of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations
for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of
the Government for the fiscal year ending June thir-
tieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other pur-
poses’’, approved March 3, 1901 (2 U.S.C. 85, 86,
87, 88, 90, and 91), are repealed.
(34)(A) Section 243 of Legislative Reorganiza-
tion Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 88a) is repealed.
(B) The table of contents of the Legislative Re-
organization Act of 1946 is amended, in the matter
relating to part 3 of title II (60 Stat. 813), by strik-
ing out the item relating to section 243.
(C) Section 492(i) of the Legislative Reorga-
nization Act of 1970 (40 U.S.C. 184a(i)) is amended
by striking out ‘‘section 243’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘or’’.
(35)(A) The provisions of law specified in sub-
paragraph (B), codified as section 88b of title 2,
United States Code, are amended or repealed as pro-
vided in that subparagraph.
(B) The amendments and repeals referred to in
subparagraph (A) are as follows:
(i) The proviso in the paragraph beginning
under the center heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE’’
and the center subheading ‘‘EDUCATION
OF
SENATE AND HOUSE PAGES’’ in title I of the
Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations to
supply urgent deficiencies in certain appropria-
tions for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947,
and for other purposes’’, approved March 22,
1947, is amended—
(I) by striking out ‘‘congressional’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Senate’’; and
(II) by striking out ‘‘and the Clerk of
the House of Representatives’’.
(ii) House Resolution 279, Ninety-eighth
Congress, agreed to July 21, 1983, as enacted
into permanent law by section 103 of the Legis-
lative Branch Appropriations Act, 1985, is re-
pealed.
(36) Section 491 of the Legislative Reorganiza-
tion Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 88b–1) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking out ‘‘a
period of not less than two months’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘the period specified in writ-
ing at the time of the appointment’’; and
(B) in subsection (b), by striking out ‘‘;
or’’ at the end of paragraph (2) and all that fol-
lows through the end of the subsection and in-
serting in lieu thereof a period.
(37) Section 2(a)(2) of House Resolution 611,
Ninety-seventh Congress, agreed to November 30,
1982, as enacted into permanent law by section 127
of Public Law 97–377 (2 U.S.C. 88b–3(a)(2)), is
amended by striking out ‘‘, Doorkeeper, and’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and the’’.
(38) House Resolution 64, Ninety-eighth Con-
gress, agreed to February 8, 1983, as enacted into
permanent law by section 110 of the Congressional
Operations Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 88b–
5), is amended—
(A) in the first sentence of section 2, by
striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu there-
of ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House
of Representatives’’;
(B) in the second sentence of section 2, by
striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu there-
of ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House
of Representatives, as determined by the Clerk
of the House of Representatives,’’;
(C) by striking out section 3; and
(D) by redesignating section 4 as section
3.
(39) Section 902 of the Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 1983 (2 U.S.C. 88b–6) repealed.
(40) House Resolution 234, Ninety-eighth Con-
gress, agreed to June 29, 1983, as enacted into per-
manent law by section 103 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1985 (2 U.S.C. 88c–1 et seq.)
is amended—
(A) by striking out the first section;
(B) in section 2, by striking out ‘‘terms of
the academic year plus a’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘semesters of the academic year, plus a
non-academic’’;
(C) in section 3(a)(1)(B), by striking out
‘‘term or two full terms’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘semester or two full semesters’’;
(D) in section 3 (b)(1), by striking out
‘‘but no appointment to fill that vacancy shall
be for a period of less than two months’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘except that no ap-
pointment may be made under this paragraph
for service to begin on or after October 1 with
respect to the first semester or on or after
March 1 with respect to the second semester’’;
(E) in section 3(b)(2), by striking out
‘‘terms’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘semes-
ters or terms, as the case may be,’’
(F) in section 4(1), by striking out
‘‘terms’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘semes-
ters’’.
(41) The twelfth undesignated paragraph relat-
ing to contingent expenses, under the center heading
‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the center subheading
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.’’, in the first section
of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations
for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of
the Government for the fiscal year ending June thir-
tieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other pur-
poses’’, approved March 3, 1901 (2 U.S.C. 89), is
amended by striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper, and Post-
master’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer’’.
(42)(A) The first sentence of the first section of
the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the Clerk of
the House of Representatives to withhold certain
amounts due employees of the House of Representa-
tives’’, approved July 2, 1958 (2 U.S.C. 89a), is
amended by striking out ‘‘, or to the trust fund’’ and
all that follows through the end of the sentence and
inserting in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘and fails to pay the indebtedness, the chairman of the
committee or the elected officer of the House of Rep-
resentatives that has jurisdiction over the activity under
which the indebtedness arises may certify to the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives the
amount of the indebtedness.’’.
(B) The second and fourth sentences of such
first section are each amended by striking out
‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Admin-
istrative Officer’’.
(43) Section 2 of House Resolution 294,
Eighty-eighth Congress, agreed to August 14, 1964,
as continued by House Resolution 7, Eighty-ninth
Congress, agreed to January 4, 1965, as enacted
into permanent law by section 103 of the Legislative
Branch Appropriation Act, 1966 (2 U.S.C. 92–1), is
repealed.
(44) Section 2 and section 3 of House Resolu-
tion 804, Ninety-sixth Congress, agreed to October
2, 1980, as enacted into permanent law by the bill
H.R. 4120, entitled the ‘‘Legislative Branch Appro-
priation Act, 1982’’, as reported in the House of
Representatives on July 9, 1981, and enacted into
permanent law by section 101(c) of Public Law 97–
51 (2 U.S.C. 92b–2; 2 U.S.C. 92b–3), are each
amended by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight of
the House of Representatives’’.
(45) The fifth undesignated paragraph relating
to contingent expenses, under the center heading
‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the center subheading
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.’’, in the first section
of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations
for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of
the Government for the fiscal year ending June thir-
tieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and for other
purposes’’, approved July 16, 1914 (2 U.S.C. 96), is
repealed.
(46) Section 311 of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C. 96a) is repealed.
(47) The first paragraph after the paragraph
with the side heading ‘‘OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER:’’
under the heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the sub-
heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.’’ in the first
section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appro-
priations for the legislative, executive, and judicial
expenses of the Government for the fiscal year end-
ing June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six,
and for other purposes’’, approved March 2, 1895 (2
U.S.C. 97) is repealed.
(48) The first undesignated paragraph under
the center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES’’ in the first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An
Act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses
of the Government for the fiscal year ending June
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for
other purposes’’, approved March 3, 1885 (2 U.S.C.
98), is repealed.
(49) The first undesignated paragraph after the
paragraph with the side heading ‘‘OFFICE OF POST-
MASTER:’’, under the center heading ‘‘LEGISLA-
TIVE.’’ and the center subheading ‘‘HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES.’’, in the first section of the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the legisla-
tive, executive, and judicial expenses of the Govern-
ment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eight-
een hundred and ninety-two, and for other pur-
poses’’, approved March 3, 1891 (2 U.S.C. 99), is
amended by striking out ‘‘; and hereafter’’ and all
that follows through the end of the paragraph and
inserting in lieu thereof a period.
(50) The second sentence of the fourth undesig-
nated paragraph relating to contingent expenses,
under the center heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and
the center subheading ‘‘HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTA-
TIVES.’’, in the first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An
Act making appropriations for the legislative, execu-
tive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred
and two, and for other purposes’’, approved March
3, 1901 (2 U.S.C. 100), is repealed.
(51) Sections 60 and 61 of the Revised Stat-
utes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 102) are re-
pealed.
(52) The first sentence of the undesignated
paragraph under the center heading ‘‘GENERAL PRO-
VISION’’ in chapter XI of the Third Supplemental
Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 102a) is amend-
ed by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.
(53) Section 105(a)(1) of the Legislative
Branch Appropriation Act, 1965 (2 U.S.C. 104a(1))
is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Adminis-
trative Officer’’.
(54) Section 65 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States (2 U.S.C. 106) is amended—
(A) by striking out ‘‘and Clerk of the
House of Representatives’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘and House of Rep-
resentatives, respectively,’’.
(55) Section 68 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States (2 U.S.C. 108) is amended by striking
out ‘‘either the Secretary or the Clerk’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘the Secretary’’.
(56) Section 69 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States (2 U.S.C. 109) is amended by striking
out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer’’.
(57) The proviso in the last sentence of the
fifth paragraph after the paragraph with the side
heading ‘‘FOR
CONTINGENT
EXPENSES, NAMELY:’’
under the heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE.’’ and the sub-
heading ‘‘SENATE.’’ in the Act entitled ‘‘An Act
making appropriations for the legislative, executive,
and judicial expenses of the Government for the fis-
cal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and
eighty-eight, and for other purposes’’, approved
March 3, 1887 (2 U.S.C. 112) is amended by strik-
ing out ‘‘or the Committee on Accounts of the
House of Representatives respectively’’.
(58)(A) The first section of the Act entitled
‘‘An Act to provide certain equipment for use in the
offices of Members, officers, and committees of the
House of Representatives, and for other purposes’’,
approved December 5, 1969 (2 U.S.C. 112e), is
amended—
(i) in the first sentence of subsection (a),
by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the House shall fur-
nish electrical and mechanical’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the
House of Representatives shall furnish’’; and
(ii) in subsection (b), by striking out
‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer’’.
(B) The first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An
Act to provide certain equipment for use in the of-
fices of Members, officers, and committees of the
House of Representatives, and for other purposes’’,
approved December 5, 1969 (2 U.S.C. 112e), as
amended by subparagraph (A) is further amended—
(i) by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’
each place it appears and inserting in lieu there
of ‘‘House Oversight’’;
(ii) in subsection (c), by striking out ‘‘con-
tingent fund’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘ap-
plicable accounts’’; and
(iii) in subsection (d), by striking out the
second sentence.
(59) Section 70 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States (2 U.S.C. 113) is amended by striking
out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer’’.
(60) Section 71 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States (2 U.S.C. 114) is amended—
(A) by striking out ‘‘and the Clerk of the
House of Representatives, respectively, are’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘is’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘or from the journal of
the House of Representatives,’’.
(61) The third undesignated paragraph under
the center heading ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS’’ in the
first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act making ap-
propriations for sundry civil expenses of the govern-
ment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eight-
een hundred and eighty-three, and for other pur-
poses’’, approved August 7, 1882 (2 U.S.C. 117), is
amended—
(A) by striking out ‘‘Clerk and Doorkeeper
of the House of Representatives and the’’; and
(B) by striking out ‘‘direction’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘cover’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘direction of the Committee on Rules
and Administration of the Senate and cover’’.
(62)(A) Section 104(a) of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 (as enacted by ref-
erence in identical form by section 101(j) of Public
Law 99–500 and Public Law 99–591) (2 U.S.C.
117e) is amended—
(i) in the first sentence of paragraph (1),
by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’; and
(ii) in the first sentence of paragraph (2),
by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.
(B) Section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1987 (as enacted by reference in
identical form by section 101(j) of Public Law 99–
500 and Public Law 99–591) (2 U.S.C. 117e), as
amended by subparagraph (A), is further amend-
ed—
(i) in paragraph (3), by striking out
‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking out
‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.
(63) Section 306 of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 117f), is amend-
ed—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking out
‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer’’; and
(B) in subsection (b)—
(i) by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative
Officer’’;
(ii) by striking out ‘‘but not limited to
Legislative Service Organizations,’’; and
(iii) by striking out ‘‘: Provided,
That’’ and all that follows through
‘‘House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘,
except that no amount charged to the
Members’ Representational Allowance’’.
(64) The second sentence of section 2 of the
Act entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for the
Legislative Branch of the Government for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1927, and for other purposes’’,
approved May 13, 1926 (2 U.S.C. 119), is amended
by striking out ‘‘Accounts’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.
(65)(A) The provisions of law specified in sub-
paragraph (B), codified as section 122a of title 2,
United States Code, are repealed.
(B) The provisions of law referred to in sub-
paragraph (A) are—
(i) the nineteenth paragraph under the
center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES’’ and the center subheading ‘‘CONTIN-
GENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’ in title I of
the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act,
1955; and
(ii) House Resolution 831, Eighty-eighth
Congress, agreed to August 14, 1964, as en-
acted into permanent law by section 103 of the
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1966.
(B) by striking out ‘‘House Administra-
tion’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House
Oversight’’.
(69)(A) The first sentence of the last undesig-
nated paragraph under the center heading ‘‘HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ and the center sub-
heading ‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’
in the first section of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priation Act, 1955 (2 U.S.C. 125) is amended by
striking out ‘‘Clerk of the House’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the
House of Representatives’’.
(B) The first sentence of the last undesignated
paragraph under the center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES’’ and the center subheading
‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’ in the
first section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation
Act, 1955 (2 U.S.C. 125), as amended by subpara-
graph (A), is further amended by striking out ‘‘con-
tingent fund of the House’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘applicable accounts of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’.
(70) Section 3 of Public Law 89–147 (2 U.S.C.
127a) is amended—
(A) in the first sentence, by striking out
‘‘contingent fund’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘applicable accounts’’; and
(B) in the last sentence, is amended by
striking out ‘‘House Administration’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.
(71) Subsection (b) of the first section of House
Resolution 1047, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to
April 4, 1978, as enacted into permanent law by sec-
tion 111 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation
Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 130–1), is amended—
(A) in the first sentence, by striking out
‘‘contingent fund of the House’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable accounts of the
House of Representatives’’; and
(B) in the second sentence, by striking out
‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.
(72) The first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An
Act to preserve the benefits of the Civil Service Re-
tirement Act, the Federal Employees’ Group Life In-
surance Act of 1954, and the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Act of 1959 for congressional em-
ployees receiving certain congressional staff fellow-
ships’’, approved March 30, 1966 (2 U.S.C. 130a),
is amended—
(A) by striking out ‘‘That, with respect’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘That (a) with re-
spect’’;
(B) in paragraph (1) of subsection (a), as
so redesignated by subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’;
(C) by striking out ‘‘the purposes of—’’
and all that follows through ‘‘if the award’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘the pur-
poses of the provisions of law specified in sub-
section (b), if the award’’;
(D) by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the House of
Representatives, as appropriate’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of
the House of Representatives, as appropriate’’;
(E) by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the House by
records’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief
Administrative Officer of the House of Rep-
resentatives by records’’; and
(F) by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(b) The provisions of law referred to in subsection
(a) are—
‘‘(1) subchapter III (relating to civil service re-
tirement) of chapter 83 of title 5, United States
Code;
‘‘(2) chapter 87 (relating to Federal employees
group life insurance) of title 5, United States Code;
and
‘‘(3) chapter 89 (relating to Federal employees
group health insurance) of title 5, United States
Code.’’.
(73) Section 6(a)(1) of the Act entitled ‘‘An
Act to amend title 5, United States Code, to revise,
clarify, and extend the provisions relating to court
leave for employees of the United States and the
District of Columbia’’, approved December 19, 1970
(2 U.S.C. 130b(a)(1)), is amended by striking out
‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Admin-
istrative Officer’’.
(74) Section 6(f) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to
amend title 5, United States Code, to revise, clarify,
and extend the provisions relating to court leave for
employees of the United States and the District of
Columbia’’, approved December 19, 1970 (2 U.S.C.
130b(f)), is amended by striking out ‘‘House Admin-
istration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Over-
sight’’.
(75) Subsection (a) and subsection (b) of sec-
tion 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize the
waiver of claims of the United States arising out of
erroneous payments of pay and allowances to certain
officers and employees of the legislative branch’’, ap-
proved July 25, 1974 (2 U.S.C. 130d(a) and (b)),
are each amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi-
cer’’.
(76) Section 310 of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 130e) is amended
by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.
SEC. 205. PROVISIONS RELATING TO LIBRARY OF CON-
GRESS.
The provisions of law relating to the Library of Con-
gress, as codified in chapter 5 of title 2, United States
Code, are amended as follows:
Section 223 of the Legislative Reorganization
Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 132b) is amended by striking
out ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.
SEC. 206. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONGRESSIONAL AND
COMMITTEE PROCEDURE; INVESTIGATIONS.
The provisions of law relating to congressional and
committee procedure; investigations, as codified in chapter
6 of title 2, United States Code, are amended as follows:
(1) Section 136(c) of the Legislative Reorga-
nization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 190d(c)) is amended
by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.
(2) The fourth sentence of section 2 of the Act
entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for taking testimony, to
be used before Congress, in cases of private claims
against the United States’’, approved February 3,
1879 (2 U.S.C. 190m) is amended by striking out
‘‘contingent fund of the branch of Congress appoint-
ing such committee.’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
the following: ‘‘contingent fund of the Senate, in the
case of a committee of the Senate, or the applicable
accounts of the House of Representatives, in the
case of a committee of the House of Representa-
tives.’’.
SEC. 207. PROVISIONS RELATING TO OFFICE OF LAW REVI-
SION COUNSEL.
The provisions of law relating to Office of Law Revi-
sion Counsel, as codified in chapter 9A of title 2, United
States Code, are amended as follows:
Section 205(h) of House Resolution 988, Nine-
ty-third Congress, agreed to October 8, 1974, as en-
acted into permanent law by chapter III of title I of
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 (2
U.S.C. 285g), is amended by striking out ‘‘contin-
gent fund of the House’’ and inserting in lieu there-
of ‘‘applicable accounts of the House of Representa-
tives’’.
SEC. 208. PROVISIONS RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE CLASSI-
FICATION OFFICE.
The provisions of law relating to Legislative Classi-
fication Office, as codified in chapter 9B of title 2, United
States Code, are amended as follows:
Section 203 of House Resolution 988, Ninety-
third Congress, agreed to October 8, 1974, as en-
acted into permanent law by chapter III of title I of
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 (2
U.S.C. 286 et seq.), is repealed.
SEC. 209. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CLASSIFICATION OF
EMPLOYEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT-
ATIVES.
The provisions of law relating to classification of em-
ployees of the House of Representatives, as codified in
chapter 10 of title 2, United States Code, are amended
as follows:
(1) Section 4(a)(1) of the House Employees Po-
sition Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 293(a)(1)) is
amended by striking out ‘‘House Administration’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.
(2) Section 5(b)(1)(C) of the House Employees
Position Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 294(b)(1)(C))
is amended by striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.
(3) The second sentence of section 11 of the
House Employees Position Classification Act (2
U.S.C. 300) is amended by striking out ‘‘contingent
fund’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applicable ac-
counts’’.
SEC. 210. PROVISIONS RELATING TO PAYROLL ADMINIS-
TRATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES.
The provisions of law relating to payroll administra-
tion in the House of Representatives, as codified in chap-
ter 10A of title 2, United States Code, are amended as
follows:
(1) Section 471 of the Legislative Reorganiza-
tion Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 331) is amended by
striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.
(2)(A) Section 472 of the Legislative Reorga-
nization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 332) is repealed.
(B) The table of contents of the Legislative Re-
organization Act of 1970 is amended, in the matter
relating to part 7 of title IV (84 Stat. 1142), by
striking out the item relating to section 472.
(3)(A) Section 474 of the Legislative Reorga-
nization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 334) is repealed.
(B) The table of contents of the Legislative Re-
organization Act of 1970 is amended, in the matter
relating to part 7 of title IV (84 Stat. 1142), by
striking out the item relating to section 474.
(4) Section 475(1) of the Legislative Reorga-
nization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 335(1)) is amended
by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.
(5) Section 476 of the Legislative Reorganiza-
tion Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 336) is amended by
striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ each place it appears and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi-
cer’’.
SEC. 211. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONTESTED ELEC-
TIONS.
The provisions of law relating to contested elections,
as codified in chapter 12 of title 2, United States Code,
are amended as follows:
(1) Section 2 of the Federal Contested Elec-
tions Act (2 U.S.C. 381) is amended—
(A) by redesignating subdivisions (a)
through (i) as paragraphs (1) through (9), re-
spectively;
(B) in the matter before paragraph (1), as
so redesignated by subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing out ‘‘Act—’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘Act:’’;
(C) by indenting paragraphs (1) through
(9), as so redesignated by subparagraph (A),
two ems; and
(D) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated
by subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking out ‘‘(1) whose’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘(A) whose’’; and
(ii) by striking out ‘‘or (2)’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘or (B)’’.
(2) Section 2 of the Federal Contested Elec-
tions Act (2 U.S.C. 381), as amended by paragraph
(1), is further amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking out ‘‘or
Resident Commissioner’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘but’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘,
or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the
Congress, but that term’’;
(B) in paragraph (2), as amended by para-
graph (1) of this section—
(i) by striking out ‘‘House of Rep-
resentatives of the United States’’ in sub-
paragraph (A) and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘office of Representative in, or Delegate or
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress’’;
and
(ii) by striking out ‘‘House of Rep-
resentatives’’ in subparagraph (B) and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘office of Represent-
ative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis-
sioner to, the Congress’’;
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking out ‘‘of
the United States’’;
(D) in paragraph (4), by striking out ‘‘of
the United States’’;
(E) in paragraph (5), by striking out
‘‘term’’ and all that follows through ‘‘offices’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘term ‘Member of
the House of Representatives’ means an incum-
bent Representative in, or Delegate or Resident
Commissioner to, the Congress, or an individual
who has been elected to such office’’;
(F) in paragraph (6), by striking out ‘‘of
the United States’’;
(G) in paragraph (7), by striking out
‘‘House Administration of the House of Rep-
resentatives of the United States’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight of the House
of Representatives’’; and
(H) in paragraph (8), by striking out ‘‘in-
cludes territory and’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘means a State of the United States
and any territory or’’.
(3) Section 3 of the Federal Contested Elec-
tions Act (2 U.S.C. 382) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking out ‘‘to
the House of Representatives’’; and
(B) in subsection (c)—
(i) by striking out ‘‘or’’ after the
semicolon at the end of paragraph (4); and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semi-
colon at the end of paragraph (5).
(4) Section 17 of the Federal Contested Elec-
tions Act (2 U.S.C. 396) is amended by striking out
‘‘contingent fund’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘ap-
plicable accounts’’.
SEC. 212. PROVISIONS RELATING TO JOINT COMMITTEE ON
CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS.
The provisions of law relating to the Joint Committee
on Government Operations, as codified in chapter 13 of
title 2, United States Code, are amended as follows:
(1)(A) Part 1 of title IV of the Legislative Re-
organization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 411–417) is re-
pealed.
(B) The table of contents of the Legislative Re-
organization Act of 1970 is amended, in the matter
relating to title IV (84 Stat. 1141), by striking out
the matter relating to part 1.
(2) Section 206 of House Resolution 988, Nine-
ty-third Congress, agreed to October 8, 1974, as en-
acted into permanent law by chapter III of title I of
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 (2
U.S.C. 412a), is repealed.
SEC. 213. PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONGRESSIONAL
BUDGET OFFICE.
The provisions of law relating to contested elections,
as codified in chapter 17 of title 2, United States Code,
are amended as follows:
Section 202(g) of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(g)) is amended by striking
out ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.
SEC. 214. PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE STATES.
Section 307(b)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 1988 (4 U.S.C. 105 note) is amended by
striking out ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.
SEC. 215. PROVISIONS RELATING TO GOVERNMENT ORGA-
NIZATION AND EMPLOYEES.
Title 5, United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) Section 2107(5) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi-
cer’’.
(2) Section 3304(c)(1) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi-
cer’’.
(3) Section 5306(a)(1)(A) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi-
cer’’.
(4) Section 5334(c) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi-
cer’’.
(5) Section 5515 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.
(6) Section 5531(5) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi-
cer’’.
(7) Subsections (c)(1), (c)(2), and (d)(5)(A) of
section 5533 of title 5, United States Code, are each
amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.
(8) Section 5537(a) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi-
cer’’.
(9) Section 5751 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ both places it
appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Admin-
istrative Officer’’.
(10) Section 6322 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ both
places it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief
Administrative Officer’’.
(11) Section 8332(b) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended in the fourth sentence in the mat-
ter following paragraph (16) by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative
Officer’’.
(12)(A) 
The 
third 
sentence 
of 
section
8334(a)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the House of Represent-
atives, the Clerk may pay from the contingent fund
of the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief
Administrative Officer of the House of Representa-
tives, the Chief Administrative Officer may pay from
the applicable accounts of the House of Representa-
tives’’.
(B) Paragraph (1)(A) and paragraph (3) of
section 8334(j) of title 5, United States Code, are
each amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.
(13) Section 8402(c)(5) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended—
(A) in the matter before subparagraph (A),
by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking out
‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer’’.
(14) Paragraph (1)(A) and paragraph (3) of
section 8422(e) of title 5, United States Code, are
each amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.
(15) Section 8423(a)(3)(C) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk of
the House of Representatives, from the contingent
fund of the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep-
resentatives, from the applicable accounts of the
House of Representatives’’.
(16) The second sentence of section 8432(e) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking
out ‘‘Clerk of the House of Representatives, the
Clerk may pay from the contingent fund’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer
of the House of Representatives, the Chief Adminis-
trative Officer may pay from the applicable ac-
counts’’.
(17) The second sentence of section 8432a(c) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking
out ‘‘Clerk of the House of Representatives, the
Clerk may pay from the contingent fund’’ and in-
serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer
of the House of Representatives, the Chief Adminis-
trative Officer may pay from the applicable ac-
counts’’.
(18) Subsection (b) of section 8708 of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by striking out
‘‘Clerk’’ the first place it appears and all that fol-
lows through the end of the subsection and inserting
in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘Chief Administrative
Officer of the House of Representatives, the Chief
Administrative Officer may contribute the sum re-
quired by subsection (a) of this section from the ap-
plicable accounts of the House of Representatives.’’.
(19) Section 8906(f)(3) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk of the
House of Representatives, from the contingent fund
of the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief
Administrative Officer of the House of Representa-
tives, from the applicable accounts of the House of
Representatives’’.
SEC. 216. PROVISIONS CODIFIED IN APPENDICES TO TITLE
5, UNITED STATES CODE.
The provisions of law codified in appendices to title
5, United States Code, are amended as follows:
(1) Section 103(h)(1)(A)(i)(I) of the Ethics in
Government 
Act 
of 
1978 
(5 
U.S.C. 
App.
103(h)(1)(A)(i)(I)) is amended by striking out
‘‘Clerk’’ the second place it appears and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.
(2) Section 109(13)(A) of the Ethics in Govern-
ment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 103(13)(A)) is
amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.
SEC. 217. PROVISIONS RELATING TO COMMERCE AND
TRADE.
The Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint resolution to
print the monthly publication entitled ‘Economic Indica-
tors’’’, approved June 23, 1949 (15 U.S.C. 1025), is
amended by striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer’’.
SEC. 218. PROVISIONS RELATING TO FOREIGN RELATIONS
AND INTERCOURSE.
The provisions of law relating to foreign relations and
intercourse, as codified in title 22, United States Code,
are amended as follows:
(1) The last sentence of section 105(b) of the
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1961 (22
U.S.C. 276c–1) is amended by striking out ‘‘House
Administration’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘House Oversight’’.
(2) The first sentence of subsection (b)(2), the
first sentence of subsection (b)(3)(A), and the first
sentence of subsection (b)(3)(B) of section 502 of
the Mutual Security Act of 1954 (22 U.S.C. 1754)
are each amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ each place
it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer’’.
(3) Section 8(d)(2) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act
to establish a Commission on Security and Coopera-
tion in Europe’’, approved June 3, 1976 (22 U.S.C.
3008(d)(2)), is amended by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi-
cer’’.
SEC. 219. PROVISIONS RELATING TO MONEY AND FINANCE.
(a) USE
OF
VEHICLES
AMENDMENT.—Section
802(d) of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (31 U.S.C. 1344