(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 amend-
ed—
(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, by striking out
‘‘Committee on House Administration’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘respective Houses’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘committee involved in
the case of standing committees of the House
of Representatives, and within the limits of
funds made available from the contingent fund
of the Senate or the applicable accounts of the
House of Representatives pursuant to resolu-
tions, which, in the case of the Senate, shall
specify the maximum amounts which may be
used for such purpose, approved by the appro-
priate House’’; and
(B) in the second sentence, by striking out
‘‘Clerk of the House’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer of the
House of Representatives’’.
(12) The paragraph beginning ‘‘The appropria-
tion for committee employees’’ under the heading
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’ and the sub-
heading ‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’
in the first section of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priation Act, 1948 (2 U.S.C. 72b) is amended by
striking out ‘‘House Administration’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘House Oversight’’.
(13) The last undesignated paragraph under
the center heading ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES’’ and the center subheading ‘‘CONTINGENT
EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE’’ in the first section of
the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1948 (2
U.S.C. 72c) is repealed.
(14) The first section of House Resolution 487,
Eighty-seventh Congress, agreed to January 10,
1962, as enacted into permanent law by section 103
of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963
(2 U.S.C. 74–1), is amended by striking out ‘‘con-
tingent fund of the House’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘applicable accounts of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’.
(15)(A) Subsection (b) of the first section of
House Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, as en-
acted into permanent law by section 115 of the legis-
lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C.
74a–3), is amended by striking out ‘‘contingent fund
of the House’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘applica-
ble accounts of the House of Representatives’’.
(B) Section 2 of House Resolution 393, Ninety-
fifth Congress, as enacted into permanent law by
section 115 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation
Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 74a–4), is amended by striking
out ‘‘contingent fund of the House’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘applicable accounts of the House of
Representatives’’.
(16) Section 112 of the Congressional Oper-
ations Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 74a–5 and
2 U.S.C. 333a) is amended by striking out ‘‘sections
74(a)–4 and 333 of title 2, United States Code,’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘section 2 of House
Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to
March 31, 1977, as enacted into permanent law by
section 115 of the Congressional Operations Appro-
priation Act, 1978, and section 473 of the Legisla-
tive Reorganization Act of 1970,’’.
(17) Section 101 of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1995 (2 U.S.C. 74a–6) is repealed.
(18) Section 244 of the Legislative Reorganiza-
tion Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 74b) is amended—
(A) by striking out ‘‘and the Clerk of the
House are’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘is’’;
and
(B) by striking out ‘‘their respective juris-
dictions’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the ju-
risdiction of the Secretary’’.
(19) Section 7 of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priation Act, 1943 (2 U.S.C. 75a) 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-