USE OF OFFICIAL RESOURCES.

SEC. 802. USE OF OFFICIAL RESOURCES. (a) Qualifications of Officers and Employees.—Rule XLI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended to read as follows: “Rule XLI. “qualifications of officers and employees. “No person shall be an officer or employee of the House, or continue in its employment, who shall be an agent for the prosecution of any claim against the Government or be interested in such 103 STAT. 1773claim otherwise than as an original claimant or than in the proper discharge of official duties.”. (b) Rights and Duties of Staff.—(1) Clause 8 of rule XLIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended to read as follows: “8. A Member or officer of the House of Representatives shall retain no one under his payroll authority who does not perform official duties commensurate with the compensation received in the offices of the employing authority. In the case of committee employees who work under the direct supervision of a Member other than a chairman, the chairman may require that such Member affirm in writing that the employees have complied with the preceding sentence (subject to clause 6 of rule XI) as evidence of the chairman’s compliance with this clause and with clause 6 of rule XL”. (2) Clause 9 of rule XLIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by inserting “(including marital or parental status), handicap” after “sex” and by inserting before the period the following: “, but may take into consideration the domicile or political affiliation of such individual”. (3) Clause 6 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended— (A) in paragraph (a)(3) by striking subdivision (A) and by redesignating subdivisions (B) and (C) as subdivisions (A) and (B), respectively; and (B) in paragraph (a)(3)(A) (as redesignated) by inserting “during congressional working hours” after “business”; and (C) in paragraph (b)(1) by striking “, without regard to race, creed, sex, or age”. (c) Clarification of Political Activities.—The second sentence of clause 6 of rule XLIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended to read as follows: “A Member shall convert no campaign funds to personal use in excess of reimbursement for legitimate and verifiable campaign expenditures and shall expend no funds from his campaign account not attributable to bona fide campaign or political purposes.”. (d) Use of Official Vehicles.—The Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives shall take such action as may be necessary to carry out section 503 with respect to vehicles of the House of Representatives. (e) Use of Campaign Vehicles.—The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives shall issue an advisory opinion to provide for appropriate conditions for the incidental noncampaign use of vehicles owned or leased by a campaign committee of a Member of the House of Representatives. (f) Conforming Amendment.—Clause 1 of rule XLI V of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking “July 1” and by inserting “August 1” and by striking “May 15” and by inserting “June 15”. (g) Effective Date,—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on January 1, 1990,