Pub. L. 102-90, tit. III, sec. 312

Sec. 312. (a) (1) The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall maintain and operate a child care center (to be known as the “House of Representatives Child Care Center”) to furnish pre-school child care— (A) for children of individuals whose pay is disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and children of support personnel of the House of Representatives; and (B) if places are available after admission of all children who are eligible under subparagraph (A), for children of individuals whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and children of employees of agencies of the legislative branch. 105 STAT. 468 (2) Children shall be admitted to the center on a nondiscriminatory basis and without regard to any office or position held by their parents. (b) (1) (A) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint 15 individuals (of whom 7 shall be upon recommendation of the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives), to serve without pay, as members of an advisory board for the center. The board shall— (i) provide advice to the Clerk on matters of policy relating to the administration and operation of the center (including the selection of the director of the center); (ii) be chosen from among Members of the House of Representatives, spouses of Members, parents of children enrolled in the center, and other individuals with expertise in child care or interest in the center; and (iii) serve during the Congress in which they are appointed, except that a member of the board may continue to serve after the expiration of a term until a successor is appointed. (B) The director of the center shall serve as an additional member of the board, ex officio and without the right to vote. (2) A vacancy on the board shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment is made. (3) The chairman of the board shall be elected by the members of the board. (c) In carrying out subsection (a), the Clerk is authorized— (1) to collect fees for child care services; (2) to accept such gifts of money and property as may be approved by the Chairman and the ranking minority party member of the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, acting jointly; and (3) to employ a director and other employees for the center. (d) (1) There is established in the contingent fund of the House of Representatives an account which, subject to appropriation, and except as provided in paragraph (2), shall be the exclusive source for all salaries and expenses for activities carried out under this section. The Clerk shall deposit in the account any amounts received under subsection (c). (2) During fiscal year 1992, of the funds provided in this Act for the “HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES” under “SALARIES AND EXPENSES”, not more than $45,000 may be expended to carry out this section, subject to approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. Any amount under this paragraph shall be in addition to any amount made available under paragraph (1). (e) As used in this section— (1) the term “Member of the House of Representatives” means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress; (2) the term “agency of the legislative branch” means the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, the Botanic Garden, the General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office, the Library of Congress, the Office of Technology Assessment, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Copyright Royalty Tribunal; and (3) the term “support personnel” means, with respect to the House of Representatives, any employee of a credit union or of105 STAT. 469 the Architect of the Capitol, whose principal duties are to support the functions of the House of Representatives, (f) House Resolution 21, Ninety-ninth Congress, agreed to December 11, 1985, enacted into permanent law by section 103 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 (as incorporated by reference in section 101(j) of Public Law 99–500 and Public Law 99–591) (40 U.S.C. 184b–184f) is repealed.