PROVISIONS RELATING TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

SEC. 204. PROVISIONS RELATING TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The provisions of law relating to officers and employees 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 Administrative 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(l)) is amended, in the matter 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 Administrative Officer”. 110 STAT. 1730 (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 appears and all that follows through “provisions of” and inserting in lieu thereof “Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives 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 inserting 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 inserting in lieu thereof “Chief Administrative Officer”; (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 Administrative 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 Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives”; 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 striking 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 perma-110 STAT. 1731nent 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 accounts 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 Administrative Officer”; and (B) by striking out “SEC. 310. (a)” and inserting in lieu thereof “SEC. 310.”. (9) Section 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 is amended by striking out subsection (j) (2 U.S.C. 61–1(g)). (10) (A) Subsections (f), (i)(l), and (i)(3) of section 202 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(f), (i)(l), 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)(l) of section 202 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(i)(l)), as amended by subparagraph (A), is further 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 resolutions which, in the case of the Senate,”; and (ii) by striking out “such respective Houses” and inserting in lieu thereof “the appropriate House”. (11) Subsection (j)(l) of section 202 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(j)(l)) 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 resolutions, which, in the case of the Senate, shall specify the maximum amounts which may be used for such purpose, approved by the appropriate 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 appropriation for committee employees” under the heading “HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES” and the subheading “CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE” in the first section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1948 (2 U.S.C. 72b) is amended by striking out “House Administration” and inserting in lieu thereof “House Oversight”. 110 STAT. 1732 (13) 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, 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 “contingent fund of the House” and inserting in lieu thereof “applicable accounts of the House of Representatives”. (15) (A) Subsection (b) of the first section 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–3), is amended by striking out “contingent fund of the House” and inserting in lieu thereof “applicable 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 Operations 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 Appropriation Act, 1978, and section 473 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970,”. (17) Section 101 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1995 (2 U.S.C. 74a–6) is repealed. (18) Section 244 of the Legislative Reorganization 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 jurisdictions” and inserting in lieu thereof “the jurisdiction of the Secretary”. (19) Section 7 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation 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 inserting in lieu thereof “former Chief Administrative Officer”; and 110 STAT. 1733 (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 Representatives.”. (20) Section 208(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 75a–1(a)) is amended by striking out “Doorkeeper, Postmaster,” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “Chief Administrative Officer”. (21) Section 7 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 enacted into permanent law by chapter VI of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1967, is repealed. (II) Subsection (a) of the first section of House Resolution 890, Ninety-second Congress, agreed to October 4, 1972, as enacted into permanent law by the paragraph under the heading “LEGISLATIVE BRANCH” and the subheadings “HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES” and “ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION”, in chapter V of the Supplemental Appropriations 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 Representatives, and for other purposes”, approved October 1, 1890, is amended— 110 STAT. 1734 (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 paragraph under the center heading “LEGISLATIVE” and the center subheading “HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES”, in the first section of the Second Deficiency 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 Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives”. (27) The Joint Resolution entitled “Joint resolution to provide for on-the-spot audits by the General Accounting Office of the fiscal records of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives”, approved July 26, 1949 (2 U.S.C. 81a), is repealed. (28) House Resolution 465, Eighty-fourth Congress, agreed to April 11, 1956, as enacted into permanent law by section 103 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 81b), is repealed. (29) House Resolution 144, Eighty-fifth Congress, 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 defining 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 Congress, 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, thirteenth, and fourteenth undesignated paragraphs 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 thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes”, approved March 3, 1901 (2 U.S.C. 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, and 91), are repealed. (34) (A) Section 243 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 88a) is repealed. (B) The table of contents of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 is amended, in the matter relating to part 3 of title II (60 Stat. 813), by striking out the item relating to section 243. (C) Section 492(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (40 U.S.C. 184a(i)) is amended by striking out “section 243” and all that follows through “or”. 110 STAT. 1735 (35) (A) The provisions of law specified in subparagraph (B), codified as section 88b of title 2, United States Code, are amended or repealed as provided 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 appropriations 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 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1985, is repealed. (36) Section 491 of the Legislative Reorganization 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 inserting in lieu thereof “the period specified in writing at the time of the appointment”; and (B) in subsection (b), by striking out “; or” at the end of paragraph (2) and all that follows through the end of the subsection and inserting 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 Congress, 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 thereof “Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives”; (B) in the second sentence of section 2, by striking out “Clerk” and inserting in lieu thereof “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 Appropriations Act, 1983 (2 U.S.C. 88b–6) is repealed. (40) House Resolution 234, Ninety-eighth Congress, agreed to June 29, 1983, as enacted into permanent 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; 110 STAT. 1736 (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 appointment 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 “semesters or terms, as the case may be,”; and (F) in section 4(1), by striking out “terms” and inserting in lieu thereof “semesters”. (41) The twelfth 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 thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes”, approved March 3, 1901 (2 U.S.C. 89), is amended by striking out “Doorkeeper, and Postmaster” and inserting in lieu thereof “and Chief Administrative 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 Representatives”, 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 Representatives that has jurisdiction over the activity under which the indebtedness arises may certify to the Chief Administrative 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 Administrative 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 Resolution 804, Ninety-sixth Congress, agreed to October 2, 1980, as enacted into permanent law by the bill H.R. 4120, entitled the “Legislative Branch Appropriation 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”. 110 STAT. 1737 (45) The proviso in the fifth paragraph under the heading “UNDER LEGISLATIVE.” and the subheading “SENATE.” in the first section of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations to supply urgent deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for prior years, and for other purposes”, approved February 14, 1902 (2 U.S.C. 95a), is amended by striking out “contingent expenses of the House of Representatives or” and inserting in lieu thereof “expenses of the House of Representatives or contingent expenses of”. (46) 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 thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and for other purposes”, approved July 16, 1914 (2 U.S.C. 96), is repealed. (47) Section 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C. 96a) is repealed. (48) The first paragraph after the paragraph with the side heading “OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER:” under the heading “LEGISLATIVE.” and the 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 thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and for other purposes”, approved March 2, 1895 (2 U.S.C. 97) is repealed. (49) The first undesignated paragraph under the center heading “HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES” 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. (50) The first undesignated paragraph after the paragraph with the side heading “OFFICE OF POSTMASTER:”, 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 thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, and for other purposes”, 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. (51) The second sentence of the fourth 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 thirtieth, nineteen hundred and two, and for other purposes”, approved March 3, 1901 (2 U.S.C. 100), is repealed. (52) Sections 60 and 61 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 102) are repealed. (53) The first sentence of the undesignated paragraph under the center heading “GENERAL PROVISION” in chapter XI 110 STAT. 1738of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 102a) is amended by striking out “Clerk” and inserting in lieu thereof “Chief Administrative Officer”. (54) Section 105(a)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965 (2 U.S.C. 104a(l)) is amended by striking out “Clerk” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “Chief Administrative Officer”. (55) 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 Representatives, respectively,”. (56) 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”. (57) 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 Administrative Officer”. (58) 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 subheading “SENATE.” in the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial expenses of the Government for the fiscal 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 striking out “or the Committee on Accounts of the House of Representatives respectively”. (59) (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 furnish 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 Administrative Officer”. (B) 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), 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 “contingent fund” and inserting in lieu thereof “applicable accounts”; and (iii) in subsection (d), by striking out the second sentence. (60) 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 Administrative Officer”. (61) Section 71 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 114) is amended— 110 STAT. 1739 (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,”. (62) The third undesignated paragraph under the center heading “MISCELLANEOUS” 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-three, and for other purposes”, 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”. (63) (A) 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) 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 amended— (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”. (64) Section 306 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 117f), is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by striking out “Clerk” and inserting in lieu thereof “Chief Administrative Officer”; and (B) in subsection (b)— (i) by striking out “Clerk” and inserting 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”. (65) 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”. 110 STAT. 1740 (66) (A) The provisions of law specified in subparagraph (B), codified as section 122a of title 2, United States Code, are repealed. (B) The provisions of law referred to in subparagraph (A) are— (i) the nineteenth paragraph under the center heading “HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES” and the center subheading “CONTINGENT 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 enacted into permanent law by section 103 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1966. (67) The first section and sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 of House Resolution 687, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to September 20, 1977, as enacted into permanent law by section 111 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 122b, 122c, 122d, 122e, 122f, and 122g), are repealed. (68) Section 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 123b) is amended— (A) in subsections (c), (d), (£), and (h) by striking out “Clerk” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “Chief Administrative Officer”; and (B) in the first sentence of subsection (g), by striking out “within the contingent fund of the House of Representatives”. (69) The second sentence of the second paragraph under the heading “HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES” and the subheading “ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS” in the first section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963 (2 U.S.C. 124) 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 “House Administration” and inserting in lieu thereof “House Oversight”. (70) (A) 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) 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 subparagraph (A), is further amended by striking out “contingent fund of the House” and inserting in lieu thereof “applicable accounts of the House of Representatives”. (71) 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 110 STAT. 1741 (B) in the last sentence, by striking out “House Administration” and inserting in lieu thereof “House Oversight”. (72) Subsection (b) of the first section of House Resolution 1047, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to April 4, 1978, as enacted into permanent law by section 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”. (73) The first section of the Act entitled “An Act to preserve the benefits of the Civil Service Retirement Act, the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance Act of 1954, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959 for congressional employees receiving certain congressional staff fellowships”, 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 respect”; (B) in paragraph (1) of subsection (a), as so redesignated by subparagraph (A), by striking 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 purposes of the provisions of law specified in subsection (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 Representatives 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 retirement) 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.”. (74) 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(aXl)), is amended by striking out “Clerk” and inserting in lieu thereof “Chief Administrative Officer”. (75) 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 Administration” and inserting in lieu thereof “House Oversight”. 110 STAT. 1742 (76) Subsection (a) and subsection (b) of section 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”, approved July 25, 1974 (2 U.S.C. 130d(a) and (b)), are each amended by striking out “Clerk” and inserting in lieu thereof “Chief Administrative Officer”.