HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Salaries and Expenses. For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, $683,831,000, as follows: house leadership offices For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $11,592,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $1,535,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,526,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,534,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $957,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $949,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activities, $376,000; Republican Steering Committee, $664,000; Republican Conference, $1,130,000; Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,191,000; Democratic Caucus, $603,000; and nine minority employees, $1,127,000. members’ representational allowancesincluding members’ clerk hire, official expenses of members, and official mail For Members’ representational allowances, including Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, $363,313,000. committee employeesstanding committees, special and select For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and select, authorized by House resolutions, $80,222,000. committee on appropriations For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, $17,580,000, including studies and examinations of executive agencies and temporary personal services for such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services performed. 110 STAT. 2400 salaries, officers and employees For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as authorized by law, $86,259,000, including: for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than $3,500, of which not more than $2,500 is for the Family Room, for official representation and reception expenses, $15,074,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more than $750 for official representation and reception expenses, $3,638,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, $55,209,000, including salaries, expenses and temporary personal services of House Information Resources, $22,577,000, of which $16,577,000 is provided herein: Provided, That House Information Resources is authorized to receive reimbursement from Members of the House of Representatives and other governmental entities for services provided and such reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to this account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, $3,954,000; Office of the Chaplain, $126,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,036,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $1,767,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $4,687,000; and other authorized employees, $768,000. allowances and expenses For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or law, $124,865,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, $2,374,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, $1,000,000; reemployed annuitants reimbursement, $71,000; Government contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee benefits, $120,779,000; and miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, $641,000. child care center For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g(d)(l)), subject to the level specified in the budget of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. Administrative Provisions. Sec. 101. (a) Section 107A of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 (109 Stat. 522) is amended— (1) by striking out “For fiscal year 1996, subject” and inserting in lieu thereof “(a) Subject”; (2) by striking out “of the total amount” and all that follows through “cost of inventory” and inserting in lieu thereof 110 STAT. 2401the following: “the amounts deposited in the account specified in subsection (b) from vending operations of the House of Representatives Restaurant System shall be available to pay the cost of goods sold”; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(b) The account referred to in subsection (a) is the special deposit account established for the House of Representatives Restaurant by section 208 of the First Supplemental Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1941 (40 U.S.C. 174k note).”. (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1996. Sec. 102. (a) Section 3210(a)(6)(A) of title 39, United States Code, is amended— (1) in clause (i), by inserting “(or, in the case of a Member of the House, fewer than 90 days)” after “60 days”; and (2) in clause (ii), by striking out “60 days” and inserting in lieu thereof “90 days”. (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1996, and shall apply with respect to any mailing postmarked on or after that date.