§ 4313. Adjustment of House of Representatives allowances by Committee on House Oversight

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1971

   Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1972

   Pub. L. 92–184 · 85 Stat. 627

   Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 4313

   Pub. L. 92–184, ch. IV, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 636

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 92–184, ch. IV, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 636

2. 1996

   House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act

   Pub. L. 104–186 title I § 102 · 110 Stat. 1718

   Amended · 2 U.S.C. § 4313

   Pub. L. 104–186 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section consisted of subsecs. (a) and (b) authorizing Committee on House Administration to adjust certain allowances for Members, committees, and officers of House of Representatives

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 104–186 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section consisted of subsecs. (a) and (b) authorizing Committee on House Administration to adjust certain allowances for Members, committees, and officers of House of Representatives.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 102. ADJUSTMENT OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ALLOWANCES BY COMMITTEE ON HOUSE OVERSIGHT. House Resolution 457, Ninety-second Congress, agreed to July 21, 1971, as enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of the Supplemented Appropriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C. 57), is amended to read as follows: “SECTION. 1. ADJUSTMENT OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ALLOWANCES BY COMMITTEE ON HOUSE OVERSIGHT. “(a) In General.— Subject to the provision of law specified in subsection (b), the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives may, by order of the Committee, fix and adjust the amounts, terms, and conditions of, and other matters relating to, allowances of the House of Representatives within the following categories: “(1) For Members of the House of Representatives, the Members’ Representational Allowance, including all aspects of the Official Mail Allowance within the jurisdiction of the Committee under section 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991. “(2) For committees, the Speaker, the Majority and Minority Leaders, the Clerk, the Sergeant at Arms, and the Chief Administrative Officer, allowances for official mail (including all aspects of the Official Mail Allowance within the jurisdiction of the Committee under section 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991), stationery, and telephone and telegraph and other communications. “(b) Provision Specified.— The provision of law referred to in subsection (a) is House Resolution 1372, Ninety-fourth Congress, agreed to July 1, 1976, as enacted into permanent law by section 101 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 57a). “(c) Definition.— As used in this section, the term ‘Member of the House of Representatives’ means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.”.

3. 1999

   Pub. L. 106–57 title I § 103(a)(4)(A) · 113 Stat. 408

   Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 4313(a)(1); 2 U.S.C. § 4313(a)(2)

   Pub. L. 106–57 substituted “all aspects of official mail” for “all aspects of the Official Mail Allowance”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a)(1), (2). Pub. L. 106–57 substituted “all aspects of official mail” for “all aspects of the Official Mail Allowance”.

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 106–57, title I, § 103(c), Sept. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 416, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section and sections 503 and 5321 of this title] shall apply with respect to the first session of the One Hundred Sixth Congress and each succeeding session of Congress.”

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