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Title 2 — The Congress

Chapter 49 — Congressional Pages

§ 4917. Page residence hall and page meal plan

Statutory text

(a)

Revolving fund; establishment within House contingent fund

Effective at the beginning of the Ninety-eighth Congress and until otherwise provided by law, there is established a revolving fund within the contingent fund of the House of Representatives for the page residence hall and the page meal plan.

(b)

Deposits in revolving fund; disbursements by Chief Administrative Officer of House

There shall be deposited in the revolving fund such amounts as may be received by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives with respect to lodging, meals, and related services furnished for congressional pages. Amounts so deposited shall be available for disbursement by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as determined by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, for expenses relating to the page residence hall and the page meal plan.

(c)

Regulations

The House of Representatives Page Board shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.

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. Pub. L. 98–51 title I § 110 · 97 Stat. 263

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 4917

    Pub. L. 98–51, title I, § 110, July 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 269

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 98–51, title I, § 110, July 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 269

  2. House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act

    Pub. L. 104–186 § 204(38)(A) · 110 Stat. 1718

    1. Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 4917(b)

      Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(38)(A), (B), substituted “Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives” for “Clerk” in second sentence

    2. Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 4917(b)

      Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(38)(A), (B), substituted “Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as determined by the Clerk of the House of Representatives,” for “Clerk” in second sentence

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(38)(A), (B), substituted “Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives” for “Clerk” in first sentence and “Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as determined by the Clerk of the House of Representatives,” for “Clerk” in second sentence.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (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”;

  3. House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act

    Pub. L. 104–186 § 204(38)(C) · 110 Stat. 1718

    1. Redesignated · 2 U.S.C. § 4917(c); 2 U.S.C. § 4917(d)

      Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(38)(C), (D), redesignated subsec. (d) as (c)

    2. Struck · 2 U.S.C. § 4917(c); 2 U.S.C. § 4917(d)

      Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(38)(C), (D), struck out former subsec. (c) which read as follows: “As used in this section, the term ‘Clerk’ means the Clerk of the House of Representatives.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(38)(C), (D), redesignated subsec. (d) as (c) and struck out former subsec. (c) which read as follows: “As used in this section, the term ‘Clerk’ means the Clerk of the House of Representatives.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (C) by striking out section 3; and

4 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Ninety-eighth Congress, referred to in subsec. (a), convened on .

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 88b–5 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Section is based on House Resolution No. 64, Ninety-eighth Congress, , which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 98–51.

Sections 1 to 4 of House Resolution No. 64 have been redesignated subsecs. (a) to (d) of this section, respectively, for purposes of codification.

Amendments

1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(38)(A), (B), substituted “Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives” for “Clerk” in first sentence and “Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as determined by the Clerk of the House of Representatives,” for “Clerk” in second sentence.

Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(38)(C), (D), redesignated subsec. (d) as (c) and struck out former subsec. (c) which read as follows: “As used in this section, the term ‘Clerk’ means the Clerk of the House of Representatives.”

Credits

1983–1996 · 2 acts
  1. 1983Pub. L. 98–51, title I, § 110, , 97 Stat. 269
  2. 1996Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(38), , 110 Stat. 1735.
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(Pub. L. 98–51, title I, § 110, , 97 Stat. 269; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(38), , 110 Stat. 1735.)

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