Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 55 — House of Representatives Officers and Administration
§ 5508. Account in House of Representatives for Employees’ Compensation Fund
Statutory text
Establishment
There is hereby established an account in the House of Representatives for purposes of making payments of the House of Representatives to the Employees’ Compensation Fund under section 8147 of title 5, and for reimbursing the Secretary of Labor for any amounts paid with respect to unemployment compensation payments for former employees of the House.
Payments made from account
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, payments may be made from the account established under subsection (a) at any time after , without regard to the fiscal year for which the obligation to make such payments is incurred.
Category of allowances and expenses
The account established under subsection (a) shall be treated as a category of allowances and expenses for purposes of section 5507(a) of this title.
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.
Pub. L. 105–55 title I § 109 · 111 Stat. 1177
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 5508
Pub. L. 105–55, title I, § 109, Oct. 7, 1997, 111 Stat. 1184
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 105–55, title I, § 109, Oct. 7, 1997, 111 Stat. 1184Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2014
Pub. L. 113–76 div. I title I § 102(a) · 128 Stat. 5
Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 5508(a)
Pub. L. 113–76 substituted “, and for reimbursing the Secretary of Labor for any amounts paid with respect to unemployment compensation payments for former employees of the House.” for period at end
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–76 substituted “, and for reimbursing the Secretary of Labor for any amounts paid with respect to unemployment compensation payments for former employees of the House.” for period at end.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 102. During the current fiscal year, appropriations made available to the Department of Commerce by this Act for salaries and expenses shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles as authorized by 31 U.S.C. 1343 and 1344; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902).Effective date note
Pub. L. 113–76, div. I, title I, § 102(b), Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 422, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2014 and each succeeding fiscal year.”
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 95d of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1998, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998.
Amendments
2014—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 113–76 substituted “, and for reimbursing the Secretary of Labor for any amounts paid with respect to unemployment compensation payments for former employees of the House.” for period at end.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2014 Amendment
Pub. L. 113–76, div. I, title I, § 102(b), , 128 Stat. 422, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2014 and each succeeding fiscal year.”
Credits
1997–2014 · 2 acts
- 1997Pub. L. 105–55, title I, § 109, , 111 Stat. 1184
- 2014Pub. L. 113–76, div. I, title I, § 102(a), , 128 Stat. 422.
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(Pub. L. 105–55, title I, § 109, , 111 Stat. 1184; Pub. L. 113–76, div. I, title I, § 102(a), , 128 Stat. 422.)