Ill STAT. 1184 PUBLIC LAW 105-55—OCT. 7, 1997 Applicability. 2 USC 92 note. 2 USC 72a. Effective date. 2 USC 72a note. Regulations. contracts. 2 USC 95c. Regulations. 2 USC 95d. (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 1997. SEC. 105. (a) Section 204(11)(A) of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (110 Stat. 1731) is amended by striking out "through 'respective Houses' and" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "through 'respective Houses' the second place it appears and". (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as of August 20, 1996. SEC. 106. Section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 (as incorporated by reference in section 10l(j) of Public Law 99-500 and Public Law 99-591) (2 U.S.C. 117e) is amended— (1) in the second sentence of paragraph (2), by striking "A donation" and inserting "Except as provided in paragraph (3), a donation"; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: "(3)(A) In the case of computer-related equipment, during fiscal year 1998 the Chief Administrative Officer may donate directly the equipment to a public elementary or secondary school of the District of Columbia without regard to whether the donation meets the requirements of the second sentence of paragraph (2), except that the total number of workstations donated as a result of this paragraph may not exceed 1,000. "(B) In this paragraph— "(i) the term 'computer-related equipment' includes desktops, laptops, printers, file servers, and peripherals which are appropriate for use in public school education; "(ii) the terms 'public elementary school' and 'public secondary school' have the meaning given such terms in section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and "(iii) the term 'workstation' includes desktops and peripherals, file servers and peripherals, laptops and peripherals, printers and peripherals, and workstations and peripherals. "(C) The Committee on House Oversight shall have authority to issue regulations to carry out this paragraph.". SEC. 107. Title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking "the Speaker of the House of Representatives" each place it appears in sections 5532(i)(2)(B), 5532(i)(3), 8344(k)(2)(B), 8344(k)(3), 8468(h)(2)(B), and 8468(h)(3) and inserting "the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives". SEC. 108. (a) For fiscal year 1998 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives is authorized to make advance payments under a contract or other agreement to provide a service or deliver an article for the United States Government without regard to the provisions of section 3324 of title 31, United States Code. (b) An advance payment authorized by subsection (a) shall be made in accordance with regulations issued by the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives. (c) The authority granted by subsection (a) shall not take effect until regulations are issued pursuant to subsection (b). SEC. 109. (a) There is hereby established an account in the House of Representatives for purposes of making payments of the
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