103 STAT. 1046 PUBLIC LAW 101-163—NOV. 21, 1989 Communications and tele- communications. Contracts. 31 USC 1535 note. Effective date. 2 USC 61h-7. 2 USC 61d-l. 31 USC 3701 note. revolving fund which were not transferred thereto pursuant to this section. SEC. 7, The Secretary of the Senate may enter into an £^eement with the Secretary of Education to provide closed captioning of the Senate floor proceedings, subject to the approval of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. The Senate authorizes the Secretary of Education to have access to the audio and video broad- cast of the Senate floor proceedings for the purpose of captioning. Such funds as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section are authorized to be paid from the appropriation account for "Miscellaneous Items" within the contingent fund of the Senate. SEC. 8. (1) The Secretary of the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate are authorized to acquire goods, services, or space from government agencies and units by agreement under the provisions of the Economy Act, 31 U.S.C. 1535, and to make advance payments in conjunction therewith, if required by the providing agency or establishment. (2) No advance payment may be made under paragraph (1) unless specifically provided for in the agreement. No agreement providing for advance payment may be entered into unless it contains a provision requiring the refund of any unobligated balance of the advance. (3) No agreement may be entered into under paragraph (1) with- out the approval of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administra- tion and the Senate Committee on Appropriations. SEC. 9. The provisions of Senate Resolution 89, of the One Hun- dredth Congress, agreed to Januanr 28, 1987, are hereby enacted into law, effective on the date such Senate Resolution 89 was agreed to. SEC. 10. The second proviso, under the headings "SENATE" and "OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN", of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1970 (Public Law 91-145) is amended by striking out "a sec- retary" and inserting in lieu thereof "such employees as he deems appropriate, except that the amount which may be paid for any fiscal year as gross compensation for personnel in such Office for any fiscal year shall not exceed $147,000". SEC. 11. (a) For purposes of subchapters I and II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code (relating to claims of or against the United States Government), the United States Senate shall be considered to be a legislative agency (as defined in section 3701(a)(4) of such title), and the Secretary of the Senate shall be deemed to be the head of such legislative agency. (b) Regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Senate pursuant to section 3716 of title 31, United States Code, shall not become effective until they are approved by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. SEC. 12. There shall be available to meet any unpaid expenses incurred by any duly authorized individual, prior to the first day of the 101st Congress, under authority of section 31a-l of title 2, United States Code, (1) any unexpended and unobligated funds appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1988, which were available to such individual as an expense allowance under section 31a-l or section 31a-3 of such title, plus (2) in case such individual was authorized to incur expenses under authority of section 31a-l of such title 2 on the last day of the 100th Congress but was not authorized to incur expenses under such authority on the first day of the 101st Congress, 25 percent of the funds appropriated
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