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109 STAT. 536 PUBLIC LAW 104-53—NOV. 19, 1995 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) a new subsection (b) as follows: "(b) The Board has no authority to issue a stay of any reduction in force action."; and (3) in the second sentence of subsection (c), as redesignated, by striking "(c)" and inserting "(d)". Contracts. Public information. Notice. 40 USC 175 note. Annuities. TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee on House Oversight and for the Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. SEC. 303. Whenever any office or position not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for herein or whenever the rate of compensation or designation of any position appropriated for herein is different from that specifically established for such position by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation of the position, or either, appropriated for or provided herein, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, That the provisions herein for the various items of official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. SEC. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds made available in this Act should be American-made. (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress. SEC. 306. (a) Upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and in accordance with conditions determined by the Committee on House Oversight, positions in connection with House parking activities and related funding shall be transferred from the appropriation "Architect of the Capitol, Capitol buildings and grounds. House office buildings" to the appropriation "House of Representatives, salaries, officers and employees, Office of the Sergeant at Arms": Provided, That the position of Superintendent of Garages shall be subject to authorization in annual appropriations Acts. (b) For purposes of section 8339(m) of title 5, United States Code, the days of unused sick leave to the credit of any such