PUBLIC LAW 104-186—AUG. 20, 1996
110 STAT. 1721
(b) BENEFIT EXCLUSION.— For purposes of this section, interns
and temporary employees shall be excluded from the operation
of the following provisions of title 5, United States Code:
(1) Chapter 84 (relating to the Federal Employees' Retirement System).
(2) Chapter 87 (relating to life insurance).
(3) Chapter 89 (relating to health insurance).
(c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—
(1) the term "Member of the House of Representatives"
means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;
(2) the term "intern" means, with respect to a Member
of the House of Representatives, an individual who serves in
the office of the Member in the District of Columbia for not
more than 120 days in a 12-month period and whose service
is primarily for the educational experience of the individual;
(3) the term "part-time employee" means, with respect to
a Member of the House of Representatives, an individual who
is employed by the M'ember and whose normally assigned work
schedule is not more than the equivalent of 15 full working
days per month;
(4) the term "temporary employee" means, with respect
to a Member of the House of Representatives, an individual
who is employed for a specific purpose or task and who is
employed for not more than 90 days in a 12-month period,
except that the term of such employment may be extended
with the written approval of the Committee on House Oversight; and
(5) the term "shared employee" means an employee who
is paid by more than one employing authority of the House
of Representatives.
(d) REGULATIONS. — The Committee on House Oversight shall
have authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. — The following provisions of law
are repealed:
(1) The first section of the Joint Resolution entitled "Joint
resolution providing for pay to clerks to Members of Congress
and Delegates", approved January 25, 1923 (2 U.S.C. 92).
(2) House Resolution 359, Ninety-sixth Congress, agreed
to July 20, 1979, as enacted into permanent law by the bill
H.R. 7593, entitled the "Legislative Branch Appropriation Act,
1981", as passed by the House of Representatives on July
21, 1980, and enacted into permanent law by section 101(c)
of Public Law 96-536 (2 U.S.C. 92 note).
(3) The first section of House Resolution 357, Ninety-first
Congress, agreed to June 25, 1969, as enacted into permanent
law by section 103 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation
Act, 1970 (2 U.S.C. 92 note).
SEC. 105. PAYMENTS FROM APPLICABLE ACCOUNTS OF HOUSE OF 2 USC 95-1.
REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) IN GENERAL.— No payment may be made from the applicable
accounts of the House of Representatives (as determined by the
Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives),
unless sanctioned by that Committee. Payments on vouchers
approved in the manner directed by that Committee shall be
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