PUBLIC LAW 105-275—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2439 (c) Of the total amount in the account estabhshed under subsection (a)— (1) 50 percent shall be allocated to the Speaker for payments for activities of the Republican Conference; and (2) 50 percent shall be allocated to the Minority Leader for payments for activities of the Democratic Steering and j Policy Committee. (d) There are authorized to be appropriated to the account under this section for fiscal year 1999 and each succeeding fiscal year such sums as may be necessary for training and program development activities of the Republican Conference and the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee during the fiscal year. SEC. 104. (a) Section 311(e)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59(e)(2)) is amended— 2 USC 59e. (1) by adding "and" at the end of subparagraph (B); (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking "; and" and inserting a period; and (3) by striking subparagraph (D). (b) Section 311(e) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 59e(e)) is amended by striking paragraph (4). SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any 2 USC I04b note. other rule or regulation, any information on payments made by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives to an individual for attendance as a witness before the Committee in executive session during a Congress shall be reported not later than the second semiannual report filed under section 106 of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 104b) in the following Congress. SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 2 USC ll2f. Committee on House Oversight may prescribe by regulation appropriate conditions for the incidental use, for other than official business, of equipment and supplies owned or leased by, or the cost of which is reimbursed by, the House of Representatives. (b) The authority of the Committee on House Oversight to Applicability. prescribe regulations pursuant to subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 1999 and each succeeding fiscal year. SEC. 107. (a) The Speaker, Majority Leader, and Minority 2 USC 74a-9. Leader of the House of Representatives are each authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of one consultant, on a temporary or intermittent basis, at a daily rate of compensation not in excess of the per diem equivalent of the highest gross rate of annual compensation which may be paid to employees of a standing committee of the House. (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 1999 Applicability. and each succeeding fiscal year. SEC. 108. Any amount appropriated in this Act for "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND EXPENSES—MEMBERS' REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES" shall be available only for fiscal year 1999. Any sunount remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for such fiscal year shall be deposited in the Treasury, to be used for deficit reduction. SEC. 109. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, ofR- 2 USC I27b. cial resources may be used during a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 1999), in accordance with regulations of the Committee on House Oversight, to reimburse a Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives for the ordinary and necessary 5&-194 O-98-20:QL3Part3
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