118 STAT. 3170 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter. SEC. 6. ACTIVITIES RELATING TO FOREIGN PARLIAMENTARY GROUPS AND FOREIGN OFFICIALS. Section 2(c) of chapter VIII of title I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1987 (2 U.S.C. 65f(c)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘with the approval of’’ and inserting ‘‘and upon notification to’’. SEC. 7. TRANSPORTATION OF OFFICIAL RECORDS AND PAPERS TO A SENATOR’S STATE. (a) PAYMENT OF REASONABLE TRANSPOR TATION EXPENSES.—Upon request of a Senator, amounts in the appropriation account ‘‘Miscellaneous Items’’ within the contingent fund of the Senate shall be available to pay the reasonable expenses of sending or transporting the official records and papers of the Senator from the District of Columbia to any location designated by such Senator in the State represented by the Senator. (b) SENDING AND TRANSPORTATION.—The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall provide for the most economical means of sending or transporting the official records and papers under this section while ensuring the orderly and timely delivery of the records and papers to the location specified by the Senator. (c) OVERSIGHT.—The Committee on Rules and Administration shall have the authority to issue rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this section. (d) OFFICIAL RECORDS DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘offi cial records and papers’’ means books, records, papers, and official files which could be sent as franked mail. (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year. SEC. 8. COMPENSATION FOR LOST OR DAMAGED PROPERTY. (a) IN GENERAL.—Any amounts received by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Sergeant at Arms’’) for compensation for damage to, loss of, or loss of use of property of the Sergeant at Arms that was procured using amounts available to the Sergeant at Arms in the account for Contingent Expenses, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, shall be credited to that account or, if applicable, to any subaccount of that account. (b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts credited to any account or sub account under subsection (a) shall be merged with amounts in that account or subaccount and shall be available to the same extent, and subject to the same terms and conditions, as amounts in that account or subaccount. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter. SEC. 9. AGE REQUIREMENT FOR SENATE PAGES. Section 491(b)(1) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 88b–1(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘fourteen’’ and inserting ‘‘sixteen’’. SEC. 10. TREATMENT OF ELECTRONIC SERVICES PROVIDED BY SERGEANT AT ARMS. The Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Door keeper of the United States Senate, and any officer, employee, or agent of the Office, shall not be treated as acquiring possession, custody, or control of any electronic mail or other electronic commu nication, data, or information by reason of its being transmitted, processed, or stored (whether temporarily or otherwise) through the use of an electronic system established, maintained, or operated, or the use of electronic services provided, in whole or in part by the Office. 2 USC 88b–1. 2 USC 117d–1. 2 USC 59d–1.
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