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118 STAT. 3175 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 otherwise support the management, operation, and maintenance of the facility, and shall remain available until expended. SEC. 104. SENSE OF THE HOUSE. It is the sense of the House of Representatives that Members of the House who use vehicles in traveling for official and representational purposes, including Members who lease vehicles for which the lease payments are made using funds provided under the Members’ Representational Allowance, are encouraged to use hybrid electric and alternatively fueled vehicles whenever possible, as the use of these vehicles will help to move our Nation toward the use of a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle and reduce our dependence on oil. SEC. 105. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF HOUSE SERVICES REVOLVING FUND.—There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund for the House of Representatives to be known as the ‘‘House Services Revolving Fund’’ (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Revolving Fund’’), consisting of funds deposited by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep resentatives from all amounts received by the House of Representa tives with respect to the following activities: (1) The operation of the House Barber Shop. (2) The operation of the House Beauty Shop. (3) The operation of the House Restaurant System (including vending operations). (4) The provision of mail services to entities which are not part of the House of Representatives. (b) USE OF AMOUNTS IN FUND.—Amounts in the Revolving Funds shall be used for any purpose designated by the Chief Administrative Officer which is approved by the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (c) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—The Revolving Fund shall be treated as a category of allowances and expenses for purposes of section 101(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b(a)). (d) TERMINATION AND TRANSFER OF EXISTING FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Each fund and account specified in para graph (2) is hereby terminated, and the balance of each such fund and account is hereby transferred to the Revolving Fund. (2) FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS SPECIFIED.—The funds and accounts referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows: (A) The revolving fund for the House Barber Shop, established by the paragraph under the heading ‘‘HOUSE BARBER SHOPS REVOLVING FUND’’ in the matter relating to the House of Representatives in chapter III of title I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 (Public Law 93–554; 88 Stat. 1776). (B) The revolving funds for the House Beauty Shop, established by the matter under the heading ‘‘HOUSE BEAUTY SHOP’’ in the matter relating to administrative provisions for the House of Representatives in the Legisla tive Branch Appropriations Act, 1970 (Public Law 91–145; 83 Stat. 347). (C) The special deposit account established for the House of Representatives Restaurant by section 208 of the First Supplemental Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1941 (2 U.S.C. 2041 note), or any successor fund or account 2 USC 117m.