                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
Sec. 112e. Office equipment for House Members, officers, and 
        committees
        

(a) Authority of Chief Administrative Officer

    At the request of any Member, officer, or committee of the House of 
Representatives, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and with 
the approval of the Committee on House Oversight, but subject to the 
limitations prescribed by this Act, the Chief Administrative Officer of 
the House of Representatives shall furnish office equipment for use in 
the office of that Member, Resident Commissioner, officer, or committee. 
Office equipment so furnished is limited to equipment of those types and 
categories which the Committee on House Oversight shall prescribe.

(b) Registration and ownership

    Office equipment furnished under this section shall be registered in 
the office of the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
Representatives and shall remain the property of the House of 
Representatives.

(c) Payment

    The cost of office equipment furnished under this section shall be 
paid from the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives.

(d) Rules and regulations

    The Committee on House Oversight shall prescribe such regulations as 
it considers necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.

(Pub. L. 91-139, Sec. 1, Dec. 5, 1969, 83 Stat. 291; Pub. L. 104-186, 
title II, Sec. 204(59), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1738.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 91-139, Dec. 5, 
1969, 83 Stat. 291, which is classified generally to this section. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-186, Sec. 204(59)(A)(i), (B)(i), 
substituted ``House Oversight'' for ``House Administration'' in two 
places and ``Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
Representatives shall furnish'' for ``Clerk of the House shall furnish 
electrical and mechanical''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104-186, Sec. 204(59)(A)(ii), substituted 
``Chief Administrative Officer'' for ``Clerk''.
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-186, Sec. 204(59)(B)(ii), substituted 
``applicable accounts'' for ``contingent fund''.
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104-186, Sec. 204(59)(B)(i), (iii), substituted 
``House Oversight'' for ``House Administration'' and struck out at end 
``The regulations shall limit, on such basis as the committee considers 
appropriate, the total value of office equipment, with allowance for 
equipment depreciation, which may be in use at any one time in the 
office of a Member or the Resident Commissioner.''

                         Change of Name

    Committee on House Oversight of House of Representatives changed to 
Committee on House Administration of House of Representatives by House 
Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999.


                             Effective Date

    Section 3 of Pub. L. 91-139 provided that: ``This Act [enacting this 
section and provisions set out as notes under this section and sections 
112a to 112d of this title, and repealing sections 112a to 112d of this 
title] shall become effective at the beginning of the first calendar 
month which commences on or after the date of enactment of this Act 
[Dec. 5, 1969].''
