 
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
Sec. 117b-2. Transfer of excess or surplus educationally useful 
        equipment to public schools
        

(a) Authorization

    The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate may directly, or 
through the General Services Administration, transfer title to excess or 
surplus educationally useful equipment to a public school. Any such 
transfer shall be completed at the lowest possible cost to the public 
school and the Senate.

(b) Regulations

    The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate shall 
prescribe regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.

(c) Deposit of receipts

    Receipts from reimbursements for the costs of transfer of excess or 
surplus educationally useful equipment under this section,\1\ shall be 
deposited in the United States Treasury for credit to the account for 
the ``Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate'' within the 
contingent fund of the Senate.
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(d) Definitions

    For the purposes of this section:
        (1) The term ``public school'' means a public elementary or 
    secondary school as such terms are defined in section 8801 of title 
    20.
        (2) The term ``educationally useful equipment'' means computers 
    and related peripheral tools, including printers, modems, routers, 
    servers, computer keyboards, scanners, and other telecommunications 
    and research equipment, that are appropriate for use in public 
    school education.

(e) Effective date

    This section shall take effect beginning with fiscal year 1997 and 
shall be effective each fiscal year thereafter.

(Pub. L. 104-197, title I, Sec. 5, Sept. 16, 1996, 110 Stat. 2397.)

                          Codification

    Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 
1997, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1997.
