 
                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
Sec. 117e. Disposal of used or surplus furniture and equipment 
        by Chief Administrative Officer of House; procedure; deposit of 
        receipts
        
    (1) The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives 
may dispose of used equipment of the House of Representatives, by trade-
in or sale, directly or through the General Services Administration. Any 
direct disposal under the preceding sentence shall be in accordance with 
normal business practice and shall be at fair market value. Receipts 
from disposals under the first sentence of this section (together with 
receipts from sale of transcripts, waste paper and other items provided 
by law, and receipts for missing or damaged equipment) shall be 
deposited in the Treasury for credit to the appropriate account under 
the appropriation for ``allowances and expenses'' under the heading 
``Contingent Expenses of the House'', and shall be available for 
expenditure in accordance with applicable law.
    (2) If disposal in accordance with paragraph (1) is not feasible 
because of age, location, condition, or any other relevant factor, the 
Chief Administrative Officer may donate the equipment to the government 
of a State, to a local government, or to an organization that is 
described in section 501(c)(3) of title 26 and exempt from tax under 
section 501(a) of title 26. Except as provided in paragraph (3), a 
donation under this paragraph--
        (A) shall be at no cost to the Government; and
        (B) may be made only if the used equipment has no recoverable 
    value because disposal in accordance with paragraph (1), under the 
    most favorable terms available to the Government, would result in a 
    loss to the Government.

    (3)(A) In the case of computer-related equipment, during fiscal year 
1998 the Chief Administrative Officer may donate directly the equipment 
to a public elementary or secondary school of the District of Columbia 
without regard to whether the donation meets the requirements of the 
second sentence of paragraph (2), except that the total number of 
workstations donated as a result of this paragraph may not exceed 1,000.
    (B) In this paragraph--
        (i) the term ``computer-related equipment'' includes desktops, 
    laptops, printers, file servers, and peripherals which are 
    appropriate for use in public school education;
        (ii) the terms ``public elementary school'' and ``public 
    secondary school'' have the meaning given such terms in section 8801 
    of title 20; and
        (iii) the term ``workstation'' includes desktops and 
    peripherals, file servers and peripherals, laptops and peripherals, 
    printers and peripherals, and workstations and peripherals.

    (C) The Committee on House Oversight shall have authority to issue 
regulations to carry out this paragraph.
    (4) The Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives 
shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this 
subsection.
    (5) As used in this section--
        (A) the term ``State'' means a State of the United States, the 
    District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and a 
    territory or possession of the United States; and
        (B) the term ``used equipment'' means such used or surplus 
    equipment (including furniture and motor vehicles) as the Committee 
    on House Oversight of the House of Representatives may prescribe by 
    regulation.

(Pub. L. 99-500, Sec. 101(j), Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783-287, and 
Pub. L. 99-591, Sec. 101(j), Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341-287; Pub. L. 
100-71, title I, July 11, 1987, 101 Stat. 425; Pub. L. 101-163, title I, 
Sec. 103(a), Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1049; Pub. L. 104-186, title II, 
Sec. 204(63), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1739; Pub. L. 105-55, title I, 
Sec. 106, Oct. 7, 1997, 111 Stat. 1184.)

                          Codification

    Section is based on section 104(a) of title I of H.R. 5203 (see 
House Report 99-805 as filed in the House on Aug. 15, 1986), as 
incorporated by reference in section 101(j) of Pub. L. 99-500 and 99-
591, as amended by Pub. L. 100-71, to be effective as if enacted into 
law.
    Pub. L. 99-591 is a corrected version of Pub. L. 99-500.


                               Amendments

    1997--Par. (2). Pub. L. 105-55, Sec. 106(1), substituted ``Except as 
provided in paragraph (3), a donation'' for ``A donation'' in second 
sentence of introductory provisions.
    Pars. (3) to (5). Pub. L. 105-55, Sec. 106(2), (3), added par. (3) 
and redesignated former pars. (3) and (4) as (4) and (5), respectively.
    1996--Pars. (1), (2). Pub. L. 104-186, Sec. 204(63)(A), substituted 
``Chief Administrative Officer'' for ``Clerk''.
    Pars. (3), (4)(B). Pub. L. 104-186, Sec. 204(63)(B), substituted 
``House Oversight'' for ``House Administration''.
    1989--Par. (1). Pub. L. 101-163, Sec. 103(a)(1), (2), designated 
existing provisions as par. (1) and struck out at end ``As used in this 
section, the term `used equipment' means such used or surplus equipment 
(including furniture and motor vehicles) as the Committee on House 
Administration of the House of Representatives may prescribe by 
regulation.''
    Pars. (2) to (4). Pub. L. 101-163, Sec. 103(a)(3), added pars. (2) 
to (4).

                         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 of 1989 Amendment

    Section 103(c) of Pub. L. 101-163 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] and the repeal made by 
subsection (b) [repealing section 59a of this title] shall take effect 
on October 1, 1989.''


                    Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

    Pub. L. 100-71 provided that the amendment made by Pub. L. 100-71 is 
effective Oct. 18, 1986.


                             Effective Date

    Section 104(c) of title I of H.R. 5203 (see House Report 99-805 as 
filed in the House on Aug. 15, 1986), as incorporated by reference in 
section 101(j) of Pub. L. 99-500 and 99-591, as amended by Pub. L. 100-
71, to be effective as if enacted into law, provided that: ``This 
section and the amendment made by this section [enacting section 117e of 
this title and amending section 84b of this title] shall take effect on 
October 1, 1986.''


                           Similar Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in par. (1) of this section relating to 
disposition of receipts from sales of copies of transcripts were 
contained in former section 84b of this title.
