                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
   CHAPTER 10--CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
Sec. 300. Establishment of positions; payment from applicable 
        accounts
        
    The committee may authorize the establishment of additional 
positions of the kind to which this chapter applies, on a permanent 
basis or on a temporary basis of not to exceed six months' duration, 
whenever, in the judgment of the committee, such action is warranted in 
the interests of the orderly and efficient operation of the House of 
Representatives. The compensation of each such position may be paid out 
of the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives until 
otherwise provided by law. An additional position of the kind to which 
this chapter applies shall not be established without authorization of 
the committee.

(Pub. L. 88-652, Sec. 11, Oct. 13, 1964, 78 Stat. 1083; Pub. L. 104-186, 
title II, Sec. 209(3), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1743.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-186 substituted ``applicable accounts'' for 
``contingent fund''.
