                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
            CHAPTER 3--COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS
 
Sec. 57b. Representational allowance for Members of House of 
        Representatives
        

(a) In general

    There is established for the House of Representatives a single 
allowance, to be known as the ``Members' Representational Allowance'', 
which shall be available to support the conduct of the official and 
representational duties of a Member of the House of Representatives with 
respect to the district from which the Member is elected.

(b) Merger

    The Clerk Hire Allowance, the Official Expenses Allowance, and the 
Official Mail Allowance, as in effect on the day before September 1, 
1995, are merged into the Members' Representational Allowance.

(c) ``Member of the House of Representatives'' defined

    As used in this section, the term ``Member of the House of 
Representatives'' means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to, the Congress.

(d) Regulations

    The Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives 
shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

(e) Effective date

    This section shall take effect on September 1, 1995 and shall apply 
with respect to official and representational duties carried out on or 
after that date.

(Pub. L. 104-186, title I, Sec. 101, Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1719.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 57b, Pub. L. 104-53, title III, Sec. 314, Nov. 19, 
1995, 109 Stat. 538, provided that, effective Sept. 1, 1995, Committee 
on House Oversight of House of Representatives had authority to combine 
House of Representatives Clerk Hire Allowance, Official Expenses 
Allowance, and Official Mail Allowance into single allowance, to be 
known as the ``Members' Representational Allowance'' and to prescribe 
regulations relating to allocations, expenditures, and other matters 
with respect to Members' Representational Allowance.

                         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.
