                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
Sec. 68e. Advance payments by Secretary of Senate


(a) Authorization

    For fiscal year 1998, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary 
of the Senate is authorized to make advance payments under a contract or 
other agreement to provide a service or deliver an article for the 
United States Government without regard to the provisions of section 
3324 of title 31.

(b) Regulations

    An advance payment authorized by subsection (a) of this section 
shall be made in accordance with regulations issued by the Committee on 
Rules and Administration of the Senate.

(c) Effective date

    The authority granted by subsection (a) of this section shall not 
take effect until regulations are issued pursuant to subsection (b) of 
this section.

(Pub. L. 105-55, title I, Sec. 1, Oct. 7, 1997, 111 Stat. 1179.)

                          Codification

    Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 
1998, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1998.
