                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
Sec. 74a-9. Appointment of consultants by Speaker, Majority 
        Leader, and Minority Leader of House; compensation
        
    (a) The Speaker, Majority Leader, and Minority Leader of the House 
of Representatives are each authorized to appoint and fix the 
compensation of one consultant, on a temporary or intermittent basis, at 
a daily rate of compensation not in excess of the per diem equivalent of 
the highest gross rate of annual compensation which may be paid to 
employees of a standing committee of the House.
    (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 1999 and 
each succeeding fiscal year.

(Pub. L. 105-275, title I, Sec. 107, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2439.)

                          Codification

    Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 
1999, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1999.
