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[CITE: 31USC734]

 
                       TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE
 
                           SUBTITLE I--GENERAL
 
                  CHAPTER 7--GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
 
                        SUBCHAPTER III--PERSONNEL
 
Sec. 734. Assignments and details to Congress

    The Comptroller General may assign or detail an officer or employee 
of the General Accounting Office to full-time continuous duty with a 
committee of Congress for not more than one year.

(Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 899; Pub. L. 98-367, title I, 
Sec. 8, July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 475.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised Section                   Source (U.S. Code)                
Source (Statutes at Large)
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734(a)...............................  31:1175(a).                     Oct. 26,
 1970, Pub. L. 91-510, Sec.
                                                                        235(a),
 84 Stat. 1171.
734(b)...............................  31:1175(c).                     Oct. 26,
 1970, Pub. L. 91-510, 84 Stat.
                                                                        1140, S
ec.  235(c); added Oct. 11, 1971,
                                                                        Pub. L.
 92-136, Sec.  8, 85 Stat. 378.
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    In the section, the words ``officer or'' are added for consistency 
in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.
    In subsection (a), the words ``Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law'' are omitted as surplus. The word ``continuous'' is substituted 
for ``on a continuing basis'' to eliminate unnecessary words. The words 
``committee of Congress'' are substituted for ``committee of the Senate 
or House of Representatives or with any joint committee of Congress'' 
for consistency and to eliminate unnecessary words. The words ``any 
period of'' are omitted as surplus.
    In subsection (b), the words ``Comptroller General'' are substituted 
for ``General Accounting Office'' for consistency. The word ``pay'' is 
substituted for ``salary'' for consistency in the revised title and with 
other titles of the Code.


                               Amendments

    1984--Pub. L. 98-367 struck out designation of provisions as ``(a)'' 
and struck out subsec. (b) which read as follows: ``A committee of the 
Senate or a joint committee of Congress for which the Secretary of the 
Senate disburses amounts shall reimburse the Comptroller General for the 
pay of each officer or employee of the Office for the time the officer 
or employee is assigned or detailed to the committee or joint 
committee.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 719 of this title.
