110 STAT. 1732 PUBLIC LAW 104-186—AUG. 20, 1996 (13) The last undesignated paragraph under the center heading "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" and the center subheading "CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE" in the first section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1948 (2 U.S.C. 72c) is repealed. (14) The first section of House Resolution 487, Eighty- seventh Congress, agreed to January 10, 1962, as enacted into permanent law by section 103 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1963 (2 U.S.C. 74-1), is amended by striking out "contingent fund of the House" and inserting in lieu thereof "applicable accounts of the House of Representatives". (15)(A) Subsection (b) of the first section of House Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, as enacted into permanent law by section 115 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 74a-3), is amended by striking out "contingent fund of the House" and inserting in lieu thereof "applicable accounts of the House of Representatives". (B) Section 2 of House Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, as enacted into permanent law by section 115 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 74a- 4), is amended by striking out "contingent fund of the House" and inserting in lieu thereof "applicable accounts of the House of Representatives". (16) Section 112 of the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 74a-5 and 2 U.S.C. 333a) is amended by striking out "sections 74(a)-4 and 333 of title 2, United States Code," and inserting in lieu thereof "section 2 of House Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to March 31, 1977, as enacted into permanent law by section 115 of the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1978, and section 473 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970,". (17) Section 101 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1995 (2 U.S.C. 74a-6) is repealed. (18) Section 244 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 74b) is amended— (A) by striking out "and the Clerk of the House are" and inserting in lieu thereof "is"; and (B) by striking out "their respective jurisdictions" and inserting in lieu thereof "the jurisdiction of the Secretary". (19) Section 7 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1943 (2 U.S.C. 75a) is amended— (A) in the first sentence— (i) by striking out "Clerk of the House of Representatives, the accounts of such Clerk" and inserting in lieu thereof "Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, the accounts of the Chief Administrative Officer"; and (ii) by striking out "new Clerk of the House of Representatives shall have been elected and qualified" and inserting in lieu thereof "new Chief Administrative Officer shall have been appointed"; (B) in the second sentence— (i) by striking out", audited,"; (ii) by striking out "former Clerk of the House of Representatives" and inserting in lieu thereof "former Chief Administrative Officer"; and
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