Ill STAT. 1284 PUBLIC LAW 105-61—OCT. 10, 1997 Department of the Treasury Inspector General concerning testimony provided to Congress: Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay an individual in full upon submission by the individual of documentation verifying the attorney fees and costs: Provided further, That the liability of the United States shall not be inferred from enactment of or payment under this provision: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall not pay any claim filed under this section that is filed later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That payment under this provision, when accepted, shall be in full satisfaction of all claims of, or on behalf of, the individual Secret Service agents who were the subjects of said investigation. 31 USC 301 note. SEC. 116. (a)(1) Effective beginning on the date determined under paragraph (2), the compensation and other emoluments attached to the Office of Secretary of the Treasury shall be those that would then apply if Public Law 103-2 (107 Stat. 4; 31 U.S.C. 301 note) had never been enacted. Effective date. (2) Paragraph (1) shall become effective on the later of— (A) the day after the date on which the individual holding the Office of Secretary of the Treasury on January 1, 1997, ceases to hold that office; or (B) the date of the enactment of this Act. (3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to affect the compensation or emoluments due to any individual in connection with any period preceding the date determined under paragraph (2). (b) Subsection (b) of the first section of the public law referred to in subsection (a)(1) of this section shall not apply in the case of any appointment the consent of the Senate to which occurs on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) This section shall not be limited (for purposes of determining whether a provision of this section applies or continues to apply) to fiscal year 1998. SEC. 117. (a) REQUIREMENT OF ADVANCE SUBMISSION OF TREASURY TESTIMONY. — During the fiscal year covered by this Act, any officer or employee of the Department of the Treasury who is scheduled to testify before the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives or the Senate, or any of its subcommittees, shall, not less than 7 calendar days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal legal public holidays) preceding the scheduled date of the testimony, submit to the committee or subcommittee— (1) a written statement of the testimony to be presented, regardless of whether such statement is to be submitted for inclusion in the record of the hearing; and (2) any other written information to be submitted for inclusion in the record of the hearing. (b) LIMITATION ON TREASURY CLEARANCE PROCESS. — None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for any clearance process within the Department of the Treasury that could cause a submission beyond the specified time, as officially transmitted by the committee, of— (1) any corrections to the transcript copy of testimony given before the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives or the Senate, or any of its subcommittees; or
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