90 STAT. 616
31 USC 1020-1.
PUBLIC LAW 94-303—JUNE 1, 1976 October 1 and ending on March 31 and beginning on April 1 and ending on September 30 of each year.". (2) Effective October 1, 1976, any provision of law relating to the Senate which contains a July 1 or June 30 date which is related to the beginning or end of a fiscal year shall be treated as referring to October 1 and September 30, respectively. (c) Section 105(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1965 (40 U.S.C. 162b) is amended by inserting "(1)» after " (b) " and by adding at the end thereof the following: "(2) The report by the Architect of the Capitol under paragraph (1) for the semiannual period beginning on January 1, 1976, shall include the period beginning on July 1, 1976, and ending on September 30, 1976, and such semiannual period shall be treated as closing on September 30, 1976. Thereafter, the report by the Architect of the Capitol under paragraph (1) shall be for the semiannual periods beginning on October 1 and ending on March 31 and beginning on April 1 and ending on September 30 of each year.". HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PAYMENTS TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
For payment to Pauline Patman, widow of Wright Patman, late a Representative from the State of Texas, $44,600. For payment to the estate of William A. Barrett, late a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania, $44,600. CONTINGENT EXPENSES or THE HOUSE SPECIAL AND SELECT COMMITTEES
For an additional amount for "Special and select committees", $1,000,000. REPORTING HEARINGS
For an additional amount for "Reporting hearings", $400,000. For an additional amount for 'Reporting hearings" for the period July 1, 1976, through September 30, 1976, $250,000. JOINT ITEMS CONTINGENT EXPENSES or THE SENATE JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING
44 USC 103 note. '*
2 USC 72a.
For an additional amount for "Joint Committee on Printing", $300,000, to remain available until December 31, 1976: Provided, That, effective May 1, 1976, the Joint Committee is authorized (1) to procure the temporary or intermittent services of individual consultants, or organizations thereof, in the same manner and under the same conditions as a standing committee of the Senate may procure such services under subsection (i) of section 202 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended, and (2) with the prior consent of the agency concerned, to use on a reimbursable basis the services of personnel, information, and facilities of any such agency: Provided further, That, prior to the employment of any consultants or the procurement of services by contract relative to any review and analysis
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