Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 97.djvu/369

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PUBLIC LAW 98-63—JULY 30, 1983 97 STAT. 337 (c) The provisions of subsection (a) shall take effect on the first day of the first applicable pay period commencing on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 905. The annual rate of compensation for any individual employed under the provisions of H. Res. 690, Eighty-ninth Congress (enacted into permanent law by Public Law 89-545), shall not exceed the annual rate of basic pay of level V of the Executive Schedule of section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. SEC. 906. Section 101(e) of Public Law 97-276 is amended by inserting the following before the paragraph relating to the Congres- sional Budget Office: "Funds appropriated under the heading 'JOINT ITEMS', 'OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN' shall include an allowance of $600 per month for a Senior Medical Officer while on duty in the Attending Physician's Office;". SEC. 907. None of the funds in this Act or any other Act for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1983, shall be available for any Office of Technology Assessment activity not initiated and approved in accordance with section 3(d) of Public Law 92-484, except that funds shall be available for the assessment required by Public Law 96-151. SEC. 908. (a) For the purposes of this section— (1) "charitable organization" means an organization described in section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; (2) "honorarium" means a payment of money or anything of value to a Member for an appearance, speech, or article, by the Member; but there shall not be taken into account for the purposes of this section any actual and necessary travel expenses, incurred by the Member, and spouse or an aide to the extent that such expenses are paid or reimbursed by any other person, and the amount otherwise determined shall be reduced by the amount of any such expenses to the extent that such expenses are not paid or reimbursed; (3) "Member" means a United States Senator, a Member of the House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Repre- sentatives, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; and (4) "travel expenses" means with respect to a Member, and spouse or an aide, the cost of transportation, and the cost of lodging and meals while away from his or her residence or the metropolitan area of Washington, District of Columbia. (b)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as pro- vided in paragraph (2), on and after January 1, 1984, a Member shall not accept honoraria which are attributable to any calendar year and total more than the amount that is equal to 30 percent of the aggregate salary paid to such Member for service as a Member during such calendar year. (2) An individual who becomes a Member on a date after the first day of a calendar year shall not accept honoraria which are attribut- able to the remaining portion of that calendar year on and after the date such individual becomes a Member and total more than the amount that is equal to 30 percent of the aggregate salary paid to the Member for service as a Member during such calendar year. (3) For the purposes of this subsection, an honorarium shall be attributable to the period or calendar year in which payment is received. Effective date. 2 USC 136a-2 note. 96 Stat. 1186. 2 USC 472. 38 USC 101 note. Definitions. 2use 31-1. 96 Stat. 570. 26 USC 170.