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 101 STAT. 1329-309 ,,

PUBLIC LAW 100-202—DEC. 22, 1987

(1) the term "agency of the legislative branch" means, the office of the Architect of the Capitol, the Botanic Garden, the • General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office, the q, Library of Congress, the Office of Technology Assessment, and the Congressional Budget Office; and (2) the term "telecommunications system" means an electronic system for voice, data, or image communication, including any associated cable and switching equipment. 2 USC 907 note. SEC. 306. Hereafter, for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-177), as amended, the term "program, project, and activity" shall be synonymous with each appropriation account in this Act, except that the accounts under the general heading "House of Representatives" shall be considered one appropriation account and one "program, project, and activity", and the accounts under the general heading "Senate" shall be considered one appropriation account and one "program, project, and activity". 4 USC 105 note. SEC. 307. (a) Notwithstanding section 105 of title 4, United States Code, or any other provision of law, no person shall be required to pay, collect, or account for any sales, use, or similar excise tax, or any personal property tax, with respect to an essential support activity or function conducted by a nongovernmental person in the Capitol, the House Office Buildings, the Senate Office Buildings, the Capitol Grounds, or any other location under the control of the Congress in the District of Columbia. O> As used in this section— t) (1) the term "essential support activity or function" means a support activity or function so designated by the Committee on ' House Administration of the House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, acting jointly or separately, as appropriate; (2) the term "personal property tax" means a tax of a State, a subdivision of a State, or any other authority of a State, that is levied on, levied with respect to, or measured by, the value of personal property; . f t x; o %. (3) the term "sales, use, or similar excise tax" means a tax of a State, a subdivision of a State, or any other authority of a State, that is levied on, levied with respect to, or measured*by, sales, receipts from sales, or purchases, or by storage, possesV sion, or use of personal property; and (4) the term "State" means a State of the United States, the
 * )District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United

States. (c) This section shall apply to any sale, receipt, purchase, storage, possession, use, or valuation taking place after December 31, 1986. 40 USC I66b-3a. SEC. 308. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the pay for positions described in subsection 0)) shall be the amounts sptecified for such positions in appropriations Acts. (b) The positions referred to in subsection (a) are: (1) the two positions of assistant referred to in the proviso in the first undesignated paragraph under the center subheadings "OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL" and "SALARIES" in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1971 (40 U.S.C. 164a), and (2) the seven positions provided for in the third and fourth undesignated paragraphs under the center subheadings "OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL" and "SALARIES" in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1960 (40 U.S.C. 166b-3).

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