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 PUBLIC LAW 100-398-AUG. 17, 1988

102 STAT. 985

Public Law 100-398 100th Congress An Act To amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to provide for a more orderly transfer of executive power in connection with the expiration of the term of office of a President.

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Presidential SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the "Presidential Transitions Effectiveness Act".

Transitions Effectiveness Act

3 ugc 102 note.

SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION AUTHORIZATIONS.

(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 5 of the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note) is amended— (1) by redesignating such section as section 6; (2) by inserting before such section the following heading: "AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS";

(3) by inserting "(a)" after the section designation; (4) in paragraph (1), by striking out "$2,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$3,500,000"; (5) in paragraph (2), by striking out "$1,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,500,000"; (6) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the period at the end thereof the following: ", except that any amount appropriated pursuant to this paragraph in excess of $1,250,000 shall be returned to the general fund of the Treasury in the Case where the former Vice President is the incumbent President"; and (7) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(b) The amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a) shall be increased by an inflation adjusted amount, based on increases in the cost of transition services and expenses which have occurred in the years following the most recent Presidential transition, and shall be included in the proposed appropriation transmitted by the President under the last sentence of subsection (a).". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection (a) of 3 USC 102 note, this section shall be effective upon enactment, except that the amendment made by paragraph (7) of such subsection shall take effect on October 1, 1989. SEC. 3. PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION FINANCING AND PERSONNEL.

The Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note) is further amended by inserting after section 4 the following new section:

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