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 PUBLIC LAW 104-65—DEC. 19, 1995 109 STAT. 703 (1) inform the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives that the registrant has elected to make its estimates under such procedures; and (2) make all such estimates, in a given calendar year, under such procedures. (d) STUDY. — Not later than March 31, 1997, the Comptroller General of the United States shall review reporting by registrants under subsections (a) and (b) and report to the Congress— (1) the differences between the definition of "lobbying activities" in section 3(7) and the definitions of "lobbying expenditures", "influencing legislation", and related terms in sections 162(e) and 4911 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as each are implemented by regulations; (2) the impact that any such differences may have on filing and reporting under this Act pursuant to this subsection; and (3) any changes to this Act or to the appropriate sections of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that the Comptroller General may recommend to harmonize the definitions. SEC. 16. REPEAL OF THE RAMSPECK ACT. (a) REPEAL.— Subsection (c) of section 3304 of title 5, United States Code, is repealed. (b) REDESIGNATION. — Subsection (d) of section 3304 of title 5, United States Code, is redesignated as subsection (c). (c) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The repeal and amendment made by 5 USC 3304 note, this section shall take effect 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 17. EXCEPTED SERVICE AND OTHER EXPERIENCE CONSIDER- ATIONS FOR COMPETITIVE SERVICE APPOINTMENTS. (a) IN GENERAL.— Section 3304 of title 5, United States Code (as amended by section 2 of this Act) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(d) The Office of Personnel Management shall promulgate Regulations. regulations on the manner and extent that experience of an individual in a position other than the competitive service, such as the excepted service (as defined under section 2103) in the legislative or judicial branch, or in any private or nonprofit enterprise, may be considered in making appointments to a position in the competitive service (as defined under section 2102). In promulgating such regulations OPM shall not grant any preference based on the fact of service in the legislative or judicial branch. The regulations shall be consistent with the principles of equitable competition and merit based appointments.". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The amendment made by this section 5 USC 3304 note, shall take effect 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, except the Office of Personnel Management shall— (1) conduct a study on excepted service considerations for competitive service appointments relating to such amendment; and (2) take all necessary actions for the regulations described under such amendment to take effect as final regulations on the effective date of this section. SEC. 18. EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS. 2USei611. An organization described in section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which engages in lobbying activities shall

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