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 119 STAT. 570

PUBLIC LAW 109–55—AUG. 2, 2005

for the Office of the Chaplain, $161,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,767,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $2,453,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $6,963,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $720,000; for other authorized employees, $161,000; and for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Historian, $405,000. ALLOWANCES

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For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or law, $223,124,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, $4,179,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000; Government contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee benefits, $214,422,000; supplies, materials, and other costs relating to the House portion of expenses for the Capitol Visitor Center, $3,410,000, to remain available until expended; and miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, $703,000. CHILD CARE CENTER For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2112), subject to the level specified in the budget of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION SEC. 101. (a) REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND EXPENSES— MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2006. Any amount remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for fiscal year 2006 shall be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. (c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. JOINT ITEMS For Joint Committees, as follows:

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