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PUBLIC LAW 91-139-DEC. 5, 1969

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(c) Section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act further supplemental to the various Acts prescribing the mode of obtaining evidence in cases of contested elections", approved March 2, 1875 (2 U.S.C. 203). EFFECTIVE

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SEC. 19. The provisions of, and the repeals made by, this Act shall apply with respect to any general or special election for Representative in, or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress of the United States occurring after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved December 5, 1969.

Public Law 91-139 AN ACT

December 5, 1969

To x>rovide certain equipment for use in the offices of Members, officers, and committees of the House of Representatives, and for other purjwses.

[H.R. 13949]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) at the House of Reprerequest of any Member, officer, or committee of the House of Repre- ^^office^e^quipsentatives, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and with ^ent for Members. the approval of the Committee on House Administration, but subject to the limitations prescribed by this Act, the Clerk of the House shall furnish electrical and mechanical office equipment for use in the office of that Member, Resident Comissioner, officer, or committee. Office equipment so furnished is limited to equipment of those types and categories which the Committee on House Administration shall prescribe. (b) Office equipment furnished under this section shall be registered in the office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives and shall remain the property of the House of Representatives. (c) The cost of office equipment furnished under this section shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives, (d) The Committee on House Administration shall prescribe such regulations as it considers necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. The regulations shall limit, on such basis as the committee considers appropriate, the total value of office equipment, with allowance for equipment depreciation, which may be in use at any one time in the office of a Member or the Resident Commissioner. SEC. 2. (a) The joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution to author- Repeal. ize the Clerk of the House of Representatives to furnish certain electrical or mechanical office equipment for the use of Members, officers, and committees of the House of Representatives", approved March 25, 1953 (2 r. S. C. 112a-112d, inclusive), is repealed. ^ loltlT^o' (b) The repeal by subsection (a) of this section of the joint resolu- Total value of tion of March 25, 1953, does not deprive any Member, officer, or com- equipment. mittee of the House of Representatives, or the Resident Commissioner Determination. from Puerto Rico, of entitlement to the continued possession and use of office equipment furnished, under any provision of that joint resolution, to that Member, officer, committee, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and in use on the effective date of this Act. However, the total value (less allowance for depreciation) of that equipment furnished to a Member or the Resident Commissioner under the first section and section 2 of the joint resolution of March 25, 1953, while in use by that Member or the Resident Commissioner on and after the effective date of this Act shall be taken into account for the

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