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PUBLIC LAW 92-136-OCT. 11, 1971

Congress ending at noon on January 3 of such year. "(c) The preceding provisions of this section do not apply to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations, House Administration, Kules, and Standards of Official Conduct of the House.". SEC. 2. Title I of the table of contents of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 813) is amended by striking out—

Exception.

"Sec. 136. Legislative review by Senate standing committees."

and inserting in lieu thereof— "Sec. 136. Legislative review by standing committees of the Senate and House of Representatives.". SEC. 3. (a) The fifth sentence of section 133(g) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 LLS.C. 190a(g)) is.amended to read as follows: "Each such supplemental authorization resolution shall include a specification of the amount of all supplemental funds sought by that committee for expenditure by all subcommittees thereof under such resolution and the amount so sought for each such subcommittee. Each such supplemental authorization resolution shall amend the annual authorization resolution of such committee for that year unless the committee offered no annual authorization resolution for that year, in which case the committee's supplemental authorization resolution shall not be an amendment to any other resolution and any subsequent supplemental authorization resolution of such committee for the same year shall amend the first such resolution ofi'ered by the committee for that year. Each such supplemental resolution reported by such committee shall be accompanied by a report to the Senate specifying with particularity the purpose for which such authorization is sought and the reason why such authorization could not have been sought at the time of, or within the period provided for, the submission by such committee of an annual authorization resolution for that year." (b) Section 133(g) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 190a (g)) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "This subsection shall not apply to any resolution requesting funds in addition to the amount specified in such section 134(a) and which are to be expended only for the same purposes for which such amount may be expended." (c) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) of this section are enacted by the Senate as an exercise of its rulemaking power, and such amendments are deemed a part of the Standing Rules of the Senate, superseding other individual rules of the Senate only to the extent that such amendments are inconsistent with those other individual Senate rules, subject to and with full recognition of the power of the Senate to enact or change any rule of the Senate at any time in its exercise of its constitutional right to determine the rules of its proceedings. SEC. 4. (a) The Secretary of the Senate shall, upon the written request of any individual whose compensation is disbursed by the Secretary, pay such compensation by sending a check to a financial organization designated by that individual and drawn in favor of such organization and by specifying the individual to whose account (including an account providing for the purchase of shares) the payment is to be credited. No reimbursement shall be required for the sending of any such check. (b) If more than one individual making a request under subsection (a) of this section designates the same financial organization, the Secretary maj?^ pay such compensation by sending to the organization a check that is drawn in favor of the organization for the total amount designated by those individuals and by specifying the amount to be

Supplemental authorization resolution. 84 Stat. 1149.

Report to Senate.

Exception.

60 Stat. 8 3 1. 2 USC 190b.

Salary d e p o s i t in financial organizations.

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