Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 85.djvu/665

 85 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 92-184-DEC. 15, 1971

ment for rentals due shall not exceed $300 multiplied by the number of such months (or fractions thereof), except that nothing in this sentence shall preclude the payment of rentals at the beginning of the month for which they are due. In the case of the death of any Senator, the chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration may certify for such deceased Senator for any portion of such sum already obligated but not certified to at the time of such Senator's death, and for any additional amount which may be reasonably needed for the purpose of closing such deceased Senator's State office, for payment to the person or persons designated as entitled to such payment by such chairman. The proviso relating to strictly official telephone service charges incurred by Senators outside the District of Columbia appearing in the first paragraph of chapter VIII of the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1967 (2 U.S.C. 46d-3), is repealed, and the paragraphs relating to the securing of office space for Senators in post office or other Federal buildings m their States and to the payment of official office expenses incurred by Senators in their States appearing under the heading "Senate"' in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1957, as amended (2 L'.S.C. 52, 53), are repealed. The preceding seven sentences and the proviso preceding such sentences are elective January 1, 1972. STATIONERY

635

Repeals. ^i Stat. 38.

^9 Stat. 857. 33 stat*. 342*. Effective date.

(REVOLVIXG T U X D)

For an additional amount for "Stationery (Revolving F u n d) ", $17,400: Provided, That effective with the fiscal year 1972 and thereafter, the annual allowance for stationery for the President of the Senate shall be $3,600, and such allowance for each Senator shall be as follows: $3,600 if the population of his State is less than 3,000,000; $3,800 if such population is 3,000,000 but less than 5,000,000; $1,000 if such population is 5,000,000 but less than 9,000,000; $1,200 if such population is 9,000,000 but less than 11,000,000; $4,500 if such population is 11,000,000 but less than 13,000,000; $4,800 if such population is 13,000,000 but less than 17,000,000; $5,000 if such population is 17,000,000 or more. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

In the event of the death, resignation, or disability of the Secretary of the Senate, the Assistant Secretary of the Senate shall act as Secretary in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of that office in all matters, except those matters relating to the Secretary's duties as disbursing officer of the Senate, until such time as a new Secretary shall have been elected and qualified or such disability shall have been ended. For purposes of this paragraph and the last full paragraph under the heading " S E X A T E " in the First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1936 (44 Stat. 162; 2 U.S.C. 64a), the Secretary of the Senate shall be conside red as disabled only during such period of time as the Majority and Minority Leaders and the President pro tempore of the Senate certify jointly to the Senate that the Secretary is unable to perform his duties. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES For payment to Xora M. Watts, widow of John C. "VVatts, late a Representative from the State of Kentucky, $42,500. For payment to Robert D. Fulton, brother, and Fredonia Fulton Gephart, Emilie Fulton Thomas, and Elizabeth Fulton Krivobok, sisters, of James G. Fulton, late a Representative from the State of Pennsylvania, $12,500, one-quarter to each.

84 Stat. 810,.

�