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PUBLIC LAW 93-371-AUG 13, 1974 STATIONERY

(REVOLVING

427

FUND)

For stationery for the President of the Senate, $3,600, and for committees and officers of the Senate, $21,850; in all, $25,450. ADMINISTRATIVE

PROVISIONS

1. The paragraph under the heading "Administrative Provision" in chapter IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C. 64b) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "In the event that the Secretary of the Senate is absent or is to be absent for reasons other than disability (as provided in this paragraph), and makes a written designation that he is or will be so absent, the Assistant Secretary shall act during such absence as the Secretary in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the office in all matters, except those matters relating to the Secretary's duties as such disbursing officer. The designation may be revoked in writing at any time by the Secretary, and is revoked whenever the Secretary making the designation dies, resigns, or is considered disabled in accordance with this paragraph." 2. (a) Whenever— ^ ^ tax'Tithho°din (1) the law of any State provides for the collection of an income Ind'r'^mittanceT tax by imposing upon employers generally the duty of withhold- 2 USC 60c-3. ing sums from the compensation of employees and remitting such sums to the authorities of such State; and (2) such duty to withhold is imposed generally with respect to the compensation of employees who are residents of such State; then the Secretary of the Senate is authorized, in accordance with the provisions of this section, to enter into an agreement with the appropriate official of that State to provide for the withholding and remittance of sums for individuals— (A) whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary; and (B) who request the Secretary to make such'withholdings for remittance to that State, (b) Any agreement entered into under subsection (a) of this section shall not require the Secretary to remit such sums more often than once each calendar quarter. (c)(1) An individual whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary may request the Secretary to withhold sums from his pay for remittance to the appropriate authorities of the State that he designates. Amounts of withholdings shall be made in accordance with those provisions of the law of that State which apply generally to withholding by employers. (2) An individual may have in effect at any time only one request for withholdings, and he may not have more than two such requests in effect with respect to different States during any one calendar year. The request for withholdings is effective on the first day of the first month commencing after the day on which the request is received in the Disbursing Office of the Senate, except that— (A) when the Secretary first enters into an agreement with a State, a request for withholdings shall be effective on such date as the Secretary may determine; and (B) when an individual first receives an appointment, the request shall be effective on the day of appointment, if the individual makes the request at the time of appointment. (3) An individual may change the State designated by him for the purposes of having withholdings made and request that the withholdings be remitted m accordance with such change, and he may also revoke his request for withholdings. Any change in the State designated

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