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PUBLIC LAW 93-462-OCT. 20, 1974

[88 STAT.

Public Law 93-462 October 20. 1974

[H. R. 9075]

Members of Congress. District office equipment, purchase.

2 USC 5S a.

•Member." 'District."

2 USC 59b.

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ACT

To authorize the disposition of certain office equipment and furnishings, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Member may purchase, upon leaving office or otherwise ceasing to be a Member (except by expulsion), any item or items of office equipment or office furnishings provided by the General Services Administration and then currently located and in use in an office of such Member in the district then represented by such Member, (b) Each purchase of equipment or furnishings under subsection (a) of this section shall be— (1) in accordance with regulations which shall be prescribed by the Committee on House Administration, after consultation with the General Services Administration; and (2) at a price equal to the acquisition cost to the Federal Government of the equipment or furnishings so purchased, less allowance for depreciation determined under such regulations, but in no instance less than the fair market value of such items. (c) Amounts received by the Federal Government from the sale of items of office equipment or office furnishings under this section shall be remitted to the General Services Administration and credited to the appropriate account or accounts. (d) For the purposes of this section— (1) "Member" means a Member of, Delegate to, or Resident Commissioner in, the House of Representatives; and (2) "district" means a congressional district, the District of Columbia (with respect to any office of the Delegate from the District of Columbia situated at any place in the District other than at the United States Capitol), the Virgin Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and, in the case of a Rapresentativc at Large, a State. SEC. 2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a United States Senator may purchase, upon leaving office or otherwise ceasing to be a Senator (except by expulsion), any item or items of office equipment or office furnishings provided by the General Services Administration and then currently located and in use in an office of such Senator in the State then represented by such Senator. (b) A t the request of any United States Senator, the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate shall arrange for and make the purchase of equipment and furnishings under subsection (a) of this section on behalf of such Senator. Each such purchase shall be— (1) in accordance with regulations which shall be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, after consultation with the General Services Administration; and (2) at a price equal to the acquisition cost to the Federal Government of the equipment or furnishings so purchased, less allowance for depreciation determined under such regulations, but in no instance less than the fair market value of such items. (c) Amounts received by the Federal Government from the sale of items of office equipment or office furnishings under this section shall be remitted to the General Services Administration and credited to the appropriate account or accounts. Approved October 20, 1974.

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