§54 . United States Code Annotated or Federal Code Annotated; procurement for House Members
(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall procure for and furnish to each Member of the House of Representatives and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, either one complete set of the current volumes of the United States Code Annotated, and the current pocket parts thereof, published by the West Publishing Company, Saint Paul, Minnesota, and the Edward Thompson Company, Mineola, New York, or one complete set of the current volumes of the Federal Code Annotated, and the current pocket parts thereof, published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company, Incorporated, a subsidiary of Howard W. Sams and Company, Incorporated, Indianapolis, Indiana, and New York, New York, as such Member or Resident Commissioner may elect, upon his written application to the Clerk containing his certification that the volumes and pocket parts thereof for which he applies are intended for his personal use exclusively. The complete set of the volumes and pocket parts thereof for which the Member or Resident Commissioner applies shall be furnished on a current basis for the continuous period of his service as Member or Resident Commissioner beginning immediately after his application therefor, irrespective of the number of his terms of office covered by such period of service, and his selection of the set of such volumes and pocket parts may not be changed during such period of service. A Member and the Resident Commissioner is entitled to apply for and receive a set of volumes and pocket parts under this authorization after each break in his service as Member or Resident Commissioner.
(b) A Member or the Resident Commissioner is not entitled, for the continuous period of his service described in subsection (a) of this section, to more than one copy of each of the current volumes, and the current pocket parts thereof, for which he applies under this authorization or, after the close of the Ninetieth Congress, to receive a set of volumes and pocket parts under this authorization and a set of the Code of Laws of the United States, and supplements thereto, under section 212 of title 1.
(c) Until otherwise provided by law, there shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives such sums as may be necessary to carry out this authorization.
(d) The Committee on House Administration is authorized to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this authorization.
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References in Text
The United States Code Annotated, referred to in subsec. (a), is published by the West Publishing Company of St. Paul, Minnesota.
The Federal Code Annotated, referred to in subsec. (a), is no longer being published. A successor publication, the United States Code Service, is published by Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, a division of Thomson Legal Publishing Inc.
Codification
Section is based on House Resolution No. 506, Ninetieth Congress, Aug. 21, 1967, which was enacted into permanent law by
Change of Name
Committee on House Administration of House of Representatives changed to Committee on House Oversight of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Jan. 4, 1995.
Transfer of Functions
Certain functions of Clerk of House of Representatives transferred to Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services by section 7 of House Resolution No. 423, One Hundred Second Congress, Apr. 9, 1992. Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services replaced by Chief Administrative Officer of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Jan. 4, 1995.
Cross References
Adjustment of allowances by Committee on House Administration, see section 57 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 25b of this title.