1997 US Code
Title 40 - PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
CHAPTER 16 - GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 756b - Periodic reimbursement for cost of equipment purchased for Congressional use; computation

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator of General Services is authorized to accept periodic reimbursement from the Senate and from the House of Representatives for the cost of any equipment purchased for the Senate or the House of Representatives, respectively, with funds from the General Supply Fund established under section 756 of this title. The amount of each such periodic reimbursement shall be computed by amortizing the total cost of each item of equipment over the useful life of the equipment, as determined by the Administrator, in consultation with the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as appropriate.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section applies to reimbursements to the General Supply Fund for any equipment purchased for the Senate or the House of Representatives before, on, or after October 18, 1986.

(Pub. L. 99–500, §151, Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–352, and Pub. L. 99–591, §151, Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–355; Pub. L. 100–202, §101(i) [title I, §4], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–290, 1329–294; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, §221(15), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1750.)

Pub. L. 99–591 is a corrected version of Pub. L. 99–500.

Section was enacted as part of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1988, and not as part of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, part of which comprises this chapter.

1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “Chief Administrative Officer” for “Clerk”.

1987—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–202 struck out “during fiscal year 1987” after “is authorized” in first sentence.