The Ninety-eighth Congress, referred to in subsec. (a), convened on Jan. 3, 1983.

Section was formerly classified to section 88b–5 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Section is based on House Resolution No. 64, Ninety-eighth Congress, Feb. 8, 1983, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 98–51.

Sections 1 to 4 of House Resolution No. 64 have been redesignated subsecs. (a) to (d) of this section, respectively, for purposes of codification.

1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(38)(A), (B), substituted “Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives” for “Clerk” in first sentence and “Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as determined by the Clerk of the House of Representatives,” for “Clerk” in second sentence.

Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(38)(C), (D), redesignated subsec. (d) as (c) and struck out former subsec. (c) which read as follows: “As used in this section, the term ‘Clerk’ means the Clerk of the House of Representatives.”