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2 U.S.C. § 5548 — Payments to ensure continuing availability of goods and services during the coronavirus emergency
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**(a) Authorization to make payments** Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to subsection (b), during an emergency situation, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives may make payments under contracts with vendors providing goods and services to the House in amounts and under terms and conditions other than those provided under the contract in order to ensure that those goods and services remain available to the House throughout the duration of the emergency.
**(b) Conditions**
(1) **Approval required** — The Chief Administrative Officer may not make payments under the authority of subsection (a) without the approval of the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives.
(2) **Availability of appropriations** — The authority of the Chief Administrative Officer to make payments under the authority of subsection (a) is subject to the availability of appropriations to make such payments.
**(c) Applicability** This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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**(a) Authorization to make payments** Notwithstanding any other provision of law and subject to subsection (b), during an emergency situation, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives may make payments under contracts with vendors providing goods and services to the House in amounts and under terms and conditions other than those provided under the contract in order to ensure that those goods and services remain available to the House throughout the duration of the emergency.
**(b) Conditions**
(1) **Approval required** — The Chief Administrative Officer may not make payments under the authority of subsection (a) without the approval of the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives.
(2) **Availability of appropriations** — The authority of the Chief Administrative Officer to make payments under the authority of subsection (a) is subject to the availability of appropriations to make such payments.
**(c) Applicability** This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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**(a) Election of coverage; creditable service; qualification for survivor annuities and disability benefits; contributions to thrift savings plan; certification concerning creditable service**
(1) This subsection shall apply to any individual who—
(A) is employed by the Library of Congress Child Development Center (known as the “Little Scholars Child Development Center”, in this section referred to as the “Center”) established under section 205(g)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991; and
(B) makes an election to be covered by this subsection with the Librarian of Congress, not later than the later of—
(i) 60 days after December 21, 2000; or
(ii) 60 days after the date the individual begins such employment.
(2)
(A) Any individual described under paragraph (1) may be credited, under [section 8411 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8411&num=0&edition=prelim) for service as an employee of the Center before December 21, 2000, if such employee makes a payment of the deposit under section 8411(f)(2) of such title without application of section 8411(b)(3) of such title.
(B) An individual described under paragraph (1) shall be credited under [section 8411 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8411&num=0&edition=prelim) for any service as an employee of the Center on or after December 21, 2000, if such employee has such amounts deducted and withheld from his pay as determined by the Office of Personnel Management which would be deducted and withheld from the basic pay of an employee under [section 8422 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section8422&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) Notwithstanding an
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TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
§ 5547
a memorandum of understanding under which
the agency may provide facilities, equipment,
supplies, personnel, and other support services
for the use of the House of Representatives
during an emergency situation; and
(2) the Chief Administrative Officer and the
head of the agency may take any action nec-
essary to carry out the terms of the memo-
randum of understanding.
(b) Approval of Speaker required
The Chief Administrative Officer of the House
of Representatives may not enter into a memo-
randum of understanding described in sub-
section (a)(1) without the approval of the Speak-
er of the House of Representatives.
(c) Applicability
This section shall apply with respect to fiscal
year 2002 and each succeeding fiscal year.
(Pub. L. 107–117, div. B, § 904, Jan. 10, 2002, 115
Stat. 2318.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 130h of this
title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering
as this section.
Section is from the Emergency Supplemental Act,
2002, which is div. B of the Department of Defense and
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery
from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United
States Act, 2002.
§ 5547. Emergency expenditures for meals, re-
freshments, and other support and mainte-
nance
(a) At any time on or after February 20, 2003,
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of
Representatives may incur obligations and
make expenditures out of available appropria-
tions for meals, refreshments, and other support
and maintenance for Members, officers, and em-
ployees of the House of Representatives when, in
the judgment of the Chief Administrative Offi-
cer, such obligations and expenditures are nec-
essary to respond to emergencie
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