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[H.R. 5683 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.5683

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and eight


                                 An Act


 
 To make certain reforms with respect to the Government Accountability 
                     Office, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Government 
Accountability Office Act of 2008''.
    (b) References.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever 
in this Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment to a 
section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be 
made to a section or other provision of title 31, United States Code.
    (c) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; references; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Provisions relating to future annual pay adjustments.
Sec. 3. Pay adjustment relating to certain previous years.
Sec. 4.  Lump-sum payment for certain performance-based compensation.
Sec. 5. Inspector General.
Sec. 6. Reimbursement of audit costs.
Sec. 7. Financial disclosure requirements.
Sec. 8. Highest basic pay rate.
Sec. 9. Additional authorities.
SEC. 2. PROVISIONS RELATING TO FUTURE ANNUAL PAY ADJUSTMENTS.
    (a) In General.--Section 732 is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(j)(1) For purposes of this subsection--
        ``(A) the term `pay increase', as used with respect to an 
    officer or employee in connection with a year, means the total 
    increase in the rate of basic pay (expressed as a percentage) of 
    such officer or employee, taking effect under section 731(b) and 
    subsection (c)(3) in such year;
        ``(B) the term `required minimum percentage', as used with 
    respect to an officer or employee in connection with a year, means 
    the percentage equal to the total increase in rates of basic pay 
    (expressed as a percentage) taking effect under sections 5303 and 
    5304-5304a of title 5 in such year with respect to General Schedule 
    positions within the pay locality (as defined by section 5302(5) of 
    title 5) in which the position of such officer or employee is 
    located;
        ``(C) the term `covered officer or employee', as used with 
    respect to a pay increase, means any individual--
            ``(i) who is an officer or employee of the Government 
        Accountability Office, other than an officer or employee 
        described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 4(c)(1) 
        of the Government Accountability Office Act of 2008, determined 
        as of the effective date of such pay increase; and
            ``(ii) whose performance is at least at a satisfactory 
        level, as determined by the Comptroller General under the 
        provisions of subsection (c)(3) for purposes of the adjustment 
        taking effect under such provisions in such year; and
        ``(D) the term `nonpermanent merit pay' means any amount 
    payable under section 731(b) which does not constitute basic pay.
    ``(2)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if 
(disregarding this subsection) the pay increase that would otherwise 
take effect with respect to a covered officer or employee in a year 
would be less than the required minimum percentage for such officer or 
employee in such year, the Comptroller General shall provide for a 
further increase in the rate of basic pay of such officer or employee.
    ``(B) The further increase under this subsection--
        ``(i) shall be equal to the amount necessary to make up for the 
    shortfall described in subparagraph (A); and
        ``(ii) shall take effect as of the same date as the pay 
    increase otherwise taking effect in such year.
    ``(C) Nothing in this paragraph shall be considered to permit or 
require that a rate of basic pay be increased to an amount inconsistent 
with the limitation set forth in subsection (c)(2).
    ``(D) If (disregarding this subsection) the covered officer or 
employee would also have received any nonpermanent merit pay in such 
year, such nonpermanent merit pay shall be decreased by an amount equal 
to the portion of such officer's or employee's basic pay for such year 
which is attributable to the further increase described in subparagraph 
(A) (as determined by the Comptroller General), but to not less than 
zero.
    ``(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the 
effective date of any pay increase (within the meaning of paragraph 
(1)(A)) taking effect with respect to a covered officer or employee in 
any year shall be the same as the effective date of any adjustment 
taking effect under section 5303 of title 5 with respect to statutory 
pay systems (as defined by section 5302(1) of title 5) in such year.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
with respect to any pay increase (as defined by such amendment) taking 
effect on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. PAY ADJUSTMENT RELATING TO CERTAIN PREVIOUS YEARS.
    (a) Applicability.--This section applies in the case of any 
individual who, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is an 
officer or employee of the Government Accountability Office, 
excluding--
        (1) an officer or employee described in subparagraph (A), (B), 
    or (C) of section 4(c)(1); and
        (2) an officer or employee who received both a 2.6 percent pay 
    increase in January 2006 and a 2.4 percent pay increase in February 
    2007.
    (b) Pay Increase Defined.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``pay increase'', as used with respect to an officer or employee in 
connection with a year, means the total increase in the rate of basic 
pay (expressed as a percentage) of such officer or employee, taking 
effect under sections 731(b) and 732(c)(3) of title 31, United States 
Code, in such year.
    (c) Prospective Effect.--Effective with respect to pay for service 
performed in any pay period beginning after the end of the 6-month 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act (or such 
earlier date as the Comptroller General may specify), the rate of basic 
pay for each individual to whom this section applies shall be 
determined as if such individual had received both a 2.6 percent pay 
increase for 2006 and a 2.4 percent pay increase for 2007, subject to 
subsection (e).
    (d) Lump-Sum Payment.--Not later than 6 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall, subject to 
the availability of appropriations, pay to each individual to whom this 
section applies a lump-sum payment. Subject to subsection (e), such 
lump-sum payment shall be equal to--
        (1)(A) the total amount of basic pay that would have been paid 
    to the individual, for service performed during the period 
    beginning on the effective date of the pay increase for 2006 and 
    ending on the day before the effective date of the pay adjustment 
    under subsection (c) (or, if earlier, the date on which the 
    individual retires or otherwise ceases to be employed by the 
    Government Accountability Office), if such individual had received 
    both a 2.6 percent pay increase for 2006 and a 2.4 percent pay 
    increase for 2007, minus
        (B) the total amount of basic pay that was in fact paid to the 
    individual for service performed during the period described in 
    subparagraph (A); and
        (2) increased by 4 percent of the amount calculated under 
    paragraph (1).
Eligibility for a lump-sum payment under this subsection shall be 
determined solely on the basis of whether an individual satisfies the 
requirements of subsection (a) (to be considered an individual to whom 
this section applies), and without regard to such individual's 
employment status as of any date following the date of the enactment of 
this Act or any other factor.
    (e) Conditions.--Nothing in subsection (c) or (d) shall be 
considered to permit or require--
        (1) the payment of any rate (or portion of the lump-sum amount 
    as calculated under subsection (d)(1) based on a rate) for any pay 
    period, to the extent that such rate would be (or would have been) 
    inconsistent with the limitation that applies (or that applied) 
    with respect to such pay period under section 732(c)(2) of title 
    31, United States Code; or
        (2) the payment of any rate or amount based on the pay increase 
    for 2006 or 2007 (as the case may be), if--
            (A) the performance of the officer or employee involved was 
        not at a satisfactory level, as determined by the Comptroller 
        General under paragraph (3) of section 732(c) of such title 31 
        for purposes of the adjustment under such paragraph for that 
        year; or
            (B) the individual involved was not an officer or employee 
        of the Government Accountability Office on the date as of which 
        that increase took effect.
As used in paragraph (2)(A), the term ``satisfactory'' includes a 
rating of ``meets expectations'' (within the meaning of the performance 
appraisal system used for purposes of the adjustment under section 
732(c)(3) of such title 31 for the year involved).
    (f) Retirement.--
        (1) In general.--The portion of the lump-sum payment paid under 
    subsection (d) to an officer or employee as calculated under 
    subsection (d)(1) shall, for purposes of any determination of the 
    average pay (as defined by section 8331 or 8401 of title 5, United 
    States Code) which is used to compute an annuity under subchapter 
    III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of such title--
            (A) be treated as basic pay (as defined by section 8331 or 
        8401 of such title); and
            (B) be allocated to the biweekly pay periods covered by 
        subsection (d).
        (2) Contributions to civil service retirement and disability 
    retirement fund.--
            (A) Employee contributions.--The Government Accountability 
        Office shall deduct and withhold from the lump-sum payment paid 
        to each employee under subsection (d) an amount equal to the 
        difference between--
                (i) employee contributions that would have been 
            deducted and withheld from pay under section 8334 or 8422 
            of title 5, United States Code, if the portion of the lump-
            sum payment as calculated under subsection (d)(1) had been 
            additionally paid as basic pay during the period described 
            under subsection (d)(1) of this section; and
                (ii) employee contributions that were actually deducted 
            and withheld from pay under section 8334 or 8422 of title 
            5, United States Code, during that period.
            (B) Agency contributions and payment to the fund.--Not 
        later than 9 months after the Government Accountability Office 
        makes the lump-sum payments under subsection (d), the 
        Government Accountability Office shall pay into the Civil 
        Service Retirement and Disability Fund--
                (i) the amount of each deduction and withholding under 
            subparagraph (A); and
                (ii) an amount for applicable agency contributions 
            under section 8334 or 8423 of title 5, United states Code, 
            based on payments made under clause (i).
    (g) Exclusive Remedy.--This section constitutes the exclusive 
remedy that any individuals to whom this section applies (as described 
in subsection (a)) have for any claim that they are owed any monies 
denied to them in the form of a pay increase for 2006 or 2007 under 
section 732(c)(3) of title 31, United States Code, or any other law. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no court or administrative 
body, including the Government Accountability Office Personnel Appeals 
Board, shall have jurisdiction to entertain any civil action or other 
civil proceeding based on the claim of such individuals that they were 
due money in the form of a pay increase for 2006 or 2007 pursuant to 
such section 732(c)(3) or any other law.
SEC. 4. LUMP-SUM PAYMENT FOR CERTAIN PERFORMANCE-BASED COMPENSATION.
    (a) In General.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall, subject to the 
availability of appropriations, pay to each qualified individual a 
lump-sum payment equal to the amount of performance-based compensation 
such individual was denied for 2006, as determined under subsection 
(b).
    (b) Amount.--The amount payable to a qualified individual under 
this section shall be equal to--
        (1) the total amount of performance-based compensation such 
    individual would have earned for 2006 (determined by applying the 
    Government Accountability Office's performance-based compensation 
    system under GAO Orders 2540.3 and 2540.4, as in effect in 2006) if 
    such individual had not had a salary equal to or greater than the 
    maximum for such individual's band (as further described in 
    subsection (c)(2)), less
        (2) the total amount of performance-based compensation such 
    individual was in fact granted, in January 2006, for that year.
    (c) Qualified Individual.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``qualified individual'' means an individual who--
        (1) as of the date of the enactment of this Act, is an officer 
    or employee of the Government Accountability Office, excluding--
            (A) an individual holding a position subject to section 
        732a or 733 of title 31, United States Code (disregarding 
        section 732a(b) and 733(c) of such title);
            (B) a Federal Wage System employee; and
            (C) an individual participating in a development program 
        under which such individual receives performance appraisals, 
        and is eligible to receive permanent merit pay increases, more 
        than once a year; and
        (2) as of January 22, 2006, was a Band I staff member with a 
    salary above the Band I cap, a Band IIA staff member with a salary 
    above the Band IIA cap, or an administrative professional or 
    support staff member with a salary above the cap for that 
    individual's pay band (determined in accordance with the orders 
    cited in subsection (b)(1)).
    (d) Exclusive Remedy.--This section constitutes the exclusive 
remedy that any officers and employees (as described in subsection (c)) 
have for any claim that they are owed any monies denied to them in the 
form of merit pay for 2006 under section 731(b) of title 31, United 
States Code, or any other law. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no court or administrative body in the United States, including 
the Government Accountability Office Personnel Appeals Board, shall 
have jurisdiction to entertain any civil action or other civil 
proceeding based on the claim of such officers or employees that they 
were due money in the form of merit pay for 2006 pursuant to such 
section 731(b) or any other law.
    (e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
        (1) the term ``performance-based compensation'' has the meaning 
    given such term under the Government Accountability Office's 
    performance-based compensation system under GAO Orders 2540.3 and 
    2540.4, as in effect in 2006; and
        (2) the term ``permanent merit pay increase'' means an increase 
    under section 731(b) of title 31, United States Code, in a rate of 
    basic pay.
SEC. 5. INSPECTOR GENERAL.
    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 7 is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
``Sec. 705. Inspector General for the Government Accountability Office
    ``(a) Establishment of Office.--There is established an Office of 
the Inspector General in the Government Accountability Office, to--
        ``(1) conduct and supervise audits consistent with generally 
    accepted government auditing standards and investigations relating 
    to the Government Accountability Office;
        ``(2) provide leadership and coordination and recommend 
    policies, to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in the 
    Government Accountability Office; and
        ``(3) keep the Comptroller General and Congress fully and 
    currently informed concerning fraud and other serious problems, 
    abuses, and deficiencies relating to the administration of programs 
    and operations of the Government Accountability Office.
    ``(b) Appointment, Supervision, and Removal.--
        ``(1) The Office of the Inspector General shall be headed by an 
    Inspector General, who shall be appointed by the Comptroller 
    General without regard to political affiliation and solely on the 
    basis of integrity and demonstrated ability in accounting, 
    auditing, financial analysis, law, management analysis, public 
    administration, or investigations. The Inspector General shall 
    report to, and be under the general supervision of, the Comptroller 
    General.
        ``(2) The Inspector General may be removed from office by the 
    Comptroller General. The Comptroller General shall, promptly upon 
    such removal, communicate in writing the reasons for any such 
    removal to each House of Congress.
        ``(3) The Inspector General shall be paid at an annual rate of 
    pay equal to $5,000 less than the annual rate of pay of the 
    Comptroller General, and may not receive any cash award or bonus, 
    including any award under chapter 45 of title 5.
    ``(c) Authority of Inspector General.--In addition to the authority 
otherwise provided by this section, the Inspector General, in carrying 
out the provisions of this section, may--
        ``(1) have access to all records, reports, audits, reviews, 
    documents, papers, recommendations, or other material that relate 
    to programs and operations of the Government Accountability Office;
        ``(2) make such investigations and reports relating to the 
    administration of the programs and operations of the Government 
    Accountability Office as are, in the judgment of the Inspector 
    General, necessary or desirable;
        ``(3) request such documents and information as may be 
    necessary for carrying out the duties and responsibilities provided 
    by this section from any Federal agency;
        ``(4) in the performance of the functions assigned by this 
    section, obtain all information, documents, reports, answers, 
    records, accounts, papers, and other data and documentary evidence 
    from a person not in the United States Government or from a Federal 
    agency, to the same extent and in the same manner as the 
    Comptroller General under the authority and procedures available to 
    the Comptroller General in section 716 of this title;
        ``(5) administer to or take from any person an oath, 
    affirmation, or affidavit, whenever necessary in the performance of 
    the functions assigned by this section, which oath, affirmation, or 
    affidavit when administered or taken by or before an employee of 
    the Office of Inspector General designated by the Inspector General 
    shall have the same force and effect as if administered or taken by 
    or before an officer having a seal;
        ``(6) have direct and prompt access to the Comptroller General 
    when necessary for any purpose pertaining to the performance of 
    functions and responsibilities under this section;
        ``(7) report expeditiously to the Attorney General whenever the 
    Inspector General has reasonable grounds to believe there has been 
    a violation of Federal criminal law; and
        ``(8) provide copies of all reports to the Audit Advisory 
    Committee of the Government Accountability Office and provide such 
    additional information in connection with such reports as is 
    requested by the Committee.
    ``(d) Complaints by Employees.--
        ``(1) The Inspector General--
            ``(A) subject to subparagraph (B), may receive, review, and 
        investigate, as the Inspector General considers appropriate, 
        complaints or information from an employee of the Government 
        Accountability Office concerning the possible existence of an 
        activity constituting a violation of any law, rule, or 
        regulation, mismanagement, or a gross waste of funds; and
            ``(B) shall refer complaints or information concerning 
        violations of personnel law, rules, or regulations to 
        established investigative and adjudicative entities of the 
        Government Accountability Office.
        ``(2) The Inspector General shall not, after receipt of a 
    complaint or information from an employee, disclose the identity of 
    the employee without the consent of the employee, unless the 
    Inspector General determines such disclosure is unavoidable during 
    the course of the investigation.
        ``(3) Any employee who has authority to take, direct others to 
    take, recommend, or approve any personnel action, shall not, with 
    respect to such authority, take or threaten to take any action 
    against any employee as a reprisal for making a complaint or 
    disclosing information to the Inspector General, unless the 
    complaint was made or the information disclosed with the knowledge 
    that it was false or with willful disregard for its truth or 
    falsity.
    ``(e) Semiannual Reports.--(1) The Inspector General shall submit 
semiannual reports summarizing the activities of the Office of the 
Inspector General to the Comptroller General. Such reports shall 
include, but need not be limited to--
        ``(A) a summary of each significant report made during the 
    reporting period, including a description of significant problems, 
    abuses, and deficiencies disclosed by such report;
        ``(B) a description of the recommendations for corrective 
    action made with respect to significant problems, abuses, or 
    deficiencies described pursuant to subparagraph (A);
        ``(C) a summary of the progress made in implementing such 
    corrective action described pursuant to subparagraph (B); and
        ``(D) information concerning any disagreement the Comptroller 
    General has with a recommendation of the Inspector General.
    ``(2) The Comptroller General shall transmit the semiannual reports 
of the Inspector General, together with any comments the Comptroller 
General considers appropriate, to Congress within 30 days after receipt 
of such reports.
    ``(f) Independence in Carrying Out Duties and Responsibilities.--
The Comptroller General may not prevent or prohibit the Inspector 
General from carrying out any of the duties or responsibilities of the 
Inspector General under this section.
    ``(g) Authority for Staff.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Inspector General shall select, appoint, 
    and employ (including fixing and adjusting the rates of pay of) 
    such personnel as may be necessary to carry out this section 
    consistent with the provisions of this title governing selections, 
    appointments, and employment (including the fixing and adjusting 
    the rates of pay) in the Government Accountability Office. Such 
    personnel shall be appointed, promoted, and assigned only on the 
    basis of merit and fitness, but without regard to those provisions 
    of title 5 governing appointments and other personnel actions in 
    the competitive service, except that no personnel of the Office may 
    be paid at an annual rate greater than $1,000 less than the annual 
    rate of pay of the Inspector General.
        ``(2) Experts and consultants.--The Inspector General may 
    procure temporary and intermittent services under section 3109 of 
    title 5 at rates not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual 
    rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under 
    section 5315 of such title.
        ``(3) Independence in appointing staff.--No individual may 
    carry out any of the duties or responsibilities of the Office of 
    the Inspector General unless the individual is appointed by the 
    Inspector General, or provides services obtained by the Inspector 
    General, pursuant to this paragraph.
        ``(4) Limitation on program responsibilities.--The Inspector 
    General and any individual carrying out any of the duties or 
    responsibilities of the Office of the Inspector General are 
    prohibited from performing any program responsibilities.
    ``(h) Office Space.--The Comptroller General shall provide the 
Office of the Inspector General--
        ``(1) appropriate and adequate office space;
        ``(2) such equipment, office supplies, and communications 
    facilities and services as may be necessary for the operation of 
    the Office of the Inspector General;
        ``(3) necessary maintenance services for such office space, 
    equipment, office supplies, and communications facilities; and
        ``(4) equipment and facilities located in such office space.
    ``(i) Definition.--As used in this section, the term `Federal 
agency' means a department, agency, instrumentality, or unit thereof, 
of the Federal Government.''.
    (b) Incumbent.--The individual who serves in the position of 
Inspector General of the Government Accountability Office on the date 
of the enactment of this Act shall continue to serve in such position 
subject to removal in accordance with the amendments made by this 
section.
    (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 7 is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 704 the 
following:

``705. Inspector General for the Government Accountability Office.''.
SEC. 6. REIMBURSEMENT OF AUDIT COSTS.
    (a) In General.--Section 3521 is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(i)(1) If the Government Accountability Office audits any 
financial statement or related schedule which is prepared under section 
3515 by an executive agency (or component thereof) for a fiscal year 
beginning on or after October 1, 2009, such executive agency (or 
component) shall reimburse the Government Accountability Office for the 
cost of such audit, if the Government Accountability Office audited the 
statement or schedule of such executive agency (or component) for 
fiscal year 2007.
    ``(2) Any executive agency (or component thereof) that prepares a 
financial statement under section 3515 for a fiscal year beginning on 
or after October 1, 2009, and that requests, with the concurrence of 
the Inspector General of such agency, the Government Accountability 
Office to conduct the audit of such statement or any related schedule 
required by section 3521 may reimburse the Government Accountability 
Office for the cost of such audit.
    ``(3) For the audits conducted under paragraphs (1) and (2), the 
Government Accountability Office shall consult prior to the initiation 
of the audit with the relevant executive agency (or component) and the 
Inspector General of such agency on the scope, terms, and cost of such 
audit.
    ``(4) Any reimbursement under paragraph (1) or (2) shall be 
deposited to a special account in the Treasury and shall be available 
to the Government Accountability Office for such purposes and in such 
amounts as are specified in annual appropriations Acts.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1401 of title I of Public Law 
108-83 (31 U.S.C. 3523 note) is repealed, effective October 1, 2010.
SEC. 7. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.
    Section 109(13)(B) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.) is amended--
        (1) in clause (i), by inserting ``(except any officer or 
    employee of the Government Accountability Office)'' after 
    ``legislative branch'', and by striking ``and'' at the end;
        (2) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and
        (3) by inserting after clause (i) the following:
            ``(ii) each officer or employee of the Government 
        Accountability Office who, for at least 60 consecutive days, 
        occupies a position for which the rate of basic pay, minus the 
        amount of locality pay that would have been authorized under 
        section 5304 of title 5, United States Code (had the officer or 
        employee been paid under the General Schedule) for the locality 
        within which the position of such officer or employee is 
        located (as determined by the Comptroller General), is equal to 
        or greater than 120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay 
        payable for GS-15 of the General Schedule; and''.
SEC. 8. HIGHEST BASIC PAY RATE.
    Section 732(c)(2) is amended by striking ``highest basic rate for 
GS-15;'' and inserting ``rate for level III of the Executive Level, 
except that the total amount of cash compensation in any year shall be 
subject to the limitations provided under section 5307(a)(1) of title 
5;''.
SEC. 9. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.
    (a) In General.--Section 731 is amended--
        (1) by repealing subsection (d);
        (2) in subsection (e)--
            (A) in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking 
        ``maximum daily rate for GS-18 under section 5332 of such 
        title'' and inserting ``daily rate for level IV of the 
        Executive Schedule''; and
            (B) by striking ``more than--'' and all that follows and 
        inserting the following: ``more than 20 experts and consultants 
        may be procured for terms of not more than 3 years, but which 
        shall be renewable.''; and
        (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Funds appropriated to the Government Accountability Office 
for salaries and expenses are available for meals and other related 
reasonable expenses incurred in connection with recruitment.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 732a(b) is amended by 
striking ``section 731(d), (e)(1), or (e)(2)'' and inserting 
``paragraph (1) or (2) of section 731(e)''.
    (2) Section 733(c) is amended by striking ``(d),''.
    (3) Section 735(a) is amended by striking ``731(c)-(e),'' and 
inserting ``731(c) and (e),''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.