[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 129 (Friday, August 4, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8507]
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    SUBMISSION OF COMMITTEE ORDER FROM COMMITTEE ON HOUSE OVERSIGHT

  (Mr. THOMAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I submit a committee order from the 
Committee on House Oversight.
  At the direction of the Committee on House Oversight, in accordance 
with the authority granted to the committee as reflected in 2 U.S.C. 
57, the committee issued Committee Order No. 41 on August 3, 1995, 
which will become effective on September 1, 1995. Members will receive 
information describing this change through a dear colleague.
  I include at this point in the Record the text of Committee Order No. 
41.

       Resolved, That (a) effective September 1, 1995, and subject 
     to subsection (b), the Clerk Hire Allowance, the Official 
     Expenses Allowance, and the Official Mail Allowance shall 
     cease to exist and the functions formerly carried out under 
     such allowances shall be carried out under a single 
     allowance, to be known as the ``Members' Representational 
     Allowance''.
       (b) Under the Members' Representational Allowance, the 
     amount that shall be available to a Member for franked mail 
     with respect to a session of Congress shall be the amount 
     allocated for that purpose by the Committee on House 
     Oversight under paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(B) of subsection 
     (e) of section 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
     Act, 1991, plus an amount equal to the amount permitted to be 
     transferred to the former Official Mail Allowance under 
     paragraph (3) of that subsection.
       Sec. 2. The Committee on House Oversight shall have 
     authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this 
     resolution.

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