[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 50 (Thursday, April 24, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H1849]
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    PROVIDING FOR LUMP SUM ALLOWANCE FOR CORRECTIONS CALENDAR OFFICE

  Mr. GUTKNECHT. Mr. Speaker, I offer a resolution (H. Res. 130) and I 
ask unanimous consent for its immediate consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Minnesota?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 130

       Resolved,

     SECTION 1. LUMP SUM ALLOWANCE FOR CORRECTIONS CALENDAR 
                   OFFICE.

       There shall be a lump sum allowance of $300,000 per fiscal 
     year for the salaries and expenses of the Corrections 
     Calendar Office, established by House Resolution 7, One 
     Hundred Fifth Congress, agreed to January 7, 1997. Such 
     amount shall be allocated between the majority party and the 
     minority party as determined by the Speaker, in consultation 
     with the minority leader.

     SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       The allowance under section 1--
       (1) shall be available beginning with the month of May 
     1997;
       (2) through the end of September 1997, shall be paid from 
     the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives on a 
     pro rata basis; and
       (3) beginning with fiscal year 1998, shall be paid as 
     provided in appropriations Acts.

  Mr. GUTKNECHT (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
consent that the resolution be considered as read and printed in the 
Record.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Minnesota?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution.
  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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