(a) Transfer of unexpended appropriations for salaries and expensesNotwithstanding any other provision of law, upon completion of the second fiscal year which begins after the end of the period during which amounts appropriated under any of the items under the heading “House of Representatives, Salaries and Expenses” are available for obligation or expenditure, any such amounts which remain unobligated and unexpended shall be transferred to the heading “House of Representatives, Salaries and Expenses, Allowances and Expenses” and shall be available until expended for purposes of House of Representatives Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery.
(b) Exception for Members’ Representational AllowancesSubsection (a) does not apply to amounts appropriated under the heading “House of Representatives, Salaries and Expenses, Members’ Representational Allowances”.
(c) NotificationThe Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall notify the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives prior to the obligation or expenditure of any amounts transferred under subsection (a).
(d) ApplicabilityThis section shall apply with respect to amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2018 or any succeeding fiscal year.
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CHAPTER 55— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION
§ 5501. Temporary appointments in case of vacancies or incapacity of House officers; compensation
§ 5502. House emergency operations positions
§ 5503. Actions against officers for official acts
§ 5505. Payments from applicable accounts of House of Representatives
§ 5506. Appropriations for expenses of House; restrictions
§ 5507. Transfers of amounts appropriated for House
§ 5508. Account in House of Representatives for Employees’ Compensation Fund
§ 5509. Incidental use of equipment and supplies
§ 5510. Providing assistance to House of Representatives in response to cybersecurity events
§ 5512. Use of available balances of expired appropriations
§ 5513. House of Representatives Modernization Initiatives Account