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title: "2 U.S.C. § 5623"
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# 2 U.S.C. § 5623 - Effective date

## Text

The allowance under section 5622 of this title—

(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.

(Pub. L. 105–55, title I, § 101, Oct. 7, 1997, 111 Stat. 1183.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 74d–2 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is based on section 2 of House Resolution No. 130, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Apr. 24, 1997, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 105–55.