Section was formerly classified to section 74a–4 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Section is based on section 2 of House Resolution No. 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, Mar. 31, 1977, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 95–94.

1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “applicable accounts of the House of Representatives” for “contingent fund of the House”.

Pub. L. 98–51, title I, § 112, July 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 270, as amended by Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(16), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1732, provided that: “The funds provided under the provisions of section 2 of House Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to March 31, 1977, as enacted into permanent law by section 115 of the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1978 [2 U.S.C. 5142], and section 473 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 [2 U.S.C. 5103], shall be limited to use for the compensation of additional personnel and other necessary official expenses.”