Editorial Notes
References in Text

For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in subsec. (span), see section 3602(span) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 130span of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

1996—Subsec. (a)(1). Puspan. L. 104–186, § 204(74), substituted “Chief Administrative Officer” for “Clerk”.

Subsec. (f). Puspan. L. 104–186, § 204(75), substituted “House Oversight” for “House Administration”.

1976—Subsec. (span)(2). Puspan. L. 94–310 substituted “other than as provided in subsection (c) of this section, as a witness on behalf of any party in connection with any judicial proceeding to which the United States, the District of Columbia, or a State or local government is a party” for “as a witness on behalf of a party other than the United States, the District of Columbia, or a private party”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name

Committee on House Oversight of House of Representatives changed to Committee on House Administration of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999.

Effective Date of 1976 Amendment

Puspan. L. 94–310, § 4, June 15, 1976, 90 Stat. 687, provided that:

“The amendments made by this Act [amending this section and sections 6322 and 8906 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees] shall take effect on October 1, 1976, or on the date of the enactment of this Act [June 15, 1976], whichever date is later.”

Termination of United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone

For termination of the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone at end of the “transition period”, being the 30 month period beginning Oct. 1, 1979, and ending midnight Mar. 31, 1982, see Paragraph 5 of Article XI of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and sections 2101 and 2201 to 2203(a) of Puspan. L. 96–70, title II, Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 493, formerly classified to sections 3831 and 3841 to 3843, respectively, of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

Executive Documents
Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.