[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 212 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 212

   To permit members of the House of Representatives to donate used 
     computer equipment to public elementary and secondary schools 
                       designated by the members.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2007

 Mr. Serrano introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
   To permit members of the House of Representatives to donate used 
     computer equipment to public elementary and secondary schools 
                       designated by the members.

SECTION 1. PERMITTING MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO DONATE 
              USED COMPUTER EQUIPMENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

    (a) In General.--Section 104(a)(3) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1987 (as incorporated by reference in section 
101(j) of Public Law 99-500 and Public Law 99-591) (2 U.S.C. 117e(3)) 
is amended to read as follows:
    ``(3)(A) At the request of a member of the House of 
Representatives, in the case of equipment consisting of computers and 
related peripheral tools previously used by the member, the Clerk may 
donate the equipment to a public elementary or secondary school (as 
defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965) without regard to whether the donation meets the requirements 
of the second sentence of paragraph (2).
    ``(B) At the request of the member who previously used the 
equipment, if the Clerk donates equipment under this paragraph, the 
Clerk shall donate the equipment to a school designated by the 
member.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect October 1, 2007.
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