Summary

Repeals a provision that had replaced an earlier Legislative Branch law and restores the prior law as if the replacement had never happened. The repeal is retroactive to the date the earlier continuing appropriations law was enacted, so the reinstated text is treated as having been in effect from that earlier enactment date. The change simply undoes the effect of a single provision in a 2026 continuing appropriations act and puts the previous Legislative Branch statutory text back into the U.S. Code, with retroactive legal effect to the original enactment date.

• Repeals a provision of a 2026 continuing appropriations law that had displaced an earlier Legislative Branch statute.
• Restores the prior text from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005, as if the 2026 provision had never been enacted.
• Applies retroactively to the date the continuing appropriations provision was enacted, making the restored text effective from that earlier date.
• Operative effect is a legal/administrative reversal rather than creation of new programs or spending.
• May require agencies and offices that implement Legislative Branch law to adjust prior actions taken under the now-repealed provision.
• No new appropriations, tax code changes, or emergency designations are included.
• Short, narrowly targeted bill focused on statutory restoration and retroactivity.