Section is based on section 8 of House Resolution No. 1238, Ninety-first Congress, Dec. 23, 1970, as added by
Pub. L. 103–69. House Resolution No. 1238 was enacted into permanent law by
Pub. L. 91–665, ch. VIII, Jan. 8, 1971,
84 Stat. 1989.
Section 101A(b) of
Pub. L. 103–69 provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1993.”