During fiscal year 2001 and any succeeding fiscal year, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives may -

(1)

enter into contracts for the acquisition of severable services for a period that begins in 1 fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year to the same extent as the head of an executive agency under the authority of section 253l of this title; and

(2)

enter into multiyear contracts for the acquisitions of property and nonaudit-related services to the same extent as executive agencies under the authority of section 254c of this title