is amended by striking subsection (d). (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as though enacted on December 31, 2022. NUMBER OF CONSULTANTS 103. Section 101(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 ( 2 U.S.C. 6501(a) ) is amended, in the first sentence, by striking nine and inserting 12 . AVAILABILITY OF AUTHORITY OF EXECUTIVE AGENCIES TO USE APPROPRIATED AMOUNTS FOR CHILD CARE TO LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 104. Section 590(g) of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (7) Application to senate and other legislative branch agencies This subsection shall apply with respect to the Senate and agencies in the legislative branch that are not entities of the Senate or of the House of Representatives (in this paragraph referred to as legislative branch agencies ) in the same manner as it applies to an Executive agency, except that— (A) the authority granted to the Office of Personnel Management shall be exercised— (i) with respect to a legislative branch agency, by the head of the legislative branch agency