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2 U.S.C. § 6318 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 6318. Additional home State office space for Senators; declaration of disaster or emergency
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, with the approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is authorized to provide additional facilities, services, equipment, and office space for use by a Senator in that Senator’s State in connection with a disaster or emergency declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act [42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.]. Expenses incurred by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate under this section shall be paid from the appropriation account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, for expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon vouchers signed by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate with the approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
(b) This section is effective on and after June 12, 1997.
(Pub. L. 105–18, title II, § 7002, June 12, 1997, 111 Stat. 192.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: References in Text
text: The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 93–288, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 143, which is classified principally to chapter 68 (§ 5121 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5121 of Title 42 and Tables.
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 59–1 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
2 U.S.C. § 6319 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 6319. Transportation of official records and papers to a Senator’s State
(a) Payment of reasonable transportation expenses
Upon request of a Senator, amounts in the appropriation account “Miscellaneous Items” within the contingent fund of the Senate shall be available to pay the reasonable expenses of sending or transporting the official records and papers of the Senator from the District of Columbia to any location designated by such Senator in the State represented by the Senator.
(b) Sending and transportation
The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall provide for the most economical means of sending or transporting the official records and papers under this section while ensuring the orderly and timely delivery of the records and papers to the location specified by the Senator.
(c) Oversight
The Committee on Rules and Administration shall have the authority to issue rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this section.
(d) Official records defined
In this section, the term “official records and papers” means books, records, papers, and official files which could be sent as franked mail.
(e) Effective date
This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year.
(Pub. L. 108–447, div. G, title I, § 7, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3170.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 59d–1 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005, which is div. G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005.
2 U.S.C. § 6320 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 6320. Purchase of office equipment or furnishings by Senators
(a) Authorization; conditions
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a United States Senator may purchase, upon leaving office or otherwise ceasing to be a Senator (except by expulsion), any item or items of office equipment or office furnishings provided by the General Services Administration and then currently located and in use in an office of such Senator in the State then represented by such Senator.
(b) Request by Senator and arrangement for purchase by Sergeant at Arms of Senate; regulations governing purchase; price
At the request of any United States Senator, the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate shall arrange for and make the purchase of equipment and furnishings under subsection (a) of this section on behalf of such Senator. Each such purchase shall be—
(1) in accordance with regulations which shall be prescribed by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, after consultation with the General Services Administration; and
(2) at a price equal to the acquisition cost to the Federal Government of the equipment or furnishings so purchased, less allowance for depreciation determined under such regulations, but in no instance less than the fair market value of such items.
(c) Remittance of amounts received to General Services Administration; disposition
Amounts received by the Federal Government from the sale of items of office equipment or office furnishings under this section shall be remitted to the General Services Administration and credited to the appropriate account or accounts.
(Pub. L. 93–462, § 2, Oct. 20, 1974, 88 Stat. 1388.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 59b of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
2 U.S.C. § 6502 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 6502. Procurement of temporary help
(a) In general
(1) Subject to regulations that the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate may prescribe, the Secretary of the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate may procure temporary help services from a private sector source that offers such services. Each procurement of services under this subsection shall be for no longer than 30 days.
(2) A person performing services procured under paragraph (1) shall not, during the period of the performance of the services, be an employee of the United States or be considered to be an employee of the United States for any purpose.
(b) Effective date
This section shall take effect on October 1, 2001, and shall apply in fiscal year 2002 and successive fiscal years.
(Pub. L. 107–68, title I, § 109, Nov. 12, 2001, 115 Stat. 569.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 61f–10 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 2002, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002.
2 U.S.C. § 6503 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 6503. Payments from Senate contingent fund
No payment shall be made from the contingent fund of the Senate unless sanctioned by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. Payments made upon vouchers or abstracts of disbursements of salaries approved by said Committee shall be deemed, held, and taken, and are declared to be conclusive upon all the departments and officers of the Government: Provided, That no payment shall be made from said contingent fund as additional salary or compensation to any officer or employee of the Senate.
(Oct. 2, 1888, ch. 1069, 25 Stat. 546; Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 102, 60 Stat. 814; Pub. L. 93–554, title I, Dec. 27, 1974, 88 Stat. 1776; Pub. L. 104–186, title I, § 105(c), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1722.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 68 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is based on provisions of last par. on 25 Stat. 546, act of Oct. 2, 1888, ch. 1069, relating to payments from contingent fund of Senate. Provisions of that par. relating to payments from contingent fund of House of Representatives were classified to section 95 of this title prior to being struck out by Pub. L. 104–186.
heading: Amendments
text: 1974—Pub. L. 93–554 inserted provision relating to applicability to payments made upon abstracts of disbursements of salaries.
1946—Act Aug. 2, 1946, substituted “Committee on Rules and Administration” for “Committee to Audit and Control Contingent Expenses”.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Effective Date of 1974 Amendment
text: Pub. L. 93–554, title I, Dec. 27, 1974, 88 Stat. 1776, provided in part that the amendment made by Pub. L. 93–554 is effective Jan. 1, 1975.
heading: Effective Date of 1946 Amendment
text: Act Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 142, 60 Stat. 834, provided that the amendment made by that act is effective Jan. 2, 1947.
2 U.S.C. § 6504 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 6504. Committee on Rules and Administration; designation of employees to approve vouchers for payments from Senate contingent fund
The Committee on Rules and Administration may authorize its chairman to designate any employee or employees of such Committee to approve in his behalf, all vouchers making payments from the contingent fund of the Senate, such approval to be deemed and held to be approval by the Committee on Rules and Administration for all intents and purposes.
(Pub. L. 93–145, Nov. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 529; Pub. L. 97–51, § 126, Oct. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 965; Pub. L. 98–473, title I, § 123A(c), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1970.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 68–1 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
heading: Amendments
text: 1984—Pub. L. 98–473 substituted “any employee or employees of such Committee” for “the committee Auditor and the committee Assistant Auditor”.
1981—Pub. L. 97–51 substituted “the committee Auditor and the committee Assistant Auditor” for “one committee employee”.
2 U.S.C. § 6505 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 6505. Appropriations for contingent expenses of Senate; restrictions
Appropriations made for contingent expenses of the Senate shall not be used for the payment of personal services except upon the express and specific authorization of the Senate in whose behalf such services are rendered. Nor shall such appropriations be used for any expenses not intimately and directly connected with the routine legislative business of the Senate, and the Government Accountability Office shall apply the provisions of this section in the settlement of the accounts of expenditures from said appropriations incurred for services or materials.
(Feb. 14, 1902, ch. 17, § 1, 32 Stat. 26; June 10, 1921, ch. 18, title III, § 304, 42 Stat. 24; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(45), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1737; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 68–2 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section, and to section 671 of former Title 31, prior to the enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, § 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.
Section is based on provisions of proviso on 32 Stat. 26, act of Feb. 14, 1902, ch. 17, the Urgent Deficiency Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1902, as those provisions relate to appropriations for contingent expenses of Senate. Provisions of that proviso relating to appropriations for expenses of House of Representatives are classified to section 5506 of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 1996—Pub. L. 104–186 amended provisions relating to appropriations for expenses of House. See Codification note above.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: “Government Accountability Office” substituted in text for “General Accounting Office” pursuant to section 8 of Pub. L. 108–271, set out as a note under section 702 of Title 31, Money and Finance, which redesignated the General Accounting Office and any references thereto as the Government Accountability Office. Previously, “General Accounting Office” substituted in text for “accounting officers of the Treasury” pursuant to act June 10, 1921, which transferred powers and duties of Comptroller, six auditors, and certain other employees of the Treasury to General Accounting Office. See section 701 et seq. of Title 31.
2 U.S.C. § 6506 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 6506. Separate accounts for “Secretary of the Senate” and for “Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate”; establishment within Senate contingent fund; inclusion of funds in existing accounts
(a) Effective October 1, 1983—
(1) there shall be, within the contingent fund of the Senate, a separate account for the “Secretary of the Senate”, and a separate account for the “Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate”;
(2) the account for “Automobiles and Maintenance”, within the contingent fund of the Senate, is abolished, and funds for the purchase, lease, exchange, maintenance, and operation of vehicles for the Senate shall be included in the separate account, established by paragraph (1), for the “Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate”; and
(3) the account for “Postage Stamps”, within the contingent fund of the Senate, is abolished; and funds for special delivery postage of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate shall be included in the separate account, established by paragraph (1), for the “Secretary of the Senate”; funds for special delivery postage of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall be included in the separate account, established by paragraph (1), for the “Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate”; and postage stamps for the Secretaries for the Majority and the Minority and other offices and officers of the Senate, as authorized by law, shall be included in the account for “Miscellaneous Items”, within the contingent fund of the Senate.
(b) Any provision of law which was enacted, or any Senate resolution which was agreed to, prior to October 1, 1983, and which authorizes moneys in the contingent fund of the Senate to be expended by or for the use of the Secretary of the Senate, or his office (whether generally or from a specified account within such fund) may on and after October 1, 1983, be construed to authorize such moneys to be expended from the separate account, within such fund, established by subsection (a)(1) for the “Secretary of the Senate”; and any provision of law which was enacted prior to October 1, 1983, and which authorizes moneys in the contingent fund of the Senate to be expended by or for the use of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, or his office (whether generally or from a specified account within such fund) may on and after October 1, 1983, be construed to authorize such moneys to be expended from the separate account, within such fund, established by subsection (a)(1) for the “Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate”.
(Pub. L. 98–51, title I, § 103, July 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 266.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 68–3 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1984, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriation, 1984.
2 U.S.C. § 6507 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 6507. Insurance of office funds of Secretary of Senate and Sergeant at Arms; payment of premiums
The Secretary of the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms on and after June 27, 1956, are authorized and directed to protect the funds of their respective offices by purchasing insurance in an amount necessary to protect said funds against loss. Premiums on such insurance shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate, upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the Committee on Rules and Administration.
(June 27, 1956, ch. 453, 70 Stat. 360.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 65a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1957, act June 27, 1956.
heading: Prior Provisions
text: Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation acts:
Aug. 5, 1955, ch. 568, 69 Stat. 504.
July 2, 1954, ch. 455, title I, 68 Stat. 400.
Aug. 1, 1953, ch. 304, title I, 67 Stat. 321.
July 9, 1952, ch. 598, 66 Stat. 467.
Oct. 11, 1951, ch. 485, 65 Stat. 392.
Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, Ch. II, 64 Stat. 597.
June 22, 1949, ch. 235, 63 Stat. 219.
June 14, 1948, ch. 467, 62 Stat. 425.
2 U.S.C. § 6508 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 6508. Transfers from appropriations account for expenses of Office of Secretary of Senate and Office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate
(a) The Secretary of the Senate is authorized, with the approval of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, to transfer, during any fiscal year (1) from the appropriations account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, for expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, such sums as he shall specify to the Senate appropriations account, appropriated under the headings “Salaries, Officers and Employees” and “Office of the Secretary”, and (2) from the Senate appropriations account, appropriated under the headings “Salaries, Officers and Employees” and “Office of the Secretary” to the appropriations account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, for expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, such sums as he shall specify; and any funds so transferred shall be available in like manner and for the same purposes as are other funds in the account to which the funds are transferred.
(b) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate is authorized, with the approval of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, to transfer, during any fiscal year, from the appropriations account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, for expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, such sums as he shall specify to the appropriations account, appropriated under the headings “Salaries, Officers and Employees” and “Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper”; and any funds so transferred shall be available in like manner and for the same purposes as are other funds in the account to which the funds are transferred.
(Pub. L. 100–458, title I, § 3, Oct. 1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2161; Pub. L. 101–302, title III, § 317, May 25, 1990, 104 Stat. 247.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 68–6 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1989, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989.
heading: Prior Provisions
text: Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation act:
Pub. L. 100–202, § 101(i) [title I, § 8], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–290, 1329–295.
heading: Amendments
text: 1990—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–302 designated existing provisions as cl. (1) and added cl. (2).
2 U.S.C. § 6509 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 6509. Vouchering Senate office charges
(a) Senate support office charges
Charges for expenses of any office, the funds of which are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, may be vouchered by a Senate support office paying such expenses or to which such charges are owed for goods or services provided, if—
(1) such charges are paid on behalf of the office incurring such expenses by such Senate support office; or
(2) such charges are payable to such Senate support office for goods or services provided by such office to the office incurring such expenses.
(b) Payment charged to official funds
Payments under this section shall be charged to the official funds of the office on whose behalf the expenses were paid, or which received the goods or services for which payment is required.
(c) Certification
Any voucher submitted by a Senate support office pursuant to this section shall be accompanied by a certification from such office of the amount and that such purchases were of the nature that they could be charged to the official funds of the office on whose behalf charges were paid, or to which goods or services were provided.
(d) Regulations
Vouchers under this section shall be submitted and paid subject to such regulations as may be promulgated by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
(Pub. L. 103–69, title I, § 1, Aug. 11, 1993, 107 Stat. 695.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 68–8 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1994, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1994.
2 U.S.C. § 6510 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 6510. Materials, supplies, and fuel payments from Senate contingent fund
Payments from the contingent fund of the Senate for materials and supplies (including fuel) purchased on and after July 8, 1935, through the Administrator of General Services shall be made by check upon vouchers approved by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
(July 8, 1935, ch. 374, 49 Stat. 463; Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 102, 60 Stat. 814; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, § 102(a), 63 Stat. 380.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 68a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
heading: Amendments
text: 1946—Act Aug. 2, 1946, substituted “Committee on Rules and Administration” for “Committee to Audit and Control Contingent Expenses”.
heading: Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
heading: Change of Name
text: Effective Jan. 1, 1947, Procurement Division of Treasury Department changed to Bureau of Federal Supply by former regulation § 5.7 of subpart A of Part 5 of Title 41, Public Contracts, 11 F.R. 13638, issued by Secretary of the Treasury.
Bureau of Federal Supply and its functions and duties transferred to Administrator of General Services by act June 30, 1949.
heading: Effective Date of 1946 Amendment
text: Act Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 753, title I, § 142, 60 Stat. 834, provided that the amendment made by that act is effective Jan. 2, 1947.
2 U.S.C. § 6511 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 6511. Liquidation from appropriations of any unpaid obligations chargeable to rescinded unexpended balances of funds
If at the close of any fiscal year there is an unexpended balance of funds which were appropriated for such year (or for prior fiscal years) and which are subject to disbursement by the Secretary of the Senate for any purpose, then, if such unexpended balance is by law rescinded, any unpaid obligations chargeable to the balance so rescinded (or to appropriations for such purpose for prior years) shall be liquidated from any appropriations for the same general purpose, which, at the time of payment, are available for disbursement.
(Pub. L. 97–257, title I, § 106, Sept. 10, 1982, 96 Stat. 849.)
heading: Editorial Notes
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 68d of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1982.