An original bill relating to the payment for telecommunications equipment and certain services furnished by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.
PL 100-123 (S.1532), enacted 10/05/1987

101 STAT. 794 
PUBLIC LAW 100-123—OCT. 5, 1987 
Public Law 100-123 
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100th Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 5, 1987 
Relating to the payment for telecommunications equipment and certain services 
[S. 15321 
furnished by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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D E F I N I T I O N S 
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2 use 58a-l. 
SECTION 1. As used in this Act, the term— 
(1) "Sergeant at Arms" means the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the United States Senate; and 
(2) "user" means any Senator, Officer of the Senate, Commit-
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tee, office, or entity provided telephone equipment and services 
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by the Sergeant at Arms. 
REGULATIONS; CERTIFICATION 
2 use 58a-2. 
SEC, 2. (a) Subject to such regulations as may hereafter be issued 
by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the 
Sergeant at Arms shall have the authority, with respect to tele-
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phone equipment and services provided to any user on a reimburs-
able basis (including repair or replacement), solely for the purposes 
of this section, to make such certification as may be necessary to 
establish such services and equipment as official, issue invoices in 
conjunction therewith, and receive payment for such services and 
equipment by certification, voucher, or otherwise. 
(b) For purposes of this Act, telephone equipment and services 
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provided to any user for which payment, prior to the effective date 
of this Act, was not authorized from the contingent fund of the 
Senate shall, on and after such effective date, be considered tele-
phone equipment and services provided on a reimbursable basis for 
which payment may be obtained from such fund in accordance with 
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subsection (a) of this section. 
(c) Subject to the approval of the Committee on Rules and 
Administration, the Sergeant at Arms may establish reasonable 
charges for telephone equipment and services provided to any user 
which may be in addition to that regularly authorized by the 
Committee. 
(d) All moneys, derived from payments for telephone equipment 
and services provided from funds from the Appropriation Account 
within the contingent fund of the Senate for "Contingent Expenses, 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate" under the line 
item for Telecommunications (including receipts from carriers and 
others for loss or damage to such services or equipment for which 
repair or replacement has been provided by the Sergeant at Arms), 
shall be deposited in and made a part of such Appropriation Ac-
count and under such line item, and shall be available for expendi-
ture or obligation, or both, in like manner and subject to the same 
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limitations as any other moneys in such account and under such 
Hne item. 
(e) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as limiting or otherwise 
affecting the authority of the Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion of the Senate to classify or reclassify telephone equipment and 
services provided to any user as equipment or services for which 
reimbursement may or may not be required. 
REPORT 
SEC. 3. The Sergeant at Arms shall report to the Committee on 2 USC 58a-3. 
Rules and Administration of the Senate, at such time or times, and 
in such form and manner, as the Committee may direct, on expendi-
tures made, and revenues received, pursuant to this Act. It shall be 
the function of the Sergeant at Arms to advise the Committee, as 
soon as possible, of any dispute regarding payments to and from 
such Appropriation Account as related to the line item for Tele-
communications, including any amounts due and unpaid by any 
user, if any such dispute has remained unresolved for a period of at 
least 60 days. 
EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect on October 1, 1987. 
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note. 
Approved October 5, 1987, 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1532: 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 100-121 (Comm. on Rules and Administration). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 133 (1987): 
Aug. 5, considered and passed Senate. 
Sept. 22, considered and passed House.