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§5534 House revolving fund for stationery allowances; disposition of moneys from stationery sales; availability of unexpended balances

Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 55— - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER › § 5534

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a special revolving fund to handle stationery money for each Representative, Delegate, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and for House committees, offices, and officers. All money the House stationery room gets from selling supplies must go into that fund and can be spent the same way as other Congress money for stationery. Any unspent money the stationery room already has from sales must be sent to the U.S. Treasury and credited to the fund. Any unspent balances in the House stationery contingency appropriations for 1945–1946, 1946, and 1947–48 as of June 30, 1947 must be transferred into the fund and kept available until spent, along with any current or future appropriations.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §5534

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There is established a revolving fund for the purpose of administering the funds appropriated for stationery allowances to each Representative, Delegate, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; and stationery for use of the committees, departments, and officers of the House. All moneys hereafter received by the stationery room of the House of Representatives from the sale of stationery supplies and other equipment shall be deposited in the revolving fund and shall be available for disbursement from the fund in the same manner as other sums that may be appropriated by the Congress for this purpose. The unexpended balance of all moneys heretofore received by the stationery room of the House of Representatives from the sale of stationery supplies and equipment shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the fund: Provided, That the unexpended balances in the appropriations “Contingent expenses, House of Representatives, stationery, 1945–1946”; “Contingent expenses, House of Representatives, stationery, 1946”; “Contingent expenses, House of Representatives, stationery, 1947–48”, as of June 30, 1947, shall be transferred to and made available for expenditure out of the fund, together with appropriations herein or hereafter made therefor, to remain available until expended.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 46b–1 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Stationery room of House of Representatives redesignated Office Supply Service.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

2 U.S.C. § 5534

Title 2The Congress

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73