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§6136 Transfer of funds from representation allowance of Majority and Minority Leaders of Senate to expense allowance; availability; definitions

Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 61— - SENATE LEADERSHIP › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS AND WHIPS › § 6136

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Senate must transfer money if the Majority or Minority Leader sends a written request. The transfer moves funds from that Leader’s Representation Allowance to that Leader’s Expense Allowance for the same fiscal year, starting with the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985. The Leader decides the amount. Money moved this way can be used that year for the same purposes and under the same rules as other expense allowance funds. Leader’s Representation Allowance — the Representation Allowance account for the Majority and Minority Leaders. Leader’s Expense Allowance — the money and the appropriation account that pay a Leader’s expense allowance for a fiscal year.

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Title 2, §6136

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(a)The Secretary of the Senate shall, upon the written request of the Majority or Minority Leader of the Senate, transfer from any available funds in such Leader’s allotment in the Leader’s Representation Allowance (as defined in subsection (b)(1)) for any fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985) to such Leader’s Expense Allowance (as defined in subsection (b)(2)) to such year such amount as is specified in the request. Any funds so transferred for any fiscal year at the request of either such Leader shall be available to such Leader for such year for the same purposes as, and in like manner and subject to the same conditions as, are other funds which are available to him for such year as his expense allowance as Majority or Minority Leader.
(b)(1)The term “Leader’s Representation Allowance” means the Representation Allowance Account for the Majority and Minority Leaders established by section 6135 of this title.
(2)The term “Leader’s Expense Allowance”, when used in reference to the Majority or Minority Leader of the Senate, refers to the moneys available, for any fiscal year, to such Leader as an expense allowance and the appropriation account from which such moneys are funded.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 31a–2a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1987.

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2 U.S.C. § 6136

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Apr 6, 2026

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