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§6318 Additional home State office space for Senators; declaration of disaster or emergency

Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 63— - SENATE MEMBERS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - EMPLOYEES, EXPENSES, AND ALLOWANCES › § 6318

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Summary

The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate may, with approval from the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, provide extra office space, equipment, services, and facilities for a Senator to use in that Senator’s State when the President declares a disaster or emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. Costs must be paid from the Senate’s contingent fund for the Sergeant at Arms’ office, on vouchers signed by the Sergeant at Arms and approved by the Committee. This became effective on June 12, 1997.

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Title 2, §6318

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(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.

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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. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 59–1 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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2 U.S.C. § 6318

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Apr 6, 2026

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