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§6567 Funds for Secretary of Senate to assist in proper discharge within United States of responsibilities to foreign parliamentary groups or other foreign officials

Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 65— - SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - SECRETARY OF THE SENATE › Part Part B— - General Powers and Duties › § 6567

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Starting July 11, 1987, the Secretary of the Senate may use up to $50,000 each fiscal year from the Secretary’s contingent fund to help carry out duties in the United States for members of foreign parliamentary groups or other foreign officials. These spending rules apply to expenditures for fiscal years that end after September 30, 1986. If the Secretary asks in writing and tells the Senate Committee on Appropriations, up to $15,000 a year may be moved from the Office of the Secretary’s expense account to the Secretary’s expense allowance account. Money moved this way can be used the same as other funds in that account.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §6567

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(a)On and after July 11, 1987, the Secretary of the Senate is authorized to use any available funds (but not in excess of $50,000 for any fiscal year), out of the appropriation account (within the Contingent Fund of the Senate) for the Secretary of the Senate, to assist him in the proper discharge, within the United States, of his appropriate responsibilities to members of foreign parliamentary groups or other foreign officials.
(b)The provisions of subsection (a) shall be effective in the case of expenditures for fiscal years ending after September 30, 1986.
(c)Upon the written request of the Secretary of the Senate, and upon notification to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, there shall be transferred any amount of funds available under subsection (a) specified in the request, but not to exceed $15,000 in any fiscal year, from the appropriation account (within the contingent fund of the Senate) for expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate to the appropriation account for the expense allowance of the Secretary of the Senate. 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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 65f of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1987.

Amendments

2019—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–94 substituted “$15,000” for “$10,000”. 2004—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108–447 substituted “and upon notification to” for “with the approval of” in first sentence. 1997—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–18 added subsec. (c). 1991—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–90 substituted “On and after July 11, 1987, the Secretary of the Senate is authorized” for “The Secretary of the Senate is authorized” and “$50,000” for “$25,000”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1997 Amendment Pub. L. 105–18, title II, § 7003(b),
June 12, 1997, 111 Stat. 192, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall be effective with respect to appropriations for fiscal years beginning on or after
October 1, 1996.”

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 6567

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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