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§6575 Fees for copies from Senate journals
Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 65— - SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - SECRETARY OF THE SENATE › Part Part B— - General Powers and Duties › § 6575
Summary
The Secretary of the Senate can charge 10 cents for each sheet of 100 words when making and certifying copies of extracts from the Senate journal or the executive journal after any secrecy order is lifted. No fee is charged if a United States officer asks for the transcript for official duties.
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Title 2, §6575
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The Secretary of the Senate is entitled, for transcribing and certifying extracts from the journal of the Senate or the executive Journal of the Senate when the injunction of secrecy has been removed, except when such transcripts are required by an officer of the United States in a matter relating to the duties of his office, to receive from the persons for whom such transcripts are prepared the sum of 10 cents for each sheet containing one hundred words.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 114 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. R.S. § 71 derived from acts Sept. 15, 1789, ch. 14, § 6, 1 Stat. 69; Aug. 8, 1846, ch. 107, § 2, 9 Stat. 80; and Apr. 23, 1856, ch. 20, 11 Stat. 5.
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “Secretary of the Senate is” for “Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, respectively, are” and struck out “or from the journal of the House of Representatives,” after “has been removed,”.
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2 U.S.C. § 6575
Title 2 — The Congress
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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