§6622 Certification of telecommunications equipment and services as official

Summary

The Sergeant at Arms may, under rules set by the Committee on Rules and Administration, mark telephone equipment and services that users must pay for as official, send bills for them (including for repairs or replacements), and accept payment by certification, voucher, or other methods. For applying sections 6621 to 6623, any telephone equipment or service that could not be paid from the Senate’s contingent fund before October 1, 1987, is treated on and after that date as reimbursable and payment may be obtained from that fund under the above authority. With the Committee’s approval, the Sergeant at Arms may also set reasonable extra charges beyond the usual fees. All money received for these telephone services and equipment — including carrier payments, payments for loss or damage repaired by the Sergeant at Arms, and other fees or commissions — must be deposited into the Senate’s contingent fund appropriation under the Telecommunications line and can be spent or obligated the same way and under the same limits as other money in that account. The Committee on Rules and Administration still has the power to decide which telephone equipment and services do or do not require reimbursement.