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§6625 Receipts from sales of items by Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate, to Senators, etc., to be credited to appropriation from which purchased

Title 2 › Chapter CHAPTER 65— - SENATE OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF SENATE › Part Part B— - General Powers and Duties › § 6625

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

When a Senator, a Senate committee, or a Senate office uses money approved by Congress to buy items from the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper that the Sergeant first bought with the Senate’s “miscellaneous items” money, the money paid must be put into the U.S. Treasury and counted for that same “miscellaneous items” appropriation. Sales of used or surplus furniture and equipment are not included.

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Title 2, §6625

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In any case in which appropriated funds are used by a Senator or a committee or office of the Senate to purchase from the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate items which were purchased by him from the appropriation for “miscellaneous items” under “Contingent Expenses of the Senate” in any appropriation Act, the amounts received by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States for credit to such appropriation. This section does not apply to amounts received from the sale of used or surplus furniture and equipment.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 111a of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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2 U.S.C. § 6625

Title 2 — The Congress

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73