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§4337 Transfer of Funds by Chairman of Senate Committee on Appropriations

Title 2 › CHAPTER 43 — CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES › SUBCHAPTER III — SENATE › § 4337

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee can move money during any fiscal year between the committee’s salary account and its expenses account in the Senate’s contingent fund. The chairman may move funds either from salaries to expenses or from expenses to salaries. Money moved can be spent the same way as other funds in the account it goes into. The chairman must tell the Senate Disbursing Office in writing when each transfer will happen. This rule began on October 1, 1998, and applies to fiscal years starting on or after that date.

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Title 2, §4337

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(a)In general
(1)The Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate may, during any fiscal year, at his or her election transfer funds from the appropriation account for salaries for the Appropriations Committee of the Senate, to the account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, from which expenses are payable for such committee.
(2)The Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Senate may, during any fiscal year, at his or her election transfer funds from the appropriation account for expenses, within the contingent fund of the Senate, for the Appropriations Committee of the Senate, to the account from which salaries are payable for such committee.
(b)Availability of funds; times of transfer
Any funds transferred under this section shall be—
(1)available for expenditure by such committee in like manner and for the same purposes as are other moneys which are available for expenditure by such committee from the account to which the funds were transferred; and
(2)made at such time or times as the Chairman shall specify in writing to the Senate Disbursing Office.
(c)Effective date
This section shall take effect on October 1, 1998, and shall be effective with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after that date.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 72d–1 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1999, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999.

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2 U.S.C. § 4337

Title 2, The Congress

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110