§4538 — Title 2 The Congress | U.S. Code

Summary

Official funds can be used each fiscal year, starting with fiscal year 1999, to pay back a Member, officer, or employee of the House for normal, necessary costs of using telecommunications lines in their home for official work (for example, phone or internet). This can happen even if other laws say something different, but the payments must follow rules set by the Committee on House Oversight. The Committee on House Oversight must create the rules needed to make this work.

Title 2, §4538

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(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, official resources may be used during a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 1999), in accordance with regulations of the Committee on House Oversight, to reimburse a Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives for the ordinary and necessary expenses related to the official use of telecommunications lines in the residence of the Member, officer, or employee.

(b)The Committee on House Oversight shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement this section.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 127b 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.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on House Oversight of House of Representatives changed to Committee on House Administration of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 6, 1999.

§4538 Reimbursement of Residential Telecommunications Expenses for House Members, Officers, and Employees