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§5511 Transfer of Funds

Title 2 › CHAPTER 55 — HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL › § 5511

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

When two full fiscal years have passed after the time money from the House salaries and expenses account could be used, any remaining unspent funds must be moved into the House allowances and expenses account. That money will stay available until spent and can only be used for House business continuity and disaster recovery. It does not apply to Members’ Representational Allowances. The Chief Administrative Officer must tell the House Appropriations Committee before any of the transferred money is spent. This rule covers money appropriated for fiscal year 2018 and later.

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Title 2, §5511

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(a)Transfer of unexpended appropriations for salaries and expenses

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon completion of the second fiscal year which begins after the end of the period during which amounts appropriated under any of the items under the heading “House of Representatives, Salaries and Expenses” are available for obligation or expenditure, any such amounts which remain unobligated and unexpended shall be transferred to the heading “House of Representatives, Salaries and Expenses, Allowances and Expenses” and shall be available until expended for purposes of House of Representatives Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery.

(b)Exception for Members’ Representational Allowances

Subsection (a) does not apply to amounts appropriated under the heading “House of Representatives, Salaries and Expenses, Members’ Representational Allowances”.

(c)Notification

The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives shall notify the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives prior to the obligation or expenditure of any amounts transferred under subsection (a).

(d)Applicability

This section shall apply with respect to amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2018 or any succeeding fiscal year.

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 5511

Title 2, The Congress

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110