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§5512 Use of Available Balances of Expired Appropriations

Title 2 › Chapter 55— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter I— GENERAL › § 5512

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Leftover funds from expired House budget accounts may be used for two things if another rule allows it. One, to pay a death gratuity that the law specifically provides when a House employee dies, even if the payment happens after the fiscal year ends. Two, to put money into the House account that pays into the Employees’ Compensation Fund and to repay the Secretary of Labor for unemployment payments made to former House employees. The rule applies to funds provided in fiscal year 2020 and every fiscal year after.

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Title 2, §5512

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(a)Subject to section 5511 of this title, available balances of expired appropriations for the House of Representatives shall be available to the House of Representatives—

(1)for the payment of a death gratuity which is specifically appropriated by law and which is made in connection with the death of an employee of the House of Representatives, without regard to the fiscal year in which the payment is made; and

(2)for deposit into the account established under section 5508 of this title for making payments of the House of Representatives to the Employees’ Compensation Fund under section 8147 of title 5 and for reimbursing the Secretary of Labor for any amounts paid with respect to unemployment compensation payments for former employees of the House.

(b)This section shall apply with respect to funds appropriated or otherwise made available in fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year.

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2 U.S.C. § 5512

Title 2 — The Congress

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60