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§5532 Advance Payments
Title 2 › Chapter 55— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter III— CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER › § 5532
Summary
From fiscal year 1998 on, the House Chief Administrative Officer may make advance payments for contracts to buy services or goods, even if 31 U.S.C. 3324 would normally prevent them. Those payments cannot start until the House Oversight Committee issues rules for them.
Full Legal Text
Title 2, §5532
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(a)For fiscal year 1998 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives is authorized to make advance payments under a contract or other agreement to provide a service or deliver an article for the United States Government without regard to the provisions of section 3324 of title 31.
(b)An advance payment authorized by subsection (a) shall be made in accordance with regulations issued by the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives.
(c)The authority granted by subsection (a) shall not take effect until regulations are issued pursuant to subsection (b).
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 95c of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1998, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998.
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.
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Citation
2 U.S.C. § 5532
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Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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