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§5534 House Revolving Fund for Stationery Allowances; Disposition of Moneys From Stationery Sales; Availability of Unexpended Balances

Title 2 › Chapter 55— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter III— CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER › § 5534

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a revolving fund to handle money for stationery allowances for each Representative, Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and for stationery used by House committees, departments, and officers. Money later received by the House stationery room from selling supplies and equipment must go into this fund and can be spent like other Congress appropriations for the same purpose. Any unspent money already received by the stationery room from those sales must be deposited in the U.S. Treasury to the fund’s account. The unexpended balances in the appropriations "Contingent expenses, House of Representatives, stationery, 1945–1946"; "Contingent expenses, House of Representatives, stationery, 1946"; and "Contingent expenses, House of Representatives, stationery, 1947–48" as of June 30, 1947 must be moved into the revolving fund and kept available until spent.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §5534

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There is established a revolving fund for the purpose of administering the funds appropriated for stationery allowances to each Representative, Delegate, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; and stationery for use of the committees, departments, and officers of the House. All moneys hereafter received by the stationery room of the House of Representatives from the sale of stationery supplies and other equipment shall be deposited in the revolving fund and shall be available for disbursement from the fund in the same manner as other sums that may be appropriated by the Congress for this purpose. The unexpended balance of all moneys heretofore received by the stationery room of the House of Representatives from the sale of stationery supplies and equipment shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the fund: Provided, That the unexpended balances in the appropriations “Contingent expenses, House of Representatives, stationery, 1945–1946”; “Contingent expenses, House of Representatives, stationery, 1946”; “Contingent expenses, House of Representatives, stationery, 1947–48”, as of June 30, 1947, shall be transferred to and made available for expenditure out of the fund, together with appropriations herein or hereafter made therefor, to remain available until expended.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 46b–1 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Stationery room of House of Representatives redesignated Office Supply Service.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

2 U.S.C. § 5534

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Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60