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§5538 Net Expenses of Telecommunications Revolving Fund

Title 2 › Chapter 55— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter III— CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER › § 5538

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a revolving fund in the U.S. Treasury for the House called the Net Expenses of Telecommunications Revolving Fund. The Chief Administrative Officer will deposit money from legislative branch offices into the fund to buy, lease, or maintain data and voice telecommunications services and equipment those offices use. The Chief Administrative Officer may spend the fund without a yearly time limit for those telecom purposes. The fund is treated as a category of allowances and expenses under section 5507(a). The rules start in fiscal year 2005 and continue after that, but deposits may include amounts provided in fiscal year 2004 or any later year.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §5538

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(a)There is hereby established in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund for the House of Representatives to be known as the Net Expenses of Telecommunications Revolving Fund (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Revolving Fund”), consisting of funds deposited by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives from amounts provided by legislative branch offices to purchase, lease, obtain, and maintain the data and voice telecommunications services and equipment located in such offices.
(b)Amounts in the Revolving Fund shall be used by the Chief Administrative Officer without fiscal year limitation to purchase, lease, obtain, and maintain the data and voice telecommunications services and equipment of legislative branch offices.
(c)The Revolving Fund shall be treated as a category of allowances and expenses for purposes of section 5507(a) of this title.
(d)
(f)This section and the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year, except that for purposes of making deposits into the Revolving Fund under subsection (a), the Chief Administrative Officer may deposit amounts provided by legislative branch offices during fiscal year 2004 or any succeeding fiscal year.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 112h of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is comprised of section 102 of div. G of Pub. L. 108–447. Subsecs. (d) and (e) of section 102 of div. G of Pub. L. 108–447 amended section 5539 and 5537 of this title, respectively. Section is from the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005, which is div. G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005.

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 5538

Title 2 — The Congress

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60