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§5546 Support Services for House During Emergency; Memorandum of Understanding with an Executive Agency

Title 2 › Chapter 55— HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter III— CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER › § 5546

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the Chief Administrative Officer of the House and the head of a federal executive agency (as defined in section 105 of title 5) to make a memorandum of understanding for the agency to provide facilities, equipment, supplies, staff, and other support to the House during an emergency. They may take whatever steps are needed to carry out that agreement, but the Chief Administrative Officer must get the Speaker’s approval first. This rule applies starting in fiscal year 2002 and every fiscal year after.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §5546

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(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law—
(1)subject to subsection (b), the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives and the head of an executive agency (as defined in section 105 of title 5) may enter into a memorandum of understanding under which the agency may provide facilities, equipment, supplies, personnel, and other support services for the use of the House of Representatives during an emergency situation; and
(2)the Chief Administrative Officer and the head of the agency may take any action necessary to carry out the terms of the memorandum of understanding.
(b)The Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives may not enter into a memorandum of understanding described in subsection (a)(1) without the approval of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(c)This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2002 and each succeeding fiscal year.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 130h of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Section is from the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002, which is div. B of the Department of Defense and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States Act, 2002.

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 5546

Title 2 — The Congress

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60